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Take photos from both sides.  I'll bet one side shows the bottom chain stopped, and the other side shows the top chain stopped.

You are correct.  While I was looking for a good angle on some shots there, I almost stepped on this creature... ...but his rattles warned me off:

What town?

Panthéon, Paris

...stretch it over the top petal of the lens hood and the top of the camera.  Keep on shooting through snow or light rain.

I took this photo from Smith Rock and the foreground is Terrebonne, OR.  The town of Sisters is closer to the peaks. Fun fact: central Oregon has the highest per capita ratio of breweries in the USA.

Lert, have at it.

3 out of 4 are correct.  The fourth peak should be easy.

Three of the peaks are related.

What are the names of these four peaks?

That's  what I do too (AS clamp on the BR screw).  I also have an AS L-plate on the camera body; it's  easy to switch between the two points, or even to mount either (lens or body) on a tripod.

If you're in Whittier for a cruise ship, you will see glaciers on that ship.  The smaller cruise that you're thinking of will get you closer, of course. Note that it is not unusual for an Alaskan ...

Tioga Road is not yet open and access to/from the Eastern Sierra probably won't happen until July. Https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/tioga.htm

I second Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Kings Canyon and Sequoia are distinct national parks, but they are managed as a single unit. One of my all-time favorite hikes is through the Redwo ...

You cannot drive through Big Sur and most of it is inaccessible for many months to go, due to winter storm damage.

Composite image

Forster's Tern diving sequence: Composite image

Note: I am not a meteorologist, not do I play one on TV ;-) However, I have lived my (almost) entire life in the SF Bay Area. The SF Bay Area fog is a unique phenomenon. The ocean off shore is a ...

Forster's Tern after the dive and fish capture:

My sky preferences are (in order): (1) "Angry" clouds (2) Puffy clouds (3) Blue sky (4) overcast sky (sorry for the weather that day)