The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest is located in the White Mountains of California. The Patriot Grove is the highest elevation grove in the park, at 11,323 feet.

When twilight and then nighttime come along, it can be a very eerie place. The dark blue skies of high elevation, 40 miles from civilization, no one around, and no lights in any direction as far as you can see, only the ancient Bristlecone Pines standing around you. If you watch overhead at night, meteors frequently fly soundlessly, and FAST, across the sky above you.

This shot was taken right at twilight, as the sun was about to go down behind the far mountains.