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It's hard to photograph the Mono Lake basin and convey the size of it.

The smaller things in and around it are pretty easy. You travel there, you walk or hike to them, you photograph them. The Mono Lake basin though is different, its HUGE and flat. Well . . . ok, not perfectly flat. The slope that is going down to the lake is so gradual that you don't notice it for miles. This means that by the time you're high enough to see much, you're too far away to see much. ...

Morning pano of Mono Lake taken with a panorama rig from Really Right Stuff and the Canon EOS 5D MK II and a 70-200mm f/2.8 attached. Zoomed to 200mm. Note the kayakers and a bird nest on one of the tufa formations. Three images were taken at each of 22 positions(total of 66). One at 2 stops over, one at normal, and one at 2 stops under exposed. The sets were proceessed in Photomatix software and then stitched. The final image was optimized in Photoshop.

The eastern side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range is quite different from the western. The western side is a gradual slope rising to the Sierra Nevada crest. The eastern side is a steep escarpment dropping down into the Great Basin. The western side is at a lower elevation with significant population and rainfall. The eastern side is a high arid desert with few people and towns.

U.S. Route 395 follows the eastern escarpment of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. For most of this run the high...

360 degree view from Tioga Peak (11,513 feet) near the eastern entrance of Yosemite National Park.

An easy Class 2 climb by Paul and Ron Williams on July 10, 2009. It was, however, blowing a gale (at least 40-50mph). 30 images taken with a pocket camera (handheld).

This point is accessed from a road that runs east from the northbound lane of US-395.
(Canon G9)
37°50.581'N 119°04.041'W
© 2008
Dale B. Dalrymple
http://dbdimages.com

This is from the viewpoint at the turnoff from US-395 to CA-120 to Tioga Pass just at the south side of Lee Vining.

The view is to the NE. US-395 runs south (right) to north(left).
(Canon G9)
37°56.754'N 119°06.711'W
© 2008
Dale B. Dalrymple
http://dbdimages.com

http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=509
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodie,_California
http://www.bodie.com/
http://www.monocounty.org/bodie/

Weatherbeaten cabins along US-395 at Walker Creek.

(Canon G9)
37°54.492'N 119°05.800'W
© 2008
Dale B. Dalrymple
http://dbdimages.com

taken from the visitor center trail