1.15.2014

desert infrastructures (4 | 6)

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morning

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19th century mine

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20th century mine

today saw a primary aim of the trip, sneaking into a vast, 10 mile wide, abandoned iron mine complex that generated the initial capital of the kaiser corporate empire. 40 mile backdoors are hard to open unless you have a bicycle.wiki

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nobody comes this way anymore

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sign was sunbaked and illegible, we figure it probably said "welcome" or something similar

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bobby is the blue speck at the lower third intersection of the frame

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it is hard to convey scale here

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at left, the mine continues deep beneath the basin plane. at right, the abandoned gold mine.

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we camouflaged ourselves with painting canvas and got down to it

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new acropolis

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the leach fields were each about a mile wide and 60 feet deep. land art scale.

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21st century mine

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this is one of my best

1.13.2014

eagle mountain (3 | 6)

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coffee, sumi ink

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eagle mt road

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leaving the park

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onto mining roads

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camp above eagle mountain mine

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1.10.2014

joshua tree 2 | 6

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continued the nw - se traverse of the park

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we stopped in the day to make drawings and so rode quite a bit in cool nights full of stars

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burnout

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basin

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desert mandalas

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trailside

1.08.2014

colorado and mojave deserts 1 | 6

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joshua tree

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set up camp around 5a