September-October 1878, Notes of Travel on the East Side of the Sierra Image 24

Creator

John Muir

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[sketch] Cloud wreathed mountain at the [head] foot of Walker River Valley

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Clouds are put on mountains in more exquisite order than wearing apparel upon ladies. every vapor particle is as well put in place as to color form & light & shade as God can do it Nor in all the mists & fogs & clear drawn cumuli nor in the wondrous refractions that build fantastic mounts in the air is there anything really illusive all to nature is solemn & substantial matter of [radical] fact cloud lands are swept away but so also are the rock lands

Date Original

1878

Source

Original journal dimensions: 10 x 17 cm.

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MuirReel25Journal06P044-045.tif

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Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

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