Awesome photos -- Ansel Adams Wilderness

"Rocky spires known as the Minarets rise above 12,000 feet in the Ansel Adams Wilderness."
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Photograph by Peter Essick

"Melting snowpack sluices down Shadow Creek."
Photograph by Peter Essick

"Lodgepole pines cast long shadows at sunset."
Photograph by Peter Essick

"Late summer thunderheads build above Garnet Lake." That's Banner Peak rising in beyond the lake. 
Photograph by Peter Essick

"High winds and gathering clouds signal the approach of a winter storm."
Photograph by Peter Essick

"Above the tree line, strong winds whip whitecaps across the surface of Dana Lake."
Photograph by Peter Essick

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