Category Archives: Photographs: Structures and Objects

Photographs: Death Valley, Photographs: Desert, Photographs: Structures and Objects

Walls, Rhyolite School

Leave a comment

Walls, Rhyolite School

Walls, Rhyolite School. Rhyolite, Nevada. April 2, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Exteriors walls of the ruins of the Rhyolite School. Rhyolite, Nevada. Oddly, the school seems to be one of the better preserved structures in this Nevada ghost town – even the banks have suffered more over the years. Not to suggest that it is in great shape – the roof is gone along with all of the windows and doors – but the walls are still standing for the most part.

keywords: rhyolite, ghost, town, abandoned, ruins, walls, window, stucco, stairs, nevada, usa, building, door, death valley, stock, travel, historic, structure, desert

Photographs: Desert, Photographs: Structures and Objects

Rhyolite School and Bank Ruins

Leave a comment

Rhyolite Bank and School Ruins
Rhyolite Bank and School Ruins. Rhyolite, Nevada. April 2, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Ruins of the school and bank at sunrise in the ghost town of Rhyolite, Nevada. Rhyolite is a mining ghost town just east of the California/Nevada border between Death Valley National Park and Beatty, Nevada.

When we arrived at Rhyolite just before dawn, it looked like the light was perhaps not going to cooperate. While parts of the sky were quite blue, there was a layer of clouds to the east where the sun was rising. At times the light turned out to be flat and gray, but every so often it would come through the clouds and wash the scene in this wonderful warm light.

keywords: ruins, school, bank, building, ghost, town, rhyolite, nevada, usa, desert, mine, mining, desert, sky, death valley, national park, mountains, wall, rocks, sunrise, morning, stock, historic, landscape, travel, stock

Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Structures and Objects, Photographs: Urban/Street

Brick Wall with Arches, Mare Island

Leave a comment

Brick Wall with Arches, Mare Island
Brick Wall with Arches, Mare Island. Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. March 22, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Old brick wall with arches, door, and windows in a building now used as a historical museum. This building is quite old, but inside this building is another older building that dates to the mid-1800s near the founding of the shipyard.

keywords: photo, photography, old, brick, wall, green, doors, windows, arches, sidewalk, entrance, downspout, cement, ramp, railing, industrial, historic, worn, weathered, mare island, naval shipyard, vallejo, california, usa, travel, stock, structure, architecture

Photographs: Central California, Photographs: Night, Photographs: Structures and Objects

Mare Island Chimney and Buildings, Night

Leave a comment

Mare Island Chimney and Buildings, Night
Mare Island Chimney and Buildings, Night. Mare Island Naval Shipyard. March 22, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.

Black and white night photograph of the smokestack and industrial buildings at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. While I usually shoot this subject in color, I like the stark quality of this one in black and white, along with the way that the monochrome rendition emphasizes the forms of the buildings.

keywords: black and white, photograph, mare island, naval, shipyard, MINSY, industrial, shops, factory, street, tracks, fences, quonset, hut, building, brick, wooden, windows, night, sky, nocturnal, stars, trails, historic, vallejo, california, usa, travel, stock