Album California from RHH

Sequoia Tree

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 22 May 2025 15:52:22 +0000

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From the archives, a Sequoia tree photographed in King's Canyon National Park while it was still winter in the Sierra Nevada.

Sequoia

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 22 May 2025 15:51:43 +0000

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From the archives a Sequoia growing around a huge boulder.

Sierra Nevada

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:29:47 +0000

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This panorama of the Sierra Nevada was taken near Independence, California. It is one of the few photos of our recent trip to southern California taken with my phone.

Fossil Dry Falls

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:29:20 +0000

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This is another photo of Fossil Falls, a dry falls in a volcanic area east of the Sierra Nevada which is visible in the background.

Lone Pine Peak

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:29:45 +0000

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I believe this is Lone Pine Peak in the Sierra Nevada of southern California. The photo was taken near the town of Independence, California, as we traveled south for a conference.

Fossil Dry Falls

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:28:52 +0000

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We were recently in southern California for a conference and on our way there we had some extra time and stopped at a state park, Fossil Dry Falls, a volcanic area through which a river with a waterfall once rain. The photo shows the old river bed and the water worn rocks just above what was once a waterfall. The Sierra Nevada is in the background.

The Slot

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:37:29 +0000

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Another photo of The Slot from Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in southern California - hiked by my wife and I this past January.

Dinosaurs

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:32:37 +0000

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These are more of the Sky Art Sculptures in the desert around the town of Borrego Spins, California. The two here are supposed to be an Allosaurus and a Carnotaurus.

Hellhole Canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:56:17 +0000

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These California Fan Palms were photographed in Hellhole Canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. We were hiking to Maidenhair Falls when the photo was taken.

They Didn't Bring Enough Water

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:50:57 +0000

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This bit of humor was at the start of the Hellhole Canyon trail in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. It says "They Didn't Bring Enough Water," an essential for hiking in the desert.

Agave and Creosote Bushes

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:31:37 +0000

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Two very common plants in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park are Desert Agave and Creosote Bush, both of which are in the photograph, taken along the Hellhole Canyon Trail in the park.

Rainbow

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:26:30 +0000

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The last night of our stay in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, we camped in the mountains and had heavy rains and high winds with gusts to 80 miles per hour. Coming down from the mountains we stopped several times to photograph this rainbow. It was at times partially doubled as can barely be seen on the left of the photo, which was taken with my phone.

Palms and Farmland

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:51:43 +0000

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The area around the Salton Sea is all irrigated desert farmland, mile after mile of crops. This photo was taken south of the sea near the town of Westmoreland. Even the palm trees, in this case non-native, are few. The crop growing the field beyond the palm trees, if I remember, was Swiss Chard.

The Slot

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:01:03 +0000

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This is another photo from one of our hikes in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park in southern California. The hike was only a couple of miles but took us through this narrow canyon where in places we had to turn sideways to get through and in others scramble or climb a bit.

Sky Art Sculpture

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:00:05 +0000

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This was one of the "Sky Art" sculptures we photographed in the desert around the town of Borrego Springs in southern California. These sculptures include prehistoric creatures, fantasy creatures and people and objects from the area's history.

Obsidian Boulders

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 21:28:14 +0000

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We car camped a night at Obsidian Butte on the Salton Sea during our travels (we are now at Joshua Tree National Park). The place lives up to its name with obsidian (volcanic glass), often as huge boulders, everywhere. The result of this is that there is now limited room for sleeping, my wife having collected enough obsidian to furnish her own volcano. The water in the background is the Salton Sea, a sea formed in 1905 when the Colorado River overflowed and flooded the area.

The Slot

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:27:29 +0000

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We were in Anza-Borrego Deserrt State Park this past week camping and hiking (we were also at the wildlife refuges on the south end of the Salton Sea). The temperatures were wonderfully warm, a contrast to the -12C temperatures at home. Our two main hikes were this one, through the Slot, a narrrow canyon in the badlands of Anza-Borrego, and a hike up into Hellhole Canyon in the mountains, shown in the inset. Both hikes were fabulous and hikes we had not done before.

Hellhole Canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:26:26 +0000

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One of our hikes in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park this past week was up into Hellhole Canyon in the San Ysidro Mountains of southern California. The canyon is noted for its palm trees, the native California Fan Palm. We hiked and scrambled our way to Maidenhair Falls which were dry.

Culp Valley Overlook

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 04:38:42 +0000

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This was the overlook at Culp Valley overlook in Anza-Borrego Desert Park..

Palo Verde

nobody@ipernity.com (RHH) — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 04:39:41 +0000

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Photographed in the garden at the visitors' center fof Anza-Berrego. This is a Palo Verde tree.