Lone Tree on the Winter Solstice. Almaden Quicksilver Park. December 21, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

Taken on my (almost) annual Winter Solstice hike during light rain near the Reduction Works site at Almaden Quicksilver. As is typical in central California, while the calendar says “winter” the conditions seem to suggest “fall, winter, and spring” all at once.
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