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I was driving home from Owens Valley and the Eastern Sierra Mountains in July after camping in Coyote Flats (10,000 ft) for 3 days.  We left Bishop, CA late around 5:30PM for our 6-hour drive home to San Jose after enjoying our first “real meal” (at Denny’s) after our backcountry adventure.  By time we filled up with gas and started driving up California Highway 120 into Yosemite National Park, it must have been after 7:00PM.  My Lexus LX-450 Land Cruiser when its loaded with 2 people, 3 dogs, kibble, camping equipment and camera gear drives like a Bradley Fighting Vehicle.  So the climb into Yosemite was SLOW.   When we reached the crest of Tioga Pass (9,943 FT), just before the eastern entrance to Yosemite, I noticed a very sweet light over Mt. Dana to my left.  Being at the end of a photography trip, I didn’t want to pull over and take a photograph because I was TIRED and had a long drive in front of me.  But as soon as I left my truck and started setting up my camera, an amazing rainbow appeared in the sky.  The rainbow was small at first and then continued to grow until it was a complete 180 degrees over the horizon.  I took as many photographs as I could for the next 30 minutes.

If you would like to see my other photographs of the rainbow over Yosemite, please my Latest Work e-Gallery.