This image of the Milky Way passing directly behind Mt. Jefferson holds a special place in my heart. It comes from a trip with my father-in-law to a favorite place of ours in the central Cascades of Oregon. Little did we know that later in the summer, a massive wildfire would consume the very area that we had camped and photographed this scene. A combined 1 million acres burned that summer in the state of Oregon. Taken July of 2020.