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Thank you TravelNevada for selecting my images for the front and back cover of your 2019 visitor's guide! It's a huge honor for me to have my images promoting travel and photography in our home state! For the front cover image, it was 102 degrees on that day, and we arrived to find the campground washed out and closed due to a flash flood a few days earlier, but we weren't going to let a little weather get in the way of the photography we were determined to capture! The model on the cover is Lori Hibbett. It's fun to see our Border Collie puppy Donnan that small and young on the cover, only a few weeks old at the time, and on his first road trip. He desperately wanted to herd the free range cattle all the way across Nevada. I love Nevada's Cathedral Gorge State Park, and can't wait to get back. I may have the opportunity to revisit later this month. #TravelNevada #DFMI #TravelPhotography #Nevada

Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner This Morning Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner (2018) at 12:43 am on Monday, September 3, 2018. Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner(2018) and the bright star Capella clearing a ridge at 12:43 am early this morning at Topaz Lake on the California/Nevada border. A single exposure was captured on a Canon EOS 6D and EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L lens, on an iOptron skyTracker. The image was adjusted in Adobe Lightroom. #astrophotography #nightphotography #Nevada

Rainbow Over Cathedral Gorge, Nevada From a visit to Cathedral Gorge State Park in Lincoln, County, Nevada in May. www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com #LandscapePhotography #LincolnCountyNV #Nevada #DFMI

Bodie's 193 earthquakes over 1.5 Magnitude The shaking in Bodie continues! When I search the USGS site for earthquakes 1.5 and over, it shows 193 in the past week. Apparently some windows have broken, some brick buildings have been damaged, so the park has been closed through Sunday so the damage can be assessed and buildings stabilized. The activity could last two months, so there is the possibility of strong aftershocks as well. For photos of the historic town of Bodie, see my album with over 400: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffreysullivan/albums/72157630926160354 Photo usage permission may be granted with appropriate credit, so contact me with any requests. #earthquakes   #Hawthorne   #Nevada   #science   #news

Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Photography Sixty-Three Earthquakes Near Bodie Last Night! The USGS reports 63 earthquakes between Bridgeport and Hawthorne last night, clustered around Bodie Creek, north of the historic town sites of Aurora and Bodie. The earthquakes included two of magnitude 5.7 and one of 5.5, in an area about 10 miles downstream from the town of Bodie, California. By coincidence I was editing this sunset photo from Hawthorne last night, captured on my way back from Utah last month. Walker Lake is important for migrating and nesting birds such as pelicans, but in recent years the lake level dropped significantly due to excessive diversions for agriculture. All fish including the Lahontan Cutthroat trout living in the lake have died as the lake level dropped and the lake's mineral content and alkalinity rose. It is still used for water by bighorn sheep in the neighboring mountains. One of the largest employers in Hawthorne is the U.S. Army, which stores and...

Here's an Event page to RSVP:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1480987212204224/ Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Wild Nevada 2016 calendar release party Friday Join me this Friday for the Wild Nevada 2016 calendar release party in the Reno/Tahoe area this coming Friday: WHEN:    November 06, 2015 at 4pm - 6pm WHERE:     Friends of Nevada Wilderness Headquarters    1360 Greg St, Suite 111    Sparks, Nevada  89431 RSVP:     http://www.nevadawilderness.org/calendar_release_party_2015 This large calendar is only $13, and it raises funds for Friends of Nevada Wilderness. You can order copies here: http://www.nevadawilderness.org/shop#!/2016-Wild-Nevada-Calendar/p/27707136/category=0 My shot of a lightning storm over the Wovoka Wilderness was shot from a hilltop next to Masonic Road in the Bodie Hills, overlooking the East Walker River and the Rosaschi Ranch. #dontfencemein #bodiehills #Nevada #visitnevada #outsideUSA

Wild Nevada 2016 calendar release party Friday Join me this Friday for the Wild Nevada 2016 calendar release party in the Reno/Tahoe area this coming Friday: WHEN:    November 06, 2015 at 4pm - 6pm WHERE:     Friends of Nevada Wilderness Headquarters    1360 Greg St, Suite 111    Sparks, Nevada  89431 RSVP:     http://www.nevadawilderness.org/calendar_release_party_2015 This large calendar is only $13, and it raises funds for Friends of Nevada Wilderness. You can order copies here: http://www.nevadawilderness.org/shop#!/2016-Wild-Nevada-Calendar/p/27707136/category=0 My shot of a lightning storm over the Wovoka Wilderness was shot from a hilltop next to Masonic Road in the Bodie Hills, overlooking the East Walker River and the Rosaschi Ranch. #dontfencemein #bodiehills #Nevada #visitnevada #outsideUSA

