<OT> I'm back!

[Bob Hemus]

On Sun, 2007-01-07 at 17:17 -0500, Net Llama! wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, James McDonald wrote:
> > Net Llama! wrote:
> >> I've just returned from spending the holiday weekend in Death Valley
> >> National Park (south east California & southwest Nevada), going deep off
> >> paved roads to escape from civilization.  I was about 35 miles from paved
> >> roads on a few occasions.
> >>
> >> For those who want to see the eye candy, go here:
> >> http://netllama.linux-sxs.org/pix/landscapes
> >> http://netllama.linux-sxs.org/pix/
> >>
> >> A detailed trip report, including info on what & where the pictures were
> >> taken can be found here:
> >> http://netllama.linux-sxs.org/archives/2006_12.html#000902
> >>
> >> Happy (belated) holidays to one & all, and a (soon to be) happy new year!
> >>
> >>
> > Those panorama's are great. What height above sea level? I don't notice
> > any trees. Or is it because it's desert?
> >
> > http://netllama.linux-sxs.org/pix/landscapes/1.html
> 
> Its the desert, there aren't any trees for the most part.  Between 3k & 5k 
> feet there are some joshua trees ( 
> http://netllama.linux-sxs.org/pix/42.html ), but that's about the only 
> thing that grows to any real height in death valley.
> 
> The picture that you referenced above was taken at Aguereberry Point ( 
> http://netllama.linux-sxs.org/pix/22.html ), which is 6433ft.
Most desert plants are pretty elevation specific.  As I remember Joshua trees 
start at about 2000 feet and go to about 3500 feet.  It's been about 35 years 
since I wandered around in that part of the world.
Bob