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Beautiful Sierra hike yesterday
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Tomรกs Villรฉn Roldรกn naciรณ en 1907 en el pequeรฑo municipio de Castell de Ferro, en la costa de Granada.
Venรญa de una familia humilde, como prรกcticamente toda la gente de aquella Andalucรญa rural de principios del siglo XX, donde el hambre, el trabajo fรญsico y las diferencias entre ricos y pobres marcaban la vida desde la infancia.No creciรณ rodeado de estudios ni privilegios.
Apenas tuvo educaciรณn formal.
Su mundo era el del campo, los jornaleros y las temporadas malas donde una familia podรญa quedarse sin trabajo de un dรญa para otro.
Aquella generaciรณn aprendiรณ antes a sobrevivir que a leer.Con el tiempo terminรณ trabajando como campesino y mรกs adelante como minero en las explotaciones de hierro de Alquife, una de las zonas mineras mรกs duras de Granada.
Allรญ empezรณ a entrar en contacto con ideas sindicales y movimientos obreros.
Como muchos trabajadores de la รฉpoca, veรญa cรณmo unos pocos controlaban la tierra y el dinero mientras la mayorรญa vivรญa encadenada a salarios miserables.En esos aรฑos Espaรฑa era un paรญs tremendamente desigual.
Para entender a Tomรกs Villรฉn hay que entender eso primero.
No aparece de la nada convertido en guerrillero.
Sale de una Andalucรญa donde muchรญsima gente acumulaba rabia social desde hacรญa generaciones.Durante la Segunda Repรบblica se acercรณ a ambientes de izquierdas y acabรณ vinculado al Partido Comunista.
Cuando estallรณ la Guerra Civil en 1936, tomรณ partido por la Repรบblica y combatiรณ del lado republicano contra las tropas sublevadas de Franco.La guerra destrozรณ completamente el paรญs.
Cuando Franco ganรณ en 1939, miles de republicanos fueron encarcelados, ejecutados o perseguidos.
Otros huyeron al exilio.
Y algunos decidieron esconderse en las montaรฑas y seguir luchando.
Ahรญ nacieron los maquis.Tomรกs Villรฉn terminรณ convirtiรฉndose en uno de los mรกs conocidos de Andalucรญa.
Su apodo era โCencerroโ, aunque todavรญa hoy no estรก del todo claro de dรณnde saliรณ exactamente el mote.
Algunos dicen que venรญa de su manera de moverse constantemente por la sierra, otros de antiguas bromas relacionadas con ganado y pastoreo.Lo cierto es que el nombre acabรณ convirtiรฉndose casi en leyenda.
Cencerro conocรญa Sierra Nevada y las sierras granadinas como muy poca gente.
Sabรญa esconderse, moverse de noche y aprovechar barrancos, cuevas y caminos rurales.
Su grupo actuaba sobre todo entre Granada, Mรกlaga y Almerรญa.Al principio muchos maquis se veรญan a sรญ mismos como resistentes antifranquistas.
Creรญan que despuรฉs de la Segunda Guerra Mundial las potencias aliadas acabarรญan interviniendo tambiรฉn contra Franco.
Pensaban que resistiendo unos aรฑos mรกs podrรญa llegar otra guerra.Pero esa ayuda nunca llegรณ.
Y ahรญ empezรณ la parte mรกs oscura.
Con el paso del tiempo, la vida de los maquis se volviรณ brutal.
Vivรญan escondidos, perseguidos constantemente y dependiendo de enlaces clandestinos que les llevaban comida o informaciรณn.
La Guardia Civil presionaba duramente a cualquier familia sospechosa de colaborar con ellos.
Hubo torturas, detenciones y ejecuciones por ambos lados.Y los grupos guerrilleros tambiรฉn empezaron a endurecerse.
Se produjeron secuestros, robos, extorsiones y asesinatos.
Algunos maquis seguรญan viรฉndose como combatientes polรญticos.
Otros acabaron funcionando casi como bandas armadas intentando sobrevivir a cualquier precio.Ahรญ es donde la figura de Cencerro se vuelve incรณmoda y contradictoria.
Para algunas familias fue un resistente antifranquista que luchรณ contra una dictadura durรญsima en una รฉpoca donde disentir podรญa costarte la vida.
