Utah and Nevada’s Great Basin
Autumn star trails over Notch Peak, House Range, Utah. The mountains are lit by the light of a first quarter moon.
Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Sky pilot (Polemonium viscosum) in a glacial cirque beneath Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Early-season ice accumulation along Lehman Creek, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Light from the rising full moon illuminates Wheeler Peak and Stella Lake, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Stalactites, stalagmites, draperies, shields, and other speleothems (cave formations) abound in Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Wheeler Peak by full moonlight, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
Admiring a several thousand-year-old Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) in Great Basin National Park, Nevada
A twisted and contorted Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) on the slopes of Wheeler Peak, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
A Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) feeds from a crimson columbine (Aquilegia formosa) along Baker Creek, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
The House Range and Notch Peak (right of center) at sunset, Utah
Baby stalactites on the ceiling of Lehman Caves trace out fracture patterns in the Pole Canyon Limestone, Great Basin National Park
Bizarre and grotesque cave formations in Lehman Caves, Great Basin National Park, Nevada
