Sunrise over the Rockies in May (2/2)

This image is from this morning, right at sunrise. There is almost a surrealistic feeling to the mountains in the background and the valley around Lake McDonald is beginning to show more shades of green as bushes start leafing out and plants start growing.

The snow is mostly melted from Apgar Mountain in this picture, so most of that little fir tree can now be seen. What was shown as about six or eight inches of the fir tree in the previous image now reveals that it was only the very top of a tree that is about five feet tall. 

In another month, the bare bushes in the foreground will be leafed out and the image will be different still. Either way you look at it, this is an unmistakable view of springtime in the Rockies.