Wintertime Alpenglow is special. Because of the late sunrise (Just before 9 AM) and the early sunset (Just after 3 PM) I am up to see it on both ends. The snow is also further down on the mountains giving us a bigger surface for reflection. As part of my Sitka Winter series of blog posts, here the different shades of the setting and rising sun against the mountaintop snow.
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