Following my little morning supercell chase from Beatty to Lida Junction, I made my way into Death Valley to check out the “superbloom.” The… [Read More]
February 17, 2016 Highway 190 Desert Dust Storm and Lenticulars
Another winter storm system was headed to California, so instead of seeing what it might do from home, I elected to head to the… [Read More]
February 17, 2016 Death Valley Dunes and Dust
In the companion entry for this date is a wide array of dust and wave-cloud photography from the Owens Valley and Panamint Valley. The… [Read More]
December 3, 2015 Death Valley Mesquite Dunes
Marcia and I got out of Lone Pine at about 5:30 a.m. and made our way east to Death Valley for some sunrise photography…. [Read More]
December 3, 2015 The Racetrack and northern Death Valley
After lunch in Furnace Creek, Marcia and I headed north on Scottys Castle Road. This took us through the northern portions of Death Valley…. [Read More]
December 3, 2015 In and Around Death Valley
This was my friend Marcia’s first visit to Death Valley, so I wanted to squeeze in as many interesting locations into this day as… [Read More]
Unravelling Death Valley’s 134 Temperature Record, Part 3 Hot Temperature Comparisons
UPDATE, August, 2016 This part remains incomplete — sorry about that. I have been working on Part 4, which will help me with the remaining… [Read More]
April 14, 2015 Morning at the Death Valley Dunes
Since I was already up and the sun was scheduled to rise at sunrise, I headed from Hells Gate to the Mesquite Dunes near… [Read More]
April 13, 2015 Death Valley Night Sky
As dusk came upon Death Valley on this beautiful spring day, I set up on a slope on the east side of the road… [Read More]
April 13, 2015 Southern Death Valley and the Amargosa River
An April drive into Death Valley is never a bad idea — even better after Easter when nobody is around. The first two pics… [Read More]
April 12, 2015 Death Valley Fireball
This is a 33-second exposure from the east side of Death Valley (south of Badwater) looking west towards the Panamint Range. Besides the… [Read More]
January 19, 2015 Comet Lovejoy from Panamint Valley
I made the 3.5 hour drive to dark skies on the 19th in order to photograph Comet Lovejoy 2014 q2 one last time. The… [Read More]
January 19, 2015 More love and more joy from the desert
Hooray —- I had a full day off from work and there was no moon. I had a chance to head to… [Read More]
March 31, 2014 Mojave Lenticular Chase
It had been a few months since I had done a desert photo trip, I had this Monday off, and a Pacific storm was… [Read More]
July 21, 2013 Masters Thesis is Online
Attention all weather and climate nerds: as you may know, I have studied Death Valley’s record temperature of 134F from July 1913, and determined that… [Read More]
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