Mount Rainier at sunrise
Seward Park is on the southwest shore of Lake Washington, a couple miles from our home. It’s basically a wooded hill on a peninsula, with a 2.4-mile paved trail running along the shoreline around the base of the hill. The trail is very popular with runner, cyclists, and walkers; I ran there last night, and again early this morning.
There were lots of stars visible in the darkness this morning, so I knew it would be clear enough to get a good sunrise photo of Mount Rainier. I went home and picked up my camera gear, then came back and hung out with the ducks on the south side of the park until there was enough light to take a picture of the mountain. The telephoto lens makes it look like it’s right behind Renton, but it’s actually about 50 miles away. (Click here for a closer look.)
There are also some good views from the north side of the park, looking across Lake Washington to the I-90 floating bridge and the downtown Seattle skyline. Next time …
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on November 24, 2005 at 10:40 am Charles wrote:
Great pictures Douglas…..way cool !
on July 25, 2007 at 4:34 pm Time to run | Doug’s World wrote:
[…] Seward Park this morning. I did that several times in the two weeks before starting at Microsoft (sometimes two days in a row), and then started slowing down as work ramped up. This now this makes twice in the last year. Or […]