Jan 2008 Canon 40D Camera
A walk along the Snohomish River at Lowell, WA 1/1/2008<br />That is Mt Pilchuck, looking upstream towards Snohomish, WAA walk along the Snohomish River at Lowell, WA 1/1/2008<br />An old farmstead on the NE side of the river bend... repainted yellow?A walk along the Snohomish River at Lowell, WA 1/1/2008<br />A new footbridge over the RR tracks, with a strange fountain waterfall. Some interesting bucks walking in our yard 01/02/2008<br />A group of six bucks walked down our driveway, browsing as they walked.Death Valley trip 01/14/2008<br />A wash east of the Furnace Creek area, where borax mule trains once traveled.Death Valley trip 01/14/2008<br />In the visitor's center museum. Fran poses....Death Valley trip 01/14/2008<br />In the visitor's center museum. Neat beadwork. Death Valley trip 01/14/2008<br />Evening sand dunes.... I was disappointed by the hoardes of footprints. Other visits were far cleaner, and the wind can erase the tracks overnight.Death Valley trip 01/14/2008<br />Evening sand dunes.... brave bushes try to stay alive.Death Valley trip 01/14/2008<br />Evening sand dunes.... that peak on the right is Corkscrew Pk, where we have climbed a few years ago.Death Valley Trip 01/15/2008<br />Morning sand dunes... Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008<br />Kind of a big train station for such a small town.Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008<br />This was a jail building once... Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008<br />Looking north toward the train station... didn't see any tracks!Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008<br />What stories these ruins must hold...Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008<br />I like the small remnants of bricks on the upper corners...Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008<br />A pretty tall structure for such a vast area with nothing else in the way. Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008<br />It could remind one of Roman ruins if there had been more sculpturing.Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008<br />Often seen examples that the works of man are not very durable.Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008<br />102 years and counting....Rhyolite NV, next to Death Valley.... 01/15/2008<br />The sign warns Fran & Ron about rattlesnakes! Leadfield, CA on the Titus Canyon 1-way road 01/15/2008<br />A one sentence history story....Leadfield, CA on the Titus Canyon 1-way road 01/15/2008Leadfield, CA on the Titus Canyon 1-way road 01/15/2008<br />Ron checks the locked mine entrance.Titus Canyon, returning to Death Valley from Ryolite... 01/15/2008<br />Lots of heavy rock layer bands folded along this roadway. Death Valley... Val Nolan, died Aug 1931, buried Nov 5, 1931.<br />A victim of the elements. Grave near the original Stovepipe Wells, <br />Death valley, just east of the sand dunes.Mosaic Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley, CA 01/16/2008Mosaic Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley, CA 01/16/2008Mosaic Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley, CA 01/16/2008 <br />The water must be rather corrosive to do these deep grooves. Mosaic Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley, CA 01/16/2008Mosaic Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley, CA 01/16/2008Mosaic Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley, CA 01/16/2008<br />These rock surfaces are really slippery! A couple of places made me wonder if carrying a tripod was such a good idea, as you would like to have both hands free!Mosaic Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley, CA 01/16/2008<br />At least this part looks like a mosaic... Mosaic Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley, CA 01/16/2008<br />Fran made those "photography mittens" for me, with fingers free to work the camera buttons.Crossing the Saline Valley, with dust storm, going to Lone Pine, CA 01/16/2008Crossing the Saline Valley, with dust storm, going to Lone Pine, CA Desert Holly 01/16/2008Shots of the Sierras, including Mt Whitney, near Lone Pine, CA 01/16/2008 Early morning shots of the Sierras north of Bishop, CA /1/17/2008
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The images were taken on my  DSLR Canon 40D camera plus Canon 24-70mm L-lens, mostly on a tripod.   


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