Regarding Mount Rainier's grand flower-filled, subalpine meadows, renowned naturalist John Muir once stated the following: "Every one of these parks, great and small, is a garden filled knee-deep with fresh, lovely flowers of every hue, the most luxuriant and the most extravagantly beautiful of all the alpine gardens I ever beheld in all my mountain-top wanderings."
In late summer, the subalpine meadows around the Paradise area of Mount Rainier erupt with vibrant, kaleidoscopic wildflowers. On this August morning, a lenticular cloud hovers atop the Rainier's peak as the first rays of light flood Mazama Ridge, revealing the vibrant purple Subalpine Lupine and red Indian Paintbrush.
Paradise - Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Truly amazing photography, the scene is superb the composition is perfect. The riot of flower colour leads you into the frame to the majesty ofthe mountains beyond. superb work indeed. Simon