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

Photo of a travel chess board set up by Cottonwood lake 4, on the way to the summit of Mount Langley, in California.

Best game of chess I’ve ever played— along the shore of Cottonwood Lake 4, on the way up Mount Langley, CA.

#travel #photography #canon #california #socal #mountains #highsierra #inyo #sierranevada #outdoors #explore #chess

Photo looking at one of the lower peaks along the hike to Mount Langley, the southernmost 14,000’ mountain in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

Looking north from the summit of Mount Langley, the southernmost 14,000’ mountain in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Older photos from one of my hikes up Mount Langley, near Lone Pine, CA and in Inyo National Forest.

#photography #travel #canon #california #mountains #inyo #sierranevada #cali #highsierra #trails #gohike #outdoors #nationalforests #nature

Latest earthquakes near active volcanoes

#Quakes at #volcanoes past 24h: #Agung, #Akagi, #Aso, #Brennisteinsfjöll, #Cabalian, #Cagua
#Clear Lake, #Daisen, #El Chichón, #Etna, #Eyafjallajökull, #Geureudong, #Gilbanta, #Hiuchi, #Hrómundartindur, #Ibusuku, #Inierie, #Inyo Craters, #Iriomote-jima, #Katla, #Katmai, #Komaga-take, #Krísuv...

Looking across the mirrored finish of Convict Lake, with Mono Jim Peak (and Mt Morrison directly behind it). The still waters perfectly reflect the image as well as allow the gravel bottom to be seen through them. A small islet covered in snow sticks out into the middle of frame and there is also a log laying half submerged in the bottom of frame.

Looking across Convict Lake towards Mono Jim Peak and Mt Morrison behind it, a slight breeze casts ripples across an otherwise perfect mirror image in the water.

Convict Lake
Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Lakes, CA

Easy, 2.5 mi loop
170 ft elevation gain
Hiked 3/16/24

#ConvictLake #Inyo #MammothLakes #California #Hiking #Photography #Stunday #Landscape

A sign post in front of Hot Creek notifying that the shoreline and water is off limits due to risk from heated vents. Meanwhile a person may be seen swimming and filming themselves in the water.

A view up Hot Creek with a snow covered mountain seen in the distance beyond. I believe it to be Laurel Mountain and possibly Bloody Mountain as well behind it.

Hot Creek Interpretive Trail
Near Mammoth Lakes, CA

Easy, 1.8 mi loop
220 ft elevation gain
Hiked 3/16/24

#HotCreek #California #Inyo #Hiking #Photography #Landscape

Ain’t you feeling dry, ain’t you feeling dry now? #morningpop #thursdayvinyl #brucespringsteen #inyo

A layer of close by boulders followed by another large mound within the obsidian dome, with the jagged ridgeline of mountains seen in the distance.

A large chunk of obsidian shines among its smaller counterparts.

Standing atop a broken outcrop of volcanic rock, the loop trail on the top of Obsidian Dome may be seen wrapping a large mound.

Lichen grows on weathered volcanic rock boulders while behind it another large ridge of obsidian may be seen in front of a jagged ridgeline in the distance.

Obsidian Dome Trail
Inyo National Forest, Crestview, CA

Easy, 1.33 mi loop
223 ft elevation gain
Hiked 10/19/25

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#ObsidianDome #Obsidian #Volcano #Inyo #California #hiking #Sierra #photography

Friday is a go with this years @WWolfBrewery #pointyshoes tasting sublime: flavours of dark bitter chocolate, wafer biscuit, bourbon, molasses and coffee. Stunning, perfect for the first spin of #inyo #bskybeer

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The Eastern Sierra Mts.
Inyo County, California

#photo #photography
#nature #SierraMountains
#Sierra #Sunrise #mountains
#clouds #Inyo #InyoCounty
#Desert #desertSunrise #snowyMountains #snowy
#snowySunrise #Camping #GoldenClouds #FunDay #morningCoffee #mountainScenery

Who do we have here in the Cottonwood?

Northern Saw-Whet Owl, Inyo

#bluesky #photography #wildlife
#naturephotography #inyo #owl #saw-whet

That's me next to a #bristlecone #pine. These trees are among the oldest trees in the world, and at least one of them is about 4,800 years old. This is in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in the White Mountains in #Inyo County in California, east of the Sierra Nevada.

Keeler, California. A small town next to Owens Lake.
#Keeler #Inyo #California #Owenslake #Desert #Hwy395

Looking towards the Sierra Nevada mountain range from Bishop, California
#Bishop #California #Hwy395 #SierraNevada #Desert #Inyo #DJI #Drone

Late summer evening in Bishop, California. Above the intersection of Hwy 395 and Line St.
#Bishop #California #Inyo #Hwy395 #SierraNevada #Drone #DJI

Badwater Basin, The lowest point in North America at 282ft below sea level in Death Valley National Park, CA

#deathvalley #badwaterbasin #inyo #california #nationalparks #usa

Milky Way

Went out to watch the Perseid Meteor shower but was treated to the Milky Way instead.

Milky Way, INYO NF

#bluesky #nightphotography
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #Inyo #milkyway #stars

Fossil Falls

#petroglyphs #coso #inyo

Do you know there are are several varieties of Poppy?

White Prickly Poppy, Inyo

#bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #scape
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #inyo #flowers #poppies

Rising moon over the Mono Craters in Inyo

Waxing Gibbous over Mono Craters

#bluesky #photography #landscape #travel #nature #scape
#landscapephotography #naturephotography #moon #Inyo #monocraters

Stretching beyond the backyard. #morningpop #thursdayvinyl #brucespringsteen #inyo

Mountains reflected in a lake.

Did a quick day hike to this beauty.

Inyo National
Forest

#bluesky #photography #nature #landscapephotography #naturephotography #inyo #lake #mountains #sierra

#PSPS #EmergencyPreparedness #SCE #Inyo #Mono #WildfireSafety #ddar #dafn

Spinning #vinyl #Inyo one of the #lostalbums 👌🏻 love it.

200 miles to the desert city south. #morningpop #saturdayvinyl #brucespringsteen #tracksII #inyo

“ #BruceSpringsteen's beautiful song ' #Adelita' can be found on ' #Inyo,' one of the seven unreleased albums released today on ‘ #TracksII_TheLostAlbums.’”

The Boss goes Los Lobos
#Inyo #Springsteen #TracksII
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Next up - the dry desert landscapes and Americana of Inyo probably the nearest to the acoustic music he's been writing recently but with added 🌞 mariachi trumpet and fiddle. Not so much Nebraska as New Mexico. Beautiful ❤️🧡💛 #lostalbums #Inyo @nbtbpodcast.bsky.social @brucespringsteen.net

[U.S] Current Containment of California's Wildfires > www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/?o... #ClimateCrisis #Heatwave #Wildfire #Particulates #PM2.5 #Fresno #Mono #SanBernardino #Inyo #Trinity #Lassen #Kern #California #America

[U.S] Current Containment of California's Wildfires > www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/?o... #ClimateCrisis #Heatwave #Wildfire #Particulates #PM2.5 #Fresno #Mono #SanBernardino #Inyo #Lassen #Kern #California #America