In honor John Muir, who was born on this date, happy earth day as well !!!
An excerpt from
The Yosemite by John Muir. The Bridalveil and Vernal Falls are famous for their rainbows; and special vsits to them are often made when the sun shines into the spray at the most favorale angle. But amid the spray and foam and fine ground mist ever rising from the various falls and cataracts there is an affluence and variety of iris bows scarcely known to visitors who stay only a day or two. Both day and night, winter and summer, this divine light may be seen wherever water is falling, dancing, singing; telling the heart peace of Nature amid the wildest displays of her power.
In the bright spring mornings the black walled recess at the foot of the Lower Yosemite Fall is lavishly filled with irised spray; and not simply does this span the dashing foam, but the foam itself, the whole mass of it, beheld at a certain distance, seems to be colored, land drifts and wavers from color to color, mingling with the foliage of the adjacent trees, without suggesting any relationship to the ordinary rainbow. This is perhaps the largest and most reservoir like fountain of iris colors to be found in the Valley.
Lunar rainbows or spray bows also abound in the glorious affluence of dashing, rejoicing, hurrahing, enthusiastic spring floods, their colors as distinct as those of the sun and regularly and obviously banded, though less vivid. Fine specimens may be found any night at the foot of the Upper Yosemite. Fall, glowing gloriously amid the gloomy shadows and thundering waters, whenever there is plenty of moonlight and spray. even the secondary bow is at times distinctly visible.
Share the beauty of the rainbows in Yosemite with your family and friends. Stay with Scenic Wonders in a cozy cabin.... in beautiful Yosemite West....we have our rainbows here, as well...more on that later.
Another terrific day in Yosemite
sent from my ipad
photos taken by my ipod w/o photoshop.
bye for now, Laura
