White Mountains
For those of you not familiar with this alien landscape, it is east of the So. Sierra Nevada, northwest of Death Valley. The images are taken from the Bristlecone Pine forest at nearly 12,000 feet. These trees are the oldest living things on earth, averaging over a 1,000 years old with one tree reported to be nearly 4,000 years old. The climate is so harsh and dry if you throw an apple core on the ground it will still be visible in 5 years. As the area's name confers, the soil is made of dolomite and it is nearly white in places. Nikon d800e, Zeiss 100 Makro.
Dan
posted by dan in marin at 4:54 PM
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Beautiful landscape scenery at Death Valley. I like the white sand scene...it has different feeling when you stand up to look far from....I visited there January last year. the view is amazing, but the weather was little bite hot to me, beacause I like cool weather,otherwise it is perfect view at there. very nice photos shot.
Lena,
Wow so cool!! The trees in the 1st and 3rd look like they're made of copper. Are clouds rare to see there? The clouds and sand seem to be one and the same in the 2nd shot.. like maybe the wind has blown the sand away into clouds :)
Thanx Lena and Lea, actually the area is about 100 miles northwest of Death Valley, but is one of the mountain ranges that created Death Valley. The soils are all rock, no sand, it is called dolomite and it is really harsh. Many people in the 1960s used the rock to place in their yards as decoration. The sky is as blue as I have ever seen, and clouds seem to be a bit of a rare. Dan
Dan,
I use to go to a place call Devil's Postpile. Is this in about the same place?
I always loved the weird landscape, the sulfer pots, and the rock formations.
Very nice.
**Dolph
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