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Ansel's Rocks

Ansel Adam's iconic shot of Mt. Williamson from Manzanar has always been a personal favorite. A few years ago, Kevin Benedict and I went on what amounted to a wild goose chase looking for the spot that Adams took his famous shot. After driving around for what seemed like hours on some very sketchy dirt roads that were nearly impassible even in a four-wheel drive and one very close call that almost resulted in our rented SUV becoming a permanent fixture of the landscape, we ended up heading home empty handed.

In hindsight, striking out on that day was probably for the best as the mountain was covered in clouds and the light was frankly terrible. On the plus side, we did get quite a story out of our little backroad adventure.

This past February Kevin Benedict, Sky Matthews and I were back in the Sierra Nevada's and decided to give it another go (probably due more to my persistent nudging than any real desire on their part, so thanks to them both for indulging me). This time around, armed with some slightly better intelligence, we were actually able to find the right spot - though it did take quite a bit of looking, Sky's eagle eye, and a nice hike (yes, this time we were smart and left the car in the parking lot).

It was the middle of the day when we began our search, so I wasn't really expecting to take anything other than some snapshots on the cell phone before heading to a better location for sunset; but as luck would have it, when we finally found the right spot, some interesting looking clouds started rolling in prompting me to take out the tripod and camera. While not even close to the light show captured by Adam's in his Mt. Williamson shot, I really like how the clouds above Mt. Williamson seem to take on the look of a second, distant mountain range. While nothing will ever top the original, I do hope that my homage does it some justice.

Taken in: United States / California / Manzanar (show map)

Taken on: February 20, 2022

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