Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the contiguous United States, is not the highest peak as viewed from US 395 in Lone Pine, CA. That honor belongs to Lone Pine Peak (12,944 ft), which is often pictured at the center of the arch. I suspect that Mount Whitney is partially shaded by Lone Pine Peak in this pic.
If you look close you can see snow blowing around the tops of the peaks.
Morning twilight on Mount Whitney (14,505 ft) as seen through Mobius Arch—not an easy shot to get!
Most pics of Mobius Arch, including the one on the 2008 NPS Annual Pass, feature Lone Pine Peak (12,944 ft), which is visible through the arch from the trail, at its center. This shot requires a precarious perch on a narrow rock ledge and a tripod capable of a very low angle. I wish I’d had the presence of mind to take a pic of my predicament!
Hiker attacked by man with makeshift spear
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Sandy police are searching in the foothills around the Bell Canyon trail for a man who stabbed a hiker on the trail with a makeshift spear and then ran off.
Holy cow! Good thing I don’t have a UT trip planed for the next few months.
Thank you for putting up with all the farm equipment last week. Here is your prize: A field of poppies with the Temblor Range in the backround.
2 women go hiking, get lost find other lost hikers, then the LifeFlight helicopter guided them back to the trailhead.
“The lesson is to have a map and a compass with you, and a GPS (Global Positioning System device) if possible.”
Carrizo Plain National Monument, Traver Ranch, Atlas Rotary Scraper
Originally uploaded by darthjenni
I am going to apologize to all the people who like the pics we take.
Usually we go on high adventures to unknown lands, but a few weeks ago we went to Carrizo Plain National Monument for the flower bloom.
Good or bad, you can find tons of pics of the flowers in the area. What I didn’t know was that there are a few abandoned farms in the monument that are slowly falling apart. Traver Ranch is the most accessible from the main road, and there are few photos of the buildings and farming implements.
And here comes the apology: I took photos of all 18 farming implements and will be doling them out over the next week. If you choose to drop me from your contact list, I understand.
These photos are documentary in nature and are boring, dry, and badly taken. I took them at bad angles on purpose so that I could see the number plate on each one when I got home.
If you can suffer through them this week, you will be rewarded with beautiful carpets of wildflowers and a reflection of the colorful mountains on Soda Lake. I promise!
This not a new idea but with over 1000 pics on Flickr, it is time to find the funniest search terms that lead to one of my pics.
The breaking point was a few days ago when a person typed in can you buy a hedgehog in nevada and bypassed the helpful Hedge Hog Central and clicked on a pic of a hedgehog cactus in Nevada
Let me help you out. There a currently no breeders in Nevada but Hedge Hog Central has a place that will ship one in the mail to you.
When I posted Trojan Rock in Joshua Tree National Park I was expecting drunk USC students clicking on it. What I got was trojan rock free videos. Thankfully there is a torrent of some his videos but here it is on Amazon NSFW
A common search is for “something” petroglyph map. There is no way anyone who respects petroglyphs would put them on a map. Even I who always geotags everything, miss-geotags petroglyphs. So stop asking.
Pictures of cement in a tree
I have no clue what this person was looking for but this is what they found
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