El Capitan's 3,000 foot cliff face shines in the afternoon light

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The blue shadow of the Earth can be seen as a colorful layer just above the jagged peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Above it, the pink, red and oragne alpenglow light is descending to bring direct light into the Range of Light

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A lone quaking aspen tree stands amongst some pines along the June Lake Loop road in the Eastern Sierras

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A half moon rests momentarily on top of Mount Whitney. This wasn't quite the shot I had envisioned when I noticed the moon's position, but the moon was moving too fast.

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