One of the things that I really enjoyed about living in the California high desert and working in the Inland Empire was traveling through Cajon Pass every day. Back in those days I loved taking pictures of the desert landscape and the amazing clouds that would form overhead. The incredible exposed sandstone formations of Mormon Rocks were always a great place to get some fascinating photos, while the rarely used section of the old Route 66 nearby also provided an interesting location for some nostalgic images.
On this day the cirrus clouds over Cajon Pass were just too amazing to pass up so I pulled my car off Interstate 15 and traveled onto the old highway. It's hard to believe that this lonely stretch of poorly maintained roadway was once the most famous highway in America stretching from Chicago to Los Angeles. I have fond memories of traveling through this area as a child on summer vacations and other family excursions across country.
Nearly as famous as historic old Route 66 is the nearby San Andreas Fault whose movements over the millennia produced the unearthly formations of Mormon Rocks. Scientists have predicted that the San Andreas will be the source of what we native Californians refer to as 'the big one' or the largest of all catastrophic earthquakes.
Luckily for me the ground was very stable on this day so I was able to focus my attention upward and capture images of the icy cloud formations being manipulated by winds some 30,000 feet above me. It was a breathtaking sight that I was blessed to experience.
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