It was sent around, among my sibs.
Marty, always a hard lad to scam, pointed out that, IF the sun was rising BEHIND the mountain, the side facing the camera would have been too dark to show that much detail.
Fake, in my estimation. Those exact lines of shade to light wouldn’t be possible.
Edited by - chuckv97 on 12/08/2024 12:03:57
I don't have a good explanation why, but it definitely looks fake or photoshopped in some way to me.
Does it matter? Some fake stuff is fascinating and beautiful. Being fake does not make a picture repugnant. The content might.
It is fake, the shadow doesnt even align with the mountaintop even if I was to believe only the peak can cast a shadow.
What gave it away for me was "early morning sunrise" .... I've lived in quite a few different places and invariably late morning sunrises are the order of the day. 
... and speaking of early sunrises [and late sunsets] apparently this was Inuvik, NT a week or so back:
Edited by - Owen on 12/08/2024 17:43:33
Geez Owen,, you buy that photo?? Those numbers and black arrows in the sky are totally fake…. just sayin’
But, but, but, this "hanging lake" in Denmark's Faroe Islands is not fake [the superimposed caption notwithstanding 
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I took a picture very similar to that photo of Mt. Rainier except mine was of Mt. Shasta. You have to be there when the sun is just rising, and it helps to have the right kind of clouds in the background to help contrast the shadow so it shows up well.
We have a postcard view of Mt. Shasta from our place, but even given that the conditions are seldom all in place to be able to catch such a nice photo. Oh, and you have to be up and around and coherent enough to observe the conditions and have your camera or phone on hand and ready.
The shadow looking like that with nice sharp edges and contrasting nicely with the background doesn’t last very long. 30 seconds or so, no more than a couple minutes and it’s gone. The sun keeps rising changing the light and the angle of the shadow.
If I can remember I’ll post my photo of Shasta in the morning.
Hmmm….. something fishy about this …
I would expect the shadow to not touch the peak....that is, if the clouds were higher than the peak. If the clouds were below the peak, I would expect to see a shadow extending from the mountain...but then you shouldn't be able to see the peak.
Just my $0.02.
Here's my photo of Mt. Shasta casting its shadow. (Taken with my old phone some years ago.)
Edited by - raybob on 12/09/2024 09:40:33
I have notified my sibs about the Mount Shasta picture.
We now live in a little town about 45 miles west of the mountain and national park. The town is Rainier, WA, and gives us spectacular views of the mountain most days. In the three years we have been here, I have seen that shadow cast once. It wasn't as dramatic and as well defined as the photo, but it was definitely there. I think the photo may be real, but enhanced a bit.
