r/geography • u/SeattleThot • Jul 27 '24

Cities with breathtaking geographic features? Discussion

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I’ve only been around the United States, Canada, Mexico, and a few European countries, so my experiences are pretty limited, and maybe I’m a little bias, but seeing Mt. Rainier on a clear day in the backdrop of the Seattle skyline takes my breath away every time.

I know there’s so many beautiful cities around the world (I don’t wanna sound like a typical American who thinks the world is just the states lol).

Interested to hear of some examples of picturesque features from across the world.

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u/Interesting-Grape197 Jul 27 '24

https://preview.redd.it/jsv9196smzed1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37f5ecade980ed74533d04875242d3be3908797d

Mount Rainier is absolutely gorgeous.

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 27 '24 edited Jul 27 '24

Even more gorgeous on it too. The grassy meadows were truly something else.

https://preview.redd.it/f3fr7dltvzed1.jpeg?width=6000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36d3b1a148f027672ecd28786329263f2a83f105

Took this picture on my trip there in late September. The red on the ground is all berries, which numerous brown black bears comb through and eat

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u/mx_code Jul 27 '24

https://preview.redd.it/jftesfxm20fd1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8924d58de6c5d4d4b98fb05309f57d4b93b7c069

This is Rainier today, a but greener still stunning

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '24

Which trail is this?

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u/I_Makes_tuff Jul 27 '24 edited Jul 28 '24

Looks like the visitor's center at Paradise. Funny how this shot makes it look like you could just hike on up to the top in an afternoon.

Edit: See below

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u/Paradox1961 Jul 27 '24

Paradise is the wrong side, they said Sunrise side. This is from the walk up to split to Burroughs or Fremont Lookout, up the ridge from the sunrise parking lot.

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u/Bloody_Nine Jul 27 '24

Is it hard to summit? Or a regular hiking/skiing trip?

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u/anniecoleptic Jul 27 '24

Summiting requires mountaineering experience, not to mention it's over 14k feet. Definitely not for the faint of heart. People train for months before they go up there

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u/Bloody_Nine Jul 27 '24

I see! I guess you can hike the loop around for fun but stay away from the top unless you got experience. Cheers.

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u/mx_code Jul 27 '24

There’s tons of trails , so i would say it’s as easy- hard as you want it to be.

There’s a cemented loop, fairly easy … around 1 hour

The one pictured i would say it’s a mild 3 to 4 hour hike

And you can actually hike/camp for 2 days if you want to get to the actual summit

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u/fieldsports202 Jul 28 '24

What was the temperature up there today?

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u/Nekikins Jul 27 '24

You should get that printed and framed. That's an absolutely jaw dropping photo.

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u/Jaeguh Jul 27 '24

Houston 225 highway view is a sight that our ancestors have never seen

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u/Possible_Chicken_489 Jul 27 '24

Indeed. Path on the ground and path in the sky, nice imagery there.

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u/LizziTink Jul 27 '24

That has to be doctored...filters...it looks like a freaking painting.

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 27 '24

Lemme tell you, it was even more beautiful and vivid in person.

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u/Falcrist Jul 27 '24

Probably pushed the white balance slightly to get rid of the bluish cast... maybe bumped the saturation a little... but I don't think anything egregious was done.

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u/BearJL51 Jul 27 '24

https://preview.redd.it/1j8cikv8j2fd1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cc2c6511920562f3a69358c84547039d64238fff

It was extra snowy 2 summers ago, couldn’t summit because of it. I encourage all to climb it, it’s a crazy personal victory

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u/AboutTurkey Jul 27 '24

There is only brown bears, and very few at that, in the far northern cascades of Washington. Any bears south of that are black bears.

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 27 '24

Yeah mb, probably black bears.

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u/HarryLewisPot Jul 27 '24

I refuse to believe this isn’t a painting

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 27 '24

That’s how I felt in person. It was so picturesque

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u/pitchymacpitchface Jul 27 '24

First thought: from which game did you take the screenshot?

