20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A Cascade of Beauty

This image took 3 days, dozens of miles of backing and thousands of feet of elevation change to create. It taken while backpacking through Washington's Cascade Mountains as clouds of mosquitos descended onto our mountaintop camp site with stunning 360-views and sunsets.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Devil's Dome Loop, Washington, United States of America
Copyright: © Micah Rubin