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A River of Stars

The Milky Way rising above the Eastern Sierra mountains and the river of Hot Creek Gorge near Mammoth Mountain.

Reaching For the Stars

An Bristle Cone Pine Tree reaches for the stars in the Ancient Bristle Cone Pine Tree Forest of the White Mountains in California's Sierra Nevada.

Ancient Wonders

The Milky Way rising up behind two Bristle Cone Pine Trees in the Ancient Bristle Cone Pine Tree Forest in California's White Mountains. Two Ancient Wonders.

In Search Of

The Milky Way rising up behind one of the dish's at Owens Valley Radio Observatory in Eastern California along the Sierra Nevada.

Ancient Bones

One of the "Ancients", a tree of the Bristle Cone Pine Forest in the White Mountains of Eastern California. One of these ancient trees was found the be more then 4800 years old, making it one of the oldest living trees on earth. This is not that tree, this tree is one of the most photographed trees in the Bristle Cone Pine Forest because it is relatively easy to get to on the trail ( just remember you are up at 10,000 feet) and because of where it is situated it makes an easy subject silhouetted against the sky. This tree is dead but looks so dramatic, the wood is very dense and resinous, and thus resistant to invasion by insects, fungi, and other potential pests, rather than rot, exposed wood, on living and dead trees, erodes like stone due to wind, rain, and freezing, which creates unusual forms and shapes.

Wild Horses

The Milky Way rising behind one the many horse statues of Galleta Meadows Sculptures in Borrego Springs, San Diego's desert region.

Morning Glory

The new day casting its morning light onto the face of El Capitan in the Yosemite National Park. El Capitan's granite walls rise more than 3000 feet above the Yosemite Valley Floor.

The End of the Rainbow

Light creating a rainbow effect on the bottom of Upper Yosemite Falls in Yosemite National Park

Cascades

Soft morning light on the upper reaches of the Cascade Waterfalls in Cascade Creek of Yosemite National Park.

Yosemite Crown

Soft morning light in Yosemite Valley illuminating the faces of El Capitan and the 3 Brothers as they are reflected in the Merced River. To me it looks like the ridges of a crown.