By Marianne Lincoln

It was a crisp, cold evening out on the Muck Prairie. Around 8:20 p.m., the moon began to rise over the mountains, glowing an eerie orange color. As it rose, shadows were cast across the  grassy fields of Range Area 13; the former homestead of Hudson’s Bay employee Charles Wren and location of New Muck Station.

The stars were in their full glory out and away from the city lights. Frequent military and civilian aircraft added to the lights in the sky. The moon rose over a grove of Garry Oak trees, their twisted branches creating patterns over its face.

As the moon rose higher, it began to take on its more familiar white color casting Mount Rainier in a dim glow, its outline, was a crisp silhouette against the clear sky.

Truly a remarkable, eerie and lovely sight this cold November night. I hope you enjoy the photos. Click on one to enlarge it and bring up the series.