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Milky Way over Convict Lake, panoramic photo
Milky Way over Convict Lake, panoramic photo.
Image ID: 31186  
Milky Way over Convict Lake, panoramic photo
Milky Way over Convict Lake, panoramic photo.
Image ID: 31187  
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled, Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled.
Location: Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Image ID: 23281  
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled, Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled.
Location: Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Image ID: 23282  
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled, Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled.
Location: Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Image ID: 23283  
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled, Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled.
Location: Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Image ID: 23284  
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled, Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled.
Location: Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Image ID: 23286  
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled, Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Devil's Postpile, a spectacular example of columnar basalt. Once molten and under great pressure underground, the lava that makes up Devil's Postpile cooled evenly and slowly, contracting and fracturing into polygonal-sided columns. The age of the formation is estimated between 100 and 700 thousand years old. Sometime after the basalt columns formed, a glacier passed over the formation, cutting and polishing the tops of the columns. The columns have from three to seven sides, varying because of differences in how quickly portions of the lava cooled.
Location: Devils Postpile National Monument, California
Image ID: 23287  
Mt. Whitney is the highest point in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It lies along the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Composed of the Sierra Nevada batholith granite formation, its eastern side (seen here) is quite steep. It is climbed by hundreds of hikers each year
Mt. Whitney is the highest point in the contiguous United States with an elevation of 14,505 feet (4,421 m). It lies along the crest of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Composed of the Sierra Nevada batholith granite formation, its eastern side (seen here) is quite steep. It is climbed by hundreds of hikers each year.
Image ID: 21761  
Panorama dimensions: 2298 x 4990
Main Street buildings, Dechambeau Hotel (left) and I.O.O.F. Hall (right), Bodie State Historical Park, California
Main Street buildings, Dechambeau Hotel (left) and I.O.O.F. Hall (right).
Location: Bodie State Historical Park, California
Image ID: 23104  
Tufa towers rise from Mono Lake, with the Eastern Sierra visible in the distance. Tufa towers are formed when underwater springs rich in calcium mix with lakewater rich in carbonates, forming calcium carbonate (limestone) structures below the surface of the lake. The towers were eventually revealed when the water level in the lake was lowered starting in 1941
Tufa towers rise from Mono Lake, with the Eastern Sierra visible in the distance. Tufa towers are formed when underwater springs rich in calcium mix with lakewater rich in carbonates, forming calcium carbonate (limestone) structures below the surface of the lake. The towers were eventually revealed when the water level in the lake was lowered starting in 1941.
Location: Mono Lake, California
Image ID: 26983  
First View of Conness Lakes Basin with Mount Conness (12589' center) and North Peak (12242', right), Hoover Wilderness
First View of Conness Lakes Basin with Mount Conness (12589' center) and North Peak (12242', right), Hoover Wilderness.
Location: Conness Lakes Basin, Hoover Wilderness, California
Image ID: 31057  
Panorama dimensions: 5623 x 14211
Twenty Lakes Basin near Conness Lakes, Hoover Wilderness, 20 Lakes Basin
Twenty Lakes Basin near Conness Lakes, Hoover Wilderness.
Location: 20 Lakes Basin, Hoover Wilderness, California
Image ID: 31056  
Aspen trees, fall colors, reflected in the still waters of North Lake, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains
Aspen trees, fall colors, reflected in the still waters of North Lake.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26063  
Sage brush and aspen trees, autumn, in the shade of Bishop Creek Canyon in the Sierra Nevada, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sage brush and aspen trees, autumn, in the shade of Bishop Creek Canyon in the Sierra Nevada.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26060  
Sierra Nevada mountains and aspen trees, fall colors reflected in the still waters of North Lake, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sierra Nevada mountains and aspen trees, fall colors reflected in the still waters of North Lake.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26061  
Sierra Nevada mountains and aspen trees, fall colors reflected in the still waters of North Lake, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sierra Nevada mountains and aspen trees, fall colors reflected in the still waters of North Lake.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26062  
Mammoth Peak over Tuolumne Meadows, Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park
Mammoth Peak over Tuolumne Meadows, Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 28512  
Aspen Trees and Sierra Nevada Fall Colors, Bishop Creek Canyon, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains
Aspen Trees and Sierra Nevada Fall Colors, Bishop Creek Canyon.
Species: Quaking aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 36444  
Half Dome and Cloud's Rest from Summit of Mount Hoffmann, sunset, Yosemite National Park, California
Half Dome and Cloud's Rest from Summit of Mount Hoffmann, sunset.
Location: Mount Hoffmann, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 31203  
Conness Lake with green glacial meltwaters, Hoover Wilderness, Conness Lakes Basin
Conness Lake with green glacial meltwaters, Hoover Wilderness.
Location: Conness Lakes Basin, Hoover Wilderness, California
Image ID: 31067  
Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains
Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 17498  
An explosion of yellow and orange color, aspen trees changing color in fall, autumn approaches, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains
An explosion of yellow and orange color, aspen trees changing color in fall, autumn approaches.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 23325  
White trunks of aspen trees, viewed upward toward the yellow and orange leaves of autumn and the blue sky beyond, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains
White trunks of aspen trees, viewed upward toward the yellow and orange leaves of autumn and the blue sky beyond.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 23337  
A grove of aspen trees, looking up to the sky along the towering white trunks to the yellow and green leaves, changing color in autumn, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains
A grove of aspen trees, looking up to the sky along the towering white trunks to the yellow and green leaves, changing color in autumn.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 23383  
Aspen trees and Sierra Nevada peak, autumn, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains
Aspen trees and Sierra Nevada peak, autumn.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26064  
Fall colors and turning aspens, eastern Sierra Nevada, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains
Fall colors and turning aspens, eastern Sierra Nevada.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26065  
Fall colors and turning aspens, eastern Sierra Nevada, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains
Fall colors and turning aspens, eastern Sierra Nevada.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26066  
Aspen trees in autumn, fall colors, eastern Sierra Nevada, Populus tremuloides, Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains
Aspen trees in autumn, fall colors, eastern Sierra Nevada.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26080  
Sunrise on Paiute Peak, reflected in North Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, in autumn, Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains
Sunrise on Paiute Peak, reflected in North Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, in autumn.
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26055  
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