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Coal loads hammer east thru Rozet as mother nature cooks up a splendid show deep in the Thunder Basin.
2019-09-05, Day 4
The warm light of sunset fills the shallow, granite basin that holds Lake of the Winds, Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, Montana. Just out of the frame a half-moon rises skyward and over the colored cloud.
Earlier in the day and a couple of small ridges away, my hiking partner and I experienced a singular encounter with a hunting wolverine. The excitement and improbability of sharing a meadow with it for a couple of minutes continued to bubble up in conversation for the remainder of the afternoon. Before finding the campsite where I sat for this photograph, we went for a swim in the lake and then relaxed as the rice and daal simmered over the alcohol stove.
Two years ago, my oldest son and I fabricated quite a few of these alcohol stoves from two aluminum cans, some fiberglass insulation, bondo cloth, a grommet, and some good old JB Weld. They're extremely light, and they don't spill when accidentally knocked. My hiking partner has a nifty wind-screen that doubles as pot-holder, and works very harmoniously with the stoves. The absolute best part though is that these stoves are silent, so when a scene like this unfolds you are treated to the vast, beautiful quietude of the moment instead of high-decibel sputtering. Another side-effect was that the surprising number of mosquitoes then became noticeable as well.
Upper Ouzel Creek backcountry campsite - Wild Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park.
Incredible light along Mt. Copeland on this morning during a backpacking trip last weekend.
Check out a video of the whole trip here
The milky color of the mineral deposited here inspired the naming of Porcelain Basin. The mineral, siliceous sinter, is brought to the surface by hot water and forms a "sheet" over this flat area as the water flows across the ground and the mineral settles out. This is the fastest changing area in Norris Geyser Basin, and siliceous sinter is one of the agents of change. Siliceous sinter is also called geyserite - ups.gov
Best viewed large. You can see hot water bubbling and the steam going up in the center white area.
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Having stopped it was a chance to stretch our legs and look at where we had just navigated our way through
A beautiful hike on the Ingalls Way Trail to enjoy the golden colored larch trees and great views of Mount Stuart and Ingalls Peaks. KIttitas and Chelan Counties, Washington. This is in the Alpine Lake Wilderness. IMG_8995
This is basin that no one really drives down to see, or very few. I saw this road several years ago and decided to drive down it to see what was there.
This year the lack of rain did affect it. Still it is a beautiful area that I will always check out.
At 282 ft. below sea level, Badwater Basin in Death Valley is the lowest spot in the lower forty eight states. It's also a desolation wilderness where next to nothing grows. It gets hot during the summer months--extremely hot. On a single day during August 2020 the temperature reached 130 degrees--hot enough to fry eggs on the ground if you were so inclined. It's not all bleak however, I did see a coyote trotting along the road one morning.
On this day in late autumn the temperature was only in the mid 70's. If you're considering a trip to Death Valley it pays to go in late autumn through the winter--unless you're an extreme sun worshipper that is.
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'Bloody Basin' got its name from the Battle of Turret Peak in 1873, during which 26 Tonto-Apache Indians were killed in retaliation for earlier Indian atrocities.(From onX website)
This is a view of the mouth of the Chicago River from the Link Bridge, the bridge used by Lake Shore Drive to cross the river.
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Pelton Basin as viewed from the trail going up Sahale Arm with wildfire smoke obscuring the view, North Cascades National Park, Washington State.
Most of Copper Basin's traffic is either ore loads going to the smelter or acid loads coming out of it. However, period manifest traffic is brought into the railroad from the UP interchange at Magma Junction. Here, two of the CBRY's Geeps pull a hopper and a tank car through Kearny under a dramatic Arizona sky.
The Great Basin is the largest desert in the United States. Despite being arid, it is called a "cold" desert, and it is home to a wide array of vegetation, animals, and birds.
Article here with top 10 facts about The Great Basin:
traveltips.usatoday.com/10-great-basin-desert-101867.html
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This area of Death Valley has a myriad of desert landscape patterns and features. These island of salt and mud can be found in the spring fed waterways among the salt flats. This fall morning, I experienced a beautiful sunrise with pink colors in the clouds above the Panamint mountain range.
When we visited Death Valley last year, there was a lot of water in Badwater Basin creating Lake Manly. Note the small person on the lower right to get a sense of scale of this vast landscape. Badwater Basin is below sea level but the Panamint Mountains loom up to 11,000 feet.
A bench at the end of the trail into Blue Basin at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
Happy Bench Monday!
Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
I had the good fortune to be rained on three times in one afternoon. The first shower passed over, then left the western sky clear long enough that the sun lit a rainbow in the east. We are standing at the beginning of the Grand View trail, looking down into Monument Basin, a collection of side canyons of the Colorado River.
Explored July 22, 2018
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I’ve been to this location a few times in the past year or two, but never really come away with an image that I’m really very happy with.
I think, with this one, we are finally getting there. Sure, I would have liked a nice sunset injecting a bit more colour into the sky, but the clouds are moving in my preferred direction and using filters on the 14mm allow me to get a long exposure without the restrictions of the 24mm. I may have cropped the final image but at least it’s due to my desire to do so and not due to the equipment forcing it. We’re certainly getting there.
Hope everyone else had a great weekend.
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