(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there. (I'm going to look and see if I can find a photograph of that rock from some years back. Watch for an update below.)
That said, this is a beautiful park full of grand spaces and immense silence and lovely light! Congratulations on your photographs.
Dan
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OK, this may be the same rock found in the middle of the track in your photo. Its contour looks right, though the angle is different. Photo is from about a dozen years ago. I'll keep looking through my archives...
I have a bunch of archival raw files that I'll check, too. I've been meaning to do this for some time — since I first saw what has been going on out there with the rocks. Thanks for giving me a reason to check out the old images!
(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there. (I'm going to look and see if I can find a photograph of that rock from some years back. Watch for an update below.)
That said, this is a beautiful park full of grand spaces and immense silence and lovely light! Congratulations on your photographs.
Dan
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OK, this may be the same rock found in the middle of the track in your photo. Its contour looks right, though the angle is different. Photo is from about a dozen years ago. I'll keep looking through my archives...
OK, I'm back. Here is another that I think is the same rock in its original position at the head of a trail:
I have a bunch of archival raw files that I'll check, too. I've been meaning to do this for some time — since I first saw what has been going on out there with the rocks. Thanks for giving me a reason to check out the old images!
(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there. (I'm going to look and see if I can find a photograph of that rock from some years back. Watch for an update below.)
That said, this is a beautiful park full of grand spaces and immense silence and lovely light! Congratulations on your photographs.
Dan
- - - - - -
OK, this may be the same rock found in the middle of the track in your photo. Its contour looks right, though the angle is different. Photo is from about a dozen years ago. I'll keep looking through my archives...
OK, I'm back. Here is another that I think is the same rock in its original position at the head of a trail:
(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there. (I'm going to look and see if I can find a photograph of that rock from some years back. Watch for an update below.)
That said, this is a beautiful park full of grand spaces and immense silence and lovely light! Congratulations on your photographs.
Dan
- - - - - -
OK, this may be the same rock found in the middle of the track in your photo. Its contour looks right, though the angle is different. Photo is from about a dozen years ago. I'll keep looking through my archives...
OK, I'm back. The following is definitely the same rock in its original position at the head of a trail:
(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there. (I'm going to look and see if I can find a photograph of that rock from some years back. Watch for an update below.)
That said, this is a beautiful park full of grand spaces and immense silence and lovely light! Congratulations on your photographs.
Dan
- - - - - -
OK, this may be the same rock found in the middle of the track in your photo. Its contour looks right, though the angle is different. Photo is from about a dozen years ago. I'll keep looking through my archives...
(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there. (I'm going to look and see if I can find a photograph of that rock from some years back. Watch for an update below.)
That said, this is a beautiful park full of grand spaces and immense silence and lovely light! Congratulations on your photographs.
Dan
- - - - - -
OK, this may be the same rock found in the middle of the track in your photo. Its contour looks right, though the angle is different. I'll keep looking through my archives...
(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there. (I'm going to look and see if I can find a photograph of that rock from some years back. Watch for an update below.)
That said, this is a beautiful park full of grand spaces and immense silence and lovely light! Congratulations on your photographs.
Dan
- - - - - -
OK, this may be the same rock found in the middle of the track in your photo. Its contour looks right, though the angle is different. I'll keep looking through my archives...
(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there...
That said, this is a beautiful park full of grand spaces and immense silence and lovely light! Congratulations on your photographs.
(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there...
That said, this is a beautiful park full of grand spaces and immense silence and lovely light!
(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there and why I'm a lot more circumspect when it comes to writing about isolated park locations that I visit. (My recent images shared in this forum were pretty much all from accessible locations.)
That said, this is a wild and beautiful park full of grand spaces and immense silence and lovely light!
(The Racetrack photo includes a rock that was moved by someone...)
Thank you Dan. Oh wow, that's crazy. Was the rock placed in this spot or was it removed? I heard someone landed a private helicopter on the playa. Unreal.
I'll have to go back through some of my older photographs from the Race Track at some point and find pre-vandalism images of some of these rocks and tracks... but they have been moved. I recall the first time I encountered such things. It wasn't a happy experience.
Lots of strange and unfortunate stuff has happened at the Race Track in the past decade or so... which is one reason I no longer go there and why I'm a lot more circumspect when it comes to writing about isolated park locations that I visit. (My recent images shared in this forum were pretty much all from accessible locations.)
Dan
Apr 26, 2019 at 04:18 PM
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