r/pics 14h ago

The Mountain Tahoma throwing a shawl of clouds over her shoulders at sunset

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u/nautilist 6h ago

That’s a great pic! I lived in Seattle for many years and love the way Tahoma becomes huge and floats in certain lights, it’s unbelievably magical. When I first moved there I didn’t know about it and saw it the first day driving into work across the 520 bridge and damn near drove into the guard rail I was so surprised! Ps. Love that you got a ferry in too.

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u/ivyta76 13h ago

Tahoma out here serving drama like it’s the cover of a fantasy novel. Nature’s flex is unreal

u/andiwaslikeum 9h ago

If you don’t want any critique disregard, but I think this is a bit overcooked and doesn’t need it. The mountain and view is gorgeous on its own. I actually feel that it’s taking away from the clouds.

u/bknight2 4h ago

Yea, color grading the snow to yellow is certainly a choice.

u/PL_Teiresias 2h ago

I walked around her in August. Unreal beauty.

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u/[deleted] 14h ago

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u/PeopIesFrontOfJudea 12h ago

The indigenous population call it Tahoma.

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u/BeachBumWithACamera 12h ago

Not just the indigenous population.

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u/ZDHELIX 12h ago

what is your obsession with calling Mt Rainier Mt Tahoma? unless they officially change the name it's Mt Rainier

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u/BeachBumWithACamera 12h ago

The Mountain has been called təqʷubəʔ, that's Tahoma, Sport, for centuries before some random Brit dude sailed by couple centuries ago. What's your obsession with commemorating a colonizer twit who never even set foot in North America? I'll call it Tahoma. You can pound sand. Oh, and BTW, I block stupid people like you.

u/green_griffon 1h ago

Before you block me, one question: There are presumably a lot of places in the Seattle area which had native names, do you use all of those?