Santa Cruz Mountains

The setting sun has sunk below the coastal fog, yet briefly lights up some fortuitously positioned clouds.

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Santa Cruz Mountains, California

The trees along the trail appear to lean away from us as we walk through this open and airy woodland.

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Santa Cruz Mountains, California

From a high ridge we watch low clouds brush the tops of forested ridges in the valley below.

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Santa Cruz Mountains, California

Alders and California laurels lean over a trail on a foggy morning.

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Santa Cruz Mountains, California

A detail of a mountain stream rushing headlong through its rock-tumbled course.

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