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  • Grand Canyon

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    I visited the Grand Canyon in Arizona last spring at the tail-end of my multi-state photography jaunt. It is now on the list of ‘must revisit’ places as my limited time made me only want more. Also, the day was blustery and cool, with scudding clouds and rain showers, making photos a challenge. The mighty…

  • Sunsets!

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    Sunsets have always attracted me. Some people are totally oblivious to the beauty that’s presented in Technicolor on the biggest screen in the world, but it gives me such a rush; partly because there’s such a limited time to photograph it, and partly because I’m gasping with rapture because of the beauty before me. Not…

  • Eastern Sierras

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    The weather has changed toward winter, and the proof is in the mountains. A hike at 8,000′ to catch the aspens before leaf fall and then just a week later, the change was profound. The sunny, happy yellow abounds in the mountains; not too many other colors like on the East Coast. When hiking around…

  • 100 Mules Walking the Los Angeles Aqueduct

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    A recent Sunday found me and my camera in Lone Pine (where the Real West becomes the Reel West – many movies have been filmed in the Alabama Hills behind Lone Pine). The excitement on that Sunday was the performance art project of Lauren Bon’s Metabolic Studio commemorating the link between water, mules, the Owens…

  • A Big Thank You!

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    Since it is our custom in the good old USA to be polite: please know I appreciate your time and effort as you’ve ‘liked’, commented, or followed my blog. Since being chosen as an Editor’s Choice for Freshly Pressed (WordPress’s term for Editor’s Choice), I’ve been amazed at the sheer number of responses. Over 1,800…

  • Yosemite! Part II

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    There were too many photos for one complete Yosemite blog post, so here’s Part II. Also, my first blog about Yosemite! was chosen today by WordPress from amongst its 65 million bloggers as an Editor’s Choice! (from WordPress: “Your Yosemite photo essay was beautiful — such gorgeous images! And they assume even greater poignancy now…

  • Yosemite!

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    The definition of the word “Yosemite” should be: ‘wonder, awe and amazement’. Picture yourself in Yosemite Valley, feet widespread, hands reaching to the sky as you view El Capitan: a huge granite mountain rising straight up from the valley floor – could the word be a universal word of praise for the unparalleled beauty rising…

  • Devil’s Postpile

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    Devil’s Postpile located near Mammoth Mountain and Yosemite in California, refers to columnar basalt formed when lava flowed down the San Joaquin river valley 100,000 years ago and piled up thickly, causing slow cooling of the lava and consequently the columns of ‘post’ were formed. Like beehives and bubbles, they form geometric shapes that are…

  • Petroglyphs

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    It took a while to find the petroglyphs on the Volcanic Tablełands. In an earlier post last fall: Volcanic Tablełands, Take Two, I talked about the petroglyphs that are on the tablelands and posted photos. You can drive miles and miles over washboard dirt roads and see only sagebrush, rabbit brush, rocks, lizards, mountains, an…