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Originally Posted by Marshal
Holy 'shit in my pants' telephoto. I can only guess this is the Olympics in Washington. I have never seen a photo of Victoria like this one. The peak is amazingly clear. Its almost freakish, especially considering that, away from the south facing coastline, the surrounding mountains do not have much of a presence in the city. Even when you can see them, the Olympics look far away. This photo is crazy unreal. Congrats to whoever took it.
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See
this page on Vibrant Victoria for a great tutorial by Gary Hoyer (his pics) of where this mountain range is, it's not in the nearby range right across the water by Port Angeles, but rather a full 80 miles west.
Here's his picture of Mt. Baker from his Victoria condo:
He also has a great view of the construction of the new bridge: