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Photographs: Central California

Oak Grove Trail in Winter Fog

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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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Photographs: Sierra Nevada

Miter Basin

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Miter Basin

Miter Basin. Sierra Nevada, California. August 6, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Evening photograph looking back down into Mitre Basin from near the outlet of Blue Sky Lake.

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Photographs: Central California

Creek and Moss, Castle Rock State Park

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Creek with Mossy Rocks
Creek with Moss-Covered Rocks. Castle Rock State Park, California. February 24, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

I frequently walk past this fern covered section of creek when I hike the main trail to Castle Rock and Goat Rock at Castle Rock State Park in the Santa Cruz Mountains of central California.

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Photographs: Central California

Mission Peak: First Light on Mount Diablo

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DiabloFirstLight2006|11|23: First Light on Mount Diablo. Mission Peak, California. November 23, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.

First Light on Mount Diablo. Mission Peak, California. November 23, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

The story: This photograph was made just before sunrise at the top of Mission Peak, on the ridge above Fremont in the southeast San Francsico Bay Area. Here the sun is already striking distant Mt. Diablo, a landmark peak in the East Bay and Delta area. A group of us had climbed Mission Peak for the sunrise onn this Thanksgiving Day morning.

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