Uploads from artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather, with geodata

Mono Lake ~

nobody@flickr.com (artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather) — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:23:11 -0700

artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather posted a photo:

You can see the Tufas at bottom left. Mono Lake is on highway 395, which runs North & South on the Eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Range. The lake is also very near to Lee Vining & the Eastern entrance to Yosemite National Park.

In the early eighties, there were many more tufa towers & much taller ones. Allegedly, people over the years have stolen quite a few. So sad that some people can be so selfish. This is a spectacular place, and about half an hour North of Mammoth Lakes, a popular ski resort & fun loving mountain town.

This image is SOOC ...no saturation!

Next trip I will try some shots with my 18-55 lens.

This Little Light of Mine ~ I'm Gonna Let it Shine

nobody@flickr.com (artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:10:03 -0800

artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather posted a photo:

Wild Horse & Burro advocate @ the candlelight vigil for the 40th anniversary of the WIld Free-Roaming Horses & Burros Act. December 15th, 2011 marked this anniversary date & event. Hats off to Wild Horse Annie - Velma Bronn Johnston - for helping to get the act signed into law in 1971.

It was a very cold night!

BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT ME!

Merry Christmas everyone.....

RESTORE THE ACT ~ PROTECT WILD HORSES & BURROS.

Lightning ~ Stallion of the Calico Mountains ~ Explored on flickr

nobody@flickr.com (artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:22:08 -0700

artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather posted a photo:

This is such a wonderful horse! He was once a wild beauty from the Calico Mountains in North Western Nevada. He still holds his head high with pride & power, charismatically streaming from him.

The bureau of Land Management removed him, along with over 1900 other gorgeous wild horses, by helicopter roundups in late 2009 & early 2010. The Dreadful Calico roundups killed many horses, babies too. I think there were over 80 foals aborted, & some with hooves worn off that had to be euthanized. My friend Craig Downer, a wildlife ecologist & wild horse advocate, adopted Lightning from the BLM during a special Calico online adoption auction. Lightning went for one of the highest bids, the highest to my knowledge. Craig first met Lightning in his wild home! On his other side, there are a few white lightning strikes that adorn him, and make him a paint palomino. You can do a search on YOUTUBE for a video of "Lightning & his friends". Maybe I will just grab the link & paste it here.

Here it is! youtu.be/D_NpSWxNAEU

Craig placed Lightning at "The WIld HorseSanctuary" in Shingletown,California, where rescued wild horses are free again on 5 thousand acres. The sanctuary was founded in the late seventies. This photograph was taken at the sanctuary's open house on August 20th, 2011. Diane Nelson is one of the founders that still rescues wild horses today, a near 35 year passion!
www.myfreecopyright.com/registered_mcn/C2V3T-M933K-E1E2Y

EXPLORED on flickr, September 1st, went up to position #148!

The Pyramid

nobody@flickr.com (artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather) — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:14:24 -0700

artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather posted a photo:

The Pyramid formation at Pyramid Lake on the Paiute Reservation, Nevada.

Sorry its not a clear day, and the telephone wires are a bit visible. Hope to catch a better shot next time.

A Triple B Stallion

nobody@flickr.com (artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather) — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:45:53 -0700

artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather posted a photo:

One of the first stallions to come in from the BLM Triple B roundup in North Eastern Nevada this summer. Seen here at BLM's Palomino Valley facility near Sparks, Nevada.

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One of the Roads into Sanctuary

nobody@flickr.com (artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather) — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 00:03:13 -0700

artattackcat ~ Cat Kindsfather posted a photo:

The Wild Horse Sanctuary, Shingletown,California. This is one of the roads in, probably a hay feeding road. They drive a huge truck in with bales of hay they drop, & then hundreds of horses come to eat! The entire sanctuary is about five thousand acres.