Para otras, fue un hombre peligroso responsable de violencia, amenazas y muertes.Las dos visiones conviven todavรญa hoy.
Hay testimonios que hablan de รฉl como alguien carismรกtico, astuto y capaz de ganarse apoyos entre campesinos pobres.
Otros lo describen como desconfiado, endurecido y cada vez mรกs violento con el paso de los aรฑos.La montaรฑa transforma mucho a las personas.
Vivir durante aรฑos huyendo, durmiendo escondido y sabiendo que podรญan matarte en cualquier momento terminaba creando hombres muy distintos de los que habรญan empezado la guerra.
Sobre su vida sentimental se sabe poco y muchas veces mezclado con rumores.
Sรญ tuvo relaciones y personas cercanas dentro de la red de apoyo guerrillera, pero la clandestinidad hacรญa casi imposible mantener una vida familiar normal.
Las parejas de los maquis tambiรฉn sufrรญan vigilancia constante y podรญan acabar detenidas simplemente por conocerlos.La Guardia Civil convirtiรณ la captura de Cencerro en una prioridad.
Durante aรฑos consiguiรณ escapar una y otra vez.
Su fama creciรณ precisamente porque parecรญa imposible atraparlo.
Eso ayudรณ a construir la leyenda: el guerrillero que conocรญa la sierra mejor que nadie y desaparecรญa antes de cada redada.Pero como ocurre muchas veces en estas historias, el final llegรณ mรกs por traiciรณn y agotamiento que por un gran enfrentamiento heroico.
Tomรกs Villรฉn Roldรกn muriรณ en 1949.
Las versiones sobre su muerte cambian segรบn quiรฉn la cuente, pero la mรกs aceptada seรฑala que fue localizado gracias a infiltraciones y delaciones dentro del entorno guerrillero.
La presiรณn sobre familiares y colaboradores era enorme y las redes clandestinas estaban cada vez mรกs debilitadas.Cuando muriรณ, el movimiento maqui andaluz ya estaba prรกcticamente condenado.
Franco habรญa consolidado el poder y la esperanza de una intervenciรณn internacional desaparecรญa.Despuรฉs vino el silencio.
Durante dรฉcadas apenas se hablรณ pรบblicamente de los maquis en Espaรฑa.
Para el franquismo eran simples bandoleros y criminales.
Para muchas familias republicanas eran fantasmas incรณmodos que recordaban heridas abiertas.Y asรญ naciรณ parte del mito de Cencerro.
Entre el guerrillero polรญtico y el bandido de montaรฑa.
Entre el resistente y el hombre endurecido por la violencia.
Entre la memoria y la leyenda.
Porque la posguerra espaรฑola casi nunca deja personajes completamente limpios.
Deja personas atrapadas dentro de uno de los periodos mรกs salvajes y desesperados de la historia del paรญs.Y Tomรกs Villรฉn Roldรกn fue exactamente eso.
Un hombre de la sierra, de la guerra y de un tiempo donde sobrevivir ya era una forma de violencia.
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"๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐".
๐ฝ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฬ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฬ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฬ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฬ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐:
โช๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฬ๐๐,
โช๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฬ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐,
โช๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐,
โช๏ธ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฬ๐๐๐๐๐๐,
โช๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐,
โช๏ธ๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ด๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฬ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฬ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ข ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ฬ๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฬ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฬ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฬ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฬ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpF62Pmvvg
#historia #maquis #cencerro #granada #sierranevada #guerracivil #posguerra #andalucia #historiasreales #memoriahistorica #curiosidades #historiaespaรฑa #franquismo #bandoleros
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โTuolumne River, Duskโ โ Dusk light on the Tuolumne River and Meadow, Lembert Dome, and the Sierra crest.
Photographing in the morning and evening twilight can be a bit of a crapshoot. The light can be soft yet intensely colorfulโฆ or it can simply fade away to gray. Familiarity with the patterns of clouds and light can improve the odds, but you still have to head out there and take advantage of whatever happens. That was my plan on this late-August evening when thin clouds stretched across the sky, presenting the possibility of colorful light.
continue: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/09/10/tuolumne-river-dusk/
#sierranevada #yosemite #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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โTuolumne River, Duskโ โ Dusk light on the Tuolumne River and Meadow, Lembert Dome, and the Sierra crest.
