Every feature glows, radiating beauty that pours into our flesh and bones like heat rays from fire.

"I gained the noblest view of the summit peaks . . . , every feature glowing, radiating beauty that pours into our flesh and bones like heat rays from fire. Sunshine over all; no breath of wind to stir the brooding calm
 . . . , so boundless an affluence of sublime mountain beauty . . . , a spiritual glow covering it.  I shouted and gesticulated in a wild burst of ecstasy, much to the astonishment of St. Bernard Carlo, who came running up to me, manifesting in his intelligent eyes a puzzled concern . . . which had the effect of bringing me to my senses.  A brown bear, too, it would seem, had been a spectator of the show I had made of myself . . . He evidently considered me dangerous, for he ran away very fast . . ."

John Muir

Photo: Big Pine Lake #2 just after sunrise, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada Range, CA; July 29, 2012