Nope, not the sun, it's the moon! This is two days after the full October Harvest moon and it's still very close to it's perigee, so it's nice and big. Here it's seen rising from behind the Mahoosuc Range.
Heading down the Buttress Trail into the Great Gulf Wilderness... things start to get interesting as the path passes through this pile of rocks.
Looking from the Buttress Trail into the Great Gulf Wilderness. Jefferson's Knee the prominent feature on the left, Mt. Jefferson behind it and Jefferson's Ravine leading up to Edmond's Col on the right. We're climbing the Knee today.