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The Skeleton Car, on the road into Great Basin NP
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From the passenger side
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Head on
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Big head
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Whheler Peak, and glacier
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Wheeler Peak (13,063') and Jeff Davis Peak (12,771')
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Bristlecone Pines in the foreground, the peaks in the background
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Bristlecone Pines don't grow very tall -- less than 10 feet -- but they live for thousands of years. One was found that was 4950 years old!
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A glacial bowl
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Jeff Davis Peak
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Looking at Wheeler Peak through a forest of aspens.
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Aspens. I like aspens. Birches too. White trunks are OK by me.
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Aspens and a glacial slope
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Good scenery, huh?
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The road ahead. How can anyone wonder why I like to drive to these places?
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More road view
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The ridge over the forest
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Young aspens
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A herd of baby aspens grazing in a sunny pasture
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The long vista to the east, back into Utah
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Looking north, across the rippling foothills
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Leaving GBNP, looking back at Wheeler Peak
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