Astronomers have pinned down the exact time and date that renowned photographer Ansel Adams snapped his ethereal picture, “Autumn Moon,” and have determined that the sun, moon and mountains will align in the same positions on Thursday.
Yosemite officials expect a crowd of photographers, astronomers and Adams aficionados will gather atop Glacier Point to relive the scene that Adams captured. The scene repeats every 19 years.
“Autumn Moon: the High Sierra From Glacier Point” depicts a gauzy moon hanging in the darkening sky above the jagged peaks of the Clark Range.
That is this Thursday, September 15, 2005.
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