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OV 117 images Created 18 May 2021

OV - Owens Valley
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  • The Moon rises over the Inyo Mountains and normally dry Owens Lake at a rare time when there is enough water for a reflection.  Before diversion of the Owens River through aquaducts to Los Angeles, this was a large inland sea.
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  • OWENS VALLEY, CA. Sandstorm from Owens Lake, Calif., caused by water diversions to Los Angeles, blasts a car and creates widespread air pollution.
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  • A sandstorm caused by water diversions to Los Angeles.
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  • Sunset over power lines in the desert.
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  • Mounts Basin and Tom of the eastern Sierra Nevada escarpment tower over the Owens Valley and Bishop, California.
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  • 13,986-foot Mount Humphreys towers over a Yellow Rabbitbrush plant blooming in California's Owens Valley.
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  • The moon sets over Basin Mountain on the eastern crest of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • 14,252' White Mountain Peak soars high above the Owens Valley of California.
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  • 14,252' White Mountain Peak soars high above the Owens Valley of California.
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  • 14,252' White Mountain Peak soars high above the Owens Valley of California.
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  • 14,252' White Mountain Peak soars high above the Owens Valley of California.
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  • 14,252' White Mountain Peak soars high above the Owens Valley of California.
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  • CALIFORNIA. Town of Bishop in Owens Valley under east escarpment of Sierra Nevada. Mts. Basin & Tom bkg. In fgnd. is abandoned irrigation canal.
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  • OWENS VALLEY, CA. Owens River, a major water source for Los Angeles.  Sierra Nevada bkg.
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  • A woman walks beside the Owens River.
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  • Clearing winter storm over Mount Tom.
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  • Eroded granite boulders overlook Owens Valley near Bishop, California.
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  • Fall Aspen trees in Bishop Creek Canyon.
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  • A woman and her dog walk between  a canal and fall-colored cottonwood trees in California's Owens Valley, near Bishop.  Behind are the Sierra Nevada mountains.
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  • Fall-colored cottonwoods and rabbitbrush glow under the eastern Sierra Nevada escarpment in California's Owens Valley.
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  • A weather-beaten Bristlecone Pine survives the arid, high altitude climate of California's White Mountains in the U.S. Forest Service's Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.
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  • A dying Bristlecone Pine stands in the Patriarch Grove of the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in California's White Mountains, above Bishop.
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  • Lenticular clouds called the Sierra Wave hover over thee eastern Sierra Nevada and  Owens Valley, California.
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  • A lenticular cloud formation called the "Sierra Wave" hovers the Owens Valley and eastern Sierra Nevada.
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  • High-tension electric towers above Owens River Gorge.
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  • Alkali dust from dry Owens Lake (a consequence of Los Angeles water diversions) obscures the California's Owens Valley between the Sierra Nevada (background) and Inyo Mountains.
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  • Summer Thunderheads tower over California's White Mountains and Owens Valley, near Bishop.
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  • A hiker & her dog stand below thunderheads in arid volcanic tablelands near Bishop.
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  • Woman and dog explore volcanic tablelands under summer thunderheads.
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  • Summer Thunderheads tower over California's White Mountains and Owens Valley, near Bishop.
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  • OWENS VALLEY, CA.  Jay Jensen (MR) plows his alfalfa field at "Harsh Reality Ranch."
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  • A summer thunderstorm towers over abandoned silos in California's Owens Valley.
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  • 14,252' White Mountain Peak soars high above the Owens Valley of California.
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  • An old wagon & cholla cactus below the White Mountains.
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  • Ancient Native American petroglyphs document long human habitation in the Owens Valley of California.
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  • Ancient Native American petroglyphs document long human habitation in the Owens Valley of California.
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  • Ancient Native American petroglyphs adorn a boulder in the volcanic tablelands near Bishop, California.
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  • PETROGLYPHS. Ancient Native American drawings on volcanic tuff in CA's Owens Valley. Sierra Nevada bkg.
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  • Ancient Native American drawings on volcanic tuff in CA's Owens Valley, Sierra bkg.
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  • Joshua trees & cholla cactus, Inyo Mountains, CA.
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  • Cholla Cactus grow in the western foothils of California's White Mountains.  Behind are the Owens Valley, Sierra Nevada and Palisade Glacier.
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  • Close view of a praying mantis.
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  • Prickly Pear Cactus, Owens Valley, CA
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  • CALIFORNIA. Comedy rider in annual parade at famed "Mule Days" in Bishop, CA.
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  • Owens Valley, California.Fall-colored cottonwoods under eastern Sierra Nevada escarpment.
