This has to be one of the best lit nature photos I have ever seen. I still can’t believe that’s not a painting. Congrats on seeing such a beautiful sight and thanks for sharing.
The face you’re looking at actually used to be the seafloor hundreds of millions of years ago (~400). With the pressure of constant westerly tectonic movement and different land masses colliding with the west coast, it eventually folded inward. If you go to the other side of the mountain you’ll see sedimentary layers that resemble the layers of a cake, these are the sediment deposits on the sea floor. Just picture your carpet when a piece of furniture slides into it. There are several continuous ridges like the one in the pic that stretch for over 35 km.
Source: I’m a tour guide in the area over the summer, and studying environmental sciences the rest of the time
Edit: For everyone asking for a pic of the other side, here is a pic of Mt Rundle from Lake Two Jack, different mountain but same processes and concepts. You can also camp at this lake (Lake Two Jack) [OC]
![image showing The slabs of Banff backcountry [OC][3456x5184]](cbbdb3a8-07d4-5a3a-be9d-b6199e202ccf.jpg)
Bluffing on December 7th, 2017 at 19:30 UTC »
Legit looks like a painting.
jesseflorig on December 7th, 2017 at 22:25 UTC »
This has to be one of the best lit nature photos I have ever seen. I still can’t believe that’s not a painting. Congrats on seeing such a beautiful sight and thanks for sharing.
Rundle9731 on December 8th, 2017 at 01:20 UTC »
Fun fact:
The face you’re looking at actually used to be the seafloor hundreds of millions of years ago (~400). With the pressure of constant westerly tectonic movement and different land masses colliding with the west coast, it eventually folded inward. If you go to the other side of the mountain you’ll see sedimentary layers that resemble the layers of a cake, these are the sediment deposits on the sea floor. Just picture your carpet when a piece of furniture slides into it. There are several continuous ridges like the one in the pic that stretch for over 35 km.
Source: I’m a tour guide in the area over the summer, and studying environmental sciences the rest of the time
Edit: For everyone asking for a pic of the other side, here is a pic of Mt Rundle from Lake Two Jack, different mountain but same processes and concepts. You can also camp at this lake (Lake Two Jack) [OC]