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Aerial color spotter Titus Davis flew his Phantom 4 Pro drone at points between Carson and Monitor Passes (CA-88 and CA-89) to create this video. Here’s a rundown of where he flew: :00 — Silver Lake Latitude: 38°39’54.90″N Longitude: 120° 7’13.94″W :52 — East Fork Carson River 38°40’33.38″N 119°44’12.25″W 1:37 — Hope Valley Latitude: 38°44’58.72″N […]
Trees are Just Starting to turn color in Chico, but it’ll be paradise when the Esplanade (seen above) is peaking. Then, it is one of the most fall-tastic boulevards in California. What makes Chico’s Esplanade so exceptional is its blend of vibrant Chinese pistache and landmark Valley Oak that drape the roadway with fluorescent red, […]
Black cottonwood and Frémont cottonwood growing across the Round Valley northwest of Bishop are now peaking, reports Michael Morris. Lee Foster and I visited this area a month ago and reported then that it would be spectacular at peak. Morris’ photographs confirm that prediction. This, quite likely, is the best show of peaking cottonwood in California. If you’re […]
Alena Nicholas spent Saturday exploring the lakes and trails that spur off from the Rim of the World Scenic Byway in the San Bernardino Mountains. Black oak at Lake Arrowhead, Grass Valley Lake, Lake Gregory and nearby areas are at full peak speckling the forest with bold splashes of orange. The San Bernardino range’s bigleaf […]
Indian Summer is the “spell of warm weather after the first frost.” This American expression was first recorded in 1778 in a letter written to England, though its origins are uncertain. Some attribute it to having come from areas inhabited by Native-Americans or because Indians were the first to describe it. Regardless of how it […]
Color spotter Darrell Sano attempted a trip to the Eastern Sierra on Friday. He’d planned to drive across Tioga or Sonora Pass, but the passes had closed due to an early snowfall. So where did Darrell head to find fall color? Straight to Yosemite National Park. At this time of autumn, early storms will close […]
In autumn, the American River is placid, unlike the surging stream it is in late spring and early summer. Sycamore, Frémont cottonwood and black oak cast golden, orange, yellow and lime reflections across its slow moving waters. Lotus, near where gold was discovered in Coloma in 1848, is a popular put-in spot for rafters and […]
Quincy, the Plumas County seat, sits at 3,432′. Hike a hundred feet higher into the hills surrounding the town and you have a birds-eye view of downtown Quincy splashed with orange, yellow, red and green. That’s what Michael Beatley did this weekend, while also exploring fields and farms around Quincy to return with an album […]
CaliforniaFallColor is dedicated to celebrating all the colorful shows of autumn, whether flora or fauna. Yesterday, color spotter Robert Kermen looked to the skies to capture a female red-tailed hawk “showing off her new fall feathers (over the California/Nevada border). She must have had a good molt this summer,” he penned. Then, he sent this […]
In the Sierra, some of the best times to take a photograph are during or immediately following a storm. Ansel Adams taught us this with his iconic image of Yosemite Valley, taken from Tunnel View, following a clearing winter storm. Silver Lake, on the June Lake Loop, similarly delivers many magical moments. Here’s one taken […]