Mount Shasta glows in the early light of an April sunrise.
While the Great Hunkering continues, I distanced myself from everyone by heading up to the Castle Lake area before dawn. Based on the weather forecast, I had a hunch that there would be some interesting weather conditions for the sunrise. This certainly proved to be the case as the light began to improve and I could see the clouds in the sky. The light never quite lived up to my expectations before the sun came up but the light from the freshly risen sun cast a glow on Mount Shasta and everything around it. Bathed in glorious orange light, the mountain manifested a small but dynamic little lenticular. There had been some formations before sunrise but they disappeared before the sun broke across the horizon. This small, new one was radiant as it constantly changed shape.
While not quite the sunrise I was expecting, it was absolutely spectacular nonetheless. When I was satisfied I had seen enough (possible?) I headed up the road to Castle Lake, where there was a perfect reflection on the unfrozen part of the lake. The light of the sunrise still glowed above the lake on the upper cliffs of Castle Peak. This is a magnificent land…
