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A desert landscape taken by means of phone imaging from a place called Skunk Ridge that lies on the furthest north end of Utah's Cedar Mountains. The scene overlooks some dry desert scrub/plant growth, and a nearby row of very rugged & dark rocks. Beyond that is a broad, dry valley called Puddle Valley. The low-lying Grassy Mountains provide us with a deep blue & purple horizon. We are looking roughly west northwest in direction.

A desert landscape taken by means of phone imaging from a place called Skunk Ridge that lies on the furthest north end of Utah's Cedar Mountains. The scene overlooks some dry desert scrub/plant growth, and a nearby row of very rugged & dark rocks. Beyond that is a broad, dry valley called Puddle Valley. The low-lying Grassy Mountains provide us with a deep blue & purple horizon. We are looking roughly west northwest in direction.

Here, we are looking southward from a place called Skunk Ridge, again, towards the northern end of Utah's Cedar Mountains. There's dry desert scrub brush & grasses in front of part of this very rough, rocky ridge. The mountains are just beyond the rugged rocks. Off in the distance are Ripple Valley & a very faint Granite Peak, on the horizon.

Here, we are looking southward from a place called Skunk Ridge, again, towards the northern end of Utah's Cedar Mountains. There's dry desert scrub brush & grasses in front of part of this very rough, rocky ridge. The mountains are just beyond the rugged rocks. Off in the distance are Ripple Valley & a very faint Granite Peak, on the horizon.

-Looking north across a winding, rocky road leading slowly down & northeast-ward, we see the north end of Utah's Lakeside Mountains. It's a rugged scene of desert scrub and rocks. This is also a view of the very northern end of Skull Valley, and the arc of a branch of the Union Pacific Railroad can faintly be seen just beyond the disappearing dirt road. This branch of railroad tracks leads to some mining operations up in the mountains. Again, we are on top of Skunk Ridge at the northern end of the Cedar Mountains. It's dry & windy.

-Looking north across a winding, rocky road leading slowly down & northeast-ward, we see the north end of Utah's Lakeside Mountains. It's a rugged scene of desert scrub and rocks. This is also a view of the very northern end of Skull Valley, and the arc of a branch of the Union Pacific Railroad can faintly be seen just beyond the disappearing dirt road. This branch of railroad tracks leads to some mining operations up in the mountains. Again, we are on top of Skunk Ridge at the northern end of the Cedar Mountains. It's dry & windy.

A few old #phonetography #mobilephotography #Scape #landscape #desert #landscapes of a #favorite #playground of ours #ECK #EastCoastKin #desertscape #MiddleOfNowhere #arid #GreatBasin #WestCoastKin #wanderlust #wilderness #BlueskyPhotography #NoFences #mood #PhotographersOfBluesky Details in AltText

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Vertical photo of blooming joshua tree in eroded desert scenery. The joshua tree stands out with its light green needles and chonky white blooms. It looks rather small surrounded by very pale gray and light orange stone eroded into very convoluted flutings and pinnacles.

Vertical photo of blooming joshua tree in eroded desert scenery. The joshua tree stands out with its light green needles and chonky white blooms. It looks rather small surrounded by very pale gray and light orange stone eroded into very convoluted flutings and pinnacles.

A blooming joshua tree and some REALLY eroded granite
#greatbasin #RockinTuesday #desertflora #desertwildflowers #joshuatree #spring

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A close-up photograph shows a weathered, reddish-brown sandstone rock face covered in ancient petroglyphs. The rock is heavily fractured with deep vertical and horizontal cracks. The petroglyphs, carved through the dark desert varnish to reveal the lighter stone beneath, include faint anthropomorphic figures and abstract patterns. Small patches of light blue-grey lichen and sparse, dry desert grasses are scattered across the rugged surface.

A close-up photograph shows a weathered, reddish-brown sandstone rock face covered in ancient petroglyphs. The rock is heavily fractured with deep vertical and horizontal cracks. The petroglyphs, carved through the dark desert varnish to reveal the lighter stone beneath, include faint anthropomorphic figures and abstract patterns. Small patches of light blue-grey lichen and sparse, dry desert grasses are scattered across the rugged surface.

