The Fire Wave in Valley of Fire State Park during a New Moon hike, Nevada

 While Bob was attending the Natural Arch and Bridge Society's Spring 2023 Arch Rally, centered in and around Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada, he took advantage of a New Moon Hike event by the park to visit the Fire Wave at sunset and during the evening.

The Fire Wave is a sandstone formation of alternating red and light colored layers.

The park lined the path to the Fire Wave with red LED votive lights and Bob's guessing used the blue LED lights in the photo to highlight the high peak right of center.  The streak in the upper center is an airplane.

Remember, it's not just a picture, it's a story.

Ravine Falls, North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve, near Oroville, California

 A followup to our previous posting.  We went back to the North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve on April 5th, 2023 to take in the wildflowers as well as visiting Ravine and Phantom Falls again.

In January 2023 California was hit with a series of storms and it has been in the media that the seasonal waterfalls at the North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve in northern California were flush with water. This reserve is northeast of Oroville, California.

 This is Ravine Falls is about a mile and a half hike from the trailhead.  This is a difficult waterfall to get a good photo of.  The lower portion is always shaded, while the upper portion, at least when we visited, seemed to have strong backlighting that made for a very contrasty situation.  On this followup visit, Bob used a graduated neutral density filter to reduce the contrast and got this image.

Remember, it's not just a picture, it's a story.