A photograph from a series I made during a recent pre-dawn visit to Glacier Point in early November. The light was, of course, beautiful. I can strongly recommend an autumn visit to this location and at this hour. While Glacier Point is frequently a very busy place, crawling with tourists, there were only four of us there on this morning – and we got to enjoy the rare and wonderful experience of quietly enjoying dawn over the Sierra from a truly astonishing vantage point.
(A few practical issues: Check before going there this time of year; it won’t be long before winter snowfall closes the road to Glacier Point to all but hardy cross-country skiers. And, if you do go, dress warmly!)
This photograph was made (as you may have noticed from the date) in autumn of a pretty dry year. For this reason I was able to approach the base of the falls much more closely than would be possible in other years or during the waterfall season. (Even if you did manage to get this close in, say, June you wouldn’t see anything but a solid wall of mist.)
(Unfortunately, due to long-ago server software updates, this photograph no longer appears on this page.)
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.
Photographer and visual opportunist. Daily photos since 2005, plus articles, reviews, news, and ideas.
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