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.
“Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point,” taken by Ansel Adams in Yosemite National Park, is a thrilling view of the American West, featuring a waxing Moon rising over dark, ice-tinged peaks.
But precisely when Adams took the iconic black-and-white picture has never been clear, and dates for it range from the mid to the late 1940s.
A team led by Donald Olson, a professor of physics and astronomy at Southwest Texas State University, claim that the mystery can be resolved.
The linked article includes the details and a copy of the photograph. One interesting fact is that the identification of time, date, and location resulted from the discovery of an original color exposure of the image.
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G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” (Heyday Books) is available directly from him.
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