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Autumn sunsets are the best of the year, particularly as seen across the Central Valley. Sunsets are particularly spectacular in autumn because blue light is scattered easiest by nitrogen and oxygen air molecules, whereas “longer wavelengths — reds and oranges – are not scattered as much by air molecules,” The Weather Channel reports. During sunrise […]
Autumn color is spackling the forest along Crystal Cave Road in Sequoia National Park, like paint on a palette. Southern California color spotter Frank McDonough visited the park, yesterday, returning with these images of the roadside spectacle. Sequoia National Park (5,000′) – Peak (75-100%) GO NOW! [wunderground location=”Three Rivers, CA” numdays=”4″ showdata=”daynames,icon,date,conditions,highlow” layout=”simple”]
California’s longest lasting peak occurs in its vineyards. Fall color begins peaking by grape variety in October and continues through November. Gene Miller visited the Napa Valley yesterday and captured these images along CA-29 and the Silverado Trail. He reported, “the whole area is alive with color,” admitting, “I passed up a lot of shots […]
Uvas Canyon, near Morgan Hill in the southern Santa Cruz Mountains, is a cool, refreshing forested getaway for residents of Silicon Valley (Santa Clara Valley). It is a Santa Clara County Park with 7.2 miles of hiking trails including a one-mile waterfall loop that travels along Swanson Creek past several waterfalls and cascades. At peak, […]
Bold color remains to be enjoyed in Yosemite National Park though most of the maple and dogwood have another week of peak before they’re gone, reports color spotter Son H Nguyen. Son traveled the Wawona Road (CA-41 – south entrance) from Yosemite Valley to Glacier Point on Saturday and found the color from Tunnel View […]
Last weekend’s storm kept a lot of photographers and color spotters from visiting locations where autumn color was peaking. That happened to Philip Reedy, who returned to Downieville, in the northern Gold Country, yesterday to find the color just past peak along the North Yuba River and spent bigleaf maple leaves washed onto its banks. […]
William Croce calls Bishop, the Round Valley and US Hwy 6, a “Nice consolation prize for those of us who missed the good stuff in the high country.” Indeed it is. Too many color spotters give up on Bishop once the aspen have peaked up Bishop Creek Canyon, but they’re missing out on the beauty […]
The most satisfying leaves of autumn are Leaf Cookies sold at the Freeport Bakery in Sacramento. Buying a half-dozen of them has become a sure stop on a routine fall color drive that I take each November along the American River to Sacramento and back. The drive […]
As color descends throughout California, the bold stands of aspen have disappeared. The last remaining big show are the black oak, which continue to show orange color at elevations below 3,000′. Color spotters turn to California’s urban forests for bright […]
Driving CA-3 north from Weaverville past Trinity Lake and the Trinity Alps at this time of year, you truly are on a highway to heaven. Bold color fills the forest. In places, it is a virtual corridor of autumn drama. Color spotter Jeri Rangel traveled the route this week, returning with these images of dogwood […]