Mount Oso Hiding in the Clouds

Sometimes clouds are just clouds, floating along in the sky, providing shade and rain or snow. And then sometimes clouds are not at all as they seem to be, for instance these clouds enveloping the harsh and rugged Mount Oso in the San Juan Mountains deep in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.  

Mount Oso is a high and prominent mountain summit in the San Juan Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,690-foot (4,173 m) peak is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest.  (Research Source) 

I lensed this image of Mount Oso peeking out from within the cloud cover while exploring the San Juan Mountain Range from Mesa Verde to the San Luis Valley near Alamosa, Colorado.

Also known locally as the "Hunchback" due to its bulky shape and size, Mount Oso was covered in clouds as I flew around it on this cold winters day. This illustrates the inherent danger flying through clouds without knowing exactly where you are and where the mountains are. 

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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