Owens Valley
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Owens Valley is an arid valley of the Owens River in eastern California in the United States. It is located to the east of the Sierra Nevada, west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains, and is spl
Owens River from Bishop Tuff tableland
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Owens Valley, photographed from Sawmill Pass by Ansel Adams, circa 1936.
Alkaline dust blowing off the dry bed of Owens Lake
Owens Lake
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Owens Lake is a dry lake in the Owens Valley on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in Inyo County, California. It is about 5 miles south of Lone Pine. Unlike most dry lakes in the Basin and Range P
Owens Valley
…the deepest in the United States. The Sierra Nevada casts the valley in a rain shadow, which makes Owens Valley "the Land of Little Rain". The bed of Owens Lake, now a predominantly dry endorheic alkali flat, sits on the southern end of the valley. The current arid nature of the valley is mostly due to the Los…
View of partially-filled Owens Lake (top-right) from Whitney Portal
Image of the Owens Valley from the International Space Station – oriented top = true west
Owens Lake from the Horseshoe Meadows Road