Read the story behind the imagery at Nevada High Points #102 – Pinto Peak – Trail Option
![Shadow approaches. Early summer cumulus bring hints of darkness to the warm evening light, Pinto Peak, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/3dbdd637-1a5e-492d-b355-8e3138a01257_rw_1920.jpg?h=8a06045d165f164b0588b2265ad55e64)
Shadow approaches. Early summer cumulus bring hints of darkness to the warm evening light, Pinto Peak, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA
![Pinto Peak. An unassuming summit at the edge of the Cottonwood Caldera, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/20cdf1f7-12d4-42a1-81a7-d11cbd14ca12_rw_1920.jpg?h=a8920b0c1c6d5102120c0440b9f35d4d)
Pinto Peak. An unassuming summit at the edge of the Cottonwood Caldera, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA
![Caldera edge. Evening light on rhyolite outcrops with Granite Range in the distance, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/54efec44-6965-46e3-9361-4420f3364d7b_rw_1920.jpg?h=9de73fc67278fdb69ca6077f6b695b47)
Caldera edge. Evening light on rhyolite outcrops with Granite Range in the distance, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA
![Toward Fox. Looking over the Pinto Basin at the edge of the Cottonwood Caldera, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/f95d1a22-6610-480f-a390-a90ae7efa8c2_rw_1920.jpg?h=6aec5c204efc1571b988adcef1684d81)
Toward Fox. Looking over the Pinto Basin at the edge of the Cottonwood Caldera, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA
![Donnelly Peak. A view to the east across the Cottonwood Caldera, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/3694f264-df9e-42ae-a479-3ec8195d1697_rw_1920.jpg?h=3c04ac10f0527cf5db166c2d76f75ec2)
Donnelly Peak. A view to the east across the Cottonwood Caldera, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA
![The line tower. The DC line on a corridor from the Columbia River to Los Angeles, coincidently traversing several major obsidian sources along the way, Pinto Basin, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/120c7da34580f92fa582f46b741d0d5d/471e0486-063f-43b2-84c2-62cfaf3c2627_rw_1920.jpg?h=64ef347f9a4381cff3dd923e26e4f610)
The line tower. The DC line on a corridor from the Columbia River to Los Angeles, coincidently traversing several major obsidian sources along the way, Pinto Basin, Great Basin Desert, NV, USA
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