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Clair Camp...........Panamint Mountains
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Grim Reaper
Expedition Leader
Nice what are those RR9011801's with about a 7deg down tilt? In GA I'm the guy that you would pick the antennas and TMA's up from for for repairs LOLTaz said:A different view of the Snake River Canyon
A picture taken of me while I was taking that first picture
Some birds in their nest waiting to be fed.
Looks like red tail hawk babies.
beemerchef
Explorer
Wow... love the birds!!! What a great shot... having fear of heights (vertigo...) I will not even ask what in the world anyone wants to go up there!!! Must be awesome however... On my way to the Snake River also last night (Hells Canyon), took this shot... it makes me dizzy looking at it... how about you?
Be well... Ara & Spirit
Be well... Ara & Spirit
beemerchef
Explorer
Taz said:
It IS upside down!!! That is why I think it makes me dizzy!!!
Be well... Ara & Spirit
beemerchef
Explorer
But... but... aren't you suppose to be at work?... :clapsmile
LexusAllTerrain
Expedition Leader
Puertecito Baja Mexico
Puertecitos old PEMEX gas station!
South of Puertecitos overlooking El Huerfanito Island in the background!
Puertecitos old PEMEX gas station!
South of Puertecitos overlooking El Huerfanito Island in the background!
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Dave Druck [KI6LBB]
Hitch Hiker
Hitch Hiker from this past weekend.
Hitch Hiker from this past weekend.
TeriAnn
Explorer
Random favorite shots? Hard to do with less than a hundred or more. Here is one of my great passions in life. Why I learned to turn a wrench on a Land Rover.
For indeed here is much to be passionate about.
Aplenglow over Half Dome
Sometimes just after sunset in the high country a cloudless sky will light up with a rosy pink glow that spreads its light on the ground below. This phenomenon is called Alpenglow.
No colour filters were used in exposing this image.
Yosemite, California
Aging bones of an ancient Bristlecone pine tree.
This is a harsh climate with poor soil and a very short growing season. The pines only grow a small amount each year. A three foot (one meter) tree could well be seventy or eighty years old. Bristlecone pines are the longest living species on Earth.
Some of the groves have living trees that are well over 2000 years old. The oldest known living Bristlecone tree is over 4000 years old.
White Mountains, California
Tufa formation along the South Shore of Mono Lake near sunset.
Mono Lake is one of the few remaining inland lakes in the Great Basin between the Rocky mountains and the Sierra Nevada mountains. Mono Lake is fed primarily from snow pack runoff from the Sierra Nevada mountains in the form of streams and under lake springs. The only way for water to leave Mono Lake is through evaporation. Mono Lake has a chemistry unique in all the world. Within MonoÕs waters are large concentrations of dissolved sodium salts of chlorides, carbonates and sulfates.
Springs opening into the lake on the lake bottom bring runoff water that is rich in calcium. As the calcium from the spring comes into contact with carbonates in the lake, a chemical reaction occurs that creates limestone around the mouth of the underwater spring. This limestone deposit slowly grows around the mouth of the underwater spring building an underwater tower called a "tufa". These Tufas continue to grow as long as the spring brings water in contact with the lake. Tufa towers grow exclusively underwater, and some grow to heights of over 30 feet.
Beginning in 1941, water that would normally flow into Mono Lake was diverted to supply water for the increasing needs of the Los Angles area. This caused the water level in Mono Lake to drop dramatically and exposed groups of tufas along the shores of the lake and creating tufa islands.
The exposed tufas are no longer growing. They are very delicate structures that are slowly being eroded by the weather.
Mono Lake, California
A cliff line in silhouette near Moab Utah
Sentinels in the surf
This is one of a series of four photographs taken during a foggy late afternoon around Gravel point in the Brandon Ocean State Wayside.
The blue components of the sunlight gets reflected in the fog and fills in the shadow areas of these back lit rocks.
Near the town of Brandon, Oregon
A partially reconstructed ruin in Canyon de Chelly
Anasazi cliff ruins in Canyon de Chelly
Anasazi is a the Navajo word for the "Ancient ones" that inhabited the Four corners region between around 1AD and 1300.
These indians predated the later pueblo peoples. They built masonry buildings in shaded hollows of cliffs where the air is cooler and the homes easier to defend. They lived primarily from farming. Their houses were abandoned by the time the Navajo people settled into the area.
The Anasazi usually stored food away from the living area. This is believed to be a health measure so that food supplies would not get contaminated. Here you can see the food storage building to the right of the dwelling.
Tear Drop arch
While not on the tourist maps of Monument Valley, Tear Drop Arch has become a "must photograph" location for photographers visiting Monument Valley. It not only has a very unusual shape for an arch but it also represents an eye into the heart of Monument Valley's central buttes.
Monument Valley, Utah
Sand tufa formation at Mono Lake.
Sand Tufas are a special kind of tufa that are formed below the surface of the sand where springs bubble up at the lake edge.
