mossy

Fed from glaciers on Mount Shasta, the water pours out of lava tubes and down mossy cliffs, forming a verdant and ethereal cascade into a calm, shaded swimming hole.

This year's event favours rewilding and sustainability, with mossy paving, native planting and gravel paths.

Fed from glaciers on Mount Shasta’s majestic slopes, Mossbrae Falls cascades out of lava tubes and down mossy cliffs into the Sacramento River in ethereal curtains of mist, sending rainbows dancing in all directions.

Instead, it rises in jagged and uneven peaks and troughs at the side of the local playground in Spring Farm Park - as if someone has thrown a mossy blanket to cover up an unsightly mess.

The task was challenging - not only are the frogs tiny, they are extremely well camouflaged to blend into their mossy homes.