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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 30m

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… you find things like this solitary orange-toned rock sitting on a bed of entirely different material.

G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 30m

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… Nevada. I can’t understand the details of all of these stories (I’m not a geologist!) but I understand some of the themes. One is the constant wearing down and eroding of the highest peaks, a process that eventually transports rocks far from their source. And when this happens…

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 30m

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“One Rock” — A solitary orange-tinted rock on a bed of blue and gray rock.

Rocks tell stories in the high country of the Sierra…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/10/13/o...

#sierranevada #rock #stone #nature #wilderness #landscape #landscapephotography #photography

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 1h

Gary Nylander landscape photograph.

Gary Nylander 🇨🇦 @gary-nylander.bsky.social · 10h

Rock Isle Lake viewpoint (No. 679), Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. September 2025. Photograph© by Gary Nylander. www.garynylander.com #landscapephotography #artphotography #canada #artist #photography #EastCoastKin #G+Circle #PhotographersOfBlueSky #ClassicMono #smArtist

Rock Isle Lake can be seen to the left. I made this photograph from a viewing platform at the Sunshine Meadows area of Banff National Park. I took a gondola up the Sunshine Village and hiked from there. The photo was taken with a Nikon and a 300mm lens.

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 1h

Patricia Emerson Mitchell photo.

Patricia Emerson Mitchell @pattyplanet.bsky.social · 17h

Daily Flora

'C. M. Wilson' Camellia japonica, 3.4.25
patriciaemersonmitchell.com/2025/10/12/d...

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2h

One Rock

"One Rock" — A solitary orange-tinted rock on a bed of blue and gray rock.

One Rock

"One Rock" — A solitary orange-tinted rock on a bed of blue and gray rock.

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 21h

Normal people stay away from that location when the tule fog arrives, but that’s my cue to go there! I love photographing in foggy conditions.

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 23h

From the archive:

“Sandhill Cranes, Tule Fog” — A flock of lesser sandhill cranes in a wetland pond on a foggy winter morning.

Someone said it is national migratory bird day of some such thing, so here is a photograph of some of my favorite birds.

#birds #fog #wildlife #nature #photography.

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 1d

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… trees. But the trip was cut short when extremely strong winds arrived, bringing down many of the peak color leaves. I made this photograph after waiting patiently for a lull between the gusts!

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 1d

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…on my recent trip to the Eastern Sierra Nevada to photograph autumn color. Though they are not the only source of fall color — look closely to see others in the photo — the aspen trees are the stars of the show. I arrived at just about the right moment, as there were lots of very colorful…

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 1d

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“Sierra Stream, Aspen Color” — Eastern Sierra Nevada stream lined with autumn aspen trees.

I photographed this scene …continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/10/12/s...

#fall #autumn #fallcolor #autumnleaves #aspens #sierranevada #mountains #nature #trees #landscape #landscapephotography #photography

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 1d

And what a wild camera she used! Most of us today would not have a clue how to function with such a thing.

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 1d

Frog-ravaged Portland? ;-)

G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 1d

Sierra Stream, Aspen Color

"Sierra Stream, Aspen Color" — An Eastern Sierra Nevada stream lined with autumn aspen trees..

Sierra Stream, Aspen Color

"Sierra Stream, Aspen Color" — An Eastern Sierra Nevada stream lined with autumn aspen trees..

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 1d

True. :-)

G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2d

Thanks, Frank!

G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2d

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… in the summertime, you know that such solitude is a rare and wonderful experience here.

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2d

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… were lovely on this July morning at Tuolumne Meadows, in the high country of Yosemite National Park. Shortly after sunrise hardly anyone was there, since the campground was still closed. If you have visited this place…

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2d

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“Meadow and Forest, Clearing Fog” — Morning fog clears from a Sierra Nevada meadow and forest.

Atmospheric and light conditions…continues: gdanmitchell.com/2025/10/11/m...

#sierranevada #yosemite #nationalpark #forest #fog #meadow #morning #nature #landscape #landscapephotography #photography

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2d

(This is an older photograph of snowy conditions and aspens in the autumn.)

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2d

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…conditions. (One strategy is to head for more sheltered east side valleys and canyons with larger trees.)

What about later next week? Fall-color aspens and snow can be beautiful, but it is getting later in the season and your trip may be longer if Sonora, Ebbetts and Tioga Passes close.

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2d

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…for the Sierra from late Monday into Wednesday, predicting the potential for significant precipitation, including pass-closing amounts of snow.

You might have a small window to get up there this weekend, though I expect that the color may reduced a bit by the antecedent wind…

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2d

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…on Friday.

That happens, and while it takes down a lot of peak-color leaves, the trees that “aren’t there quite yet” typically come into form a few days later and things can look great once again.

But now there’s a new wrinkle. Weather forecasters have now raised a winter storm watch…

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2d

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…and there was beautiful color the usual places between Carson Pass and Bishop Canyon.

But there was a little problem. Late on Wednesday very strong winds developed, taking down a lot of the peak color leaves in many places. I left late Thursday, but I understand that the winds continued…

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G Dan Mitchell | Photography @gdanmitchell.com · 2d

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Some of you may know that I have a bit of history photographing fall color (mostly aspens) in the eastern Sierra Nevada. I think this may turn out to be a bit of a tricky season for catching the fall color.

I was up there last week…

#sierranevada #fallcolor #aspens #storm #weather #snow

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