slgwv's photos with the keyword: BLM

Jill, Cole, and Jack. The one thing they're allowed to eat off the ground! Hiking in the Incandescent Rocks near Reno, Nevada, USA.

A Bureau of Land Management natural area about 20 miles north of Reno, Nevada, USA. It contains lots of exposures of brightly colored volcanic rocks stained red with hematite (iron oxide).

Nevada, USA. Looking southeasterly from the ridgetop above the Incandescent Rocks. Pyramid Lake has no outlet--its level is set by the balance between the inflow from the Truckee River and evaporation. The Truckee flows out of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada and ends here.

With the eponymous pyramid. Nevada, USA. Telephoto view from the top of the Incandescent Rocks. The location shows the pyramid in the lake, not the photo point! Pyramid Lake has no outlet; its level is set by the balance between evaporation and inflow from the Truckee River. The Truckee, in turn, flows out of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada to the west and ends here.

A juniper barely hanging on on an exposed ridge crest. Incandescent Rocks, Washoe County, Nevada.

A Bureau of Land Management natural area about 20 miles north of Reno, Nevada. The inspiration for the name is obvious! These are volcanic rocks stained by hematite (ferric oxide).