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Mobius Arch, late morning, Alabama Hills, California ()
The Alabama Hills are a range of hills & rock formations near the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada in the Owens Valley, west of Lone Pine in Inyo County, California. Dozens of natural arches are among the features of the Alabama Hills, such as: Mobius Arch, Lathe Arch, the Eye of Alabama and Whitney Portal Arch.
The Alabama Hills were named for the CSS Alabama, a Confederate warship deployed during the American Civil War. When news of the ship's exploits reached prospectors in California sympathetic to the Confederates, they named many mining claims after the ship, and the name came to be applied to the entire range.
When the Alabama was finally sunk off the coast of Normandy by the USS Kearsarge in 1864, prospectors sympathetic to the Union named a mining district, a mountain pass, a mountain peak, and a town after the Kearsarge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Hills
Through Mobius’ Arch are seen L to R: Lone Pine Peak, Peak, & then darker appearing incisor-shaped Crooks Needle & Keeler Needle followed by Mt. Whitney. Mt. Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m).
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Fuji X-S10. Fuji XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS. 10mm, f/4, 1/4000 sec, ISO 320.
Mobius Arch, late morning, Alabama Hills, California ()
The Alabama Hills are a range of hills & rock formations near the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada in the Owens Valley, west of Lone Pine in Inyo County, California. Dozens of natural arches are among the features of the Alabama Hills, such as: Mobius Arch, Lathe Arch, the Eye of Alabama and Whitney Portal Arch.
The Alabama Hills were named for the CSS Alabama, a Confederate warship deployed during the American Civil War. When news of the ship's exploits reached prospectors in California sympathetic to the Confederates, they named many mining claims after the ship, and the name came to be applied to the entire range.
When the Alabama was finally sunk off the coast of Normandy by the USS Kearsarge in 1864, prospectors sympathetic to the Union named a mining district, a mountain pass, a mountain peak, and a town after the Kearsarge.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Hills
Through Mobius’ Arch are seen L to R: Lone Pine Peak, Peak, & then darker appearing incisor-shaped Crooks Needle & Keeler Needle followed by Mt. Whitney. Mt. Whitney is the highest mountain in the contiguous United States and the Sierra Nevada, with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m).
www.mountwhitneyforum.com/images/wpsmb-webcam1-legend.jpg
Fuji X-S10. Fuji XF 10-24mm f/4 R OIS. 10mm, f/4, 1/4000 sec, ISO 320.