slgwv's photos with the keyword: Dog Bone Pond

Our informal name, actually a pond--or maybe just a puddle--in February 2010.

Our informal name for this basin, in its more usual dry state.

Our informal name for this unnamed, and usually dry, basin. Part of the "inner valley" basin, which is also flooded, can be seen over the low saddle in the middle distance. Looking west; the snow-clad mountains are the Carson Range. The summit to the left is Slide Mountain, while Mount Rose (10,776 ft/3285 m) is the high point just right of center. It's the centerpiece of the Mt. Rose Wilderness area. Reno, Nevada, lies in the basin off to the right of the pic.

Another small basin in the Virginia Range above our house which we informally call "Dog Bone Pond," due to its shape as seen from above (leftmost inset). Because of the extraordinary winter the basin filled to a level not seen in decades. The flooded bushes in the foreground are sagebrush, and some junipers around the edges were even flooded (left-center inset). The basin was completely dry in June '09 (right-center inset), and held only a little water in February 2010 (rightmost inset). Looking pretty much south.

Junipers in "Dog Bone Pond" in the Virginia Range, from the extraordinary winter this year. Looking east; the partly snowclad main crest of the range can be seen on the skyline to the right.

Another view of this small officially unnamed basin that's been filled by the extraordinary winter. It was completely dry in May '09 (leftmost inset), almost dry in Feb 2011 (center inset), and completely dry again in May '12 (rightmost inset).