Death Valley, California

Creeping out of the blue hour shadows, the dune faces are lit by an intense low light from the rising sun.

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Martin’s Beach, California

The setting sun lights up the clouds above the off shore marine layer. The sea stack in the foreground is the known locally as the Wizard’s Hat. There’s some history with this location involving a billionaire Silicon Valley venture capitalist, the legal right of all Californians to beach access, and locked gates. The people won a few years ago. This was my first visit to the location.

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Eastern Sierra, California

The morning sun lights a snow dusted peak rising above a sagebrush plain.

Explored November 14, 2021

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Mount Tamalpais, California

In the final moments before the sun sank below the coastal fog, its rays lit up a bank of fog that had started flowing towards us. All who had come to watch the sunset were delighted.

Explored September 27, 2021

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Mount Tamalpais, California

The low light of a setting sun warms the tendrils of coastal fog flowing over Mt Tam.

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