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Moonlight touches Wheeler Peak as Milky Way stars shine overhead. Great Basin National Park. This NightScape was photographed about two hours after the autumn scene below. The shot was planned to take advantage of the rising quarter moon. Camera direction is pointed at 212º (SSW) and the moon is rising from the left at a compass reading of 63º (ENE), creating wonderful shadows and texture that I could not have gotten with starlight alone (see comparison below).
Canon 5D Mk3 • EF24mm f/1.4L II • f/2.8 • 13 seconds (twice*) • ISO 8000
*Second exposure for moonlight (90 minutes later)
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Mt Wheeler -- Great Basin National Park -- Nevada
At an elevation of 13,063-ft (3,982 m), Mt Wheeler is the second highest peak in Nevada. The road goes to 10,000 ft (3,048 m). A late storm left several inches of snow at these high elevations, providing an unexpected alpine experience
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This Bristlecone Pine in Great Basin National Park, has taken everything nature has thrown at it for over 4,000 years.
Somewhere Over Utah or Nevada? 2008
I would rather be in the window seat on a plane to anywhere on this beautiful planet. No matter how claustrophobic I am, I always request the window seat. This picture is a good reason why this is always my favorite hangout in the world!
This particular photo was taken somewhere over Zion National Park in Utah, United States of America. I was so amazed to see how the earth just seemed to explode open like this. On the ground, you would never know how fantastic it looked.
malevolent gust
an ancient pact now toppled
the chthonic chorus
chants of dark beguiling realms
listen if you dare
Common Branded Skipper (Hesperia comma). Great Basin National Park. Near Baker, White Pine Co., Nevada.
Not sure which one of these Bristlecone Pine photos to go for, so I uploaded two. Seen in the Bristlecone Grove atop Wheeler Peak, around about 11,000 feet above sea level, in Great Basin National Park in Nevada. Many of these Bristlecones in Great Basin are 3000-4000 years old. The oldest on Earth are about 5000 years old- the oldest non-clonal organisms on the planet (the very oldest of which, Methuselah, is located in the White Mountains of California and was germinated around 2832 BC).