High Sierra Topix

Unless the guy is lying, he's saying it's a real photo. Shooting a wide angle from Tunnel View will yield a completely different perspective than shooting a long distance telephoto.

The original photo looks pretty fishy, but I was stunned this morning to have a clear view of the Sierra Crest (Yosemite? Sonora?) from my bedroom window on the Peninsula (looking across the Sunol grade). This was just before sunrise and must be 160-180 miles. I've never seen that before and the peaks disappeared as soon as the sun came up (normally you just see Mt Diablo and Mt Hamilton).
If the photo comes out then I'll post it to see if anyone can identify the peaks.

I'm a believer now! Since my kids go up to Keyes, CA every Tuesday, I tagged along....camera in tow. We had two trips, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I couldn't see anything in the morning, but boy this afternoon was a different story.

You can click the photo to see it "full size" (800px X 400px)...

Canon 5D, 300mm f/4L IS, 1.4x II and cropped for a 'panoramic' format.

This was what I saw of the Sierra on Monday morning - any ideas what the mountains are? I'm looking just north of east from Redwood City on the Peninsula. Hey - maybe one of these is Half Dome too

Hikin Mike wrote:I'm a believer now! Since my kids go up to Keyes, CA every Tuesday, I tagged along....camera in tow. We had two trips, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I couldn't see anything in the morning, but boy this afternoon was a different story.

Amazing!....I really didn't believe it. I wonder why in all these years I have never seen a photo of Half Dome from the valley. Too cool!

Amazing!....I really didn't believe it. I wonder why in all these years I have never seen a photo of Half Dome from the valley. Too cool!

How credible is this Hikin' Mike feller?

LOL!

I dunno he keeps claiming to have taken this shot too. LOL!

You guys crack me up!

Honestly I didn't believe it either, but I kept seeing the location from different people and cameras....so I had to try and find the place. I'm going to see if I can see it from Atwater. I tried this evening but I couldn't find any landmarks.

I worked with Wayne P (now in NC), and he has helped me id the peaks from that view.

Here's the picture:

Full size is here.

Here is a Google Maps view of the camera site and lines to all the peaks:

Full size is here.
Here is the Google Maps link, where you can zoom in or move the map around.
Tony Immoos posts are here: Half Dome and Panorama

Steve,

I saw that too...thanks for taking the time to locate them all!