LM6
LM6
Photographed: 2018
Location: Laguna Mountains, California
LM7
LM7
Photographed: 2018
Location: Laguna Mountains, California
LM5
"Hurricane" clouds in San Diego County as Hurricane/Tropical Storm Rosa reached areas of Southern California, Baja California, and Arizona.
PVB2
PVB2
Photographed: 2018
Location: Pine Valley, California
Great view of the Interstate 8 bridge over Pine Valley Creek during a storm in San Diego County. 
LM4
LM4
Photographed: 2018
Location: Laguna Mountains, California
Granite Mountain stands tall and beautiful at sunset as a storm clears over the Laguna Mountains off San Diego County's Sunrise Highway. This scene takes place in the chaparral zone, but is also in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Further Viewing
Laguna Mountains Archive
LM3
Summer Overlook
Summer Overlook by T.M. Schultze
Canyon Shadows
Canyon Shadows by T.M. Schultze
M.E. 10
Hint of Purple
Lakeside Clouds
Granite North
Two Mounds
Transitions
Transitions
Photographed: 2018
Location: Cleveland National Forest, California
Transitions shows a beautiful clearing storm in the Laguna Mountains in East San Diego County. A small canyon leads to the transition zone between chaparral and the desert West, as Granite Mountain looms in the distance.
This photograph was selected as my April 2018 Photo of the Month.
Sparkilian
Sparkilian by T.M. Schultze
Photographed: 2018
Location: Laguna Mountains, California
Pinyon Hillside
Pinyon Hillside by T.M. Schultze
Photographed: 2018
Location: Cleveland National Forest, California
M.E. 9
M.E. 9 by T.M. Schultze
Photographed: 2018
Location: Cleveland National Forest, California
Layerscape
Layerscape by T.M. Schultze
Photographed: 2018
Location: Cleveland National Forest, California
The view North from Sunrise Highway looking towards Granite Mountain in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. A storm clearing provided shadows and a perfect backdrop to one of the great peaks in San Diego County.
Refraction
Refraction by T.M. Schultze
Photographed: 2018
Location: Cleveland National Forest, California
Snowbound
Photographed: 2014
Location: Cleveland National Forest, California
M.E. 3
M.E. 3 by T.M. Schultze
Photographed: 2017
Location: Cleveland National Forest, California
Beautiful asperitas clouds formed over Laguna Crest in San Diego County.
Sentinel's Expanse
Sentinel's Expanse by T.M. Schultze
Photographed: 2017
Location: Cleveland National Forest, California
A lone oak on a mountain saddle sits below a huge expanse of clouds, sky, and everything.
Cedar Creek Falls
Cedar Creek Falls by T.M. Schultze
Photographed: 2016
Location: Cleveland National Forest
Rainbow Above Lagunas
Rolling Hills of Chaparral
Pinyon Point, May 2017, Black and White
Title: Pinyon Point, May 2017, Black and White
Photographed: 2017
Location: Laguna Mountains
Downingia Concolor
Title: Downingia Concolor
Photographed: 2017
Location: Lake Cuyamaca
My friend Alex Kunz slammed his brakes on Sunrise Highway and immediately backed up. As it turned out, he found an interesting field of purple flowers lying in a small creek drainage leading into Lake Cuyamaca.
As it turns out, this flower (Downingia Concolor) is quite rare, as it is an annual that apparently only grows in wet rain seasons. Because the 2016 - 2017 rain season was so good for us, rare wildflowers such as these have been showing up.
Alex has reported in his blog post that this particular subspecies is endemic only to the Lake Cuyamaca area so it is a very rare flower indeed.
Looking closely, you could see that there were several modest vernal pools for these seeds to germinate it. Indeed, there were small frogs in the pools as well.
Granite And Snowpack
Pinyon Point
