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]
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 13, 2015 Mojave Desert, Amboy and Kelso Depot
Just passing through…Amboy, California and Kelso, California. This is the restored train depot in Kelso.
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]
April 12, 2015 Salton Sea — Dead Fish Edition
On my visit to the western shore of the Salton Sea, I came upon plenty of fish along the shoreline. These fish were in… [Read More]
April 12, 2015 Salton Sea Excursion
This was a nice day for a jaunt from Palm Desert to the western shore of the Salton Sea. Most of the little settlements… [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]
December 3, 2013 Night Skies at the Trona Pinnacles
I wound up at the Trona Pinnacles at dusk on my jaunt into the desert to shoot lenticular clouds. The pinnacles and the dark… [Read More]
December 3, 2013 Trona Lenticulars
I had all of Tuesday free to do as I pleased, so I headed to the Mojave Desert for some photography and a “weather… [Read More]
November 17, 2013 Desert Roadrunner
While at mom’s place in Palm Desert, a roadrunner scampered past her back door. I grabbed the camera and the 70-200mm lens and went… [Read More]
August 5, 2013 Chiricahua Mountains storms
After our productive evening shooting lightning near Deming, NM, our tour group moseyed southwestward from Deming midday on the 5th. Crisp updrafts developed over… [Read More]
April 28, 2013 Sanderson, TX severe storm
(posted on May 4, 2013) Our tour group, with Rob Petitt as my driver, was down to its final two chase days, and… [Read More]