Category: Weather and Climate
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Low Tide Husky Skijor w/ Echo and Yuba (GoPro 11 Mini)
It doesn’t take a lot of snow for these guys to have a good time. Fortunately, we have a couple of much needed storms on the way that should help start to turn things around this winter in terms of our snowpack in the Sierra. But, up until this point, our snowpack has been dismal and very…
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Low Fire Danger Summer, Controlled Burns
After the massive winter of 2022-2023 we had the luxury of not worrying much about fire in the Sierra Nevada mountains and conditions were ideal for more extensive controlled burning throughout the summer and into the fall. View from an overlook above Mono Lake with a controlled burn near highway 395 in the distance. Now…
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Beach Vibrance
This was an incredible and surreal sunset photographed from the shores of Morro Strand Beach this past fall. The clouds were striking and the color truly exploded minutes after the sun dropped below the horizon line. It was a memorable sunset that I was happy to be on the beach to witness and capture. This image, “Beach Vibrance,”…
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June Runoff After a Big Winter
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The Big Melt is Underway in the Sierra …
The big melt is now upon us in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Here is a glimpse at the Upper Truckee River late in the afternoon after a few weeks of warm temperatures and dry conditions. Water in motion and melting snow late in the afternoon. Captured at the same waterfall featured in the video above…
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Ongoing Project: Documenting the 2021 Northern California Fires and their Aftermath
The Caldor and Tamarack Fires had a tremendous impact on El Dorado and Alpine County residents during the summer of 20221 and these fires continue to impact our lives in various ways, having drastically altered the landscape around us. While covering the story locally, as it unfolded in our backyard, I put together the following…
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Rapid Growth and Extreme Fire Behavior on the Caldor Fire — Timelapse and Stills (Sony A7 RIV)
With strong SW winds and extremely dry fuels in its path the Caldor Fire exploded on 8.17.21, exhibiting extreme fire behavior throughout the day. As of this post on 8.20.21 the fire is close to 70,000 acres with zero percent containment and more than 100 structures lost. These images and this very short timelapse were…
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Tahoe Quarterly: “When Fire Movers Higher”
This Caldor Fire image was included in Tahoe Quarterly’s recent story, “When Fire Moves Higher” which discusses the impact and causes of the increasingly extreme fire behavior in the alpine environment. The image was taken in the El Dorado NF the afternoon the fire first experienced rapid growth. Given the conditions at the time it…
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Shooting New England Waterfalls at the End of Summer
When we evacuated our home in Tahoe during the Caldor Fire we decided to visit family across the country … My parents live on the Vermont border, in upstate New York. Usually I find myself there in late fall because that is when my schedule has allowed for it. For this reason my New…
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Lenticular Cloud Panorama: Lake Tahoe Basin Landscape Photography (Sony A7 RIII)
“Lenticular Panorama” This image was taken on the second afternoon of a prolonged inversion in the Lake Tahoe Basin. As the sun began to disappear behind the mountains to the west, the enormous lenticular cloud overhead was illuminated and its texture became far more visible. Given the sheer size of the cloud, I knew that…
David N. Braun Photography 