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Tahoma, framed by the bridge

Shot on a Pixel 8 Pro, telephoto lens.

Tahoma is more commonly known by the coloniser name of Mount Rainier.

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til that tahoma is actually a mountain and not just a font.

can't wait to see pics of the peak of times new roman, now!

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Tahoma is the origination of the name from the Puyallup with variants Tacobet, Takhomat.

Puyallup can be pronounced Pü-al-up, or Pooey-loop; depending on if you live there or go to a rival school

See also: Tacoma Aroma

Source: child of colonists

Edit: beautiful shot ❤️

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- Oh is Puyallup the name of a group? I've seen it on maps and always wondered about it because it looks soooo much like an indigenous australian place name from the southwest of Western Australia.
  
  The 'up' suffix is a common place marker in some Noongar dialects, so it's very common in town, suburb or neighbourhood names. The rest of the word fits so well as well. For example there's a Mullyalup, which is pretty dang close.
  
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  Neat! Puyallup tribe, yup. Now home to the Western Washington Fair, the largest state fair on the west coast!
  
  Fun fact: it was built on the site where we housed the Japanese US citizens in WWII internment camps, even though they were US citizens.
  
  ...maybe not so much a fun fact
  
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- See also: Tacoma Aroma
  
  Unfortunately (fortunately??) the city quit being smelly long before I moved here. My roommate who has lived here since the 90s remembers it though!
  
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  Yeah, i noticed that when I went back a few years ago.
  
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Great shot. I think it's so cool that people are using telephoto lenses on phones. What a time to be alive.

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- Thank you! The telephoto lens (and camera in general) is like, 90% of why I bought this phone.
  
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  You just sold me on getting this phone. I got a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra now that I've regretted since Day One. First and definitely last Samsung phone forever.
  
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I'm a big wilderness freak, so this photo makes me sad, almost angry. But at the same time I awe at nature remaining the dominant focus. It's excellent juxtaposition of natural beauty dominated by ugly industrialisation, with really good framing setting that off.

Great job 👍

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- Ty for the kind words. Maybe you'll like this one better. :)
  
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  Ooo, yup. That's a beauty 👍
  
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The frames a bit tilted, can someone lift it up a bit from one side please, thanks!

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A bit of dehaze on the mountain maybe ? It's hard to see

Otherwise great shot !

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Tacoma you mean? From where you took the shot of Mount Rainier?

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- That's Mount Tahoma, in California
  
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- The irony of you trying to be contrarian is that Tacoma is still derived from the native name. Good luck finding a coloniser name for our city.
  
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