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Sublimation

Being high enough among the clouds leaves you to wonder what the forest will reveal. The clouds mask and veil the depth of the wilderness to bring a sense of mystique only characteristic of the Sierra.


Evaporation

As the morning mist of Yosemite Valley burns off the trees on the forest floor, you can not help but half expect to smell the odor charred bark or smoke. Here we stand in the presence of three states of matter. Here we see their transformation. It’s evaporation.


Inversion

Heavier and colder air sinking below peak after peak within the San Gabriel mountain range. A cascading scene of mist and mountain from one range to the next. From front-country to the back-country wilderness, elevation changes accompany the settling of heavier air carrying particles of moisture.