On top of Corey Peak looking toward Mt. Grant |
From Corey Peak looking toward the valley below
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Corey Peak
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Lichen growing on an rock out-crop on Corey Peak
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Mt. Grant in the distance and old bristle cone pines on Corey Peak
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Old bristle cone pine on Corey Peak
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Old bristle cone pines looking East toward Mt. Grant
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Corey Peak is home to an abundance of wild-flowers
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Top of Mt. Grant in the distance
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Blooming rabbit brush on top of Corey Peak looking toward the Wasuk Range
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Looking toward the Wasuk Range from a cabin on Corey Peak
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Falling rock danger along highway-95, a potential truck route for shipping high-level
radioactive waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada
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Receding water and the hot desert sun created fractured earth near the Hawthorne
Army Depot
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Defunct bomb fins painted in patriotic colors create a startling sculpture north
of the town of Hawthorne, Nevada
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Hawthorne Army Depot donated defunct bombs that were sculpted into whimsical
working art.
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Hawthorne Army Depot bunkers
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A dust devil kicks up along highway-95 north of Walker Lake
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The town of Luning, Nevada can be seen below
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The Hard Rock Market in Mina is a few hundred feet from the Southern Pacific
rail bed and along the 95 highway corridor
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The towns of Mina and Lunning are seen from a birds-eye-view
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The Rock Shop in Lunning is also a few hundred feet from the Southern Pacific
rail bed and along the 95 highway corridor
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The Southern Pacific rail bed can be seen running through the the small town of
Mina, Nevada
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Mina, Nevada
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Southern Pacific rail exchange at the Hawthorne Army Depot in Mineral County,
Nevada
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Southern Pacific rail line at Thorne, Nevada
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Southern Pacific Rail line transects Churchill and Lyon County on its southern
route toward Mineral County
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This marks the end of the Rail line for Southern Pacific in Mineral County near
the Hawthorne Army Depot
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Rail-road-crossing near Hawthorne Army-Depot
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Rail-road perspective looking north-toward Walker Lake
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Railroad crossing sign in Mineral County
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Schurz, Nevada is a small town in Mineral County that lies along the Southern
Pacific rail road and highway 95
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The east side of Walker Lake has the Southern Pacific rail line following it's
borders
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The east side of Walker Lake in Mineral County, Nevada
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Highway 95 is a potential truck route for shipments of high-level radioactive
waste for disposal at the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in
southern Nevada
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Walker Lake in Mineral County
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Walker Lake is a big tourist attraction in the spring and summer
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Recreational activities like boating, skiing, fishing and relaxing abound at
Walker Lake
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Weathered sign along the old Southern Pacific rail line in Mineral County, Nevada
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Wetlands along highway 95 are home to wild horses
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Wetlands near Walker Lake, Nevada
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Another view of the wetlands near Walker Lake, Nevada
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Wetlands north of Walker Lake
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