Ghost Clouds In Glacier National Park Montana

These are the mountains the First Nations Blackfoot Tribe called "Backbone of the World"  and the "Shinning Mountains". This was a sacred place to the ancient  peoples who lived in these lands so long ago, this was a place for  vision quests.   

After a strong autumn rainstorm Lake McDonald glows with mist  which rises and lays on the hills above the lake, creating what is  locally called "Ghost Clouds".  

In the immediate foreground are the remains of a forest fire which ravaged this hill and in the distance are the mountains of Glacier National Park including Gunsight Mountain, Little Matterhorn, Glacier Basin and Lincoln Peak.  

This is an unusual image for me because I usually only shoot from the air but I was so taken by this place I had to explore it on the  ground as well, so I will be sharing a number of images I lensed from my terrestrial explorations here. 

This image is from my ongoing project in which I am trying to raise  awareness of the 47% of the USA and 90% of Canada that remain  unpopulated wilderness.   

Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition is my personal  mission to introduce people to these amazing locations that surround us.    

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