A breathtaking night sky displays the Milky Way stretching across the stars above Mount Rainier / Tahoma in Washington state with an iridium flare. Snow-capped peaks and pine trees stand silhouetted against the horizon, with a road leading into the scene at the Sunrise corridor of the Mount Rainier National Park. A climber is already on the way to the peak, indicated by their headlights on the side of the mountain at 12:23AM on July 29, 2025.