The sunset Friday night was especially lovely. I took this photo from our front deck in Anchor Bay.
And here is the last full moon that shone over the Mendonoma Coast on Nov. 26th.
Thanks to Rob for allowing me to share his full moon photo with you here.
Male California Sea Lions are migrating now. In recent months the males have been hanging around the females on Fish Rocks, which is just off Anchor Bay, and a few other locations. Now the males are leaving, some going only as far as The Sea Ranch. Craig Tooley photographed a magnificent male with a Common Raven looking over its shoulder.
Thanks to Craig for allowing me to share his photo with you here. To see much more of Craig's Coastal photography, here's the link: http://ruffimage.com/
The weather warnings sound ominous, with many inches of rain forecast to fall in the days to come. Eight to fifteen inches of rain? It's hard to wrap one's head around it. Up until today we have had wonderful weather with many beautiful sunsets. Here's a recent one I took from our deck in Anchor Bay.
Last Friday the horizon was clear and there was a beautiful green flash at sunset. To see one of the photos of a green flash on this site, here's the link: http://www.mendonomasightings.com/2012/02/07/the-green-flash-was-photographed-by-richard-kuehn/
And to see a green flash that turned into blue and then violet, here's a very rare photo taken by Ron LeValley: http://www.mendonomasightings.com/2012/08/10/a-green-flash-that-turned-into-something-more-as-photographed-by-coastal-photographer-ron-levalley/
When a storm moves on it sometimes leaves unsettled weather behind it. That was the case recently when we had rainbows, even a hail storm and beautiful sunsets. Bettye Winters photographed one of the rainbows near Irish Beach.
And below is the hail storm, which I photographed from our deck. It hit us some minutes later.
And the few remaining clouds made for a dramatic sunset Friday night.
Thanks to Bettye for allowing me to share her rainbow photo.
Autumn sunsets on the Mendocino Coast will sometimes take your breath away.
Taken from our front deck in Anchor Bay, a gift from me to you.