Powder Puff Clouds...

"A cloud does not know why it moves in just such a direction and at such a speed...

It feels an impulsion...this is the place to go now.

But the sky knows the reasons and the patterns behind all clouds,

and you will know, too, when you lift yourself high enough

to see beyond horizons."

Richard Bach

These clouds were billowing up above the clouds and smoke from the 

Indian Fire at Mono Lake...taken the same day as the fire shots I posted last week..

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Dinner Anyone???

The California Gulls that grace the shores of Mono Lake

do so primarily because those darned alkali flies are so darned tasty!!!

 Actually, as I've mentioned before....

Mono Lake is the breeding ground for about 80% of the 

California Gulls that live in our fair state.  

And yes, their primary food is the alkali fly that hovers above the 

land edges of Mono Lake.

Dinner anyone???

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Our Little Corner of the World...

"Where light and shadow fall on your subject -

that is the essence of expression and art through photography."

Scott Bourne

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Truly...Fire in the Sky...

"It is not light we need, but fire;

it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.

We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake."

Frederick Douglass

Wednesday, I was on my way up to Minaret Vista in the early afternoon

 when I saw a shaft of lightning off in the distance...in the direction of Mono Lake...

I don't know if that shaft of lightning was the one that set off this fire...

but when I went to Mono Lake to do my volunteer thing...

this is what I experienced...

The fire was south east of the lake...burning toward the South Tufa, 

but still a pretty far distance away...

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A Bird's Eye View...

"I don't ask for the meaning of the song of a bird 

or the rising of the sun on a misty morning.

There they are, and they are beautiful."

Pete Hamill

A Shared Moment in Time...

"In the world of photography, you get to share

a captured moment with other people."

James Wilson

Thank you for sharing my moments...

The Photographer...

"There is only you and your camera.  The limitations in your photography

are in yourself, for what we see is what we are."

Ernst Haas

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Evening Song...

"Beauty...is the shadow of God on the universe."

Gabriela Mistral

My number one shot of the evening...

Happy Birthday Chief!!!
You're the BEST!!!

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It Was a Beautiful Evening...

"Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, 

invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears."

Edgar Allen Poe

Tuesday was my day to be at Mono Lake again...

it was a beautiful evening...

warm, clear, thunder storm in the distance, 

even a day away from a full moon...

magnificence!!!

(And this isn't even my number one shot!!!)

Perfect Flight...

"You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment you touch perfect speed.

And that isn't flying a thousand miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light.

Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have limits.

Perfect speed, my son, is being there."

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

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Salt of the Earth...

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

It sounded like the folks swimming were from the Netherlands...

all I know is their skin is probably still soaking up the lotion!!!

Mono Lake is more than 2  1/2 times saltier than the ocean!!!

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The Edge of Dreams...

"What orbit of the planets has put you and me in this place, 

at this moment?

Where time takes a breath, 

and we dance on the edge of our dreams?"

unkown

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Howling at the Moon...

"Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl:

it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling."

Henry David Thoreau

(Do you see the wolf howling at the moon?

But then again, I still say the tufa look like the moon or a sci fi planet!!!)

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Travelers...

Over all, while working Mono Lake, I've met more folks travelling from 

Germany than anywhere else...

Of course, I had to tell them that my mom's parents immigrated

from Switzerland in the early 1900's...

I'm not sure that they were all that impressed, but it did spark some

conversation!!!

The Golden Hour...

"But what minutes!  Count them by sensation, and not by calendars,

and each moment is a day."

Benjamin Disraeli

Full Moon Rising...

full moon over Mono Lake, Califonia

"For most people we often marvel at the beauty of a sunrise

 or the magnificence of a full moon,

but it is impossible to fathom the magnitude of the universe that surrounds us."

Richard H. Baker

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No...He's Not Related to Smokey the Bear...

He's Dave...one of our illustrious trainers for the Mono Lake Volunteers

and state ranger!!!

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XXX....

I'll bet you were expecting something racy weren't you???

Perhaps it's X marks the spot...

But there's no X...

But this is one of my favorite spots up here...

Guess this ABC Wednesday post is xed...

yeah...it's a word...

look it up!!!

Have a good "X" day!!!

Amazing Views...

"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous,
leading to the most amazing view.
May your mountains rise into and above the clouds."
Edward Abbey

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and Weekend Reflections....

A Golden Glow...

Softly the evening came

with the sunset.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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