Second thought:it's surely a really good painting.

Third thought: Mt Rainier exists.

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u/Dr_Bunson_Honeydew Jul 27 '24

*black bears. Black bears may have brown fur but true brown bears are only just returning to WA in North Cascades

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 27 '24

Yep black bears is right

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u/Subliminal87 Jul 27 '24

This picture is great! Honestly thought it was fake until I zoomed in. Very jealous. Wish I took it!!

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 27 '24

Believe it or not I took it on a compact camera. Fuji X100F. Here's another picture that looks too fake to be true, this one is straight off the camera with no edits

https://preview.redd.it/uciqjcxiz1fd1.jpeg?width=6000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f431fabad96028693861f237a6bdcdd552e3a60c

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u/Subliminal87 Jul 27 '24

Damn! That’s nice!! I have an old Nikon d3100 I wanna replace coming up.

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u/rkaye8 Jul 27 '24

Stealing sorry

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 27 '24

Go ahead if you wanna use as wallpaper. I ain't no professional, these pictures are for personal enjoyment

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u/innominateartery Jul 27 '24

This looks like a Albert Bierstadt painting

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u/BallardCanadian Jul 27 '24

Did the Wonderland trail last September. You think your get tired of views of the same mountain for 8 days… nope!

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u/sleeknub Jul 29 '24

I call them blueberries, but I’ve heard others call them huckleberries. I’m sure I’ve at least eaten my weight in them over the years.

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 29 '24

https://mountrainiernps.tumblr.com/post/186968017323/its-huckleberry-season-this-is-a-common

Huckleberry is the right term. I tried it and it had a dry mouthfeel, like wine. Was also quite acrid. Maybe due to the season (early fall) that I ate them

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u/sleeknub Jul 29 '24

I figured, but they are blue and taste like blueberries, so I’ll keep calling them blueberries.

Of course, like any fruit, how they taste depends on how ripe or how old they are.

Edit: as well as the conditions they were grown in.

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u/madagascarprincess Aug 27 '24

This looks like a Bob Ross painting. I had to zoom in to confirm it was real

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Aug 27 '24

It was exactly like that in real life too trust me. Felt surreal standing in front of what looked like a painting but in real life

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u/TheSeekerUnchained Jul 27 '24

Looks amazing, is it save walking there?

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u/Hotpotato1566 Jul 27 '24

did you use any filters? That looks incredible

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 27 '24

No I just pushed sliders slightly as I took this on Fuji x100F standard film setting which tends to be blue and undersaturated. It was near evening during the photo and I remember it looked even more vivid than the photo.

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u/HavingNotAttained Jul 27 '24

That picture would make make a great jigsaw puzzle

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u/Hinohellono Jul 27 '24

I'm sorry this doesn't even look real. Wow

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u/PeopleRGood Jul 27 '24

Where is this?

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 27 '24

Wonderland Trail, near the end of the loop

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u/Luvs4theweak Jul 27 '24

That red isn’t all berries bro

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 27 '24

Were you there?

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u/CornPop32 Jul 27 '24

Wow that's gorgeous. Looks like a painting!

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u/sankalp89 Jul 28 '24

Grass is said to be non native to the Americas. So how come Rainier has grassy meadows?

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 28 '24

Grassy as in low lying plants. It’s a lot of different plants.

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u/LazyWaltz Jul 28 '24

i actually gasped what the heck this is gorgeous im stunned....

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u/McThunderStick Jul 30 '24

Mind sharing which trail or overlook you took this photo at? I went a couple summers ago hoping to see some wildflowers but it was still covered in feet of snow all the way to the Visitor's Center in Paradise. I definitely want to make a return trip.

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u/Ok_Minimum6419 Jul 30 '24

Its basically on the Skyline Trail loop near the end of the loop. I started left -> right so endnof the loop in clockwise fashion