By Daryl Jamgotchian

Upper Cathedral Lake with smoke from Bison Fire in background
Upper Cathedral Lake with smoke from Bison Fire in background

Picture overlooking Upper Cathedral Lake in Yosemite with smoke over the mountains. Couldn’t tell where the smoke was coming from. A web cam at Bald Mountain, http://ssgic.cr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/camHist11.pl?camera=bald_helibase_1&visible=false&date=20130708&frame=53,  shows smoke over the Dardanelles at the same time. Triangulating these two data points puts the origin in Douglas County Nevada.

The photos were taken around noon Monday.