Early Morning Mist Rises Across The Western Range of Glacier National Park

Moisture in the air reacts to the early morning heat by draping a beautiful cloak of soft mist across the Rocky  Mountains and Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park. I lensed this one  early summer morning before sunrise while flying in the area filming the wilderness around Glacier National Park, Flathead National Park and Great Bear Wilderness. 

That is Lake McDonald on the bottom left of the image and from left  to right along the mountain skyline are Stanton Mountain (7750 ft / 2362  m), Mount Brown (8565 ft / 2611 m), Edwards Mountain (9072 ft / 2765  m), Gunsight Mountain (9258 ft / 2822 m) with Sperry Glacier and finally  on the far right lies Mount Jackson (10052 ft / 3064 m). 

From this Research Source:
Recent archaeological surveys have found evidence of human use dating  back over 10,000 years. These people were probably the ancestors of  tribes that live in the area today. By the time the first European explorers came to this region, several different tribes inhabited the area.  

The First Nations Blackfoot Tribe controlled the vast prairies east of the  mountains. The Salish and Kootenai Tribes lived and hunted in the western valleys (the ones you see in this image). The Blackfoot called  those mountains on the horizon the "Backbone of the World" and the "Shinning Mountains".  

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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. Yehaw!!  

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