| Alaska, 1979 | |
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"Lately we've had the St. Elias Range in sight, including Mount St. Elias itself. This morning half the horizon is mountains, mostly covered with clouds so there are no silhouettes."
Mount St. Elias, second-highest peak in the United States, looms beyond the bare slopes that surround the great dome of Malaspina Glacier. The peak is about 60 kilometers from the coastline. This range is uplifted by tectonic forces that arise where the Fairweather fault curves to the west—transpression. A handful of clouds like these can grow to cover the sky within minutes, or vanish just as quickly.
