Nighttime Half Dome Rock Climb from the JMT

I did another of my light trails adventures. Griff Joyce and Justin Leech rock climbed up Snake Dike, which is on the opposite side of Half Dome from the cables that hikers use. Four photographers spread out, and I was stationed at Glacier Point. We coordinated with two-way radios. This photo was taken from the John Muir Trail near Nevada Falls by Matthew Saville, but we pooled the images and I processed it. The climbers started climbing at 9:30 PM and arrived to the top at about 2:30 AM, five hours later. Unknown hikers hiked up the Mist Trail during the night, creating the foreground light trails.

This is a stack of around 75 5-minute exposures. I masked out the airplanes that otherwise would have dominated the sky... there are major flight paths directly over Yosemite.

Timelapse video and many other angles of this adventure are coming.

Taken in: United States / California / Curry Village (show map)

Taken on: August 2, 2025

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7M4, f/4.0, 302 sec, 14.6mm (=14mm), ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M4
Lens:	14-24mm F2.8 DG DN \| Art 019
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	302
Focal Length:	14.6mm (35mm equivalent: 14mm)
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 26.10 (Windows)
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