Environmental Analysis Study Tour
Lee Vining, CA and
11-13 August 2009
The pictures are given in the order that they were taken. The number corresponds to the file name of the jpg file.
A) Survey of the area around the CMC cabin on 11 Aug. 2009 (map of the route)
1) fully fruited juniper on the slope on the W side of the cabin
2) view towards
3) view towards
4) view
toward
5) lateral
moraines on the N and S side of
6) aspen near the cabin with Warren and Michael
7) aspen near the cabin
8) caterpillar on the road to the cabin
9) caterpillar on the road to the cabin
10) caterpillar on the road to the cabin with a penny for a scale
11) meadow on the N side of the road to the cabin
12) from the moraine S of the road to the cabin, view into Lee Vining canyon and the other moraine
13) from the moraine S of the road to the cabin, view W towards Tioga Pass
14) from the moraine S of the road to the cabin, view E showing the ridge and the road to the mine
15) en route to the high point of
the day, view W towards
16) en route to the high point of
the day, view W towards
17) from the
18) from the high point of the day, view E to Mono Lake
19) from the high point of the
day, view W to
20) discarded
21) discarded
22) orchid by the water tank for the cabin
23) orchid by the water tank for the cabin
B) hike from the cabin to the Log Cabin Mine on 12 Aug. 2009 (map of the route)
24) tree struck by lightning on hill accessed a side logging road
25) from the road, view north showing a change in the flora
26) large mushroom
27) penny royal
28) view north from the road
29) eriogonum (buck wheat)
30) same as # 29
31) meadow on the side road to the log cabin
32) alium (wild onion)
33) mariposa lily
34) composite
35) view north from the side road to the log cabin
36) the log cabin, view from the S side
37) the log cabin, view from the SW side
38) the log cabin, view from the W side
39) the log cabin, view from the SW side
40) cot by the cabin
41) the log cabin, view from the E side
42) large mushroom near the cabin
43) large mushroom near the cabin
44) growing mushroom near the cabin
45) growing mushroom near the cabin
46) growing mushroom near the cabin
47) view to the NW en route to the mine
48) view to the west of the road en route to the mine, note the stand of dead trees
49) view to the NW, volcanic rock
Pictures 50-71 cover the area of the Log Cabin Mine.
50) trench/prospect just S of the Log Cabin Mine
51) prospect just S of the Log Cabin Mine
52) from the high point E of the junction to the mine, view of Mono Lake
53) from the high point E of the junction to the mine, view to the NW of the mill
54) from the high point E of the junction to the mine, view to the NW
55) from the high point E of the junction to the mine, view of Mono Lake
56) from the high point E of the junction to the mine, mine shaft on the E side of the hill
57) from the high point E of the junction to the mine, view to the N
58) from the high point E of the junction to the mine, view to the NW of the mill
59) from the high point E of the junction to the mine, view of Mono Lake
The next series of pictures were taken from the section S of the high point along a ridge and back to the road taken up to the mine.
60) first cyanide pit (sample collected here)
61) second cyanide pit (sample collected here)
62) two cyanide pits
63) another cyanide pit with mine machinery
64) second view of # 63
66) trench/prospect
67) trench/prospect
68) trench/prospect
69) trench prospect
70) trench/prospect
71) trench/prospect
72) view from the mine area looking S down the canyon
C) hike from
73) view from
the ridge to the lower
74) discarded
75) discarded
76) alium (wild onion) en route to the upper lake
Series of 3 pictures taken from the
N end of the upper
77) view to the E, smoggy haze
78) same as # 77
79) view to the W, much clearer
80) from the N end of the upper
The next series of pictures, 81-91, were taken in the mine area. The cabin at the head of the draw is prominent.
81) nearing the head of the draw with the cabin
82) the cabin seen from the E side
83) the cabin seen from the N side
84) view S showing the two lakes and Gaylor Peak
85) upper Gaylor Lake, note the terminal moraine at the lower end
86) Gaylor Peak, note the uplifted strata
87) snow bank, pink color due to photosynthetic bacteria
88) dump at the mine
89) view of the cabin and the route back, taken N of the cabin
90) same as # 89
91) same as #89, closer to the cabin
92) both lakes showing the two terminal moraines
The next series of pictures, #93-#95, show a marmot on an erratic
93) not as close
94) closer
95) as close as I got before the marmot moved
last changed, 17 August 2009
