Alabama Hills (and Surrounding Areas)

 

 

All of the images in this gallery were taken during a photo trip to the Lone Pine area between August 15 and August 17, 2005. 

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For the techies...  all of these images were taken with a Canon 20D Digital Camera in RAW mode, converted to TIFFs in Raw Shooter Essentials, then edited and prepared for the Web in Photoshop CS.
 

   

Alabama Hills from the northern end of Movie Road
 

   

Late afternoon light in the rocks
 

   

One of the many rock "reefs" in the area.
 

   

This rock formation reminded me of the music "Hall of the Mountain King"
 

   

Looking over part of the Alabama Hills towards Mt. Whitney, California's tallest mountain.
 

   

A stream flowing by the Whitney Portal Trail Head
 

    

Another section of the stream by the Whitney Portal Trail Head
 

    

One of the fascinating rock details.  I thought it looked like a petrified angel
 

   

A section of rock "spine"
 

    

Another Rock form detail
 

   

A detail of a change in rock skin texture
 

   

A view of the southern end of the Sierras near Olancha, CA
 

   

Small streamlet near Whitney Portal
 

   

The Whitney Portal Road with storm clouds obscuring Mt. Whitney
     
 

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