slgwv's photos with the keyword: tracks

Probably a jackrabbit, actually. Washoe Lake State Park, Nevada, looking east. This is after the first big snow; after the 1st of February winter has really kicked in! Since I took this pic, we've had heavy rain, followed by yet _more_ snow. At least we shouldn't have a drought this summer! The hills defining the skyline are part of the Virginia Range.

My tracks down a slip face at the Kelso Dunes, in the Mojave National Preserve, California. This is a "singing" (or "booming") dune--as you slide down the face, you hear a deep tone from the sand. It's astonishingly musical for such improbable materials, like a low note on a cello. To "sing" evidently the dune sand has to be very dry and well sorted--i.e., all the grains about the same shape and size. (It won't sing after a thunderstorm!) The phenomenon is more than a little eerie, especially when you're out there by yourself. You can see why the stories in the _Arabian Nights_ and so on attributed the singing to djinns or other spirits!

Looking north from Washoe Lake State Park.

Washoe Lake State Park, Nevada, USA. A better snow year than this season! Looking north.

Washoe Lake State Park, Nevada, USA. The trail is most likely that of a jackrabbit.

Washoe Lake State Park, Nevada

Nevada, USA. When we had some snow cover--