Today’s post will focus on the rugged and colourful rock formations we saw during our recent visit to Death Valley National Park. We concentrated our visit in the Furnace Creek area in the southwestern section of the park. Today’s pictures are from Artists’ Drive, Zabriskie Point and 20 Mule Train Canyon located in this area….
Death Valley NP
This week we traveled to Death Valley National Park, about 7 hours by automobile from the Phoenix area. Death Valley is located in California, along its border with Nevada, two hours northwest of Las Vegas. First discovered by non-natives in 1849, the area was designated a National Monument in 1933 and then a National Park…
Mammatus
After 80+ days without rain in the Phoenix area, the weather changed and today we had rain, cool temperatures and some thunderstorms. A friend called to alert me to a nice rainbow, knowing that I might like to photograph it. I missed the rainbow but was delighted to see Mammatus cloud formations, something that I…
High Throw to Second
As promised, a sequence of shots taken at yesterday’s ball game. I was attempting to capture a play in a series of shots, in this case a failed attempt to throw out a runner at second base. I had the camera set on continuous shooting and by simply holding down the shutter and aiming the…
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
It’s time again for baseball. Spring training in the desert. The Cactus League is in full swing with 15 major league teams training in the Phoenix area. We went to the new training complex in Scottsdale today, Salt River Fields, the springtime home for the Arizona Diamondbacks and the the Colorado Rockies. The new training…