Daily Photo – Tree on the Horizon
The last few days here in my corner of Texas have been gray and overcast so I went looking for an image that reminded me of summer. I found this…
Daily Photo – Mesquite Flat
Mesquite Flat, Death Valley
The perspective is deceptive and the effort it took to climb this dune in Mesquite Flat, Desert Valley, is not represented in this serene shot. A view to the north…
Badwater Sunrise
Badwater Sunrise, Death Valley
"There's a bad moon on the rise" "There's a bad moon on the rise" rolls the lyric of the old Creedence Clearwater Revival song. No, I'm not that old but…
Still at Badwater
Dawn at Badwater, Death Valley
Dawn at Badwater A few wisps of cloud hung in the air to the North but to the South there was zip, nada, nothing; just a clear, blue, cloudless sky.…
Badwater at Dawn
Badwater Basin, Death Valley
Badwater. The name says all you need to know about the place, Badwater. According to the GPS on this image, the elevation here is -275.6 feet. That's 275 feet below…
Lady Be Good – Day 8, April 12, 1943
This is the last in my series of posts on the story of the Lady Be Good. Toner's Diary: MONDAY, April 12, 1943 No help yet, very (unreadable) cold nite.…