Tag: Owens Valley
Out and about in the Owens Valley
I’ve been slowly working my way through the chore of cataloging my photos, and as I get ready to file things away, here is a collection of odd shots from in and around the Owens Valley from last year. (I’m not going to include the dust control project much; I’ll post links to those at…
Halobacteria and infrastructure: Owens Lake in the summer
Last August, on a trip through the Owens Valley, I had another chance to drive across the lakebed. My earlier pictures were from the spring; there was much more water on the lakebed because that is a time of year when dust storms are likely. Late summer, such storms are less likely and so there…
Southern California’s first water project: The Los Angeles Aqueduct
The Los Angeles Aqueduct Cascades facility in Sylmar is the dramatic entrance of Owens Valley water into the Los Angeles area and anyone traveling up the I-5 through Newhall pass can’t miss it. This water has traveled as much as 400 miles and has taken as long as three months to get here. I’ve traveled…