Whitney Portal Road

• Paul Cezanne.

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Another shot from the same trip. This one was taken at Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, CA. This place is one of the otherworldly locations you will find one the amazing Rt 395 along the eastern border of California. Most of Lone Pine is a high desert and has the typical terrain you associate with a California desert, and once you get close to the Sierras, the terrain usually progressively get rocky until you just about hit a huge granite wall. But at Alabama Hills, it’s a bit different, before you hit the rocky patch the road will start a bit of gently dips and sways as you pass through some very rounded granite rocks in odd shapes and sizes.

When I first saw them, my immediate thought was that these rocks had to be way older than the Sierras. But later I learned that these were formed at the same time as the Sierras but were lower in elevation and the nicely rounded shapes are due to erosion by wind and rain. Dozens of natural arches are among the main attractions at the Alabama Hills. They can be accessed by short hikes from the Whitney Portal Road, the Movie Flat Road, and the Horseshoe Meadows Road. Among the notable features of the area are Mobius Arch, Lathe Arch, the Eye of Alabama and Whitney Portal Arch.

• Nathaniel Hawthorne

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I posted my last picture just before me and my wife left for our annual 4th of July road trip and hence didn't had a chance to read all of the feedback I got on the image. To say I was happy would be an understatement, I am really glad that so many people liked the image and am really thankful for all the comments and encouragements.

More about today's picture, we decided to stay close this time and rented a beautiful cottage in the small town of Big Pine, CA. This was probably one of the least planned trips as we were both a bit sick at the beginning of the trip. Anyways our first stop was at the stunning Alabama hills location near Lone Pine. We were there just before sunset and we really wanted to up the Whitney Portal road for the sunset. So I quickly made a pano shot before we hit the road again. Hope you all like it, tanks for visiting…

• Vincent Van Gogh.

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On our recent trip to Big Pine, CA we reached Lone pine just as the sun was setting. We thought it would be cool to drive up the Whitney portal road and how far we can get to before its completely dark. As we started into the mountains, the inclination became more steep and then we came across a nice cliff from where we could see the incredible colors of the sunset.

So we parked our car and got our gear out trying to get a shot of the beautiful colors and the great mountain peaks. Hope everybody likes it..