Alabama Hills (and Surrounding Areas) | 
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 All of the images in this gallery were taken during a photo trip to the Lone Pine area between August 15 and August 17, 2005. Click on a thumbnail to open the full 
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    For the techies... all of these images were taken with a Canon 20D Digital Camera in RAW mode, converted to TIFFs in Raw Shooter Essentials, then edited and prepared for the Web in Photoshop CS. | |
| Alabama Hills from the northern end of Movie Road | ||
| Late afternoon light in the rocks | ||
| One of the many rock "reefs" in the area. | ||
| This rock formation reminded me of the music "Hall of the Mountain King" | ||
| Looking over part of the Alabama Hills towards Mt. Whitney, California's tallest mountain. | ||
| A stream flowing by the Whitney Portal Trail Head | ||
| Another section of the stream by the Whitney Portal Trail Head | ||
| One of the fascinating rock details. I thought it looked like a petrified angel | ||
| A section of rock "spine" | ||
| Another Rock form detail | ||
| A detail of a change in rock skin texture | ||
| A view of the southern end of the Sierras near Olancha, CA | ||
| Small streamlet near Whitney Portal | ||
| The Whitney Portal Road with storm clouds obscuring Mt. Whitney | ||
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