Calcite Iceberg
Sunset setting the sky a glow behind one of the many calcite monoliths ( tufa's ) that dot the shores of Mono Lake.
Calcite Artwork
Sunset at Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierra
Morning Bliss
Sunrise lighting up one of the mountains and the fall foliage at Convict Lake in the Eastern Sierra.
Standoff
Two metal sculptures seem to be in a standoff as the Milky Way rises up behind them in the Anza Borrego desert of Southern California.
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.
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.
