Hazy East Bay Hills Urban Sprawl from Mount Diablo
Saturday, May 30th, 2026 at 2:41:58 PM · 2026/Mt Diablo Camping - Juniper Canyon
This long-distance telephoto photograph captures a hazy panoramic view of an East Bay city — likely Berkeley, Albany, or El Cerrito — pressed against the dry golden-brown hills of the East Bay range. The image reveals a layered urban landscape with multi-story commercial and institutional buildings in the foreground, transitioning to residential homes scattered across the wooded hillsides and eventually to open rolling hills in the background. A freeway or major highway cuts horizontally through the mid-frame, typical of Interstate 80 or similar infrastructure in the area. The atmosphere is thick with summer smog or wildfire haze, giving the scene a blue-gray, muted, somewhat melancholic quality. Shot with a Canon EOS R6 Mark II and a 100-500mm lens plus 2x extender from Juniper Canyon on Mount Diablo, the image demonstrates the extraordinary reach of the equipment despite atmospheric limitations.
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