I first visited the southwest on a geology club trip to Death Valley in 1989. Like many others, I was hooked. The eastern Sierra / Death Valley region has an appeal that's difficult to explain - you have to go and experience it for yourself. I attended graduate school at USC from 1991-1995, and I came to know the eastern Sierra / Death Valley / eastern Mojave region much better than I knew L.A.. Most of these pictures are from my dissertation field area in the southwestern Panamint Mountains.
Skull of a desert bighorn in a Panamint canyon.
Pine tree and snow, summit of Telescope Peak (11,049'). The Black Mountains and Death Valley salt pan are visible in the background.
Slim's grave, Ballarat cemetary.
Panamint Valley seen through the door of an abandoned tungsten mine, Panamint Mountains.
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