The "Moon" thing came up this weekend, which brought back some memories of an afternoon I spent around Mount St. Helens, the active volcano near me in Washington State, and where I stayed through the sunset:
Late afternoon, watching the sun growing lower across the mountain:
Backing off, so that one could see the total devastation that sorrounds the volcano, 30 years after its explosive erruption:
As it got late, just bits of the setting sun touched the mountain peak:
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I headed out, but the sunset colors caught my eye at a nearby lake:
And then I couldn't help to stop and take note as the sliver moon was setting along with the setting sun:
And, at the same time, looking over my shoulder, St. Helens was in the "Blue Hour" after sunset, showing just a bit of itself:
