Clouds shroud Mount Rainier on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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Rings of a Douglas fir are displayed at Longmire inside Mount Rainier National Park on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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A Douglas squirrel munches on a Douglas fir cone inside Mount Rainier National Park near Longmire on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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A Douglas squirrel munches on a Douglas fir cone inside Mount Rainier National Park near Longmire on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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Tree rings of a Douglas fir are displayed at Longmire inside Mount Rainier National Park on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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Tree rings of a Douglas fir mark important moments in history at Longmire inside Mount Rainier National Park on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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The Christine Falls between Longmire and Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park pour over a cliff as vehicles travel on the bridge above on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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The glacier-fed Nisqually River pours over rocks between Longmire and Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park on Tuesday afternoon.
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A man hollers to his hiking partner to take his photo as he hangs over a foot bridge above the Nisqually River at Mount Rainier National Park on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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The Christine Falls between Longmire and Paradise at Mount Rainier National Park feed into a creek that will join the Nisqually River on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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A creek at Mount Rainier National Park brings glacier water downhill into the Nisqually River Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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Cold glacier water flows over rocks at Mount Rainier National Park below the Christine Falls on Tuesday, Sept. 12.
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