Taken from the banks of the Merced River in Yosemite Valley on December 27th, 2012
It’s become somewhat of a tradition for me to snow camp in Yosemite during the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve. This year, on my first night in the trip I walked along the Merced to one of my favorite views of El Capitan. Unfortunately the light and clouds weren’t cooperating over the Captain so I headed back toward the car. Halfway there I noticed this little pine tree in “snow monk’s” pose. The blissfully-smooth Merced river was providing elegant reflections of the Cathedral Rocks and as the sun sank lower in the sky it filled the clouds with a luscious, wine-colored light. I’m not religious but I certainly was worshiping in the Temple of Snow that night.
Joshua Cripps is a renowned landscape photographer who has garnered worldwide acclaim for his breathtaking images of our planet’s wild places. His photos have been published by the likes of National Geographic, NASA, CNN, BBC, and Nikon Global.
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