Michigan living is not all that bad as others think
Yesterday, while there was 2 feet of snow on east coast, major mudslide in southern california, thatks to El Niño, this as the view from the lake at 4 PM.
Michigan living in winter
Michigan living is not all that bad as others think
Yesterday, while there was 2 feet of snow on east coast, major mudslide in southern california, thatks to El Niño, this as the sunset on our lake.
Sunrise at Zabriskie Point Death valley series
As well as being a curious film by Antonioni (1970), Zabriskie Point is an elevated overlook of a colorful, undulating landscape of gullies and mud hills at the edge of the Funeral Mountains, a few miles from the edge of Death Valley - from the viewpoint, the flat salt plains on the valley floor are visible in the distance. In the past it was possible to drive right to the edge of the overlook, and several minutes of the film was set there, but since then a new larger car-park has been constructed lower down and visitors now have a short walk uphill. Most people do little more than briefly admire the scenery, which is best at sunrise, but it is possible to climb some of the adjacent hills to get a better overall view, or wander down amongst the variegated dunes. A foot-path leads through the mounds, down a ravine and into Gower Gulch after 2 miles, while another branch veers right into Golden Canyon.
20 Team Mule
Men in search of quick fortunes began drifting into Death Valley after the Civil War, hoping to find a lucky strike of gold or silver. In 1881, one such prospector, Aaron Winters, was living with his wife, Rosie, at Ash Meadows, a desolate place near the Funeral Mountain, on the east side of Death Valley.
According to one visitor, the Winters lived in a hovel, “close against a hill, one side half-hewn out of rock, with a thatched roof. The earth served as a floor.”
That visitor was Harry Spiller, who had come riding down from Nevada, looking for a mineral that men were cashing in on big there. “It lays in dry lake bottoms,” he told Winters, “white crystals like cottonball turned into mineral. They call it borax. Big demand for it.”
Death Valley series
Death Valley California visit was amazing.
I am going to post many pictures in this.
I have 3000 images to sort thru.
So I am starting with what I think is one of the best.
View from rear Window
If the view from the rear Window of my room at Furnace Creek Inn in Death Valley can be this, imagine what kind of photographs we are going to make in expedition to Stovepipe well tomorrow.
Back Porch Furnace Creek Inn Death Valley
Well here I am arrived on this Oasis in the desert. Most amazing place
Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment. - Ansel Adams,
My Other Sites
Subscriptions
Subscribe via RSS
0 Comments