I've been busy in the past month shooting in Bodie several times, Yosemite, Death Valley, and Nevada, pursuing subjects like wildflowers, old buildings and rusty mining artifacts, lunar rainbows, the Milky Way and the Camelopardalid meteor shower. Occasionally the weather calls me outside to pursue clouds and sunset. This was a spur of the moment opportunity to chase some clouds at sunset over nearby Smith Valley, Nevada. It had rained earlier in the day, so the unpaved roads required to reach this spot were soft and slick. +Lori Hibbett and I barely made it out as clay mud caked onto my SUV's tires.
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Sunset over Smith Valley and Wellington, Nevada, late May, 2014.
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We've driven roads like that. Fun, eh +Jeff Sullivan ! I think we've actually had worse times with sand and playa silt than mud, which means had you asked me some 40 years ago to make the bet between the two for the years to come at that point, I would have lost. I've only "almost" been stuck in clay mud (once, near Black Diamond Mines/Clayton in the East Bay Area, in an old Willies Jeep Stationwagon), while I did manage to get an old Honda stuck in Mono Basin – on the hill south of the LV Mobile Station, as well as three other "almosts")
Nice shot! Love the sky!!!!!
I love the gorgeous colors and awesome sky!! Beautiful! Thanks for sharing with the #LandscapePhotography theme!! It's my pleasure to share your amazing photo to the +Landscape Photography page! Check out all the great photos there including yours!!
magnificent!
Fantastic.
very nice good photograph
+Jeff Sullivan Wow, Jeff! Another place to go to. And I'm still trying to get to Davis Creek trail, LOL…..maybe today. Anyway, another great photo from you!
fantastica
muy hermoso!
Wonderful Shot!!!
Feel the rush
WOW!! Just gorgeous Jeff!!
Marvelous colors & scene. Thanks +Jeff Sullivan. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
thats so awsome
Beautiful
Amazing!!!!
nicepic
Some amazing light there!!
Good to see
Jeff thank you for bringing a piece of California to this California girl now living in Wisconsin. My ex and I would load up the kids and head to Death Valley for a fun day and ice cream. We only lived 100 miles west of there.
+Richard Beebe are you from Ridgecrest or that area?
Excellent shot – thanks for sharing!
+Jonnie Egleston I love these photos for the same reason, I moved to WI from CA and really miss the scenery and the weather. Where in WI do you live?
+Linda Bayer I live in Beloit. I grew up in Huntington Beach then moved to a town in the high desert called Ridgecrest CA, there is a naval base there called China Lake, then moved here.
+Jonnie Egleston I'm living in Eau Claire right now. I lived in San Diego where a lot of my friends were military. I really miss CA. If you'd like to talk CA my gmial is lindabayer12@gmail. Have a great day.
Beautiful