Photographs from the Photography on the Run post: Three Bighorn Sheep, a Solar Eclipse, and a New Peak
First sun on Mt. Islip's rocky southwest/south ridge as I started up the Windy Gap Trail in the Crystal Lake Recreation Area. The trees were killed in the 2002 Curve Fire.
Mt. Islip's east ridge (in sun) from the Windy Gap Trail. The ridge leads down to Windy Gap.
Mt. Islip (8250') and Windy Gap (7588') from the Windy Gap Trail.
The three bighorn sheep in this photo melt into the landscape. If they had not dislodged some rocks, I doubt I would have seen them, October 14, 2023.
Even in this cropped view the three bighorn sheep below Windy Gap blend into the terrain. October 14, 2023.
Three bighorn sheep descending the rocky slopes below Windy Gap, in the San Gabriel Mountains. October 14, 2023.
The sun crests a ridge east of Windy Gap. A partial eclipse has just begun. October 14, 2023.
A sugar pine, heavily laden with cones, along the PCT, between Windy Gap and Mt. Hawkins. The sunlight is subdued by the progressing partial eclipse. October 14, 2023.
Closer look at a resin-encrusted sugar pine cone. Sugar pines have bundles of five needles. October 14, 2023.
The October 14, 2023, solar eclipse from the PCT near Mt. Hawkins in the San Gabriel Mountains, near Los Angeles. The photo was taken with an iPhone using eclipse glasses as a filter.
Mt. Hawkins and an eclipse-muted sun from the PCT. The exposure of foliated gneiss might have been metamorphosed from Precambrian sediments. October 14, 2023.
Continuing east on the PCT in an area near Throop Peak recovering from the 2002 Curve Fire. The sun is partially obscured by the eclipse. October 14, 2023.
Mt. Burnham (8,997') and Mt. Baden-Powell (9,399') from the Dawson Saddle Trail.
Windy Gap (left-center), Mt. Islip, and Mt. Waterman from the Dawson Saddle Trail. Twin Peaks is behind Mt. Islip.
South ridge of Mt. Lewis from the Dawson Saddle Trail. The ridge was burned in the 2020 Bobcat Fire. October 14, 2023.
Dawson Saddle Trail trailhead on Angeles Crest Highway (Highway 2).
An empty Angeles Crest Highway. The highway has been closed between Red Box and Vincent Gap since rainy season storms destroyed or blocked sections of the roadway. October 14, 2023.
The south ridge of Mt. Lewis can be accessed from the CalTrans shed at Dawson Saddle (7901').
Denuded limbs of old-growth manzanita on the south ridge of Mt. Lewis. The ridge was burned in the 2020 Bobcat Fire. October 14, 2023.
Coyote tobacco blooming near the summit of Mt. Lewis. October 14, 2023.
Mt. Baden-Powell (9399'), Mt. Burnham (8997'), and Angeles Crest Highway from Mt. Lewis.
Grinnell's penstemon blooming out-of-season on Mt. Lewis as a result of rain from Tropical Storm Hilary. October 14, 2023.
A distinctive grass on the shoulder of Mt. Lewis. Is it deergrass? October 14, 2023.
Angeles Crest Highway, west of Dawson Saddle. Much of the area north (right) of the highway was burned in 2020 Bobcat Fire. October 14, 2023.
An interesting rock exposure on the Dawson Saddle Trail. It looks like gneissic rock with an intrusive dike of quarts diorite.
Zillions of lodgepole pine cones along the Dawson Saddle Trail.
Alpine sulfur flowered buckwheat along the Dawson Saddle Trail. October 14, 2023.
A mix of limber pine cones (larger) and lodgepole pine cones on the Dawson Saddle Trail.
A grove of lodgepole pines on the Dawson Saddle Trail.
Junction of the Dawson Saddle Trail with the Pacific Crest Trail.
Currant leaves changing color with the season. October 14, 2023.
Rabbitbrush along the PCT east of Mt. Hawkins. October 14, 2023.
Mt. Lewis from Windy Gap.
California fuchsia along the Windy Gap Trail. October 14, 2023.
Paintbrush blooming out of season on the Windy Gap Trail. October 14, 2023.
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