Burning Man For those of you who couldn't make it to Burning Man this week, these are the sorts of scenes we'll just have to enjoy vicariously as people get back (photos from 2012).  It tends to be a rather stunning assemblage of art and ingenuity. #blackrockcity   #burningman   #dontfencemein   #Nevada   Originally shared by Burning Man 2012 Still More from Burning Man From the nights when it wasn't super windy and dusty. #burningman   #blackrockcity   #visitnevada   #blackrockdesert  

Burning Man 2012 As I saw posts on social media from people going to Burning Man next week, I realized that I hadn't gotten through all of my photos from the last time I went, in 2012. Between the heat, the dust and the darkness, the conditions can be challenging for photography, but with hundreds of works of art and mutant vehicles, it's a hotbed of creativity and a riot of color. In spite of a ban on commercial activity within the event, estimates on the economic impact on Northern Nevada alone ranged from $35 - 44M in 2012 (not including participants' preparations at home). Home Depot, Wal-Mart and many other retail establishments get cleaned out this week, selling building and camping supplies and groceries. www.MyPhotoGuides.com Burning Man 2012  #burningman   #Nevada #blackrockdesert #BLM #2012

Sunset Prediction for Landscape Photographers Screen shots and results from the SkyFire service by Matthew Kuhns in the new The Photographer's Ephemeris, TPE 3.3: http://www.jeffsullivanphotography.com/blog/2015/08/03/planning-sunrise-and-sunset-landscape-photography/ #landscapephotography #weatherphotography #IOSapps #iphoneography #weather #Nevada

Yellow Cactus in the Sweetwater Range I drove from Bridgeport in the Eastern Sierra around the back side (east) of the Sweetwater Range this week, and found these yellow cactus blooming.   #wildflowers   #easternsierra   #Nevada   #LGG4   www.MyPhotoGuides.com

Evening Rainbow on Topaz Lake “A photo shouldn’t look edited. What do you want your photos to look like in 50 years?”   - Cole Rise  #landscapephotography   #Nevada   #easternsierra

Storm Chasing in Nevada At Topaz Lake on the California/Nevada border, Lori Hibbett and I had a storm pass by earlier this month.  We decided to chase it east into Smith Valley to see if we could catch some lightning photos.  We didn't catch the storm there; it continued over the next set of mountains to sit south of Yerington.  So we headed through Wilson Canyon and headed south, ending up in the Cambridge Hills as the skies cleared towards the setting sun, and sunset color spread under the storm clouds.  The storm was to the west, the sun was shining under it from the east, and we were under the edge, which ran north and south.  We had some great opportunities as the sun went from yellow to orange, and the clouds took on shades at the blue end of the spectrum.    We stuck around to capture a time-lapse of the clouds moving as the storm dissipated, and as the nearly-full moon rose behind them. See the rest of the story in my new blog post: Storm Chasing in Nevada http://activesole...

Storm Chasing in Nevada I captured too many nice pictures on this evening to post them separately, so you get them in a story in a new blog post:  http://activesole.blogspot.com/2015/05/storm-chasing-in-nevada.html #landscapephotography   #Nevada   #weatherphotography   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Storms over the weekend in Nevada Here are some photos from storm chasing over the weekend, which took us from Tapaz Lake across Smith Valley, ending up south of Yerington in Lyon County, Nevada.  We get some great spring storms! #Nevada   #weather   #photography #nvmag   #travelnevada   www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Lyon County Sunset Another photo from the storm chasing over the weekend, with the sun shining under the edge of a storm.   #Nevada #weather #photography www.JeffSullivanPhotography.com

Cambridge Hills Sunset Last night Lori Hibbett and I chased the thunderstorm yesterday evening across neighboring Smith Valley and then into the next valley towards Yerington, and ended up in the Cambridge Hills to the south, with the sun sending sunset color under the edge of the storm.  It looks like we have another storm forming tonight, so my cards are cleared and my camera batteries are on the charger! #Nevada   #nvmag   #nevadatravel   #landscapephotography   www.MyPhotoGuides.com Jeff Sullivan Photography

Star Trails Over Pliocene Clay Lake Bed Star Trails over erosion patterns in Pliocene-era bentonite clay in a former lake bed in rural Nevada. The eroded hills were partially lit by the moon, but also illuminated using a ProtoMachines LED2 light set to approximately the same color temperature as moonlight.  #Nevada    #nightphotography    #startrails   #ProtoMachines   Jeff Sullivan Photography

Virgin Mountain, Nevada Special interests are trying to convert federal land to state control in Nevada.  There are hearings today on Nevada Assembly Bill AB408 in Carson City and Las Vegas today.  To preserve access to your public lands, register your opposition to this land grab here:  https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/78th2015/A/ #Nevada   #wilderness   #BLM #Bureaoflandmanagement #Canon

Alien Highway and Out of This World Landscapes Photos from Central and Southeastern Nevada, including the Extraterrestrial Highway.   #Nevada #travel   #canonphotography