Wayne's Word Index Noteworthy Plants Trivia Lemnaceae Biology 101 Botany Scenic Wildflowers Trains Spiders & Insects Search Sierra Nevada Jan. 2015 Part 1      Home        Part 1        Part 2        Part 3        Part 4        Part 5        Part 6        Part 7        Part 8   Views Of The East Side Of The Sierra Nevada Click On Image To Return To Minden Home Page. Ice crystal halo over the Sierra Nevada near Lone Pine, CA (8 Jan 2014). Light refracted through hexagonal ice crystals of cirrus clouds produces the spectrum of color. Depending on the position of the sun and angle of refraction, this atmospheric phenomenon is called a "sundog" or parhelion. Colorful gemstones at a rock shop in Lone Pine. Taken with iPhone 6. View of Sierra Nevada from Minden, Nevada. Silos in Minden, Nevada. More Images Of The Eastern Sierra Nevada From Hwy 395 A dormant (leafless) cottonwood tree (Populus fremontii) along a side road in Big Pine, CA on a very cold day in January. The cell phone tree doesn't quite match the surrounding pinyon pine forest! Image taken along US Hwy 395 north of Bridgeport, California.   See Wayne's Word Article About Cell Phone Trees   All images on this page copyright © W.P. Armstrong