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Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley

Wildrose Canyon – Death Valley

There’s a 4.2 mile trail from the Charcoal Kilns that leads up above Wildrose Canyon to Wildrose Peak, a climb of 2,200 feet.

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Sunset Drive

Daily Photo – Sunset Drive

I took this photo of the shadow of our Land Rover on this sunset drive back to camp. We always wanted to be back in camp by sundown. Dusk only lasted about 30 minutes and the desert at night is even more deceiving that it is during the day!

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I never got to see exactly how the bridging crews set this lake bridging. I never fell off but one or two others did and there was at least one account of the individual submerging vertically!

Daily Photo – Lake Bridging

I never got to see the bridging crews installing this lake bridging so I’ve no clue how they did it. I know in places the water was over six feet deep so they didn’t wade through it. Usually the foot boards were above the water but the level of the water depended upon the rains, both local and distant. When the foot boards were under the water you always had to take a touch more care in crossing. I never […]

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Giraffe at Sundown

Daily Photo – Giraffe at Sundown

Again, this is from a scan of a slide. Were I shooting this today I’d be very tempted to capture it in HDR and then use Photoshop to blend the layers but I don’t know I’d like the result any more than this.

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