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Photographs: Sierra Nevada, Photographs: Yosemite

Lower Young Lake Shoreline, Dusk

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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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Photographs: Central California

Ridgetop Oak Tree (monochrome), Calero Hills

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CaleroRidgeOakBW2007|03|18: Ridgetop Oak Tree (monochrome). Calero Hills, California. March 18, 2007. © "Copyright G Dan Mitchell". ("sales") keywords: oak tree ridge ridgetop calero hills santa clara county park clouds california black and white photograph

Ridgetop Oak Tree (monochrome). Calero Hills, California. March 18, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.


This noble, though slightly tipsy, old oak lives on the top of a ridge I like to visit in the Calero Hills (Calero Park) south of San Jose, California.

Photographs: Sierra Nevada

Dusy Basin, Morning Reflection (B&W)

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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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Photographs: Nature, Photographs: Northern California, Photographs: People, Photographs: Sierra Nevada, Photographs: Yosemite

People, Evening, Glacier Point

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People, Evening, Glacier Point
People, Evening, Glacier Point

People, Evening, Glacier Point. Yosemite National Park, California. June 11, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

A small group gathers at Glacier Point to watch the sunset over Half Dome and Tenaya Canyon, Yosemite National park.

A small group of people gather along the edge of the cliff at Glacier Point to watch the sunset. This had been a much less wet winter than the current (2011) winter, and little snow is visible at the higher elevations even though it is early June.

Any visitor to the Valley should make a point of watching the sunset from this vantage point. Park visitors have been doing it for decades, and with good reason. From here the view includes the depths of Yosemite Valley, including some of the waterfalls and famous granite faces, Half Dome, the gorge of Tenaya Canyon, Mount Hoffman and the domes around North Dome, and out of the frame to the right the crest of the Sierra.

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