March 2026

Spent 3 days looking for these Petroglyphs.

#WestDesert
#Utah #GreatBasin
#RockArt #Archaeology

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Vertical photograph of light snow on desert mountainside. The mountain face appears quite steep, with sparse pinon pines higher up, hints of craggy outcrops in the middle, and erosional patterns low. The snow thins and stops along a horizontal band 2/3 of the way down. Below snowline, the slopes appear dark brown and barren. The scene is lit by just a touch of pale yellow directional sunlight, which emphasizes the folded gullies of the mountainside.

Vertical photograph of light snow on desert mountainside. The mountain face appears quite steep, with sparse pinon pines higher up, hints of craggy outcrops in the middle, and erosional patterns low. The snow thins and stops along a horizontal band 2/3 of the way down. Below snowline, the slopes appear dark brown and barren. The scene is lit by just a touch of pale yellow directional sunlight, which emphasizes the folded gullies of the mountainside.

Snowline
#landscapephotography #greatbasin #californiadesert #desertwinter #deepsprings

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Landscape photo of a large desert mountain range at sunrise. Warm sunrise light outline a graceful foreground ridgeline at bottom. Moving up, another more rugged ridge is well lit and glowing orange across a steep canyon. Beyond, a series of ridges recedes, their lower slopes in sunlight, their heights in blue shadow, with a little snow at top. At left is a glimpse of a barren valley floor. No trees or vegetation are really visible anywhere, though experienced desert eyes will rightly guess that the darker shades on the higher mountains are pinon pine woods. The sky is pastel blue and yellow with a couple hazy clouds.

Landscape photo of a large desert mountain range at sunrise. Warm sunrise light outline a graceful foreground ridgeline at bottom. Moving up, another more rugged ridge is well lit and glowing orange across a steep canyon. Beyond, a series of ridges recedes, their lower slopes in sunlight, their heights in blue shadow, with a little snow at top. At left is a glimpse of a barren valley floor. No trees or vegetation are really visible anywhere, though experienced desert eyes will rightly guess that the darker shades on the higher mountains are pinon pine woods. The sky is pastel blue and yellow with a couple hazy clouds.

Again, apropos of nothing
#landscapephotography #greatbasin #californiadesert #inyo

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#MountainMonday #stormy #thunderstorm #StormyMonday #blues #rainstorm #clouds #cloudy #rainy fr one of my/our #favorite #desert places #ECK #EastCoastKin #rain #springtime #paused #mood #breathe #petrichor #ozone #GreatBasin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #BlueskyPhotography #photography #joy

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Photograph of evening light on a barren landscape. The lower 2/3s of the frame are filled with tawny foreground hills studded with rock ribs, which are casting dark shadows in the golden evening light. At top, sunlight is hitting the base of a mountain range miles away, while its peaks appear darker and shadowed.

Photograph of evening light on a barren landscape. The lower 2/3s of the frame are filled with tawny foreground hills studded with rock ribs, which are casting dark shadows in the golden evening light. At top, sunlight is hitting the base of a mountain range miles away, while its peaks appear darker and shadowed.

I dunno, man, I just want to post a photo...
#landscapephotography #greatbasin

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On the left is a tall, simple, two wire, old style telephone pole attached to other poles leading off into the distance on the right. Also on the right are railroad tracks leading to the distance; they are apparent to run side-by-side. On the near center, but just left to it -on a railroad siding line of tracks is an old era 4-4-0 configuration steam locomotive. It's got a straight cylinder style smokestack emitting slightly visible black smoke into a very large & very blue sky. There are but a few small, low lying clouds present. There's a fairly good sized growth of deciduous trees in a clump off to the side of the main railroad tracks but they're not at all tall enough to reach the two telephone wires. The main railroad line tracks leads of on the very lower left of the composition into an invisible point of infinity. There's a white, tiny, distant railroad crossing sign next to the narrowing tracks, as well. The very, very distant horizon is comprised of barely visible mountains -and the tracks are headed straight towards them. In this entire horizontal composition only the telephone pole on the left and the starkly blue sky are tall. They dominate the scene & landscape.

