Moon At Sunrise In The San Bernardino Mountains

Watch the moon set at sunrise up in the San Bernardino.

The video below shows the moon setting around sunrise here in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Photographing A Plate of Cabbage Tofu Stir-Fry

I realized since I have been a little less active on my blogs that one of the things I miss the most is just photographing food I make. I also want to get back into making more things from scratch, so last night I made an impromptu stir-fry with cabbage and organic tofu.

Today I made a cabbage and tofu stir-fry.

This stir-fry was made in the oven and included tofu, cabbage, white onions, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, nutritional yeast, salt, and a tiny bit of canola oil for frying the veggies. See how I made my little creation in the video.

 

Ring Around The Moon

In the past when people did not have access to calendars, some cultures tracked months by the appearance of a full moon. The ring around the moon here looks ethereal but has a scientific explanation. Ice crystals cause the refraction of light from the moon that creates a luminous ring around the earth’s lunar satellite.

Ice crystals in the clouds refract light from the moon, which creates a lustrous band around the lunar satellite.

Zooming in a bit more on the moon. The details of the craters come into focus.

Zooming in on the moon.

A ring around the moon makes it glow.

Clouds passing behind the moon.

The glowing full moon.

A light blue ring around the moon.

Craters on the moon are visible.

The best photograph I took of the moon that night.

Moon with clouds surrounding it.

Another blurry image of the full moon.

The moon descending behind the clouds.

The full moon in the partial darkness behind a black cloud.

 

 

View From The Rim Of The World Highway

The Rim of the World Highway is the picturesque name for Highway 18, which connects the city of San Bernardino with the communities of the San Bernardino Mountains.

The sun shining through the clouds on the way back down the Rim of the World Highway. The outline of the pine tree captures the inclement mood of this overcast day.

Clouds floating above the Inland Valley as seen from the Rim.

The view of oak trees and pine trees driving down the Rim.

Clouds floating in the sky.

A coulter pine while driving down the road.

View of the San Bernardino Valley with a signpost in the foreground.

Sun rays shining through the clouds and reflected off bodies of water and buildings in the valley below.

Sun shining through the clouds.

The silhouette of pine trees from the Rim. Sun rays are visible in the valley below.

Clouds with sunlight streaming behind and through these.

These videos illustrate the view of the drive down the Rim of the World Highway from Rim Forest to San Bernardino.

 

 

Walking In The San Bernardino Mountains

The oak branch hanging down frames the view of this tree laden hillside up in the San Bernardino Mountains.

One of my favorite pass times is taking pictures on my nature walks up in the San Bernardino Mountains.

The Coulter pine is the first thing I spot walking down the forest trail.

There are many holes burrowed into the Coulter pine tree, which is where the woodpeckers store their food for winter.

The forest trail continues downhill into a bend.

A small manzanita bush with red berries.

Looking through the trees and bushes to the hills in the distance.

A tree stump on the hillside.

Another bend in the forest road covered with scrub oak acorns.

A magnificent scrub oak tree in the forest. This is the tree that dropped many of the acorns on the trail.

An oak branch hanging down with the view of a tree filled hillside in the distance.

This video is a walk through the San Bernardino Mountains on Christmas Day 2017.

 

 

View of The Sunset From The San Bernardino Mountains

A closeup of the silhouette of the pine trees with the pink sunset.

The view of the sunset up in the San Bernardino Mountains.

The mountain ridge with the light pink sunset in the sky.

The subtle pink sunset streaked across the sky of the San Bernardino Mountains.

Zooming in a bit close on the view of Mount Baldy in sunset silhouette.

The silhouette of pine trees

The spectacular sunset mountain view.

Light pink streaks in the sky behind the tree silhouettes.

The silhouette of Mount Baldy behind the silhouette of the trees, which are not quite as far away.

The rosy-tinged sky behind the trees.

Zooming in on the silhouette of Mount Baldy at sunset.

The peaks of Mount Baldy at sunset.

The view of Mount Baldy at sunset.

Streaks of pink through the sunset sky.

The silhouette of the many different types of trees at sunset time.

The mountain vista at sunset.

The beauty of the sunset in the San Bernardino Mountains.

A line of trees on the hillside at sunset.

Enjoying the sunset up in the San Bernardino Mountains.

Zooming out on the view of Mount Baldy.

Now zooming back in on the view of Mount Baldy at sunset.

The silhouette of the pine trees is striking with the light pink sky.

The pink sunset and pine tree silhouettes.