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Phil Massam
@pmassam.bsky.social
California foothills resident, photographer 📸, weather geek 🌤.

No AI photographs. Minimal retouching, usually just cropping.
📸: Canon T5i, Canon G7X Mark II, iPhone 14.

Stock photography for sale at:
https://nevadacountystock.picfair.com/
The colorful rocks and soils in Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park in the late afternoon sun. The area was the center of intensive hydraulic mining operations during the California gold rush.

#norcal #malakoffdiggins #landscapephotography #canon_g7x #goldrush #hydraulicmining #castateparks
January 14, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The stable in the Malakoff Digging State Historic Park, North Bloomfield, CA

#norcal #malakoffdiggins #landscapephotography #canon_g7x #goldrush
January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Clearing skies behind the successive winter storms that have lashed us here in NorCal. #iphone14 #landscapephotography
January 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Walking in the park at night with the first tinges of fall appearing in the trees. #photography #fall #autumn #landscapephotography #iphone14
September 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Fall. The single red leaf on the tree. #iphone14 #photography #landscapephotography
September 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
First light over Grass Valley, CA. #photography #landscapephotography #iphone14 #grassvalleyca
August 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Crystal lake in the Mammoth Lakes basin #photography #landscapephotography #mammothlakes
July 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The Sierra Buttes from Sand Pond, Sierra County, California. Still a couple of patches of snow surviving at the top. #photography #landscapephotography #sierrabuttes #sandpond
July 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Rocks and reflections on the South Yuba River near Washington, CA #photography #landscapephotography #nevadacounty #southyubariver #iphone14
July 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Small waterfall on Deer Creek in downtown Nevada City, CA #photography #landscapephotography #deercreek #nevadacity #waterfall
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Summer thunderstorm developing over Fuller Lake, Nevada County, CA #photography #landscapephotography #thunderstorm
July 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Thunderclouds marching across Nevada County, CA, this afternoon. #photography #landscapephotography #iphone14 #nevadacounty
June 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
June 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A gorgeous day at Fuller Lake, Nevada County, CA. Pristine water and sunny skies. #photography #landscapephotography #lakes
June 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Riot of wildflowers in Grass Valley, CA. Over the years these plants have just reseeded and reseeded and now there's a very large patch of them! #photography #landscapephotography #wildflowers #grassvalleyca
June 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A very lush waterfall on a small creek in the Tahoe National Forest. We were not the only visitors. Plenty of animal tracks in the soil and a large (fortunately dead) rattlesnake in the undergrowth. #waterfallwednesday #photography #landscapephotography #tahoenf #tnf
June 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Silhouetted tree in the Spenceville Wildlife Area. One of those moments where you want to say "I planned this shot", but the reality is I was out on a hike and the moment presented itself! #photography #landscapephotography #spenceville #silhouettes
June 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Wildflowers in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada #photography #landscapephotography #wildflowers
May 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Cascades on South Yuba River illuminated by early evening light where the river flows under the bridge on Bowman Lake Rd. #photography #waterfallwednesday #southyubariver
May 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Wildflowers just outside Grass Valley, CA. Worst soil you've ever seen, just dried up clay and stones, yet the wildflowers are very happy there. #photography #landscapephotography #grassvalleyca
May 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
May 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Small waterfall in the Tahoe National Forest, near Washington, CA #waterfallwednesday #photography #landscapephotography
May 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
South Yuba River in Nevada County, California #photography #landscapephotography #southyubariver
May 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
South Yuba River near Purdon Crossing, Nevada County, CA #photography #landscapephotography #southyubariver
May 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Chilly snow melt water cascades down the South Yuba River in Nevada County, California #photography #landscapephotography #southyubariver
May 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM