Photos from a short trip to the Alabama Hills, across Death Valley, past Lake Mead and home. The weather forecast was partly cloudy (good for pictures) with no mention of snow (good, too), so took the long way home from a visit to the LA area.
Rock Formation, Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California 1/22/2024 Rock Formation, Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, Lone Pine, California 1/22/2024
Eastern Sierra from the Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California 1/22/2024 Eastern Sierra from the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, Lone Pine, California 1/22/2024
Lone Pine Peak, Lone Pine, California 1/23/2024 Lone Pine Peak, Lone Pine, California 1/23/2024
This isn’t an original idea for a photo, it’s a souvenir I made while visiting the location of the famous photograph made in 1944 by Ansel Adams titled “Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine.” I’ve been to this location several times but the picture–with clouds against a dark sky, bright sunlight on the mountains with the foreground hills in shadows–never came together until this trip.
I did a search on Google for “Adams Winter Sunrise” and Google returned about 700,000 results, so lots of information about the print is out there if you are interested.
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California 1/24/2024 Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California 1/24/2024
Willow Beach, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona 1/25/2024 Willow Beach, Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona 1/25/2024