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080325-4607RidgecrestMotel6 Early morning in Ridgecrest.
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080325-4615RidgecrestSunrise West of Ridgecrest on Hwy 395. Sunrise coming...
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080325-4617RidgecrestSunrise Coming...
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080325-4624RidgecrestSunrise It's here.
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080325-4627SofPearsonvilleMoonrise South of Pearsonville.
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080325-4633PearsonvilleAccident Near Pearsonville, this was a grab-shot through the window.
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080325-4634LittleLkTrucks This is near Little Lake.
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080325-4637LittleLkCliff This is the cliff at Little Lake. In the 1920's and '30's, there were some hotels and other buildings in the area. All gone.
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080325-4638LittleLkRocks
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080325-4639LittleLkRockSign
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080325-4641LittleLkRadar
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080325-4642LittleLkSundowner Another hill at Little Lake.
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080325-4644LittleLkHouse This is the only building I saw.
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080325-4645CinderCone Not far up Hwy 395 is this volcanic cinder cone.
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080325-4649CinderCone Just off Cinder Rd is the road to Fossil Falls. I'm on the short lava-strewn trail looking back to the cinder cone.
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080325-4652FossilFalls No fossils, no falls :-) The lava which has been weathered into these odd shapes, drops off to a 50-foot high gully in the middle of the shot.
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080325-4654FossilFallsShadow Me and my shadow.
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080325-4659FossilFallsBird Sort of an art shot.
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080325-4663LittleLkOvrlkCar I've travelled 4 miles on a ratty dirt road to get here - the handicapped parking spot for....
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080325-4664LittleLkOvrlkKiosk The scenic Little Lake Overlook, with its information panels.
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080325-4665LittleLk And the view of Little Lake and the cinder cone.
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080325-4671OlanchaBigPineDist This is Big Pine Distributors on the outskirts of Olancha.
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080325-4676OlanchaSiding On a dirt road on the way to the Big Pine Distributors is this ruin of a siding. The mountains are getting larger and closer, and more snow is evident.
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080325-4678OlanchaBPDSign I love this sign.
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080325-4680OlanchaBPDDog This dog chased my car and tried to bite it as I slowly drove by.
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080325-4681OlanchaSidingCalAq Looking back toward the siding and the California aquaduct.
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080325-4685OlanchaOwensLake Looking across Olancha toward the mostly-dry Owen's Lake.
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080325-4686OlanchaSchool The Olancha 'No Trespassing' School.
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080325-4687OlanchaWaterPlant The Crystal Springs water plant just north of Olancha.
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080325-4688CartagoCafe South of Cartago is this abandoned cafe and (I assume) house.
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080325-4691CartagoField Not far up the road is this field. The historical marker has had the bronze plaque stolen.
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080325-4692SofBartlettOwensLake The view of Owen's Lake from south of Bartlett. Just after getting back into my car, a highway patrolman stopped to ask if I was OK :-)
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080325-4696CharcoalKilns These are the Cottonwood charcoal kilns, just over the hill from the lake.
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080325-4697BartlettSaltMine This has been identified as the PPG plant, near Bartlett.
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080325-4700BirdsSofLonePine South of Lone Pine was this flock of circling birds.
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080325-4705RdToHorseshoeMdws I wanted to take the zig-zag road to Horseshoe Meadows, but the ranger said it was gated pretty low down, as was Whitney Portal and other roads up the mountains.
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080325-4707LonePineSign Just as well I didn't head up the mountain as I still had places to go and explore.
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080325-4708LonePineBus This bus was in the parking lot between Carl's Jr restaurant and a small park. After a quick bite to eat, I'm off to...
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080325-4709AlabHillsMissAlabama The Alabama Hills, named after a Confederate ship that sank during the Civil War. This rock is known as Miss Alabama.
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080325-4711AlabHillsMtns The Sierra Nevada mountains from the Alabama Hills.
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080325-4712AlabHillsClimber This is on the south side of Whitney Portal Rd.
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080325-4714AlabHillsClimber Looks like fun.
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080325-4718AlabHillsMovieRd Movie Rd leads through the area of the Alabama Hills known as Movie Flats because it is featured in many Western movies and TV shows. This view is in the opposite direction, though :-)
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080325-4719AlabHillsOneMile Some arches or rocks are individually named. This area is about a mile from the road intersection, where I thought I would find the One Mile arch, but didn't...
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080325-4720AlabHillsOneMile
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080325-4721AlabHillsOneMile Still, it was a neat area.
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080325-4722AlabHillsOneMile
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080325-4723AlabHillsOneMile
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080325-4724AlabHillsOneMile
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080325-4725AlabHillsOneMile
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