His craggy nose resulted from a fall during an aftershock and he later documented the moon in fall from a craggy point in a snowy mountain range. What exact date and time did he make this document?

Datsmeharse

Ansel Adams took the photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" at 4:49Pm and 20 seconds Mountain Standard Time on November 1, 1941. The date and time was calculated 50 years after the fact by Sky and Telescope magazine contributor Dennis Di Cicco, using the position of the moon as key. It was important at one point for Adams to determine the day he took the photograph in order to establish copywright; he had billed the U.S. Government on other dates for contracted work which would've given them the copywright, however on this date (And Oct. 31, which is what was originally calculated -- see link) Adams was on his own time, so he was able to keep the copywright and profit from the (considerable) sales of the print. http://gandini.unm.edu/pgpages/Photography/PhotoTech/Moonrise/Remaking%20Moonrise.htm Adam's nose, broken during the San Francisco earthquake of 1806: http://mceer.buffalo.edu/1906_Earthquake/personal_stories/ansel-adams.asp Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico: http://www.thedctraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/moonrise-hernandez-new-mexico-1941-ansel-adams-thumb.jpg Jul 04 09, 1:04 AM

edmund80

Great answer and quite close to what I had in mind. This particular Adams photograph was taken from a (craggy) point in a snowy mountain range, not from what appears to be a relatively flat plain in the New Mexico photograph. Still, a great answer! Jul 04 09, 1:31 AM

Datsmeharse

"Moon and Half Dome" could be described as being the moon from a craggy point in a slightly snowy mountain range, though it's this one's winter not fall lol. Anyway, this one was taken at 4:14 in the afternoon of December 28, 1960 Image: http://www.sestazona.it/images/stories/articoli/ansel_adams/ansel_adams_moon_and_half_dome.jpg Reference to date/time: http://www.anseladams.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1037 Then there's Moonrise from Glacier Point, has the moon, the point, the snowy mountain range, but it's summer not fall. This one was estimated to be made on September 15, 1948, see next entry. Image and reference: http://www.anseladams.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=194 This one's titled Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point. http://nmazca.com/3142857/2005/08/old-autumn-moon-riseswith-new.htm This reference also says he took it at 7:03 Pm on September 15, 1948, but it's not as snowy as the above, and indeed has little snow if any. http://nmazca.com/3142857/2005/08/old-autumn-moon-riseswith-new.htm This one's titled Autumn Moon, but was taken in summer. So I'm guessing the one you want is called Moonrise at Half Dome, http://s3.artknowledgenews.com/files/AnselAdamsHalfDomeMoonrise.jpg I can only find that it was taken in 1945 though. Jul 04 09, 2:14 AM

edmund80

A very thorough job and you got it right. I was looking for "Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point." "Shadows in a color photograph of the scene that Adams took two and a half minutes before he made the black-and-white exposure (based on the position of the Moon) gave clues to the Sun's location and the time of the shot. Olson determined that it had been taken at 7:03 p.m. on September 15, 1948." http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Celestial-Sleuth.html?c=y&page=3 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4848982 These are pictures of the Glacier Point observation deck, but looking towards Half Dome and not towards the Sierras as in the Adams photograph. http://www.yosemitefun.com/glacier_point.htm Glacier Point, just like the rest of the Yosemite Valley, is part of the Sierra Nevada mountain range that is mostly in California though a little bit is in Nevada. "Glacier Point is a viewpoint above Yosemite Valley, in California, USA. It is located on the south wall of Yosemite Valley at an elevation of 7,214 feet (2,199 m), 3,200 feet (980 m) above Curry Village." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier_Point "Yosemite Valley is a world-famous scenic location in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. It is the centerpiece of Yosemite National Park, attracting visitors from all parts of the globe." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosemite_Valley Finally, "Sierra Nevada" (of which Glacier Point is just a small part), is Spanish for "snowy mountain range." "The Sierra Nevada (Spanish for "snowy mountain range") is a mountain range located in the U.S. state of California." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(U.S.) As you have correctly noted, not all of the peaks remain snow capped in summer --- and that includes Glacier Point where the snow does melt off in the summer and from which location Adams took the picture, notwithstanding the Spanish derivation of the entire mountain range ("snowy mountain range" or Sierra Nevada). Jul 04 09, 4:12 PM

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