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In March of 2013 we finally got to take our first trip to Death Valley, a place I had been wanting to get to for years. We visited again in 2015 and 2016.
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A black-and-white moth with orange pollen on its front legs, sitting on a blue-green desert holly bush with tiny purple flowers. This appears to be a Ridings' Forester Moth (Alypia ridingsii), part of the Agaristinae subfamily.<br /> <a href="http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-agaristinae/">http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-agaristinae/</a><br /> <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/12342/bgimage?from=120">http://bugguide.net/node/view/12342/bgimage?from=120</a><br /> <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/380375/bgimage">http://bugguide.net/node/view/380375/bgimage</a><br /> (3/20/2013, Titus Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM @ 100mm f/16 1/180s ISO100
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A black-and-white moth with orange pollen on its front legs, sitting on a blue-green desert holly bush with tiny purple flowers. This appears to be a Ridings' Forester Moth (Alypia ridingsii), part of the Agaristinae subfamily.
http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-agaristinae/
http://bugguide.net/node/view/12342/bgimage?from=120
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(3/20/2013, Titus Canyon, Death Valley NP)
EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM @ 100mm f/16 1/180s ISO100

A blackandwhite moth with orange pollen on its front legssitting on a bluegreen desert holly bush with tiny purple flowers. This appears to be a Ridings' Forester Moth Alypia ridingsiipart of the Agaristinae subfamily. httppnwmoths.biol.wwu.edubrowsefamilynoctuidaesubfamilyagaristinae httpbugguide.netnodeview12342bgimagefrom120 httpbugguide.netnodeview380375bgimage 3202013Titus CanyonDeath Valley NP EF100mm f2.8 Macro USM 100mm f16 1180s ISO100 Death Valley National ParkCA 20130320 March 202013part of the Agaristinae subfamily. httppnwmoths.biol.wwu.edubrowsefamilynoctuidaesubfamilyagaristinae httpbugguide.netnodeview12342bgimagefrom120 htt

  • Mountains with multiple colors of reds, browns, yellows, and faint greens under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br /> <br /> EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 80mm f/6.3 1/200s ISO400
  • A textured hill of reds and browns under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br /> <br /> EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 55mm f/5.6 1/160s ISO400
  • A light-green bush in the foreground leads to a textured hill of reds and browns under partly-cloudy blue sky.Two loops of Artists Drive in front of the colorful mountains of reds, yellows, and browns under partly-cloudy blue sky.(3/17/2013, Artists Drive Loop, Death Valley NP)<br /> <br /> EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 67mm f/5.6 1/200s ISO500
  • A large white & brownish lizard, likely a desert iguana (3/18/2013, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm f/8 1/1000s ISO400
  • S-shaped patterns of a wash coming down through the hills around Salt Creek. Seen by the bridge at the end of the boardwalk. (3/19/2013, Salt Creek Trail, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 73mm f/13 1/400s ISO250
  • Brownish bird feeding by and in the shallow water of Salt Creek. Possibly a waterthrush. (3/19/2013, Salt Creek Trail, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm f/9 1/640s ISO400
  • The very rough salt structures (a bit like the Devils Golf Course) in shade with colorful mountains in late sun in the background (Artist's Palette area). (3/19/2013, West Side Road, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 90mm f/8 1/200s ISO320
  • Light reflecting in puddles/pools in the salt flat. The sun has dropped behind the mountains leaving the valley in shade, and the skies are textured clouds. (3/19/2013, West Side Road, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 28mm f/8 1/250s ISO200
  • Several of the charcoal kilns. Each beehive-shaped kiln is about 25 feet high. (3/19/2013, Charcoal Kilns, Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 40mm f/8 1/200s ISO100
  • A photographer on the Mesquite Flat dunes, with the reddish foothills and mountains of the Amargosa Range are in the background. (3/19/2013, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 105mm f/8 1/640s ISO400
  • Late sun highlights the ripples in the textured sand of a dune. (3/19/2013, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 47mm f/8 1/200s ISO400
  • Late sun highlights the ripples in the textured sand of a dune in the foreground, with a photographer and the larger of the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes beyond. The Grapevine Mountains of the Amargosa Range are in the background. (3/19/2013, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley NP)<br /> TS-E24mm f/3.5L II @ 24mm f/8 1/400s ISO400
  • Late sun on footprint-free textured sand in the foreground, leading out to the largest of the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes beyond. The Grapevine Mountains of the Amargosa Range are in the background under partly-cloudy blue sky. (3/19/2013, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley NP)<br /> TS-E24mm f/3.5L II @ 24mm f/8 1/250s ISO400
  • Late sun on the largest of the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, with the Grapevine Mountains of the Amargosa Range in the background. (3/19/2013, Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 190mm f/8 1/640s ISO400
  • A grey-brown bird with a comparatively long, grayish beak and a short tail hunting for food (probably insects) beside a desert holly bush. Probably a Rock Wren (The Sibley Guide to Birds, p. 391). (3/20/2013, Titus Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 400mm f/5.6 1/320s ISO800
  • A black-and-white moth with orange pollen on its front legs, sitting on a blue-green desert holly bush with tiny purple flowers. This appears to be a Ridings' Forester Moth (Alypia ridingsii), part of the Agaristinae subfamily.<br /> <a href="http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-agaristinae/">http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-agaristinae/</a><br /> <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/12342/bgimage?from=120">http://bugguide.net/node/view/12342/bgimage?from=120</a><br /> <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/380375/bgimage">http://bugguide.net/node/view/380375/bgimage</a><br /> (3/20/2013, Titus Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM @ 100mm f/16 1/180s ISO200
  • A black-and-white moth with orange pollen on its front legs, sitting on a blue-green desert holly bush with tiny purple flowers. This appears to be a Ridings' Forester Moth (Alypia ridingsii), part of the Agaristinae subfamily.<br /> <a href="http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-agaristinae/">http://pnwmoths.biol.wwu.edu/browse/family-noctuidae/subfamily-agaristinae/</a><br /> <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/12342/bgimage?from=120">http://bugguide.net/node/view/12342/bgimage?from=120</a><br /> <a href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/380375/bgimage">http://bugguide.net/node/view/380375/bgimage</a><br /> (3/20/2013, Titus Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM @ 100mm f/16 1/180s ISO100
  • A tiny purple flower on what I believe to be the greenish-white leaves of a desert holly bush. <br /> (3/20/2013, Titus Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM @ 100mm f/16 1/180s ISO100
  • Sunset clouds over the Panamint Range. (3/20/2013, Titus Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM @ 105mm f/7 1/125s ISO200
  • Sunset clouds over the Panamint Range. (3/20/2013, Titus Canyon, Death Valley NP)<br /> EF70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM @ 190mm f/5.6 1/125s ISO200
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