Photographing in the morning and evening twilight can be a bit of a crapshoot. The light can be soft yet intensely colorfulโฆ or it can simply fade away to gray. Familiarity with the patterns of clouds and light can improve the odds, but you still have to head out there and take advantage of whatever happens. That was my plan on this late-August evening when thin clouds stretched across the sky, presenting the possibility of colorful light.
continue: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/09/10/tuolumne-river-dusk/
#sierranevada #yosemite #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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โTuolumne River, Duskโ โ Dusk light on the Tuolumne River and Meadow, Lembert Dome, and the Sierra crest.
Photographing in the morning and evening twilight can be a bit of a crapshoot. The light can be soft yet intensely colorfulโฆ or it can simply fade away to gray. Familiarity with the patterns of clouds and light can improve the odds, but you still have to head out there and take advantage of whatever happens. That was my plan on this late-August evening when thin clouds stretched across the sky, presenting the possibility of colorful light.
continue: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/09/10/tuolumne-river-dusk/
#sierranevada #yosemite #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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โTuolumne River, Duskโ โ Dusk light on the Tuolumne River and Meadow, Lembert Dome, and the Sierra crest.
Photographing in the morning and evening twilight can be a bit of a crapshoot. The light can be soft yet intensely colorfulโฆ or it can simply fade away to gray. Familiarity with the patterns of clouds and light can improve the odds, but you still have to head out there and take advantage of whatever happens. That was my plan on this late-August evening when thin clouds stretched across the sky, presenting the possibility of colorful light.
continue: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/09/10/tuolumne-river-dusk/
#sierranevada #yosemite #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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โTuolumne River, Duskโ โ Dusk light on the Tuolumne River and Meadow, Lembert Dome, and the Sierra crest.
Photographing in the morning and evening twilight can be a bit of a crapshoot. The light can be soft yet intensely colorfulโฆ or it can simply fade away to gray. Familiarity with the patterns of clouds and light can improve the odds, but you still have to head out there and take advantage of whatever happens. That was my plan on this late-August evening when thin clouds stretched across the sky, presenting the possibility of colorful light.
continue: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/09/10/tuolumne-river-dusk/
#sierranevada #yosemite #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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#BlueskyMonday #MountainMonday
A fire lookout tower on the Monitor Pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
#ECK #LandscapePhotography #FireLookout #Watchtower #MonitorPass #SierraNevada #WestCoastKin #RockinTuesday -
โSubalpine Meadow, Evening Lightโ โ A ridge rises above a subalpine meadow and forest, Yosemite.
This is another โquietโ photograph โ no brilliant colors, not really an iconic location. It simply captures, I hope, something of the feeling of being in the High Sierra as the day winds down, the light warms as sunset approaches, and begin to stretch across the landscape. It is a beautiful time of day โ everything slows down, it gets quieter as people go to camp for dinner.
continues: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/09/06/subalpine-meadow-evening-light/
#yosemite #sierranevada #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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From the archive: โShoreline Boulder and Meadow, Subalpine Lakeโ โ Boulders, grasses, and trees at a subalpine lake shoreline, Yosemite.
https://gdanmitchell.com/2014/09/17/shoreline-boulder-and-meadow-subalpine-lake/
#photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature #yosemite #sierranevada #fall
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๐งฟ ๐ณ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฬ๐ ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐งฟ
El 8 de marzo de 1960 amaneciรณ cubierto de nieve en Sierra Nevada.
En la zona del Picรณn de Jรฉrez, cerca de Jรฉrez del Marquesado, el temporal era serio incluso para quienes conocรญan bien aquellas montaรฑas.
El viento golpeaba con fuerza, la visibilidad era mala y el frรญo se metรญa en los huesos.
A unos 2.600 metros de altitud, cualquier error podรญa convertirse en algo fatal.Y entonces apareciรณ un aviรณn cayendo sobre la sierra.
Era una aeronave militar estadounidense que transportaba a 24 personas.
El aparato terminรณ estrellรกndose contra la ladera en medio de la nevada.
Lo normal habrรญa sido que nadie sobreviviera.
