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Stacked A short hike up leads you to the top of this wall of basalt columns.
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Crumbled columns A good look at the basalt columns reveal it is hexagonal in cross-section.
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Basalt Wall Devils Postpile is a fine example of exposed basalt columns in the...
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Lichen on Basalt The afternoon sun reveals the bright green lichen grow in the nook and...
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In the tree Bee Lian (the author of these photos, except for this which was taken by my...
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Top of Tree Hollow The view of what the hollowed-out tree was once like. Taken from the...
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Renewal The (yr?) Rainbow Fire reduced this forest around the Devils Postpile and...
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Bleached Trees I'm not sure what events led to the present condition of these...
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Base of Rainbow Falls Deep green pool at the base of Rainbow Falls. A crowd gathers at the...
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First View of Rainbow Before descending to the base, we stop at a second viewing point above...
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Rainbow Falls A wonderful sight of the falls cascading gracefully
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Sunbather at Rainbow Falls This rock is most popular for sunbathing and for enjoying a great view of...
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Another sunbather, fully dressed A nod to human interaction with nature.
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Water and Rock wall In trying to frame out people from a nature shot, I came up with this...
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Orange Lichen While eating a late lunch in the shadows of these rock walls, Mocha...
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Finally... A view of the Rainbow Falls, pool and rock on far right with the...
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More Basalt outcrops Easily overlooked, we came across this outcrop of basalt columns on...
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Quick Swim by postpile! Mocha our Lab is now a compulsive swimmer. He will jump into any body...
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Meadow by Devil Postpile Trailhead The late afternoon sun makes this meadow area, by a stream (marked by the...
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Day 2: Obsidian Pattern In the shadow this Obsidian Rock appears more like its shiny self than...
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Obsidian Dome The hot midday sun and the fact that the Obsidian Rock is like sharp...
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Inyo Craters Trail Someone left a hat along the easy Inyo Craters Trail. There are two...
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Crater One of the two Inyo Craters, Mammoth Lakes area. It is 200 feet deep from the...
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Lake St. Mary Mocha enjoys a game of fetch-stick at the southern end of Lake St. Mary.
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Tree Bark By the Lake St. Mary I came across this unexpected texture of form and light
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Emerald Lake In the Mammoth Lakes area, south of Lake St. Mary. Hostas (foreground)...
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Emerald Lake A pleasant hike leads you to this picturesque scene.
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Emerald Lake stream This stream closely follows the Emerald Lake Trail in the latter half of the...
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Day 3: Domes and Boulders Yosemite - Olmstead Point. glacial boulders and granite domes. The...
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Half Dome South view of Half Dome at Olmstead Point
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Granite slope Yosemite - Olmstead Point
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Juniper A rather gnarled-looking tree, the Juniper is found growing all over...
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Yosemite Creek A quiet picnic area yields a secluded spot. Mocha the Labrador plunges...
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Hey Man! In Yosemite: Mocha thinks "that looks kinda painful..."
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Day 4: Hot Creek Geologic Site Just southeast of Mammoth Lakes, is this popular spot for soothing...
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Hot springs Hot Creek Geologic Site: a spewing hot spring releases milky silt into...
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Hot Creek Overview
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Algae and Reeds Hot Creek Geologic Site: reeds shimmer in the gentle flow of the creek.
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Bathers Bathers in the background enjoy the hot springs. Algae on reeds thrive in the...
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Fly Fishing country Hot Creek river looking onto the western face of the Sierra Nevada...
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Another view of Hot Creek River Little rock islands
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Micro Islands Floating islands of tiny vegetation thrive as they cling onto old...
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Reeds and Floating Islands More floating micro-plants on reeds in the Hot Creek river
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Wildflowers....
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...Eastern Sierra Nevada Range
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Hot Creek Fish Hatchery Teeming with life...these trout supply game for the lakes in the area...
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Mocha, our dog, wants to make friends
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There's Rainbow Trout here...
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One fish did not make it...
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The Final stages...
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Owens Dry Lake & mountain range On our way back to Los Angeles.
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Base of Fossil Falls
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Top of Fossil Falls Water- or wind-carved volcanic rocks
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Fossil Falls The top edge of this old canyon. You cannot see the drop off from...
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Fossil Falls #2 Another view but this time with Kokopeli flute player. These rocks...
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Fossil Falls #3 Petroglyph sighting
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Fossil Falls #4 Looking down along the canyon slot, you can see that a foot path along...
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Cinder Cone This massive cinder cone can be seen off Highway 395 just south of...
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Final frame... As the sun sets lower in the sky, the wind picks up....kicking up dust.
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