[Leica] Second Installment - California Leg

[leica_r8 at hotmail.com (Aram Langhans)]

Here are some photos from the second half our our trip to SoCal. 
Beginning in the redwoods with this shot and then move to the right.

Stump Monster-8949.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
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I'll just point out a few.? While in Mt. Lassen NP, we were treated to a 
faint milky way and a crescent moon.

Night Sky Lassen Monument-8986.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
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N06/54064936716/in/album-72177720321139089>

I then turned north towards the big dipper to try a few shots and I was 
surprised to see when I chimped one of the photos that the Northern 
Lights were visible. Could not see them with the naked eye. This was 
days before the big display the other day, which I cannot see from the 
heart of the Los Angeles basin.? If you look at this one large you can 
see the Big Dipper low on the horizon with the Northern Lights and the 
Milky Way.

Night Sky Lassen Monument-8990.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
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N06/54065261224/in/album-72177720321139089/>

Then there is a whole series of shots from Mono Lake.? My father-in-law 
and I have shot the lake many times in our travel and every time have 
been disappointed as any potential clouds have always either disappeared 
by sunset or it has clouded over too much with no light.? Well, solo 
this trip, I finally hit it at the right time.? They start here:

Sunset Mono Lake Tuffa-1003369.jpg | Aram Langhans | Flickr 
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N06/54064937296/in/album-72177720321139089/>

The rest are some fall color above Bishop, CA.? Best I have seen it but 
could not stay any longer than the few hours we were there.? Darn.

Comments welcome.

Aram


-- 
Aram Langhans
(Semi) Retired Science Teacher
& Unemployed photographer
  
?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself 
would ever have dared dream.?
    James D. Watson