Pero el piloto consiguiรณ amortiguar el impacto lo suficiente para evitar una tragedia inmediata.
Los ocupantes quedaron vivos, aunque atrapados entre nieve, metal destrozado y temperaturas extremas.El problema era otro: nadie podรญa llegar fรกcilmente hasta allรญ.
No habรญa helicรณpteros de rescate preparados para actuar en aquellas condiciones.
Tampoco existรญan los equipos modernos de montaรฑa que hoy parecen normales.
Sierra Nevada en 1960 seguรญa siendo una montaรฑa dura, aislada y peligrosa.
Y el temporal empeoraba cada hora.Dos militares lograron bajar desde el lugar del accidente hasta Jรฉrez del Marquesado.
Lo hicieron agotados, desorientados y prรกcticamente como pudieron.
Apenas hablaban espaรฑol, pero los vecinos entendieron enseguida que habรญa mรกs hombres atrapados arriba y que necesitaban ayuda urgente.El pueblo reaccionรณ casi sin pensarlo.
No hubo reuniones largas ni esperas burocrรกticas.
Los hombres empezaron a organizarse para subir a la montaรฑa.
Muchos eran agricultores, pastores o trabajadores acostumbrados a caminar por aquellas pendientes desde niรฑos.
Conocรญan senderos que no aparecรญan en ningรบn mapa y sabรญan cรณmo moverse en mitad de la nieve.Subieron con mulas, cuerdas, mantas y camillas improvisadas.
Nada mรกs.
Mientras hoy un rescate moviliza tecnologรญa, comunicaciones y vehรญculos especializados, ellos solo tenรญan experiencia, resistencia fรญsica y una idea bastante simple: no dejar morir a nadie allรญ arriba.
La subida fue durรญsima.
La nieve alcanzaba zonas peligrosas y el viento hacรญa casi imposible avanzar en algunos tramos.
Cuando llegaron al aviรณn encontraron a los militares heridos, congelados y completamente agotados.
Algunos apenas podรญan mantenerse conscientes.Y empezรณ entonces otra parte todavรญa mรกs difรญcil: bajarlos.
Los vecinos improvisaron camillas, acomodaron heridos sobre mulas y en algunos casos cargaron a hombres adultos montaรฑa abajo usando รบnicamente fuerza fรญsica.
El descenso durรณ horas.
El frรญo seguรญa golpeando y el riesgo de que alguno muriera durante el trayecto era real.Mientras tanto, abajo, el pueblo entero se movilizรณ.
Las mujeres preparaban comida caliente, cafรฉ, mantas y lugares donde atender a los supervivientes.
Casas particulares se abrieron para recibir a desconocidos llegados desde otro continente.
Algunos militares terminaron descansando en viviendas humildes donde apenas habรญa recursos, pero sรญ algo que en aquel momento importaba mucho mรกs: calor humano.Y ocurriรณ algo extraordinario.
Los 24 ocupantes sobrevivieron.
La noticia cruzรณ el Atlรกntico y apareciรณ en medios estadounidenses.
En plena รฉpoca de la Guerra Frรญa, cuando la presencia militar norteamericana en Espaรฑa todavรญa era un tema delicado, la historia de aquel pequeรฑo pueblo granadino sorprendiรณ muchรญsimo fuera del paรญs.
Un grupo de vecinos sin medios modernos habรญa logrado salvar a toda una tripulaciรณn atrapada en Sierra Nevada.Durante aรฑos, en Jรฉrez del Marquesado se siguiรณ hablando de โel aviรณn americanoโ.
Hubo cartas de agradecimiento, regalos y ayudas enviadas desde Estados Unidos.
Algunos supervivientes jamรกs olvidaron a las personas que subieron a buscarlos entre la nieve.Con el tiempo, la historia terminรณ convirtiรฉndose casi en leyenda local.
Hoy todavรญa existe la llamada Ruta Solidaria del Aviรณn, un recorrido que recuerda aquel rescate y que lleva a senderistas y curiosos hasta la zona donde ocurriรณ el accidente.
Pero mรกs allรก de la montaรฑa o de los restos histรณricos, lo que sigue impresionando es otra cosa.La rapidez con la que un pueblo entero decidiรณ ayudar a desconocidos.
