Forest, Marin Headlands, California
On a foggy morning in May 2012, Simon Christen was on the Morning Sun Trail in the Marin Headlands, just north of San Francisco, Calif., looking for a time-lapse opportunity for his film, Adrift. Describing the scene, he says, “I was trying to get to the top of the hill in order to capture the fog flowing into the bay from a new vantage point. Unfortunately, the top was completely covered in fog and I couldn’t see a thing. On my way back, the fog started to lighten up, and all of a sudden the sun started to peek through the trees in front of me. I noticed the beautiful blades of grass alongside the trail. As soon as the sun cast rays through the fog,…