On the left is a tall, simple, two wire, old style telephone pole attached to other poles leading off into the distance on the right. Also on the right are railroad tracks leading to the distance; they are apparent to run side-by-side. On the near center, but just left to it -on a railroad siding line of tracks is an old era 4-4-0 configuration steam locomotive. It's got a straight cylinder style smokestack emitting slightly visible black smoke into a very large & very blue sky. There are but a few small, low lying clouds present. There's a fairly good sized growth of deciduous trees in a clump off to the side of the main railroad tracks but they're not at all tall enough to reach the two telephone wires. The main railroad line tracks leads of on the very lower left of the composition into an invisible point of infinity. There's a white, tiny, distant railroad crossing sign next to the narrowing tracks, as well. The very, very distant horizon is comprised of barely visible mountains -and the tracks are headed straight towards them. In this entire horizontal composition only the telephone pole on the left and the starkly blue sky are tall. They dominate the scene & landscape.

#BlueskyMonday #skyblue with #UP119 #steamlocomotive #GoldenSpike #EastCoastKin #ECK #USNPS #GreatBasin #blue #sky #railroad #railway #trains #train #UShistory #WestCoastKin #steamengine #steam #history #Promontory #PromontoryPoint #photography #railroads #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

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An incredibly variegated, arched & ancient mount of stratified rock. It's mostly of eons old, mostly of igneous (volcanic) rock. The volcano cores nearby are taller but are so old, it's not apparent that this is what they are. This was likely a smaller upheaval of lava pushing other sediment layers upwards. It's actually insignificant looking by comparison, until you look more closely!

An incredibly variegated, arched & ancient mount of stratified rock. It's mostly of eons old, mostly of igneous (volcanic) rock. The volcano cores nearby are taller but are so old, it's not apparent that this is what they are. This was likely a smaller upheaval of lava pushing other sediment layers upwards. It's actually insignificant looking by comparison, until you look more closely!

The same little mount of upheaval rock & sediment from across the salt flats. This time, from this distance, the flats are covered with briney water that is from the springtime, winter rains, the upwelling of groundwater and spring runoff from the mountains & valleys nearby. It's never been deep enough to be called a lake -although at least some water collects each spring. It never lasts for very long! It evaporates quickly by means of sunlight, wind & heat. It is also always spectacular, brief as it is.

The same little mount of upheaval rock & sediment from across the salt flats. This time, from this distance, the flats are covered with briney water that is from the springtime, winter rains, the upwelling of groundwater and spring runoff from the mountains & valleys nearby. It's never been deep enough to be called a lake -although at least some water collects each spring. It never lasts for very long! It evaporates quickly by means of sunlight, wind & heat. It is also always spectacular, brief as it is.

#TwoForTuesday #TwoForTues #Twofers #RockinTuesday #same li'l #mount #mountain #different #years #distance #light #lighting #weather & #lenses #ClassicMono #bnw #ECK #EastCoastKin #monochrome #GreatBasin #BonnevilleSaltFlats #saltflats #WestCoastPhotographers #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

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#Horizontal #BlueskyArtShow #LoneRock #SkullValley #storm #winter #weather #wideangle #lens #landscapephotography #landscape #ArtYear #ECK #EastCoastKin #GreatBasin #desertphotography #desert #geology #Stunday #stunning #dramatic #PhotographersOfBluesky #WestCoastKin #photography #BlueskyPhotography

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As we were #leaving it was as if Hey! We were #enjoying #watching you! #phonephoto #mobilephotography #Antelope #Pronghorn #wildlife #megafauna #EastCoastKin #ECK #nature #wilderness #GreatBasin #phonephotography #valley #desertscape #ArtYear #Scape #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photography #WestCoastKin

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Hike Beneath Nevada’s Second Highest Peak Alpine lake beneath Wheeler Peak Alpine Lakes Loop passes two tarns beneath ridge Families can hike a mountainous landscape almost two miles above sea level on the Alpine Lakes Loop at Nevada’s Gre…

Hike Beneath Nevada’s Second Highest Peak
#greatbasin #nevada #hiking #backpacker
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Photo of rocky landscape with aspen trees in early morning light. A curving foreground dome of pale stone drops off towards a gully full of green spring aspen trees that traverses the entire image side to side. In a crack in the dome is growing a small juniper shrub lit by warm sunrise light. Beyond the gully is a sort of fan of stone formations, gracefully sculpted and yellow in the sun. At top, a glimpse of stony hills recedes to the top of the frame.

