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Author: D. Craig Young

Landscape Photography: Snow Recce in Antelope Valley CA

March 4, 2021 D. Craig Young 1 Comment

Snow filled the valleys of the western Great Basin at the end of January, when lake-effect squalls, energized as the…

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Posted in: LightOpt Filed under: Antelope Valley, California, great basin, Great Blue Heron, landscape photography, wildlife

Landscape Photography: Late Snow and Last Light on the Black Rock Playa, Nevada

February 27, 2021 D. Craig Young Leave a comment

I spent the day, having started well before sunrise, on an overland obsidian recce focused on the geomorphology and distribution…

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Posted in: LightOpt Filed under: Black Rock Desert, landscape photography, Nevada, panorama, playa, snow, Sunset

Nevada High Points #77: Desert Creek Mountains

February 26, 2021 D. Craig Young 1 Comment

Desert Creek Peak 8969 ft (2734 m); Gain 2740 ft 2021.01.17 With the post-holiday, pandemic surge still upon us, Darren…

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Posted in: Ranges and Routes Filed under: Darren, Desert Creek Mountains, Desert Creek Peak, High points, landscape photography, Nevada

Nevada High Points #76: Montezuma Range and Clayton Dunes Overland

February 22, 2021 D. Craig Young 7 Comments

Montezuma Peak 8373 ft (2552 m); Gain 1624 ft 2021.01.09 It was time for the initial ‘Second Friday’ excursion in…

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Posted in: LightOpt, Ranges and Routes Filed under: Clayton Dune, Clayton Valley, Darren, High points, landscape photography, Montezuma Range, Nevada, Overland, Second Friday

Nevada High Points #75: Trinity Range

February 21, 2021 D. Craig Young 1 Comment

Trinity Peak 7337 ft (2235 m); Gain 2005 ft 2021.01.03 I have a long-held goal, contrived in the early 1990s,…

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Posted in: Ranges and Routes Filed under: High points, landscape photography, Nevada, Trinity Peak, Trinity Range

Obsidian Traces: Mapping Majuba

February 7, 2021 D. Craig Young Leave a comment

Obsidian, a form of volcanic glass, is a key constituent of traditional toolkits — and the detritus of tool manufacture…

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Posted in: GeoOpt Journal Filed under: Geoarchaeology, Majuba Mountains, Nevada, Obsdian, Overland, Recce, Seven Troughs Range

Twelve for 2020

January 2, 2021 D. Craig Young 12 Comments

Twenty-twenty might not be a year to look back on, especially for those whose lives suffered in the wake of…

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Posted in: LightOpt Filed under: landscape photography, Year in review

Landscape Photography: Overland in Nevada’s Carson Sink

December 20, 2020 D. Craig Young Leave a comment

The Carson Sink is the terminal basin of the Carson River, draining from the Sierra into western Nevada. The sink…

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Posted in: LightOpt, Ranges and Routes Filed under: Carson Sink, Dunes, landscape photography, Nevada, Overland, playa, Second Friday

A glow that had to last — Death Valley, Part 3

October 12, 2020 D. Craig Young 9 Comments
astrophotography at Cyclops Arch, Alabama Hills, California

It was time for a shower. Climbing out of Death Valley, we arrived at Lone Pine, California, in the late…

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Posted in: LightOpt Filed under: Alabama Hills, California, landscape photography, Lone Pine, Lone Pine Peak, milky way, Mount Whitney, Sierra Light, Sierra Nevada

Patterns and process — Death Valley, Part 2.

May 18, 2020 D. Craig Young Leave a comment

Our night in the overflow camp was not that bad, and we were up early covering the short distance to…

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Posted in: LightOpt Filed under: Death Valley, Dunes, Patterned Ground, playa, Polygonal cracks, Racetrack Playa, Zabriskie Point

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  • Landscape Photography: Snow Recce in Antelope Valley CA March 4, 2021
  • Landscape Photography: Late Snow and Last Light on the Black Rock Playa, Nevada February 27, 2021
  • Nevada High Points #77: Desert Creek Mountains February 26, 2021
  • Nevada High Points #76: Montezuma Range and Clayton Dunes Overland February 22, 2021
  • Nevada High Points #75: Trinity Range February 21, 2021

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