Earth Spirit Rising

At moonrise, the nighttime Mount Rainier volcano in Washington mirrors with the stars of the Milky Way in the Reflection Lakes. The Reflection Lakes are getting ever shallower and smaller as aquatic vegetation takes root and mud collects on the lake bed. The Puyallup Tribe of the Native American Indians called this mountain Tahoma or Tacoma, which means the mother of all waters.

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