Showing posts with label Bristlecone Pines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bristlecone Pines. Show all posts
Friday, August 16, 2019

Geotripping! It Could Be You! Geology of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, September 26-30

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The east side of the Sierra Nevada and the adjacent Owen's Valley is one of the most dramatic landscapes on planet Earth. The valley ...
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Friday, September 26, 2014

A Gallery of Sierra Nevada Scenes: Part II

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Alabama Hills near Movie Flats I picked out some more scenes from our recent field studies class in the eastern Sierra Nevada and Owens ...
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Monday, July 7, 2014

How to Hide a 14,000 Foot Peak in California? Make it Red, Call it White...

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And then put a mountain right next to it that is actually white. Seriously. So, quick, what's the name of the third highest mountain...
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Sunday, February 3, 2013

The Airliner Chronicles: A Broken Land of Unspeakable Violence

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That's an inflammatory title, and yet in the context of geology it is quite literally true. The land in today's picture is indeed br...
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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Vagabonding across the 39th Parallel: A Park without its Namesake, and an "Oh, s**t" moment in Science

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What is it that this park is missing? Our next destination, as we went vagabonding across the 39th parallel , was one of our country...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Back from the Eastern Sierra Nevada

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We are back from our journey to the east side of the Sierra Nevada, mostly in one piece, mostly not sore, and quite not thrilled to be back...