Photo of rocky landscape with aspen trees in early morning light. A curving foreground dome of pale stone drops off towards a gully full of green spring aspen trees that traverses the entire image side to side. In a crack in the dome is growing a small juniper shrub lit by warm sunrise light. Beyond the gully is a sort of fan of stone formations, gracefully sculpted and yellow in the sun. At top, a glimpse of stony hills recedes to the top of the frame.

Photograph of a few lines of stone outcrops that look almost like skeletal toe bones, warm tan colored, with green spring aspen trees filling the gaps between.

Photograph of a few lines of stone outcrops that look almost like skeletal toe bones, warm tan colored, with green spring aspen trees filling the gaps between.

#RockinTuesday some beautiful ashflow tuff laced with aspens, way out in the emptiness of the Great Basin
#landscapephotography #geology #greatbasin

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Head shot of a bird with blue crown and nape, darker cheeks, gray chest, and a long black bill holding a brown pinon nut.

Head shot of a bird with blue crown and nape, darker cheeks, gray chest, and a long black bill holding a brown pinon nut.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Corvidae β€” any bird of the Corvid family.

Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Nevada 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #BirdPhotography #Nevade #GreatBasin

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#monochrome file of ^^^ #MountainMonday #sunset #sunlight #sundown #shadows #shadowcasting #mountains #geology #ECK #EastCoastKin #desertphotography #ClassicMono #bnw #landscapephotography #naturephotography #ArtYear #GreatBasin #WestCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #blackandwhite #mood

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#MountainMonday #sunset #sunlight #sundown #shadows #shadowcasting #mountains #geological #geology #ECK #EastCoastKin #desert #desertphotography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #nature #ArtYear #GreatBasin #WestCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

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Ashflow and Aspen Nevada often feels like endless blank space, and that’s part of its appeal. But equally appealing is the knowledge that there are secrets to be found in that emptiness: for instance, this sma…

A longer overdue set from a magical place hidden in the great Nevada emptiness
#landscapephotography #greatbasin #nevada

frishmanphoto.wordpress.com/2026/03/08/a...

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Color file of ^^^ #Stunday #dramatic #desert #mountains north of #BonnevilleSaltFlats at #sunset #perspective #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #GreatBasin #nature #composition #geology #wilderness #polarizer #filter #landscapephotography #WestCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

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#Stunday #dramatic #desert #mountains north of #BonnevilleSaltFlats #sunset #perspective #ClassicMono #bnw #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #GreatBasin #grayscale #nature #composition #wilderness #naturephotography #landscapephotography #WestCoastKin #photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited

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The color file of the above image. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #UNWomen #IWD #GiveToGain 2026Theme #Stunday #stunning #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #weather #cloudy #dirtroad #distance #desert #WestCoastKin #GreatBasin #windy #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #HumansOfBluesky #mood #stormy

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A woman on a LONG, STRAIGHT desert dirt road on a stormy, cloudy & very-very windy day, strolling along -tall. Her gown & hair are flying & flowing out, in the wind. Off on the horizon is a faint mountain range partly obscured by blowing dust. She's in an offset position to the left on the road in the composition. The perspective of her is from a low position to enhance her height within the frame of the photograph. I am always keenly aware of every positioning in our compositions. It's an innate visual thing that I always notice; I'm lucky. The photo is in grayscale. The woman is my wife. It was one of my first photography outings on location, after my esophageal cancer surgery in '07. I remember it well.