The sand surrounding the spring's path is saturated with lake water. The chemical reaction that takes place in the wet sand around the edge of the spring forms hard tubes of sand grains cemented by limestone.
These tubes form completely under the surface of the sand and are not visible.
Beginning in 1941, water that would normally flow into Mono Lake was diverted to supply water for the increasing needs of the Los Angles area. This caused the water level in Mono Lake to drop dramatically.
As the water level was dropping, the lake's wave action washed away loose sand from around the hard spring tubes or "sand tufas" exposing them.
Mono Lake, California
Wall break
Arches National Park, Utah
I can go on and on with hundreds of images. This is truly why I love to go out on the trail for long trips: To see what wonders are over the next hill or around the next bend
For indeed here is much to be passionate about.
Aplenglow over Half Dome
Sometimes just after sunset in the high country a cloudless sky will light up with a rosy pink glow that spreads its light on the ground below. This phenomenon is called Alpenglow.
No colour filters were used in exposing this image.
Yosemite, California
Aging bones of an ancient Bristlecone pine tree.
This is a harsh climate with poor soil and a very short growing season. The pines only grow a small amount each year. A three foot (one meter) tree could well be seventy or eighty years old. Bristlecone pines are the longest living species on Earth.
Some of the groves have living trees that are well over 2000 years old. The oldest known living Bristlecone tree is over 4000 years old.
White Mountains, California
Tufa formation along the South Shore of Mono Lake near sunset.
Mono Lake is one of the few remaining inland lakes in the Great Basin between the Rocky mountains and the Sierra Nevada mountains. Mono Lake is fed primarily from snow pack runoff from the Sierra Nevada mountains in the form of streams and under lake springs. The only way for water to leave Mono Lake is through evaporation. Mono Lake has a chemistry unique in all the world. Within MonoÕs waters are large concentrations of dissolved sodium salts of chlorides, carbonates and sulfates.
Springs opening into the lake on the lake bottom bring runoff water that is rich in calcium. As the calcium from the spring comes into contact with carbonates in the lake, a chemical reaction occurs that creates limestone around the mouth of the underwater spring. This limestone deposit slowly grows around the mouth of the underwater spring building an underwater tower called a "tufa". These Tufas continue to grow as long as the spring brings water in contact with the lake. Tufa towers grow exclusively underwater, and some grow to heights of over 30 feet.
Beginning in 1941, water that would normally flow into Mono Lake was diverted to supply water for the increasing needs of the Los Angles area. This caused the water level in Mono Lake to drop dramatically and exposed groups of tufas along the shores of the lake and creating tufa islands.
The exposed tufas are no longer growing. They are very delicate structures that are slowly being eroded by the weather.
Mono Lake, California
A cliff line in silhouette near Moab Utah
Sentinels in the surf
This is one of a series of four photographs taken during a foggy late afternoon around Gravel point in the Brandon Ocean State Wayside.
The blue components of the sunlight gets reflected in the fog and fills in the shadow areas of these back lit rocks.
Near the town of Brandon, Oregon
A partially reconstructed ruin in Canyon de Chelly
Anasazi cliff ruins in Canyon de Chelly
Anasazi is a the Navajo word for the "Ancient ones" that inhabited the Four corners region between around 1AD and 1300.
These indians predated the later pueblo peoples. They built masonry buildings in shaded hollows of cliffs where the air is cooler and the homes easier to defend. They lived primarily from farming. Their houses were abandoned by the time the Navajo people settled into the area.
The Anasazi usually stored food away from the living area. This is believed to be a health measure so that food supplies would not get contaminated. Here you can see the food storage building to the right of the dwelling.
Tear Drop arch
While not on the tourist maps of Monument Valley, Tear Drop Arch has become a "must photograph" location for photographers visiting Monument Valley. It not only has a very unusual shape for an arch but it also represents an eye into the heart of Monument Valley's central buttes.
Monument Valley, Utah
Sand tufa formation at Mono Lake.
Sand Tufas are a special kind of tufa that are formed below the surface of the sand where springs bubble up at the lake edge.
The sand surrounding the spring's path is saturated with lake water. The chemical reaction that takes place in the wet sand around the edge of the spring forms hard tubes of sand grains cemented by limestone.
These tubes form completely under the surface of the sand and are not visible.
Beginning in 1941, water that would normally flow into Mono Lake was diverted to supply water for the increasing needs of the Los Angles area. This caused the water level in Mono Lake to drop dramatically.
As the water level was dropping, the lake's wave action washed away loose sand from around the hard spring tubes or "sand tufas" exposing them.
Mono Lake, California
Wall break
Arches National Park, Utah
I can go on and on with hundreds of images. This is truly why I love to go out on the trail for long trips: To see what wonders are over the next hill or around the next bend
Lost Canadian
Expedition Leader
Nooooooooooooooo! The first sign that summer is coming to an end. This little guy was lodged between two deck boards just staring at me.
This little guy was lodged between two deck boards just staring at me.
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