The Mokelumne River — Forest Light in California's Central Valley
Our piece Sylvanis was captured at first sunrise across the Mokelumne River in the Central Valley not far from Clements, California. Per the Wiki:
The river flows west from a rugged portion of the central Sierra Nevada into the Central Valley and ultimately the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, where it empties into the San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel. Together with its main tributary, the Cosumnes River, the Mokelumne drains 2,143 square miles (5,550 km2) in parts of five California counties. Measured to its farthest source at the head of the North Fork, the river stretches for 157 miles (253 km).
The river is colloquially divided into the Upper Mokelumne River, which stretches from the headwaters to Pardee Reservoir in the Sierra foothills, and the Lower Mokelumne River, which refers to the portion of the river below Camanche Dam. In its lower course, the Mokelumne is used heavily for irrigation and also provides water for the east San Francisco Bay Area through the Mokelumne Aqueduct. Several major tributaries of the river have been developed for the generation of hydroelectric power.</div>
The name is Plains Miwok and is constructed from moke, meaning fishnet, and -umne, a suffix meaning "people of".[5] The town of Mokelumne Hill was named for the river in about 1850.
On this morning, the mosquitoes were out early, and the well-known valley heat was already beginning to rise. But it didn't matter as the sun streamed across the fast-flowing river and illuminated this small meander. Shot on Fuji Provia film with an Arca Swiss 8x10 Field Metric, Sylvanis is available in our Fine Art Gallery.
Fine Art California Landscape Photography Print
Provenance: Arca-Swiss Field Metric 8x10 | Fujinon 200mm | Fuji Provia
