Mistfalls

Matt Tilghman

This view is from Russian Ridge Open Space, California, where the trail from Borel Hill meets Ancient Oaks Trail. When I rounded the bend and was struck with this scene, I was immediately reminded of the type of fjords that line the coasts of Alaska or Norway – the ones that are are lined with waterfall after waterfall, every one so large that you wonder how it's not in the record books... so high that you wonder how on earth there's enough precipitation above it to fuel it's flow. While this peaceful valley of the Santa Cruz Mountains is quite modest in comparison, the patterns of the mist looked to me like giant waterfalls. I'm not exactly sure why the fog hung in the crevices like that. It could be that it was just barely cresting the ridge and flowing into the valley, making these literal mistfalls, but I've seen that process before and it usually doesn't take that pattern here. It could also be that the rainfall that night had awoken some streambeds, and the fog was meandering above those.


Mistfalls

Thanks for looking!

kdog

Nice capture of the mist falls, Matt. That would make a heck of a timelapse.

ian408

It's a great photo of an area I like to mountain bike. The hike from the parking lot has a couple of really cool looking oaks-the sun shines through them too

Matt Tilghman

Thanks kdog and ian!

kobistar

Amazing Photo

Matt Tilghman

Thank you!

Davremdali

Amazing image!
Excellent composition and good transition of hues especially the background really punches the foreground forward.



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Stumblebum

Another masterpiece!