I”ve said before that this account is devoted strictly to my photography. (I have other places to deal with politics and similar.)
But today’s outrageous developments — a president threatening destruction of “a civilization,” its civilian infrastructure people, is the immoral approach of a madman.
Also, here you see — as elsewhere in the highest portions of the range — the pre-uplift material that sit on top of the granite-ish plutons that rose to produce the range. Diamond Peak is a great example: Here at a very high elevation you suddenly have these gently sloping alpine plateaus.
The relative dryness of the range is also significant, as is the predominant granite-ish rock.
This particular area, in the far upper Kern River drainage, is different that the rest of the Sierra. There are vast areas above timberline, and the terrain is open and rocky.
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...You can read more about this at the link in the first part of the post. The photograph comes from nearly two decades ago, close to the end of a two-week backcountry sojourn in the Southern Sierra Nevada with a group of backcountry friends.
Diamond Mesa, Shepard Pass Trail.
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From the archive: "Diamond Mesa, Shepard Pass Trail"
This one gets a bit more explanation...
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I messed up on this post. Posted twice… and then deleted the one with lots of reposts! Sorry!
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… it to be a place of sand dunes and barren salt playas. Those are part to its landscape, but they are far from the “all of it.”
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This photograph epitomizes the extraordinary diversity of Death Valley National Park. It includes two subjects that might surprise those unfamiliar with the place — wildflowers and snow. Because it is known as the place registering the world’s highest recorded temperature, many imagine…
Desert gold wildflowers, distant snow-capped mountain peaks.
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“Desert Gold, Snow-Capped Peaks” — Desert Gold flowers, distant snow-capped mountains.
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Woman on a bicycle, Florence, Italy.
From the archive: “Woman On Bicycle, Street Musician”
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… more!) The highlights — and my primary photographic targets — were the exceptional wildflower bloom and Lake Manly. Here’s another of the wildflower photographs, one which illustrates the extent of some of the larger fields of color.
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… that I was finished with the photographs from our late-February visit to Death Valley. But I decided to make another pass at the raw files from the trip, and I found a few more photographs that I think help fill out the story of this trip. (Update: Since I wrote that I have found even…
Desert gold wildflowers, Death Valley
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“Desert Gold Field” — Desert gold wildflowers, Death Valley.
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Hallway, the Louvre
From the archive: “Hallway, The Louvre” — Light filtering through windows into a hallway, the Louvre, Paris.
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This is a lovely little book. (We have a copy.)
Fascinating conjunction of angles in this Franka M. Gabler photograph.
Daily Flora
Echinacea (I), 5.27.23
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How about a photo of the smooshed critter? ;-)
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… later. And although I’ve never timed it quite right, I hear that great color is to be found in Zion Canyon in early November.
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… the fall color season in Utah can be lengthy. On my visits I’ve seen the tail-end of aspen color at the beginning of October, implying that it peaks in late September. Out in red rock country the cottonwoods and oaks and other trees transition a bit…
autumn trees, sandstone cliff
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“Autumn Trees, Red Rock Cliff” — Fall cottonwoods and cliff, Capitol Reef.
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Another small milestone — 5700 Bluesky followers.
When I left Twitter and Facebook (and all Meta apps) and thousands of followers behind, I was concerned that I’d never find a replacement community. But it is gratifying to see that my concerns were unwarranted!
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… you have to get down close to the ground to appreciate them.
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…flower has become a bit of a… star here at the blog recently. It is one of the small flowers that you might easily overlook in Death Valley, but once you spot them they are abundant, poking up just above the ground, often in small groups. They are pretty flowers, but…
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“Four Desert Star Flowers” — Four tiny desert star (monoptilon bellioides) flowers, Death Valley.
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Jeffrey Pine snag on Sentinel Dome.
From the archive: "Ansel's Tree" — What remained in 2008 of the tree in Ansel Adams' “Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome.
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This feels, to me, very similar to some areas of far eastern California and Nevada, particularly at higher elevations where things aren’t quite so desert-like.
Thank you, Dave!