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This photo was contributed by Robert Brown — taken somewhere in Montana…

Mark Sedenquist prayer, trespassing

The Living-Las-Vegas.com Blogs launched last week. Here is a short post I did this morning about the Knob Hill area. A favorite spot of mine for looking for arrowheads and spear points near Las Vegas, Nevada.

Mark Sedenquist hiking, las vegas, rocks

I don’t know the name of the photographer for this photo, but it was sent to us by RTA Photo Contributor Bob Brown. Here is his accompanying e-memo:

I just encountered this image of Yosemite Valley taken from the Patterson area on a Yosemite forum. I was rather amused when I read some posts that doubted the integrity of the photo, and others who worked out mapping probabilities, etc.

In March, 1971, I had a unique experience that I still recall very vividly: The San Joaquin Valley experienced a rare arctic weather front: Cold and windy weather that clears the smog out, providing extremely good visibility. I stood in the second story campus library, looked east over Monte Vista Avenue (“Mountain View,” in Spanish), up the Merced River Canyon and into “Joe Schmidt Valley.” I wish now that I had photographed the phenomenon.

I posted essentially the same information to the Yosemite forum, and it will be interesting to see if any doubt my accuracy.

It is really an interesting view and one that I could never have imagined would be possible. I didn’t think Half Dome was tall enough to be seen outside of Yosemite Valley. Have you ever seen this view?

Mark Sedenquist half dome, photo, yosemite np

Here are some images I shot of the Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park in April, 2006. Here is an article that describes part of that journey.

Mark Sedenquist death valley, sliding stones

Today isn’t just Valentine’s Day, it’s also Oregon’s birthday, and a big one at that: 150 years. Just thought I’d mark the occasion with one or two photos from my trip of 2007.

Peter Thody crater lake, mount hood, oregon