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Eastern Sierra Nevada I've done scientific work in the eastern Sierra Nevada region since my graduate student days in the 1970s.   It is a wonderful region, much different from the relatively lush western slope of the Sierra range.   These pictures were mainly taken in the last few years. Click on a thumbnail to see a larger picture. All images © Mark A. Chappell

Owens Valley	Dawn, Sierra crest	Mammoth sunset	Evening light	Sierra dawn	White Mountains sunsets	Bishop dawn
Laurel Peak dawn	sagebrush at sunset	dead cottonwoods	Sierra moonset	aspen grove	dawn clouds	mountain flowers
three towers	Mono tufa	thunderstorms	Long Valley dawn	SNARL dawn	sagebrush	Glass Mountains
desert peach	evening stormclouds	Owens Valley sunset	Owens Valley bunchgrass	moonset	moonrise	old junipers
SNARL clouds	stars and star trails	Mono Lake dawn	lenticulars	White Mountains sunset	Owens Valley night sky	Buttermilks
Chrysothamnus, Mono Lake	aspen leaves	autumn surise and sunset	frosty meadow	autumn aspens	Sierra pines	frosty aspens

glacial erratic

Sierra panorama