Stumbled on this amazing #APOD from 2014
#aurora #nightsky #mountains #snow
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Tag: snow
Photos from a rare Los Angeles snowfall, way back in 1949
Photos from a rare Los Angeles snowfall, way back in 1949.
Snow in the mountains above Hollywood.
Snow in the mountains above Los Angeles.
#Snow in the mountains above #LosAngeles.
By mid-afternoon, the patches on Mt. Wilson (barely visible at the left) had faded, though the ridge behind it still has a ton of snow visible.
Snow in the mountains above Los Angeles.
Snow-dusted mountains behind the Los Angeles skyline. Closest we’ll get to a white Christmas, but the day certainly fit the song’s intro!
Photo taken at: Kenneth Hahn Park
Snow-dusted mountains behind the Los Angeles skyline. Closest we’ll get to a white Christmas, but the day certainly fit the song’s intro!
Mammott selfie. (a.k.a. Ski Mammott.)
Photo taken at: Angeles National Forest
Somewhere over Oregon / Mt. Jefferson
Somewhere over Oregon. Update: I’ve identified the mountain as Mt. Jefferson. #mountains #snow #airplaneshot #cascades #mtjefferson #oregon
Snow covering far more of Mt Saddleback than usual
Snow covering far more of Mt Saddleback than usual. #snow #orangecounty #saddleback #newyearseve #mountains
Volcano, you say?
Mt. Hood at Sunset
City of Angels in Fantasy by Shawn S. Park
Santa Ana Mountains Snow II
According to Flickr, this is my most interesting* photo that isn’t someone in costume at a fan convention. It’s #68 on the list!
The photo was taken December 18, 2008, after a storm passed through Orange County and did something unusual: it blanketed the Santa Ana Mountains with snow. Saddleback typically gets a light dusting a couple of times a year, and the next peak down sometimes gets a little snow that melts by noon, but it’s rare for the snow to reach any lower.
The vantage point is a housing development on Quail Hill, looking southeast over the Irvine Spectrum area. You can see the Great Park Balloon near the left. Saddleback itself is out of frame to the right, but you can see its base (the peaks are covered in clouds) in the panorama I shot at the same time.
*Flickr’s “interestingness” is a measure that combines a count of views, comments, and “favorites.” The exact balance is secret, but from what I can tell, comments outweigh favorites, which outweigh views.
Santa Ana Mountains Snow
Santa Ana Mountains Snow – Quail Hill View, originally uploaded by Kelson.
Monday’s storm didn’t leave much snow on Saddleback (though the San Gabriel Mountains were pretty well covered), but it’s been cold enough that I half-suspect this weekend’s storm will leave a bit more.
So here are a couple of views of the Santa Ana Mountains and the Irvine Spectrum from last December, seen from Quail Hill. The first was taken the morning after the storm ended. The second was taken the following day at lunchtime. I’ve also got a full panorama taken at the same time as the first photo.
Santa Ana Mountains Snow – Quail Hill Revisited, originally uploaded by Kelson.
San Gabriel Snow
San Gabriel Snow (Section 1), originally uploaded by Kelson.
I haven’t had a chance to post any of the photos I took of the mountains after Monday’s storm, so here’s one from last December. It was taken at the end of the Warner Ave. exit from Jamboree near The District on the former grounds of MCAS Tustin in Tustin, California. This is a small section of a larger panorama of the San Gabriel Mountains.
Woodbridge Snow View
Woodbridge Snow View 1, originally uploaded by Kelson.
View of the Santa Ana Mountains from Irvine, with Woodbridge lake in the foreground. Taken December of last year.