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t1_it3rr81 wrote

Still so smokey though from the fires

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OP t1_it3vuco wrote

Yeah it was! At night more smoke rolled in, and it got so bad we couldn't see any surrounding peaks. Pretty crazy experience..

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t1_it5dmpi wrote

My wife and I recently summited a peak as the sun was setting. The hike down in the dark was pretty frightening even though we had a strong flashlight. Were you OK in the dark?

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OP t1_it5sbu3 wrote

that sounds like an adventure! Yeah we were fine, just camped in a tent in the moonlight, it was very peaceful

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t1_it55mkd wrote

From Seattle, 250 aqi yesterday. Gotta love wildfire season

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t1_it5cpw5 wrote

Member when we didn't freaking HAVE a "wildfire season?" I member.

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t1_it5nucm wrote

Right? I've lived in Washington my whole life and this is so weird and no one where I live seems willing to acknowledge that this never used to happen and it blows my mind. 2020 was by far the worst where I am, but this week has also been really bad.

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t1_it5pdd1 wrote

This whole year seems to have been bad. But yeah, I never saw this before 2017.

Edit: I first moved to Washington in 2006 and Iā€™m being downvoted for describing my lived experience. Never change, Reddit.

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t1_it7dvfi wrote

I moved to Montana in 2008. Have a free upvote to combat the ignorant, my PNW neighbor :)

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t1_it64s35 wrote

Kim worried that from now on we will have two seasons: rain and smoke :(

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t1_it7zvwy wrote

I'm 37 and grew up and still live in interior BC, not far from Spokane. Wildfire season was always a thing but it was super rare for it to get really bad. Now it's really bad more years than it isn't. Its nothing like it used to be and I hate it when people bullshit like it's nothing new.

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t1_it5yzav wrote

You guys got it way worse than us (California) this year. Spooky stuff. I was kinda thinking about moving up there (sorry) to run from the fires, but maybe I should just keep on truckin all the way to Juneau or something...

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t1_it5fyn4 wrote

I saw Diablo Lake at 888 aqi a couple days ago šŸ¤®

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t1_it5ohby wrote

That's got to be a failed sensor

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t1_it5ql6f wrote

It is not. I misspoke though, it is on Ross Lake not Diablo Lake. The sensor is right across the lake from the Desolation wildfire and the topography on the north end of the lake traps the smoke something fierce.

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t1_it5lvg6 wrote

Seattle was awful today. I'd bet that visibility in the city was less than 2 miles.

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t1_it3zybt wrote

I think thereā€™s a giants camp with some mammoths somewhere close by

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t1_it4wljm wrote

there could also be a skeleton in a boat in that lake

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t1_it5povw wrote

Shhhhā€¦ tell people itā€™s Colorado or something.

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OP t1_it3nvee wrote

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t1_it3oli1 wrote

It looks unreal. What a perfect time of the day to witness such a beauty of a scenery. Wonderful photo šŸ¤Æ

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OP t1_it3w06p wrote

Thank you! It was incredibly beautiful. It felt very rewarding after a long journey in..

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t1_it3ygxr wrote

No better reward than this view, that's for sure. Except maybe some whisky in a nicely lit cabin but what do I know ^^

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t1_it4930k wrote

Sisters?

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t1_it4e7gl wrote

Had this pic for a wallpaper. Finally know the place :)

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t1_it5opg6 wrote

That's Scotland or Norway. That's an ancient mountain. Washington mountains don't look like that

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t1_it4ul93 wrote

Great shot! Youā€™re just at the right place and time to have gotten all the layers showing the depth of the landscape, along with the shape of the clouds going towards the horizon. You captured the excitement of hiking in just one photo.

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t1_it57d0m wrote

I live pretty close to here and it hasn't rained since june.

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t1_it5cxp4 wrote

That's what Washington looks like a 430pm now :(

Not looking forward to this winter.

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t1_it62d79 wrote

I used to be a reddittor like you...

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t1_it63qf3 wrote

Ah yes. The four seasons of the cascades... Winter, spring, summer, and smoke.

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t1_it6kwyi wrote

I love the Cascades. I unfortunately live so far away.

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t1_it6vksl wrote

This is beautiful Iā€™d love this as a wallpaper for my phone haha!

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t1_it770wu wrote

This looks so beautiful. Im sad summer hiking is wrapping up (here in Canada anyways). But this is the year I start snowshoeing and cross country skiing just so I can get in the mountains year round. Lovely photo thanks for sharing.

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t1_it7dkdz wrote

Beautiful spot! I love the natural silhouette of the mountains.

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t1_it88oa6 wrote

Reminds me of the terrain in horizon zero dawn in the nora area

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t1_it88pd8 wrote

Wow no man's sky graphics are really good

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t1_it563o9 wrote

Our state is just packed with beautiful photobait landscapes. Thank you for sharing this one with us

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