Joe Doherty

We recently took three short road trips. One was into the Sequoia National Park, out of Three Rivers. The other two were into the Lone Pine area, exactly one cycle of the moon apart.

In early April we photographed the moonset behind the Whitney range. Clouds threatened, but parted just enough for the moon and sun to shine through. We went to the Sequoias to photograph wildflowers, and in the process I was photobombed by a curious deer. I also followed a hint from one of the rangers and found a petroglyph site overlooking the Kaweah River. The shallow circular forms on the granite floor suggest that this was a ceremonial site.

We also spent an hour at Fossil Falls, south of Lone Pine. Water pooled in many of the pockets of this unique formation, and had completely evaporated in some of the smaller depressions.