sierra nevada

The gamblers and risk-takers turned south on the California Trail over the Sierra Nevada, ready to strike it big or not at all.

The Lyell Glacier is the largest glacier in Yosemite National Park and is one of the few remaining in the Sierra Nevada today.

is one of the more common mariposas found in foothills throughout the Coast Ranges and western Sierra Nevada foothills of California.

Sierra Nevada, which also makes satellites, sensors, and other components, did not design the Dream Chaser from the ground up.

Out of desperation, city engineers began buying up land and water rights in the Owens Valley, east of the Sierra Nevada.

This cline exists along a transect from the Sacramento Valley to near the crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains .

Another strangely beautiful early morning shot of the tufa formations, with the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the background.

a ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes; of United States west between Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Light rain continue to fall in parts of California's San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada Mountains.

The tree is thought to be one of the oldest living trees in the world having clocked up over 4, 000 years standing in the Sierra Nevada.

A quiet pond reflects snow-dusted trees and granite outcrops of the Sierra Nevada in California's Yosemite National Park.

Nevada's name comes from the Spanish word meaning "snow clad" --a reference to the snow-covered peaks of the Sierra Nevada.

Manzanar from Guard Tower, view west (Sierra Nevada in background), Manzanar Relocation Center, California.

Another firm vying for a slice of the re-supply market is Sierra Nevada.

I grew up out west in the Sierra Nevada mountains, like you see here, in the Red Rock Canyon.

Time was lost, and the delay resulted in their late arrival to the Sierra Nevada Mountains and their tragic winter.

The "short cut" to California had cost them many wasted days, and the Donner party crossed the Sierra Nevada Mountains late in the season.

Plumas County, located in Sierra Nevada Calif. , boasts plenty of fall flavor.

Only the hardiest cultivars should be attempted in areas such as the Willamette Valley, the Sierra Nevada and high desert.

Starting 10 million years ago, vertical movement along the Sierra fault started to uplift the Sierra Nevada.

An unincorporated community of north-central California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada north of Sacramento. Population, 25, 408.

Yosemite is about three hundred twenty kilometers east of San Francisco. It is deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

The scheme will be extended to include two other firms, Boeing and Sierra Nevada Corporation.

Yosemite National Park is located in the central Sierra Nevada of California.

The first field test of the technology is scheduled for next year in the Sierra Nevada.

Snow levels in the Sierra Nevada mountains are below normal for the third year in a row.

Mono Lake is located on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains at the junction of Highways 395 and 120.

A city of central California in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada near Fresno. It is a processing center. Population, 50, 323.

Today, Yosemite includes nearly 1, 200 square miles of the central Sierra Nevada mountain range.

the Sierra Nevada mountains climb more than 2 miles high.

The story of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the area that is Yosemite National Park begins about five hundred million years ago.

Spain is dominated by high plateaus and mountain ranges such as the Pyrenees or the Sierra Nevada.

What I do know is this: If I ever end up near a manzanita bush, which is indigenous to the Sierra Nevada, it is a great source of food.

He saw this splendidly illuminated cirrus cloud while climbing in the Buttermilk region of California's eastern Sierra Nevada one evening

Column-integrated aerosol optical properties in the free troposphere: case study-Sierra Nevada, Spain

Further information: Ecology of the Sierra Nevada and List of plants of the Sierra Nevada (U. S. )

Pee Wee Lake, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California

a hardened facility in the sierra nevada mountains

The Spot: The east ridge of the Sierra Nevada's 13, 986-foot Mount Humphreys, rated 5. 5