Jichu Mao

Above the Fog

Ridge Trailhead, California, July 2025

An evening on a ridge trail while the marine layer filled the valleys below.

12 photographs

Golden grass on a ridge above forested hills, with a sea of fog reaching the horizon.
A dirt trail curving up a grassy ridge toward the low sun.Two long shadows fall across a dirt trail through golden grass.
Fog pouring through forested valleys under a pale evening sky.
Dry grass stalks in front of a bank of fog.The sun above a dark ridge and backlit golden grass.Tall grass in silhouette against the setting sun.
The sun sinking into the fog beyond a ridge, seen through grass stalks.The sun setting over fog-filled valleys, seen across a field of red grass.
An orange sunset over the fog, a dark tree line on the left.
Fog rolling over dark ridges under a pink and blue sky after sunset.A half moon in a blue sky above treetops.

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