Sin cรกmaras.
Sin titulares.
Sin esperar recompensa.
Solo personas ayudando a otras personas porque era lo correcto.
Y quizรก por eso esta historia sigue emocionando mรกs de sesenta aรฑos despuรฉs.
Porque recuerda algo muy simple y muy humano: a veces la diferencia entre la vida y la muerte no la marca la tecnologรญa ni el dinero.La marca la gente que decide subir la montaรฑa.
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โ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฬ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐โ, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฬ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฬ๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ 1960 ๐ข ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐น๐ฬ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9o1TQehz2A
#historia #historiasreales #granada #sierranevada #jerezdelmarquesado #espaรฑa #curiosidades #memoriahistorica #solidaridad #rescates #aviacion #historiashumanas #montaรฑa #ecosdelpasado #andalucia
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Dear friends,
Yesterday's was about the miracle of #geology and deep time. A dynamic planet recycling and transforming everything over billions of years. We are the #earth every bit and every one of us. This is the reality of our timeless interconnectedness to each other.
#DeepTime #California #SierraNevada #interbeing #photography -
โSoft Light, Ellery Lakeโ โ Ellery Lake in early morning soft light.
This spot and this view have long intrigued me. The lines and curves lead from the shoreline forest at left, past that talus-covered slope on the right, across the water to another peninsula, and finally to the massive face rising beyond. The personality of this view can change remarkably โ Iโve photographed during storms, under the full moon, in direct sunlight.
Continue: https://gdanmitchell.com/2026/08/31/soft-light-ellery-lake/
#sierranevada #photo #photography #photoOfTheDay #lensCulture #landscapePhotography #photographyLovers #naturePhotography #fineArtPhotography #nature
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#BlueskyArtShow #Summer
Kayaks for rent at Lake Tahoe, California
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Over a third of Renoโs residents are evacuated as fire erratically spreads.
#wildfires #SierraNevada #Reno #HawkFirehttps://www.mercurynews.com/2026/08/24/map-hawk-fire-evacuation-reno/?share=sawnytuoctnepvopra2h
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#Stunday #SensoryArt #Clouds
Carson Valley and Sierra Nevada mountains, Nevada
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#ForestFriday #Scape
Sierra Nevada mountains, California
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"A Sierra Memory" from August 2012 for #MountainMonday and #MonochromeMonday
Barney Lake with a view north into the Mammoth Lakes Basin (Mammoth Mountain can be seen in the distance). The other two small bodies of water, more to the right, are Red Lake and Skelton Lake. I made this photo near Duck Pass, on a nice hike up towards Duck Lake. Clouds and Thunderstorms, a feature of the north-American monsoon weather pattern in summer, occurred regularly in the afternoon during our one-week stay.
#Mountains #SierraNevada #LandscapePhotography #Monochrome #BlackAndWhite #MammothLakes #EasternSierra #Photography #Hiking
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#BlueskyMonday #MountainMonday
Red Lake seen from Hwy 88 at Carson Pass, California. Elevation is 8,574 feet (2,613 meters) above sea level.
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Yosemite might be overrun sometimes, but it's always worth a visit.
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#ForestFriday #Scape
Silver Lake off Hwy 88 in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
#EastCoastKin #ECK #Mountains #SierraNevada #SilverLake #LandscapePhotography #WestCoastKin #Reflections #BlueskyMonday #MountainMonday -
Some snaps from this week's "Arista del Campanitas" scramble.
Feeling inspired, I'm drafting a blog titled "Treading the Fine Line Between Scrambling and Rock Climbing" โ exploring that gloriously confusing grey zone where our discipline labels overlap.
First image traces the approximate route; the rest capture the kind of scenery that makes you forget your legs are burning.
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What a day yesterday. Lasting memories of that one for sure. Las Campanitas ridge to Veleta. A complex, dramatic route done without fuss or drama. Here's one with Linda at the summit of Salรณn 3325m with other members of our group scrambling up the right hand ridge
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This year seems to be a rare "population surge" year for the California tortoiseshell butterfly. We saw *hundreds* of them on our hike in Carson Valley.
