Vasquez Rocks, Southern California is the site of numerous movie and commercial projects… Famously as a location where Star Trek’s Captain Kirk battled the Gorn to save his crew. You can purchase prints of these here.
Rocks
The nicest place to kill yourself I have ever seen… rock climbers… it’s not a matter of if… it’s when…
Hopalong, Tonto, Roy and Trigger, Iron Man, Gene Autry, and hundreds others rode the old west in them thar hills…. Now you just drive along “movie road” and squint a bit to relive the good guys in the white hats days….
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- Lone Pine Peak
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- Mobius Arch
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- Mt. Whitney
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- Illegal Art… allowed to stay for some reason…
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- Mt Whitney through Mobius Arch
After some record rainfall over the winter I though I should get down there to see the flowers and other famous items. Good news… lots of flowers in vast gravel pits to the south of Furnace Creek. Bad news… racetrack rock trails erased for the most part… plus some assholes are stealing the rocks that have been there for hundreds of years making the trails. I need to revisit my 1998 trip with my new film scanner to pick up some more photos I have not been able to post since they are on 4×5 and 21/4 film plus a few 35mm kodachromes. Enjoy. This is a giant place and I don’t think 10 more trips would cover it. Maybe again in late September?
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Along Racetrack road.
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- Sunrise Mequite Sand dunes.
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Along Racetrack road.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- 1890’s exhibits of Death Valley equipment.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- 1890’s exhibits of Death Valley equipment.
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- Artists Drive, colors, washouts, flowers.
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- Sunrise Mequite Sand dunes.
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Artists Drive, colors, washouts, flowers.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- North entrance Zebra rock.
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- Along Racetrack road.
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- Along Racetrack road.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Along Racetrack road.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- From Ubehebee Crater after dark.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- 1916 Baldwin
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Artists Drive, colors, washouts, flowers.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Racetrack
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Sunrise Mequite Sand dunes.
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- Racetrack
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- Bad Water Basin -85.5 meters below Sea Level.
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- 1890’s exhibits of Death Valley equipment.
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- 1890’s exhibits of Death Valley equipment.
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Artists Drive, colors, washouts, flowers.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- 1916 Baldwin
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Along Racetrack road.
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- Eureka Valley road looking south from Crankshaft Junction… yes there is a real crankshaft in the road marking the spot.
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- Along Racetrack road.
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- Near Racetrack
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- Bad Water Basin -85.5 meters below Sea Level.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- From Ubehebee Crater after dark.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- There are 2 kinds of Tumbleweed… dead and dying.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Racetrack Valley
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- Racetrack
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Artists Drive, colors, washouts, flowers.
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- Mormon Point Flowers
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- As I was leaving this is Panamint Valley. Sandstorm 50 mph winds, rain, rainbow! All in one.
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- 1890’s exhibits of Death Valley equipment.
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- Running Man
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- 1890’s exhibits of Death Valley equipment.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Sunrise Mequite Sand dunes.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Racetrack Valley
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- Looking North toward Stovepipe. Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- From Ubehebee Crater after dark.
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Sunrise Mequite Sand dunes.
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- Along Racetrack road.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Artists Drive, colors, washouts, flowers.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Artists Drive, colors, washouts, flowers.
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- Looking North toward Stovepipe. Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- 1890’s exhibits of Death Valley equipment.
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- Artists Drive, colors, washouts, flowers.
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- Along Racetrack road.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- 1890’s exhibits of Death Valley equipment.
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Along Racetrack road.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- 1890’s exhibits of Death Valley equipment.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Mesquite sand dune dust storm.
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- Bad Water Basin -85.5 meters below Sea Level.
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- Racetrack
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- Eureka Valley Road. It is a good dirt road. I hit 70mph on it (not recommended).
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- Bad Water Basin -85.5 meters below Sea Level.
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Zabriskie Point
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- Grandstand at the Racetrack
Nothing like a fresh coat of paint… sun… and 25ºF.
It’s about 7:08AM in January. This entry is about the first 120 minutes of light in Yosemite.
Being the lazy bastard my friends know me to be, I kind of like winter because the best photo time of day (sunrise) comes late in the morning… even at 5000 feet elevation.
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- Before the sun hits the first rock. The photographer’s ghetto fills with the hopeful.