A woman on a LONG, STRAIGHT desert dirt road on a stormy, cloudy & very-very windy day, strolling along -tall. Her gown & hair are flying & flowing out, in the wind. Off on the horizon is a faint mountain range partly obscured by blowing dust. She's in an offset position to the left on the road in the composition. The perspective of her is from a low position to enhance her height within the frame of the photograph. I am always keenly aware of every positioning in our compositions. It's an innate visual thing that I always notice; I'm lucky. The photo is in grayscale. The woman is my wife. It was one of my first photography outings on location, after my esophageal cancer surgery in '07. I remember it well.

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #UNWomen #IWD #GiveToGain (2026Theme) #Stunday #stunning #bnw #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #ArtYear #weather #clouds #dirtroad #distance #desert #WestCoastKin #GreatBasin #grayscale #monochrome #windy #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #HumansOfBluesky #mood

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White Mountain Peak (14,252 ft.) in the White Mountains of California. This image was made from the Wild Nevada side. #whitemountains #whitemountsinpeak #esmeraldacounty #greatbasin

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A brilliant, wet vane of aggregate rock & sand as eroded over relatively recent geological time. It had just heavily rained by means of a stunning desert thunderstorm! These delicate geological formations visibly change from year-to-year! The sand, rock & gravel aggregate is actually incredibly delicate. Enjoy!

A brilliant, wet vane of aggregate rock & sand as eroded over relatively recent geological time. It had just heavily rained by means of a stunning desert thunderstorm! These delicate geological formations visibly change from year-to-year! The sand, rock & gravel aggregate is actually incredibly delicate. Enjoy!

#RockinTuesday A #favorite here in our household #galleries #EastCoastKin #geological #geology #aggregate #erosion #desertphotography #nature #naturephotography #desert #GreatBasin Just after #magnificent #Tstorm #saturation #composition #perspective #wanderlust #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky

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#MinimalMonday As #heat returns & #evaporation ends #minerals #salts #create near #endless #otherworldly #patterns #BonnevilleSaltFlats #minimalism #depthoffield #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #GreatBasin #photography #monochrome #grayscale #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #WestCoastKin #dry

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#AlphabetChallenge #hazy one-last #WeekHForHs #EastCoastKin #smog #ArtYear #weather #ClassicMono #ArtPrompt #railroad #overpass #train #railroadtracks #bridge #rails #mountains #desert #freeway #Interstate #I80 #GreatBasin #WestCoastKin #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #photography #bnw

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A greenish brown pasture is pictured at the lower third of the image. There are also foothills off in the distance. The upper portion of the frame is full of puffy white clouds, along with some blue sky mixed in between. The sun is also visible at the top but it’s more of a blob of light really.

A greenish brown pasture is pictured at the lower third of the image. There are also foothills off in the distance. The upper portion of the frame is full of puffy white clouds, along with some blue sky mixed in between. The sun is also visible at the top but it’s more of a blob of light really.

Low res life at 4,200 ft. (1,280 m.)☁️

#PhonePhotography
#clouds #GreatBasin
#photography #sky

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#WeekHForHs #highway w/ #roadster altho she's now tuckedaway4winter #middleofnowhere #SkullValley #ColorADay #BlueTue #sky #BlueskyPhotography #clouds #outandabout #roadtrip #roadway #losthighway #wanderlust #deserted #alone #EastCoastKin #greatbasin #WestCoastKin #photography #phonephotography #art

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A big white cloud looms over a snow covered yard surrounded by by semi mature trees. There is blue sky above the cloud and there are shadows on the ground from the trees. A few houses are pictured behind a wooden plank fence as well.

A big white cloud looms over a snow covered yard surrounded by by semi mature trees. There is blue sky above the cloud and there are shadows on the ground from the trees. A few houses are pictured behind a wooden plank fence as well.

Woke up to this out back this morning😁

#PhonePhotography
#snow #GreatBasin
#photography #clouds

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β€˜After the snow’

#PhonePhotography
#dusk #photography
#snow #GreatBasin

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#GreatBasin #MonteVerde #Younger #Dryas
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