They would come flying through the woods in a straight line, like they were all on the way to somewhere in a hurry. I thought maybe they were migratory, but no- it turns out this is just something that particular butterfly does once every 5-10 years or so for reasons unknown. ๐คฏ๐ฆ
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#BlueskyMonday #MountainMonday
Patches of sun and shadows on the Sierra Nevada mountains. The peak in the back that is illuminated is Jobs Peak.
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Wildflowers in Carson Pass #bloomscrolling #SierraNevada
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Extensive tree roots in still water at Lake Mary, Mammoth Lakes, California.
#photography #photographie #sierranevada #easternsierra #nature #lake #landscape #landscapephotography #trees #sunset #forest #clouds #rain #outdoors #camping #hiking
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Ancient Water Wisdom - The Acequias Of Sierra Nevada, Europeโs Oldest Groundwater System โฐ๏ธ
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https://memolaproject.eu/sierra-nevada/wateruse <-- shared link to the ๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ page
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https://regadiohistorico.es/ <-- shared technical page, โCollaborative map of historical irrigation systems in Granada and Almerรญaโ / โMapa colaborativo de regadรญos histรณricos de Granada y Almerรญaโ
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https://youtu.be/-TIUI2KflMk?si=iaSOwV99-WWMDCpV <-- shared video overview, โParticipa al Mapa colaborativo de regadรญos histรณricos de Granada y Almerรญaโ
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H/T @sofie de Volder | Co-founder TRAQUA
โ[The author has] already discussed ancient water management systems, such as the qanats in Persia and other Eastern countries. In Europe, there are the acequias of the Sierra Nevada in Andalusia, Spain.
The hand-dug channels date back over 1,000 years to the Moorish era. Networks of canals, aqueducts and cisterns were engineered to capture and transport snowmelt, turning this natural resource into a sustainable water supply for agriculture. The high-altitude ditches had openings, allowing water to infiltrate into fractures and faults, replenishing the aquifer, and to irrigate the lower levels of the slopes.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐?
โ Gravity-fed irrigation that supported terraced farms and local biodiversity.
โ Designed to distribute water slowly and equitably, even during dry summers.
โ Stretching over thousands of kilometres, these systems fell into disuse in the 1980s but are now part of restoration efforts led by the MEMOLA Project (Universidad de Granada).
With climate change and more intense droughts, the Acequias could provide an ancient solution to the modern-day water crisisโฆโ
#Spain #๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ #waterresources #historic #irrigation #mapping #watermanagement #agriculture #farming #watersecurity #HistoricalIrrigationSystems #agroecological #SierraNevada #Andalusia #Moors #engineering #constructed #channels #canals #aqueducts #cisterns #water #hydrography #snowmelt #naturalresource #sustainability #groundwater #aquifers #recharge #MEMOLA #mapping #climatechange #extremeweather #drought -
Nothing clears the mind better than a day at Lake Tahoe.
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2nd #AtmosphericRiver to flood #California with firehose of rain into Christmas
#HeavyRain and #flooding problems experienced in the #Northwest in recent weeks from atmospheric rivers will shift farther south into California through Christmas Day with major travel disruptions and safety concerns.
By Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist
Published Dec 21, 2025
"Two main atmospheric rivers will force copious amounts of #Pacific moisture into #California this week. Heavy rain with incidents of flooding, washouts and mudslides will expand and shift from north to south over the state, leading to travel disruptions at the very least and posing some risk to lives and property in extreme cases. The #SierraNevada will receive many feet of snow as freezing levels lower through the week and the region is affected by both atmospheric rivers.
"The storms are hitting at a busy time of the year, with many traveling short and long distances, running errands and planning outdoor activities.
"The first atmospheric river was already in progress and will continue to focus on Northern to Central California into Wednesday. A second atmospheric river is forecast to develop and concentrate on Central and Southern California from Tuesday night through Christmas Day. But even beyond Christmas, lingering moisture will lead to additional rounds of showers and mountain snow, according to AccuWeather.
"Through Wednesday, much of the #Sacramento Valley and the #SanFrancisco Bay region will receive 2-4 inches of rain with locally higher amounts. The anticipated rainfall for San Francisco in the stormy pattern into next weekend will bring from one to two times the historical average for December.
