Golden Haze - McCoy Flat - Lassen County California

by Mike Lee

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Golden Haze - McCoy Flat - Lassen County California

Artist

Mike Lee

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Photograph - Digital Photography

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This image was captured on a moody late afternoon at McCoy Flat Reservoir in Lassen County, California, USA. More specifically, I captured the image standing in Bridge Creek, one of the small seasonal feeder streams that feeds the shallow flood control/irrigation storage reservoir. Both the creek and lake had dried up at the end of summer and were (hopefully) awaiting the coming winter precipitation. I was struck by the mood that was created when the warm golden hour light met the descending fog. Fog can form rapidly on this, and other nearby flats, as the temperature and dew point quickly collide at nearly 6000 feet above sea level. The undisturbed recent snow put the icing on this beautiful cake!

𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸-𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳, 𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘈 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴.

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December 21st, 2020

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