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Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Amargosa Valley, NV
Ash Meadows
Ash Meadows - Zeolite mineral deposits give rise to the green color. Zeolite is mined here.
Ash Meadows
Ash Meadows
Ash Meadows
Death Valley - view across Panamint Valley - SR 190 CA
Death Valley - on Emigrant Canyon Road to view coke ovens.
Death Valley - enroute
Death Valley - enroute
Death Valley - enroute
Death Valley - coke ovens. Coke was used to process ores.
Death Valley - opposite Zabriskie Point
Death Valley - at Zabriskie Point
Death Valley - from Fr. Crowley Vista Point
Cerro Gordo
On the road to Cerro Gordo - a dry Owens Lake in the background
On the road to Cerro Gordo - getting clolse to summit
Cerro Gordo - tortured landspcape
Cerro Gordo - mine site at summit - 9184 feet
Cerro Gordo - cook stove for miners - kept ready 24/7
Cerro Gordo - only remaining tavern on site (w/bullet holes in walls)
Owens Valley Radio Observatory - research explores cosmic microwave background radiation and star-formation.
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
Yosemite NP - early morning mist waiting for sun
Yosemite NP - Half Dome in shadow
Yosemite NP - persons in shadow, watching Half Dome
Yosemite NP
Yosemite NP
Yosemite NP
Yosemite NP - band at lower 1/3 is Tioga Road on other side of the Valley
Yosemite NP - view from Glacier Point
Yosemite NP
Yosemite NP - El Capitán - 3,000 feet from base to summit, atracts climbers
Yosemite NP - ready to go
Yosemite NP -
Yosemite NP
Yosemite NP
Yosemite NP - a favorite 'daring' photo site only 10 feet from paved walkway
Yosemite NP - Half Dome at early evening
Yosemite NP - Half Dome reflected in waters of the Merced River
Yosemite NP - one of many vistas met on departure
Yosemite NP - next stop was only 75 miles away, but the route was closed by snow. A second route (Sonora Pass) was also closed.
SR 4, CA - Ebbets Pass was open. However, it added 250 miles to my destination. Note: here the road is too narrow for a center line,
SR 4, CA - and frequently it was above clouds.
Bodie, CA
Bodie, CA - the mining center
Bodie, CA - miner's dwellings
Bodie, CA - note the school house
Bodie, CA - heavy duty machinery eased miner's chores.
Bodie, CA
Bodie, CA
Bodie, CA - a view down Green St, ending at the Medhodist Church
Bodie, CA - living room of a miner's house
Bodie, CA - the kitchen