I live in Atlanta. I had the opportunity to fly into Seattle a few times and seeing Rainier was eye opening for me. I, quite literally, had never seen anything like it. To hear that the Himalayas put the Rockies to shame blows my mind.
And the Indian Plate is still colliding with the Eurasian Plate, so the Himalayas have millions of years worth of growth left to go. Of course they're constantly eroding as well, but that remains impressive.
It's crazy to think that when I was growing up just in the 90's we learned that Mt Rainier is an "extinct" volcano. But now that dialogue has drastically changed. Now we have lahar sirens in the Puyallup River valley. It's quite humbling that in a geological timeline Mt Rainier has been very active.
People might like to see photos of when there are unusual looking clouds around the summit. These clouds form because the weather way up there is so different from what's way below. Some of the clouds look like enormous flying saucers.
Hopefully you won't drop the ball major event, and you'll close your damn gates when the D-BAGS show up! You literally have "1" job!......PROTECT THE NATIONAL PARK!
I live in Atlanta. I had the opportunity to fly into Seattle a few times and seeing Rainier was eye opening for me. I, quite literally, had never seen anything like it. To hear that the Himalayas put the Rockies to shame blows my mind.
And the Indian Plate is still colliding with the Eurasian Plate, so the Himalayas have millions of years worth of growth left to go. Of course they're constantly eroding as well, but that remains impressive.
are you a computer? Rainer is not part of the rockies.....
@@spaceshipdms nope, but I'm from Atlanta. Everything taller than a hill in America is the Rockies to us.
"Glaciers constrained [subsequent] lava flows to the tops of ridgelines."
I had never appreciated that dynamic before. Thank you.
Thank you national park!
This is a great video!
My climbing friend and I did the summit in August 76. Yea, I was scared.
I love The Carbon Glacier there, it keeps making these piles of rocks in front of you as The Carbon River flows from the glacier.
It's crazy to think that when I was growing up just in the 90's we learned that Mt Rainier is an "extinct" volcano. But now that dialogue has drastically changed. Now we have lahar sirens in the Puyallup River valley. It's quite humbling that in a geological timeline Mt Rainier has been very active.
I was in school in the 90’s too, and I have know idea where you heard “extinct”, that’s total BS. No way that’s what was taught.
Mt Rainier “Extinct” that was never taught in school. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
People might like to see photos of when there are unusual looking clouds around the summit. These clouds form because the weather way up there is so different from what's way below. Some of the clouds look like enormous flying saucers.
Fears of fathom 4 iron bark lookout
I see this mountain from my backyard 😃 and I'm the first to coment 🤣
So, let it blow!! If people were stupid enough to move there,it is there problem, not ours!!
Hopefully you won't drop the ball major event, and you'll close your damn gates when the D-BAGS show up! You literally have "1" job!......PROTECT THE NATIONAL PARK!