Impending storm clouds loom over Yosemite Valley as the sun breaks through a sliver in the clouds to illuminate the face of the cliffs in an epic battle between dark and light. As often is the case a beautiful morning in Yosemite following a late winter snowfall the night before turned cloudy as thunder storms build over the Sierra Nevada. The clouds cast their shadows at first sparingly over the Valley floor moving quickly then gaining momentum and volume as the afternoon warms the Central Valley of California. As the clouds build the Sierras turn dark and the light is diminished until only occasionally the sun breaks through and illuminates the face of Yosemite’s sheer granite walls. This is the best time of year to catch the dramatic scenery that unfolds when light and dark battle for the same space.

© Darvin Atkeson
LiquidMoonlight Studios
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Make:	NIKON CORPORATION
Model:	NIKON D800E
Exposure:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Aperture:	f/7.1
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