"On the west- and southwest-facing mountainsides of the Coast Ranges and the Sierra Nevada, 4-12 inches of rain will pour down with an AccuWeather Local StormMaxโข of 20 inches.
"At times, multiple inches of rain can fall in a matter of hours, overwhelming storm drains and causing small streams and short rivers to quickly overflow their banks. As the ground becomes saturated, the risk of debris flows, road washouts and hillside collapses will increase substantially.
"From Tuesday night to early Friday, the second atmospheric river will spray rain of varying intensity throughout Central and Southern California.
"A general 4-6 inches of rain is forecast to fall on the Los Angeles basin. Downtown, L.A. had seven times its historical average monthly rainfall for November with 5.53 inches. While no rain has fallen so far in L.A. this month, from two to three times December's average rainfall of 2.48 inches may occur with the stormy pattern from Tuesday to Saturday.
"On the southwest-facing hillsides of the Transverse Ranges, 6-12 inches will pour down with an AccuWeather Local StormMaxโข of 16 inches. Even in many desert areas of Southeastern California, between 0.25 of an inch to 1 inch of rain is expected to fall.
"Just as with the first atmospheric river up north, rain will be drenching, leading to rapid urban flooding and flooding of small streams and short-run rivers, along with mudslides, washouts and the potential for hillside slides in Southern California. "
#ClimateChange #AtmosphericRivers #ExtremeWeather #ExtremeRain #Landslides #Flooding #ExtremeWx
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Deep Beneath California's Sierra Nevada, Earth's Lithosphere May Be Peeling Away
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-deep-beneath-california-sierra-nevada.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL111290 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geology #lithosphere #California #SierraNevada #continentalcrust #crust #mantle #foundering #remotesensing #geophysics #geophysical #earthquake #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #structuralgeology #earthquake #seismic #seismology #Moho #platetectonics #tectonics #shearzone #faults #faulting #seismicity #model #modeling #3dmodel -
What's going on in #IndianCountry?!!
Joy Rides into the Stratosphere, and #MilitaryIntelligence: Helium Balloons over #Navajo and #Lakota Nations, Indian Country
"#WorldView also announced a partnership with the military defense contractor #SierraNevada for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, for the U.S. military using its balloons. One of these balloon flights was for the U.K. defense department in the Grand Canyon."
By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Sept. 5, 2024
"Joy rides into the stratosphere, and military surveillance, are two of the purposes for the helium balloons over the #NavajoNation, #LakotaNations in #SouthDakota, and most of Indian country, according to the owners of the helium balloons.
"#TheGuardian exposed the helium balloons #spying platforms and the #ACLU in South Dakota warned of this #surveillance. The balloons are capable of video recording vehicles traveling to #protests, and can reveal where the vehicles arrived from. It's spying without a warrant.
"The balloon owners, Aerostar and World View, have U.S. military contracts for recovering payloads, as was the case with World View's experimental payload recovery in the #GrandCanyon for England's defense department. These balloons can also carry out ground surveys.
"Aerostar is based near #SiouxFalls, South Dakota, and World View is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/joy-rides-into-stratosphere-and.html#WarrantlessSpying #NativeAmericanActivists #AntiProtestLaws #BigMining #ClimateActivists #HumanRights #ClimateJustice #Environment #AntiProtest #MilitaryIndustrialComplex #SpyBalloons
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Some of the erosion from the latest atmospheric river storm. This used to be a flat dirt road from the valley floor to the top of Mustang Mesa (just south of the petroglyph rock, for those who are familiar with the area). #mustangmesa #erosion #atmospheric_river #californa #californiastormdamage #owensvalley #sierranevada
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The Golden eagle is an almost daily sight for me here in Lanjaron in the Granada province. Our work predominantly in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain and Alpujarra (the foothills of the Sierra Nevada) bring me into regular contact with the flora and fauna of our area.
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Polar air has marched it's way to southern Spain, even dropping some precipitation along the way. We went to take some photo's #Lanjaron showing the snowy Sierra Nevada #mountains above. Our usual place for this shot took us into an area that was devastated by wildfire in September last year. It was horrifying to watch then, It was horrifying to wander through today. The loss of wildlife, nature & livelihoods is beyond words.
#photography #wildfire #alpujarras #andalucia #sierranevada