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Steve at Upper Hamilton Lake

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Steve at Upper Hamilton Lake

Steve at Upper Hamilton Lake. Sequoia National Park, California. August 5, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserve

Steve wades into Upper Hamilton Lake below Kaweah Gap – High Sierra Trail, Sequoia National Park, California.

Upper Hamilton Lake was our goal on the second night of our August 2008 9-day trans-Sierra backpack trip from Crescent Meadow in Sequoia National Park to Whitney Portal. This beautiful (and popular) lake is set in a deep bowl below Kaweah Gap, the pass across the Great Western Divide that we would cross the next morning.

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Photographs: Sierra Nevada

High Elevation Forest Near Crabtree Meadow

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High Elevation Forest Near Crabtree Meadow

High Elevation Forest Near Crabtree Meadow. Sequoia National Park, California. August 10, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of morning light in a high elevation forest between Wallace Creek and Crabtree Meadow on the John Muir Trail, Sequoia National Park, California.

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Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Ocean & Coast, Photographs: Sports

Windsurfing at Sunset

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Windsurfing at Sunset

Windsurfing at Sunset. Near Davenport, California. March 8, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A windsurfer heads out into winter Pacific Ocean surf at sunset – near Davenport, California.

This is another in a series of photographs of windsurfers I made one afternoon/evening near the end of winter earlier this year.

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Eastern Sierra Fall Color 2008 is Coming Soon

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Autumn Sunset, Monitor Pass

While New Englanders will scoff, Californians have their own spectacular fall color display in the eastern Sierra Nevada when the aspens and other trees turn red, orange, yellow, golden, and more around the beginning of October each year.

I’ve been “chasing the aspens” for some years now, and every year at about this time I start to look forward to visiting and photographing them – and I join in the speculation regarding the times of peak color, how the weather may affect this, where to find the best displays, and so forth.

Today’s post is just a reminder that the aspen color is now little more than a month away – I’ll post more on this topic during the next few weeks.

(Photo: Autumn Sunset, Monitor Pass. Sierra Nevada, California. October 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.)