AUGUST, 2012: WA II -- CUTTHROAT PASS

We headed north early AM. There was a wide-spread grass / brush fire we passed just prior to sunrise. As the sun came up, we were a few miles beyond the fire, but there was enough smoke in the upper atmosphere to allow the sun to greet us with some glorious colors. Here we are along the Methow river just west of Pateros.

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We headed north early AM. There was a wide-spread grass / brush fire we passed just prior to sunrise. As the sun came up, we were a few miles beyond the fire, but there was enough smoke in the upper atmosphere to allow the sun to greet us with some glorious colors. Here we are along the Methow river just west of Pateros.

dba sunrise pateros methow

$That "bridge" that Tom is standing near was a VERY substantial 1/2 log. Yet it was broken very cleanly in two! It looked like there must have been some very strong natural force which fractured it, but there was no sign as to what it may have been.$