#mount Whitney

[thomaswaynewolf]

[klaipeda-witness]

I'm back from my trip to the US with some photos from the filming location of DS9 S5E9 'The Ascent', at Whitney Portal campground.

I was super lucky that the road was still open. Holy shit it was beautiful, I never would have known about this place or thought to go there if I hadn't been reading Star Trek episode trivia, but I think this place and Alabama Hills (last photo) which is directly down the mountain is near the top of my list of favourite places I went to (and I went to 10 national parks!). I wish I could have spent longer there.

I was going to see if I could recreate specific shot angles from the episode but as soon as I arrived in the US Paramount+ locked me out so I had no access to the episode (literally the worst streaming platform lol)

[aimeekb]

Trail Camp below the Mount Whitney summit

[vanwinkle11]

Mount Hitchcock from Hitchcock Lakes at the base of the final approach to the summit of Mount Whitney from the west on May 20, 2022

[oldshowbiz]

1865-1866.

Genocide in Owens Valley.

[travelella]

Mount Whitney, California, USA

Abhi Verma

[lisselundin]

Alabama Hills

[dalesramblingsblog]

Everybody say "Thank you Deep Space Nine Season 5, Episode 9: The Ascent for teaching me that Mount Whitney is the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States."

(Also, in a roundabout way, for making me learn that the Secret Service weren't even assigned to protect the President until the aftermath of McKinley's assassination in 1901, and before then were assigned to combat the counterfeiting of coins. In a tragic twist of irony, they were also set up by Abraham Lincoln just hours before he got shot. Damn, if only he'd had the Secret Service...)

[inkymink]

Sunset comes early east of Tumanguya / Mount Whitney. Near Whitney Portal, southern Sierra Nevada, California. 17 Nov 2019.

[thomaswaynewolf]

[spencegeek]

Took another stab at mount whitney, my muscles were scronk enough but my lungs/heart still cant handle the altitude, threw up breakfast/dinner at trail camp and tapped out of the chute pretty early

[richiethedevil]

Mt Whitney, oil on paper, 2023

[hannahthehiker]

PCT SOBO 2023 Entry 2: Pals, passes, and peaks

[vanwinkle11]

Mount Whitney from Bighorn Plateau in Sequoia National Park on May 21, 2022

[deusinabsentiaa]

I was talking with my mom about my new (sort of special) interest in Mount Everest and mentioned how the folks going up hire Nepalese sherpas as guides. My mom suddenly got so confused when I mentioned Nepal and the sherpas, it turns out she thought Everest was in California 😭

[calochortus]

Mt-Whitney-Fan by Jessica Fridrich Via Flickr: This is a classic example of an opportunistic shot, pure serendipity. In early March, the sun was perfectly positioned behind Mt. Whitney with enough moisture and dust in the air for this beautiful fan of light cast by the peaks. I encourage you to zoom in and travel along the tops to see how complex the silhouette is. There was was little time to capture this fleeting moment given I had to swap the lens and find an acceptable composition. In the end, this beat my preconceived sunset shot :) Nikon Z7, 70-200 mm f4 Canon lens at 75mm, f8, 1/250 sec., ISO 64