California's Eastern Sierra is celebrating a record snowfall and the Winter rains. Camping along the lower slopes, the abundance of flowers, of water, and of gorgeous light, provide a Spring like few others we have witnessed.
Here are the results of just four days.
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| South face of Lone Pine Peak. |
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| Recapturing water to refill the Owens Lake |
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| Granite canyon below Mt. Langley |
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| Sunrise in the Buttermilks |
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| Spring |
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| The Buttermilks in bloom |
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| Owens Valley backroads and Mt. Tom |
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| Lower Rock Creek |
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| Jeffrey Pines, Rock Creek |
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| Jeffrey Pines |
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| A comfortable pine needle stop |
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| Winter still holds on at 8000 feet in Upper rock Creek |
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| The lava flow blooming along Highway 395 near Big Pine |
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| Out of pure lava rock, Apricot Globemallow |
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| Too many miles, content to be spoiled |
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| Wide open |
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| Flowering Joshua Tree |
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| Desert Cholla |
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| The Kern River as full as it gets |
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| Kern River |
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| The entrance to Kern Canyon, this waterfall is from an overflow hardly used. |
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| Rolling hills turning to gold |
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| Epic Spring growth near Parkfield |
