Near Spillway Lake

SpillwayLake2005|09|18: Near Spillway Lake. Yosemite National Park. September 18, 2005 © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Near Spillway Lake. Yosemite National Park. September 18, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

Spillway Lake is in the Yosemite backcountry in the Mono/Parker Pass area, just below the ridge of Kuna Crest. Although the lake is not visible in this picture, it is in the basin below the far ridge.

Near Parker Pass in Color

NearParkerPass2005|09|16: Near Parker Pass. Yosemite National Park. September 16, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Near Parker Pass. Yosemite National Park. September 16, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

This is a color version of an image I posted in black and white a few days ago.
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Mono Lake Moonrise #1

MonoMoon01-2005|09|16: Moonrise #1. Mono Lake. September 16. 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Moonrise #1. Mono Lake. September 16, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

I took a large series of pictures of the moon rising over Mono Lake last Friday. This is the first though not necessarily the best of the batch.
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Conway Summit Aspen Groves

ConwaySummit2005|09|16: Aspen Groves at Sunset. Conway Summit. September 16, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Aspen Groves at Sunset. Conway Summit. September 16, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

This stretch of Hiway 395 just north of Mono Lake is flanked by aspen groves rising toward the Sierra crest. The beautiful light at sunset changes extremely quickly.
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