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"The Sierra has the brightest weather, brightest glacier-polished rocks, the greatest abundance of irised spray from its glorious waterfalls, the brightest forests of silver firs and silver pines, more starshine, moonshine, and perhaps crystalshine than any other mountain chain, and its countless mirror lakes, having more light poured into them, glow and spangle most.
And how glorious the shining after the short summer showers and after frosty nights when the morning sunbeams are pouring through the crystals on the grass and pine needles, and how ineffably spiritually fine is the morning glow on the mountain-glow on the mountaintops and the alpen glow of evening.
Well may the Sierra be named,
not the Snowy Range,
but the Range of Light.
--- JOHN MUIR

This view is a wider panorama of Convict Lake from the east end looking into the heart of the Sierras - Mount Morrison 12,268 feet above sea level, and Laurel Mountain 11,812 feet.

A dusting of snow on October 12th.