😼 Morgan Victoria (Chica) 🇳🇿

@morganvcat.bsky.social

Mistress of the Cat House². Kingpin in the NZ Division of the International Catnip Cartel. Leaves politics to hoomans. I'm STEALTH. 📍 Ōamaru, Aotearoa ² Two words; not *THAT* kind 🐈‍⬛

Here’s a zoomed-in shot of the summit and Columbia crest glacier. Note how carved the mountain is by erosion. It’s been about 2,000yrs since the mountain has seen a voluminous eruptive period, so erosion has outpaced the mountain’s building.

Here’s a zoomed-in shot of the summit and Columbia crest glacier in sunset light.  Note how carved the mountain is by erosion.

Our flight from Seattle to Sacramento was delayed by a few hours last night, but we were rewarded with an epic sunset on Tahoma (Rainier) as it poked through the low stratus layer. The pastel peach backdrop was made possible by the horrific wildfire smoke from all the PNW fires.

Stratovolcanonpops out of clouds and is bathed in sunset warm peach glow.