My Mountain Trail

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Archive for January 22nd, 2010

Rain and Snow

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Cats and Dogs

It’s been raining cats and dogs around here for almost a week. Last night on my run it actually started to snow at above 1800′. This morning I decided to drive up the mountain and photograph the snow before coming to work. Unfortunately they didn’t open the top of the mountain, and it was STILL raining cats and dogs. I know I should have shown some dedication and hiked up, but I didn’t. Instead I turned around and drove down to this stream for a quickie waterfall shot.

15 Seconds in a downpour and this is the result. Worked for me.

Glen Canyon

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

On January 11th on a flight from SFO to DFW we flew right over Southern Utah and Norther Arizona. Snow was everywhere, so I snapped some photos with the M3. My Monument Valley shots still need some work, but this picture of the Colorado River turned out beautifully:

35,000 Feet

Someone on Flickr asked if this was really the Colorado River, or maybe it was the Green River. I have to admit, I wasn’t sure where the Green River connected with the Colorado so I had to go look. Here is the satellite picture of the Colorado River from Google. I rotated it to give it a similar perspective to what we had flying Southeast. Looks like my guess was good: