Tioga Pass (image)

Caption
The photo from Jan. 2015 depicts a nearly-snowless Tioga Pass in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains near Yosemite National Park. This image highlights the dramatic effect of extremely low precipitation and record-high temperatures upon California's critically important mountain snowpack, even at the height of climatological winter.
Credit
Bartshé Miller
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