Snowy Bristlecone Sunrise
I'm going to try to post here once per week. I've got a huge backlog of photos. I just need to do it. The current Flickr Explore algorithm rewards me for posting /less/, though, which is kind of the opposite of what it should do. I find I need at least a month interval between posts if I want to get Explored. Good job, Flickr.
Anyhow, back in November I drove to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest as the first storm of the season hit.It is home to the oldest trees in the world, and some there reach 5000 years old. I went to the Patriarch Grove (the most remote but best grove of Bristlecone trees) and waited out the night in the whiteout conditions, howling winds, and 7F temperatures. It snowed way more than anticipated, and this scene greeted me in the morning. This is a single photo, not a composite, and the bird is real. I left shortly after taking this photo since I was worried about the route out, which was buried under significant snow. Due to four-foot-deep snow drifts, I barely, barely managed to drive out. My Jeep Rubicon sank above the tires multiple times, and I needed to use my recovery gear to self-rescue.
Video of that adventure can be found at www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGWabU_679I.
Snowy Bristlecone Sunrise
I'm going to try to post here once per week. I've got a huge backlog of photos. I just need to do it. The current Flickr Explore algorithm rewards me for posting /less/, though, which is kind of the opposite of what it should do. I find I need at least a month interval between posts if I want to get Explored. Good job, Flickr.
Anyhow, back in November I drove to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest as the first storm of the season hit.It is home to the oldest trees in the world, and some there reach 5000 years old. I went to the Patriarch Grove (the most remote but best grove of Bristlecone trees) and waited out the night in the whiteout conditions, howling winds, and 7F temperatures. It snowed way more than anticipated, and this scene greeted me in the morning. This is a single photo, not a composite, and the bird is real. I left shortly after taking this photo since I was worried about the route out, which was buried under significant snow. Due to four-foot-deep snow drifts, I barely, barely managed to drive out. My Jeep Rubicon sank above the tires multiple times, and I needed to use my recovery gear to self-rescue.
Video of that adventure can be found at www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGWabU_679I.