Exactly a month ago today, I shot what very likely will be a once in a lifetime setup for me. Morning bolts in Yosemite! Last one had 2 upward leaders coming off the rock. Days like these are when i feel extra grateful to live less than an hour away from Yosemite
Here’s a 1 minute glimpse of the incredible flash flood today on highway 163 between Mexican hat & Valley Of The Gods in far southeastern Utah. Incredible amount of water! This was from the same supercell that dropped golf ball size hail on lake mead
#utwx
Yes, it’s been warm. Yes, the snow is melting. But, if you think we’re even close to done melting the snowpack, think again. 3 more months of melting at least
Feel incredibly grateful to have captured this incredible storm over Yosemite Valley on Saturday evening, as dynamics from the outer bands of Hilary swept through the area
June 22nd, 2022 in the Ansel Adams Wilderness… just 9 miles the way the crow flies from my front door. I’ll literally remember this day for the rest of my life.
This is quite possibly the best satellite image I’ve ever seen of California. Full green up west of the Sierra, solid white along the Sierra, Tulare Lake, Owens Lake & Lake Manly full and visible. Just incredible!
Yesterday was nothing short of a dream. I ventured out to a very seldom visited basin deep in the Sierra backcountry, on what happened to be the best thunderstorm day in many years for the Sierra. Still in shock
This will end up being a top 3 California scene for me. Massive sunset over rolling green hills with lupine & poppies. Good as it gets! Full image coming soon
Happy summer solstice! In the Mammoth Lakes Basin, it’s very much anything close to summer yet. These were all taken this afternoon, June 21st on my lunch time bike ride up there
I’ve measured 70 inches at my house in the upper part of Mammoth Lakes in the past 48 hours. 2 more inches and we’ll be at 6 feet for the storm. And it’s still dumping! 😁❄️
I gambled hard today in very difficult chase territory with only 1 road running north to south. Absolutely paid off. Brief tornado this evening in the Great Basin
Sun came out after 9 straight days of snow. About 10 new feet of snow. Mammoth is VERY good at snow removal, so when it’s this narrow, you know it’s a good year
If you’re considering coming to Tahoe or Mammoth for fresh snow this weekend, don’t. 99% chance you won’t make it, and even if you do, NOTHING will be open, and avalanche danger will be through the roof
Back of the camera for now but holy
Cow…. Canadian border type aurora to crazy low latitudes last night. Sat at Mono Lake all night.
My photography style, as y’all know, heavily consists of chasing insane light and storms, but this is one of the few times I was left speechless
Rained yesterday afternoon, turned to snow, then turned back to rain overnight as the temp rose to 37°, then fell back into the high 20s before sunrise, Freezing fog now & everything is a complete ice rink
Mammoth Lakes, 1/10. Snow is over waist deep. Snow poles are just over 7 feet tall. It’s up to the bottom of my second story roof now. Finally the big dump we’ve been waiting for!
After yesterday’s in bound avalanche in Olympic Valley, everyone is finally realizing the snowpack is unstable… the only reason I have not been in the backcountry yet this season. Pictured here is a massive in bounds avalanche this morning on Climax on Mammoth Mountain
An absolute unit of a bolt near Monument Valley 2 days ago. Been waiting years to capture bolts here for years. What a great first strike to capture over this epic landscape
I’m ALWAYS excited for winter to come around again, but how could I not be when I live here? The beauty of winter in the Sierra Nevada is just unmatched 😍 🏔️
Stuck around for some elevated instability this morning and got rewarded big time with a massive positive bolt and some fog hugging the top of shiprock
Anyone who knows me knows I love to shoot places many times, and in different seasons. The one place that I will ALWAYS keep going back to is the Upper Owens River. Every time, I find something new. Shot a couple weeks ago. So much love for this amazing place I call home 😍🏔️
Alright, i’m behind on photos but way too stoked to not share. These massive clear air bolts landed on the backside of mono lake last night about 10 seconds apart. Been waiting for these conditions for a long time. Having the rabbit brush in full bloom made it that much better 😍
Finding the balance between chasing storms and chasing storm light is a hard one. But let’s be honest…. Monsoon sunsets in the Sierra Nevada can’t be beat 😍 I’ve captured these 5 images just in the last 7 days
Nearly 70° at 8,300 feet today. First pic today, 2nd pic 6 weeks ago. Snowpack is ✌️’ing out quick below 10,000 feet. Above that, as much as 45-50 feet of snow remain.
Still some massive snowdrifts hanging on in the high Sierra. Felt weird standing here in shorts while sweating! I’d estimate this one was around 9 feet tall
I seriously never thought I’d get to see (and capture) an Aurora in my own home state (Sinaloa).
I am ~25 minutes away from my city, Culiacán, Mexico, and this is what I am seeing 🤯🤯
Best birthday gift I could ever hoped for.
Feel the need to emphasize this again. Strong MJO was being forecasted for 2 weeks along with a massive Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event that occurred around February 20th. The odds were always in favor and models caught up. Time to start thinking about worst case scenario's
"Rumor Control". Again, its being talked about for a reason! This amount of rain falling on top of a 20-30 foot snowpack, and feet down to 3000 feet, is a recipe for disaster. This is how you get floods like Jan 1997. People wait too long to make a big deal about this stuff
As if this winter wasn't wild enough, let's end march with a kona low being picked up by a rapidly deepening surface low with tons of cold air. Because... why not 😁
@cartermurphy218
I am looking forward to being older so I can travel more, but the first place I will be going is definitely not your irrelevant mountain range. Many other places more worth my time.
This has to be one of my favorite winter nights since moving to the Eastern Sierra. Perfect reflections, great sunset & the ice here formed in such a way that reminded me of some of the salt formations you’d find in Death Valley 😍