Scenics by Season
The landscape casts a spell. Basin, range, basin, range, a hypnotic, rhythmic spell across an expansive landscape. The ‘mountains of the Great Basin are defined as every fleeting mountain range eastward from the California’s Sierra Nevada westward to Utah’s Wasatch Front. They resemble the spirit of Basin residents: independent and alone, renegade sentinels permeating a sagebrush ocean of desert basin. Nevada and its Basin and Range Province seems to savor its own mystery, waiting in hiding, revealing its precious moments only to those it feels worthy of witnessing its unveiling.
Despite the Basin's magic, thoughts of a "desert wasteland" and "a pointless piece of ground" come as natural to most people's minds. However, every season in Nevada allows us to understand this enigmatic terrain just a little more. The Great Basin cannot be defined by words. A person must feel and witness this austere land to fully understand it. With that said, defining this gallery was difficult, because the Great Basin really is a large place! As such, I had to divide my landscape images based on the seasons. The seasons tell the full story of Nevada and the Great Basin in this expansive gallery, a gallery that not only includes Nevada, but the entire Basin province! Chalk that up to exploration!
Despite the Basin's magic, thoughts of a "desert wasteland" and "a pointless piece of ground" come as natural to most people's minds. However, every season in Nevada allows us to understand this enigmatic terrain just a little more. The Great Basin cannot be defined by words. A person must feel and witness this austere land to fully understand it. With that said, defining this gallery was difficult, because the Great Basin really is a large place! As such, I had to divide my landscape images based on the seasons. The seasons tell the full story of Nevada and the Great Basin in this expansive gallery, a gallery that not only includes Nevada, but the entire Basin province! Chalk that up to exploration!
Bits of color and the roaring of mountain streams denote the end to a long and ardious winter. Nevada begins a new growing year with her own celebrations! |
The doldrums of summer arrive in Nevada by way of soaring temperatures, tourist traffic, bright blue skies, and the advent of thunderheads. Exploration begins with the arrival of summer. Don't be left in the cold! |
Perhaps no other season in the Great Basin is as extravagant as the summer's end ... (more) |
It takes a special breed of person to enjoy Nevada's winters. The cold season in the Great Basin is an unforgiving one, but striking in its subtle and purifying beauty ... (more) |
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