At about this time every spring, winter begins to fade high in the Panamint Range of Death Valley National Park. (For those who may not know, the peaks of the Panamint Range reach to over 11,000′ and are regularly cloaked in snow during the winter months.) As the warmth returns, the hills begin to green up and wildlife emerges once again. On just the right day in early April, the bees come back to life and emerge into the spring sun.
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Yes, if it does this to the bees I fear to think of what it will do to the snakes and lizards!
I guess that radiation fallout has reached DV, Will make for interesting shots
Amazing how big the bees are there! LOL
Sathish, glad you enjoyed it.
Early this morning, todays regular photograph was posted – this a very real one made it Death Valley about a month ago: https://gdanmitchell.com/2011/04/01/zabriskie-point-gully-morning-light
Enjoy!
Dan
Ha ha.
That was an awesome prank.
SO where is your real April 1st upload?
I’m struggling to make sense of this shot for two reasons:
1 – Those are bees. Why are you taking pictures rather than running away? Silly man ;-)
2 – This shot looks fake, which seems completely out of character.
And then my eye wanders to the calendar, and my face hits my palm. Nice one!