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Valley of Fire, Nevada

12/5/2017

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Encompassing 40,000 acres of sweeping red sandstone outside Las Vegas, it's not hard to see how Valley of Fire State Park got its name. 
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Oops, my shutter stayed open for a minute. That's the moonrise, not the sunrise.
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Moonlight on the red megaliths.
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Death Valley

12/4/2017

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Zabriskie Point, Death Valley
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I'm seeing five different layers of textures here.
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Ubehebe Crater, Death Valley. This 600' deep hole was created a mere 300 years ago, when rising magma hit groundwater, creating a steam explosion.
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Rhyolite Ghost Town

12/4/2017

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Just a few miles past the Nevada state line lies the deserted mining town of Rhyolite. An early-20th century gold rush sprang up a settlement of nearly 5,000 in this Mojave Desert locale over the course of a couple years. When mine productivity and economic stability began to falter, the population plummeted, leaving the town in ruins barely a decade later. 

Abandoned shafts and tunnels abound in the surrounding hills, shrouded in chainlink barriers and foreboding signage. Along the main street, the last remaining structures include a schoolhouse, bank, rail depot, and a curious house with walls built from myriad glass bottles. Near the entrance, plaster-cast ghost sculptures facelessly beckon visitors upon the windswept moonscape. 
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December supermoon

12/2/2017

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With all the talk of the supermoon, I trekked up Cowles to catch the moon coming up. Although a layer of smoke across the eastern horizon obscured much of the moonrise itself, the sunset was well worth it in and of itself. 
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The regular crowd shuffles in.
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Popping up behind Cuyamaca Peak.
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Oh look, the full moon. Let's all take pictures of ourselves in the dark.
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The color patterns sort of remind me of the bluffs and mesas of the Painted Desert
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The big light goes out, and the little lights come on.
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At the twilight's last gleaming.
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