Lifting Fog, Mono Lake, California, 1990 On the last day of 1989 I made a predawn drive to the north shore of Mono Lake. Mono Lake sits just east of the Sierra Nevada village of Lee Vining. the lake is one of several terminal (inlets but no outlets) lakes found in the Great Basin. I had explored this remote side of Mono Lake many times and was especially attracted to the uncommon viewpoint. I parked my truck, donned my headlamp and headed toward the lake. The winter fog was very thick and I could just barely see without my headlamp as I approached the shore. Thankfully the temperature was not desperately cold. As I reached the shore I immediately saw the potential of using the vanishing points of receding shore lines in a composition. I was very careful not to embed my boot prints in the sand as I spent considerable time finding and fine tuning my tripod placement. Focus was tough in the dim light. At sunrise the fog gradually lifted. The sky echoed the vanishing point lines of the shore producing the most amazing image that I have seen where land and sky present perfectly similar lines and shapes. This is my favourite of the six exposures I made in the dramatically changing light.