I'm a geoscience major, so I really love rocks, but besides that, I like how this photo illuminates the rock face of this mountain. The sun is behind the photographer, so the front light exposes everything; I feel like there aren't a lot of places to hide in this photo because the light shows everything there is to see. I also like the fade from intense yellow-gold sunlight to a colder blue-ish tone as the sun sets.
I too think that the fade between the yellow-cold and blue tone is intriguing. This fade really demonstrates how different and important of a part light can play in setting the scene. The upper gold part of the mountain bye itself would indicate a hot barren kind of climate. In contrast, if we look at just the blue part of the mountain, I might think that it is cold out and maybe snowing. Although it is the same mountain, the change in lighting that strikes the mountain creates such a stark contrast with each indicating a very different location.
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