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Ghost Forest, Near Tawny Point

Ghost Forest, Near Tawny Point
Ghost Forest, Near Tawny Point. John Muir Trail, Sequoia National Park, California. August 9, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

Black and white photograph of a high altitude “ghost forest” on the John Muir Trail near Tawny Point, Sequoia National Park. These dead trees are located right at timberline in the southern Sierra Nevada at an altitude of close to 12,000′. It appears that an older forest died and that a new one is in its infancy.

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Oak Grove Trail in Winter Fog

Oak Grove Trail in Winter Fog
Oak Grove Trail in Winter Fog. Central Californina. December 10, 2004. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

An older photograph shot on a wonderful foggy winter day along an unused trail that climbs a beautiful ridge covered with oak trees and grassland in a hillside park near San Jose, California.

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Lower Young Lake Shoreline, Dusk

Lower Young Lake Shoreline, Dusk
Lower Young Lake Shoreline, Dusk. Yosemite National Park, California. September 10, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.

I spent several days in the Young Lakes area of the Yosemite Sierra Nevada back-country on a solo pack trip late last year. Although Young Lakes are very popular during the summer season and can be reached by a one-day roundtrip hike, this I was alone at the lake on a quiet evening following an afternoon of rainy weather.

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Dusy Basin, Morning Reflection (B&W)

Morning Reflection - Dusy Basin
Morning Reflection – Dusy Basin, Morning Reflection. Sierra Nevada Range, California. August 14, 2005. ©; Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white photograph of early morning cloud and mountain reflections in an alpine tarn in Dusy Basin, Sierra Nevada Range

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