Last week our photography meetup group planned an event to shoot the sunrise from the summit of California’s Mt. Tamalpais (aka Mt. Tam) located in Mill Valley. The highest point elevation is 2576 ft. but we shot at slightly below that elevation. Last month, almost every day on the Bay Area Coast experienced a heavy layer of marine fog and this day was no exception. The summit level gave us a perspective from above the layer of fog and it was magical except the sunrise occurred before we were allowed to enter the gates of the park so we weren’t able to get photos of the sunrise.
The first couple of photos gives you an idea of what we saw.
There is a museum on the west side of the summit for the Gravity Car Barn. The link below provides the history of this museum. I thought the doors on the Gravity Car Barn would be perfect for my contribution to Norm’s 2.0 Thursday Doors blog this week.
This is the link for history of the Gravity Car Barn: http://www.friendsofmttam.org/railroad/gravity-car-barn
Thanks for visiting my blog and thanks to Norm 2.0 for his Thursday Doors blog. For more blogs and photos of doors by others please go to: Thursday Doors.
Nice shot! what camera do you use?
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Thank you. I shoot with an Olympus OM-D E-M1, 12-40mm Pro Lens (this lens is new and I like it).
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Handsome door – good link for Thursday. 🙂
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Thanks Judy, posted this blog early since I was up until early in the morning but Norm hasn’t posted his Thursday Door yet (will link it tomorrow).
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Beautiful fog photos 🙂 I always enjoy the fog.
Nifty doors, too!
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Thanks Joey, post is early so will have to link to Norm’s blog tomorrow.
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Better early than late, I spose 🙂
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Sitting above the clouds or fog has an otherworldly quality to it. Nice!!
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Thanks Joanne.
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Mill Valley? I have no idea where that is (maybe you remember I love SE of Sacramento, close to the 49 high way of the gold rush). Next to these nice big doors, I love the clouds you captured!
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Thanks; the clouds were the marine layer fog.
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Beautiful shot – quiet and peaceful.
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Thanks. I’ve heard it does get crowded at times but the view is outstanding.
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We don’t get fog in SoCal like you do in NorCal! What lovely pictures!
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Thank you for visiting my post.
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Gordon, I love the fog photos and that’s a lovely door as well as a beautiful little building.
janet
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Thank you Janet.
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Wonderful . . . . . . we visit the Bay Area quite a lot given my home is in Great Britain but have never discovered this fabulous place. On the list to visit now 🙂
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Thank you. Hope you do visit Mt. Tam and nearby Muir Woods.
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So do I!
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Wow, what wonderful shots! I feel cooler already!
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Thanks Jan.
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Lovely images Gordon! The fog looks neat…like clouds. Great door too!
We could use that marine layer down here this week to cool it off a bit.
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Thanks Deborah. I’m in Los Altos this week and today was at least 100 degrees so I know what you mean by cooling off. Last 2 nights my house was 80 degrees and no A/C but I saw some fog roll into SF this morning.
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