In the Pacific Northwest, topography dwarfs human communities.

"The Pacific Northwest's unsurpassed physical grandeur and topographic variety pervade people's experience, overwhelming and awing them. In the Pacific Northwest topography dwarfs human communities . . . There is nothing, not a thing, about the country that makes a person feel Big And Important."

Patricia O'Connell Killen,
"Pacific Northwest": The None Zone

Photo: Glacier Lilies and Mount Shuksan; North Cascades National Park, WA; July 23, 2013