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Posted: 12 Jan 2019

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New Washoe City

New Washoe City
Washoe Valley, Nevada, USA. Looking southwesterly; yes, this is a sunset shot! Carson City, Nevada's capital, is beyond the hills on the left. Washoe Lake (with water!) in the middle distance; the snowy mountains on the skyline are the Carson Range, the spur of the Sierra Nevada that juts into Nevada. The settlement in the foreground is New Washoe City, where I live. Granite boulders in the immediate foreground are bedrock in this part of the Virginia Range, and are considered part of the Sierra Nevada batholith.
As I've mentioned before, the word "city" has no legal significance in the US, so even a tiny unincorporated burg like this can call itself a "city!"

Doug Shepherd, rod bally, Smiley Derleth, Nouchetdu38 and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Wonderful shot and very interesting notes. It's been a while since I have seen the word batholith in print on ipernity and as I'm fond of much granite scenery, I have to be fond of batholiths!!
5 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Andy Rodker club
Heh. Kind of an archaic term in modern geology, because it can imply a uniformity that doesn't exist, but still useful! The "Sierra Nevada batholith" actually consists of lots of different granite bodies emplaced at different--sometimes wildly different--times, but it is a large area of granite bedrock!
5 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Stunning capture!

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5 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautifully composed landscape image.
5 years ago.
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club
Ah, I see that you too are a fan of foreground rocks. You have a grand selection of landscapes here and so I hope I get the chance to peruse your collection. By the way -a grand shot here.

Best Wishes form the UK, Herb
5 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Herb Riddle club
Somewhere I heard/read that it helps to have some foreground interest even in a landscape shot. So I keep trying! ;)
5 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Thanks, everyone! We like it here-- ;)
5 years ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
I love the snow on the mountains and the low cloud. A great landscape.
5 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Thanks, Martin, Carol! As I say, we like it here-- ;)
5 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
An interesting and beautiful landscape Steve, it looks to be a great place to live.
5 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
That's a very scenic area where you live, Steve. I see on the map that you have ski-fields on those snowy slopes and even a hang glider landing area nearby! Lovely image too.
5 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Thanks, Roger, George! Yeah, we like it here. There's a lot of public land, mostly administered by the Federal BLM (Bureau of Land Management), but some by the US Forest Service. And, altho we don't hang glide, we do have season passes at the ski resort on the northwest side of the valley!
5 years ago.

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