Category: long valley caldera
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Writing 201: Poetry: Fog
The sun peeking over the horizon with gentle breeze rising Shines lightly on the bridge below the rocky ridge Who knew that this lonely road would bring me to this sacred lode of beauty unsurpassed to listen feel the fog on brow to christen The quiet is broken by coyote talk: gather the clan, melt…
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Hot Times at Hot Creek
Part of my fascination with the ‘new’ west is the constantly changing landscape, even though the earthquakes still scare me. Two different trips to Mammoth Hot Creek (actually a portion of the Owens River) recently brought some of the crevices and pools into focus. Hot creeks and hot springs abound in this area due to cracks…
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Hiking the Volcanos and Craters of the Eastern Sierras, Oh my!
This has been a summer of exploring Long Valley Caldera (looking for natural hot springs), and traveling to different craters. In the next post, I continue to visit craters in Oregon and Washington. On the Summer Solstice, I continued my quest for a hot spring. I had found one the week before, see post about…
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Volcanic Tablelands
The Volcanic Tablelands above Bishop, California were formed during the volcanic eruption from the Long Valley Caldera 770,000 years ago that also formed Lake Crowley 35 miles to the north. Ash was blown east as far as Nebraska, but boulders, rocks and ash were blown south between the White Mountains and the Eastern Sierras forming…
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