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  • Fall-colored cottonwoods under eastern Sierra Nevada escarpment.
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  • 13,652-foot Mount Tom towers 9000 feet above California's Owens Valley, below the eastern Sierra Nevada.
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  • Cattle graze in pastures below Mount Tom in Sierra Nevada.
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  • Cattle graze in pastures below Mount Tom in Sierra Nevada.
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  • Rime from rare fog coats sagebrush and cottonwood trees in California's Owens Valley, near Bishop.
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  • BARREL RACING, Laurie McLennan (MR) practices in Owens Valley, CA
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  • July 4 celebration over Bishop, CA.
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  • Car drives on dusty Chalk Bluff Road near Owens River.
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  • Bristlecone Pine, White Mts. CA. Sierra Nevada bkg.
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  • White Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California.	A mother and son picnic above Owens Valley and the Sierra Nevadas.
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  • Ancient tree survives after 1000s of years in high, hostile setting.
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  • A Bristlecone Pine in California's White Mountains juxtaposes with the Palisade Glacier region of the adjacent Sierra Nevada, across the dramatic Owens Valley.
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  • Ancient Bristecone Pines grow at high altitudes in the White Mountains above the dramatic Owens Valley and eastern Sierra escarpment in the background.
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  • An Inyo County (California) sherrif's deputy responds to a call for assistance.
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  • An Inyo County (California) sherrif's deputy responds to a call for assistance.
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  • Owens Valley, near Bishop, California.Wild iris and cottonwood trees grow below eastern Sierra Nevada.
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  • Wild iris and cottonwood trees grow near Bishop in the Owens Valley below California's eastern Sierra Nevada.
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  • A wild iris blossom in the Owens Valley.
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  • Virga falls from clouds drifting over California's eastern Sierra Nevada, viewed from the White Mountains.
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  • Virga falls from clouds drifting over California's eastern Sierra Nevada, viewed from the White Mountains.
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  • Bristlecone snag in White Mountains overlooks Sierra Nevada.
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  • Lightning touches down through a sunset over California's White Mountains.
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  • A weather-beaten Bristlecone Pine survives the arid, high altitude climate of California's White Mountains in the U.S. Forest Service's Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.
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  • White Mts., CA, storm sunset over Bristlecone Pines, Lois Fischer (MR)
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  • White Mts., CA, storm sunset over Bristlecone Pines, Lois Fischer (MR)
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  • A sunrise lights 'Sierra Wave' lenticular clouds over the Sierra Nevada.
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  • A sunrise begins to illuminate California's White Mountains and and Inyo Range, near the edge of the Great Basin.
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  • A sunset illuminates "Sierra Wave" lenticular clouds over Mount Tom & the Owens Valley, east of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • The moon rises over a weather-beaten Bristlecone Pine snag, high in California's White Mountains.
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  • Ancient Bristecone Pines grow at high altitudes in the White Mountains above the dramatic Owens Valley and eastern Sierra escarpment in the background.
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  • Sunset light on ancient trunks in CA's White Mts. (oldest living things).
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  • Sunset lights the weathered trunks of an ancient Bristlecone Pine in California's White Mountains.  Bristleones are earth's oldest living trees and this one might be up to 4,000 years old.
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  • Sunset light on ancient trunks in CA's White Mts. (oldest living things).
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  • Sunset light on ancient trunks in CA's White Mts. (oldest living things).
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  • ANCIENT BRISTLECONE PINE FOREST, California.  Sunset glows on a tree trunk that is likely several thousand years old, growing atop the harsh, high-altitude White Mountains near Bishop.
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  • White Mts., CA. Sundset over Sierra Nevada bkg.
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  • Clouds glow in a sunset over the Palisade Glacier region of California's Sierra Nevada, viewed from the adjacent White Mountains.
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  • The moon sets over Basin Mountain on the eastern crest of California's Sierra Nevada.
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  • Sunrise on Mounts Basin & Humphreys above Owens Valley.
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  • SIERRA NEVADA, CA.  Stormy sunrise on 13,986' Mount Humphreys above Owens Valley.
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  • A winter snowstorm clears over White Mountain Peak and the Volcanic Tablelands in California's Owens Valley.
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  • 14,252' White Mountain Peak soars high above the Owens Valley of California.
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  • SIERRA NEVADA, CA, Drivers view of Mount Tom, Wheeler Crest & Owens Valley from old Highway 395
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  • Dust from dry Owens Lake blows 100's of miles due to LA water diversions, Sierra Nevada bkg.
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  • Ski mountaineer (MR) descends past ancient trees, White Mts., CA.
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