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Photography

mike_c

(36,363 posts) Thu Sep 26, 2024, 06:01 PM Sep 26

Sky islands and rain, Great Basin National Park

This is one of my favorite places, the basin and range country of Nevada. There is so much public land. This was captured from the road down Wheeler Peak, quite near the Utah border. I *think* that's possibly Mt Moriah in the distance, but I'm not certain.

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Sky islands and rain, Great Basin National Park (Original Post) mike_c Sep 26 OP

Majestic! Solly Mack Sep 26 #1

and soggy! mike_c Sep 26 #2

Stunning landscape! Diamond_Dog Sep 26 #3

Wherever this is, my dear mike_c, and whatever its name is, it's lovely! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 26 #4

I'm glad you like it! mike_c Sep 27 #5

Very nice! There's a fun app for identifying mountains, btw William Seger Oct 2 #6

Solly Mack

(93,109 posts)

1. Majestic!

Reply to mike_c (Original post)

Thu Sep 26, 2024, 06:02 PM

Sep 26

mike_c

(36,363 posts)

2. and soggy!

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 26, 2024, 06:32 PM

Sep 26

I'm glad you like it!

Diamond_Dog

(35,066 posts)

3. Stunning landscape!

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Thu Sep 26, 2024, 07:05 PM

Sep 26

CaliforniaPeggy

(152,349 posts)

4. Wherever this is, my dear mike_c, and whatever its name is, it's lovely!

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Thu Sep 26, 2024, 10:50 PM

Sep 26

mike_c

(36,363 posts)

5. I'm glad you like it!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 27, 2024, 01:39 PM

Sep 27

William Seger

(11,081 posts)

6. Very nice! There's a fun app for identifying mountains, btw

Reply to mike_c (Original post)

Wed Oct 2, 2024, 08:26 AM

Oct 2

There's a phone app named PeakFinder that identifies all the mountains and peaks that you can see from your location as you scan it around the horizon. It costs $4.99 and is available for iPhone or Android. The default mode is a simple black-and-white drawing, but you can also turn on the camera and align the drawing exactly with the camera view. I love it!

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