Spheroidal Weathering in the Alabama Hills of California

by Nick Smarto | Apr 23, 2018 | America, Photography

Did some quick reading on these potato-shaped prizes in the Alabama Hills: they are mostly made of biotite monzogranitean, quite a sexy mineral in its own right. But what really makes them stand out from the landscape is their spheroidal weathering pattern. It makes them bulbous, almost cloud-like.

Photographing the Milky Way in the Sierra Nevadas

by Nick Smarto | Apr 21, 2018 | Adventuring, Gear, Photography

I had a few days free in Southern California, so I drove deep in to the desert in search of darkness. Armed with a my modest a6500 and a rented Hyundai Elantra, I ventured between Jawbone Canyon and the Alabama Hills to capture every last little photon I could find.