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Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada:
Geology and Natural Heritage of the Long Valley Caldera
Indiana University Geological Sciences G188
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News from the Field!
Photographs from the Summer 2009 expedition to the Sierra Nevada
WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING! CHECK OUT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THIS YEAR'S EXPEDITION!

Day 1: Las Vegas to Death Valley
Day 2: Death Valley to Bishop
Day 3: White Mountains/Bristlecone Pine Preserve
Day 4: Bishop Tuff and the Owens Valley Gorge
Day 5: Long Valley Caldera: Lookout Mountain, Obsidian Dome, Glass Creek Dome, Inyo Craters
Day 6: Earthquake Fault, Mammoth Mountain, Horseshoe Lake tree kill
Day 7: The Sierra Front: the Hilton Creek Fault and McGee Creek
Day 8: Black Point fissures & Panum Crater
Day 9: Stream guage experiment & Hydrothermal processes
Day 10: Recreation Day!!
Day 11: Yosemite National Park!!
Day 12: Mono lake, water diversions and engineering
Day 13: Geothermal Energy and Hydrothermal Processes
Day 14: Lundy Canyon and Farewell Banquet
Day 15: Return Home via Las Vegas

Take a look at photographs from previous Sierra Adventures:
2008 Sierra trip
2007 Sierra trip
2006 Sierra trip
2005 Sierra trip
2004 Sierra trip
2003 Sierra trip
2002 Sierra trip
"Mount Whitney Massif" Courtesy of Sam Roberts Photography