slgwv's photos with the keyword: 4642

Another example of the extraordinary snowpack this year. This area is transitional between the Sierra Nevada proper and the Cascades, starting around Lassen Peak about 40 miles north, and altho it's lower in elevation than the High Sierra it received a _lot_ of snow last season. The insets show more typical stream flow in Dec 2010 (left), and during the height of the drought in Jan 2015 (right). The gray dome with white highlights to the right of the creek is Soda Rock. It is composed of travertine, a spring-deposited limestone, and figures in the creation myth of the Maidu, the local Native American tribe, as the place where their ancestors entered the world above.