Photography in Paradise

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MONO LAKE WINTER BASIN

MONO LAKE WINTER BASIN

by | Feb 1, 2013 | Blog

When winter descends on the Mono Basin, the rest of the world seems to disappear. The fog settles in, the roads are more difficult to navigate, and the only sounds outside are the chirping of birds and the disturbing hum of the snowplow. I saw very few cars on my trek...
MONO LAKE WINTER

MONO LAKE WINTER

by | Jan 31, 2013 | Blog

Mono Lake is a large, shallow saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in a basin that has no outlet to the ocean. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake. The elevation is...
SIERRA NEVADAS SNOW

SIERRA NEVADAS SNOW

by | Jan 30, 2013 | Blog

The Sierra Nevada is a mountain range in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, between the California Central Valley and the Basin and Range Province. The Sierra runs 400 miles north-to-south, and is approximately 70 miles across east-to-west.The Sierra Nevada...
INFRARED SIERRA

INFRARED SIERRA

by | Jan 29, 2013 | Blog

Infrared light lies between the visible and microwave portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Infrared light has a range of wavelengths, just like visible light has wavelengths that range from red light to violet. “Near infrared” light is closest in...
PETROGLYPH THEFT

PETROGLYPH THEFT

by | Jan 29, 2013 | Blog

Chigado Petroglyphs are located in the 36,000-acre Fish Slough Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) and is a place where geographic isolation, geology, climate, and hydrology have created a rare and irreplaceable ecosystem. Petroglyphs, rock engravings left...