Monday, March 31, 2014

Mojave Desert

I have been out of commission for about 5 months now from severe back problems but recently was able to get out for a 3 day trip out to the Mojave Desert with Gary, car camping and easy 1-2 mile day hikes, lots to see. Here are some photos from the trip.

The Turtle Mountains lived up to their name, this was the first Desert Tortoise I have ever seen
Desert Tortoise
Desert Tortoise

The Blythe Intaglios, they are fenced off and kinda hard to get a good picture of from the ground, I am sure Google Earth would shsow them better
Blythe Intaglios
Blythe Intaglios
Blythe Intaglios

Some random petroglyph photos with my S100 digital camera, I used that when I ran out of film
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Bent Palm Tree??


I kinda liked this one, looks like a Christmas tree


These next photos were all taken with my 1937 Zeiss Nettar 515/2 folding camera with Kodak Portra 160 film
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs

Here is Gary coming up out of one of the canyons we visited, I really like the colors on this photo
Gary coming up out of the canyon. This was an easy day hike

A few more petroglyph panels
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs

In this photo you can see we are not the only ones visiting these sites, most of the sites we went to are on BLM land and you can find out more info about how to see them by going to the BLM website.
Petroglyphs

We also stopped briefly to check out the Topock Maze
Topock Maze

I also brought along my recently aquired Graphic View II large format view camera
My Graphic View II camera getting setup for star trail photos
My Graphic View II camera getting setup for star trail photos

These next few photos were all taken with that camera with Arista EDU ISO 100 B/W film and developed by me at home

Spirit Mountain
Spirit Mountain

Some petroglyphs near our campsite
Petroglyphs
Petroglyphs

And of course my star trail photos

This one looks like there is a small light leak in the film holder, notice the white spot coming in from the top
Star Trails. Looks like there is a light leak in the film holder

Another one but with some of the hillside in view
Star Trails