Crescent Moon Over Mt Dana and Mt Gibbs

Crescent Moon Over the Mountains

Crescent Moon Over Mt Dana and Mt Gibbs

With Tioga Pass opening last week, I finally got the opportunity to make it up before the snow melted and the mosquitoes moved in. I went to bed at 9pm so I could get a few hours of sleep before I drove the 3 hour trip to the Tuolumne Meadows area to photograph “something” at dawn. I had an idea of stopping at Dana/Gibbs View for my sunrise location, and when I saw the crescent moon over the mountains, that settled it…I’m staying.

Sunrise wasn’t epic, but I got some nice keepers and more importantly, I had an old backpacking-friend stopped by that morning. We haven’t seen each other for almost 10 years.

In the next few days, I’ll post some more pictures from my trip.

Crescent Moon Over Mount Gibbs

Mike is a Central Valley California landscape and nature photographer whose subjects include scenes from Merced County, Yosemite, SeKi, and the eastern Sierra. He is currently living in Atwater, CA.

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