(1) Mount Williamson, Sierra Nevada, from Manzanar, captures this mood.

(2) Apparently he has a great estate beyond the Sierra Nevada - big hacienda or some such thing.

(3) In the rain shadow of the Sierra Nevada, the land to the east is mostly desert brown and tan. This area is Death Valley National Park, which is part of the Mojave Desert.

(4) Sierra Nevada as a backdrop, unique erosion formations called sand tufa stand like giant cauliflower stalks in a dry Arizona lake bed.

(5) The story of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the area that is Yosemite National Park begins about five hundred million years ago.

(6) With the peaks of the Sierra Nevada on its west and the Carson Range on its east, high-altitude Lake Tahoe has a long winter.

(7) And then an endless list of Sierra Nevada Foothill roads to choose from.

(8) With the snow-draped Sierra Nevada as a backdrop, unique erosion formations called sand tufa stand like giant cauliflower stalks in a dry Arizona lake bed.

(9) Yosemite, in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains, is an alpine wilderness with groves of giant Sequoia trees and towering rock formations carved from the granite by glaciers.

(10) The end of the Sierra Nevada cuts off all rain.

(11) Granada glowed in the golden evening like a jewel suspended between the snowy Sierra Nevada and the rich green of orange groves.

(12) His party made the first east-west crossing of the Sierra Nevada in 1833.

(13) There are hundreds of ski resorts in the mountains of the USA, the Rockies, the Sierra Nevada and the Appalachians. You can ski in Britain too.

(14) This stunning shot shows the towers' reflections against the salmon pink sky, with the periwinkle haze of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the background.

(15) Other mobile belts include the North American Cordillera, which includes the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada, and the Himalayas.

(16) Because MTBE is highly water-soluble, it dissolves in water, leading to higher concentrations of MTBE in many lakes in the California Sierra Nevada mountains and in many groundwater supplies.

(17) Out of desperation, city engineers began buying up land and water rights in the Owens Valley, east of the Sierra Nevada.

(18) After suffering great hardships in the Wasatch Mountains, the Great Salt Lake Desert and along the Humboldt River, they finally reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains in early October.

(19) Another firm vying for a slice of the re-supply market is Sierra Nevada.

(20) Only the hardiest cultivars should be attempted in areas such as the Willamette Valley, the Sierra Nevada and high desert.

(21) The Mineral King Valley is an area of great natural beauty nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Tulare County, California, adjacent to Sequoia National Park.

(22) Yosemite is about three hundred twenty kilometers east of San Francisco. It is deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

(23) This cline exists along a transect from the Sacramento Valley to near the crest of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

(24) The National Weather Services posted a winter storm warning for the Sierra Nevada and issued flood advisories in the Bay area to Los Angeles.

(25) Examples include mid-ocean ridges and the Basin and Range province of North America, which covers the area between the Colorado Plateau and the Sierra Nevada.

(26) They soon encountered rough terrain and numerous delays, and they eventually became trapped by heavy snowfall high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

(27) He saw this splendidly illuminated cirrus cloud floating quickly on the wind while climbing one evening in the Buttermilk region of California's Eastern Sierra Nevada.

(28) At least two tornadoes – and perhaps as many as four – reportedly touched down near Chico, along the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains north of Sacramento.

(29) Weathered scales encase the trunk of a foxtail pine in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains.

(30) What I do know is this: If I ever end up near a manzanita bush, which is indigenous to the Sierra Nevada, it is a great source of food.

(31) The "short cut" to California had cost them many wasted days, and the Donner party crossed the Sierra Nevada Mountains late in the season.

(32) Another strangely beautiful early morning shot of the tufa formations, with the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the background.

(33) 170Yellow-legged frogs were once common in high-altitude lakes in the Sierra Nevada mountains, but they have become increasingly rare.

(34) Today, we tell about one of the most famous national parks in the United States. You can find it high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of the western state of California.

(35) Quaking aspen trees in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains are resplendent in shimmering foliage and white bark.

(36) In 1860, Daniel Strong of Flat pointed out an easier passage through the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

(37) A group of Native American peoples formerly inhabiting the southern San Joaquin Valley and adjacent foothills of the Sierra Nevada, with present-day descendants in the same area.

(38) Though named in 1890, the story of Yosemite's landscape began about 500 million year ago when the Sierra Nevada region lay beneath an ancient sea, followed by diastrophism .

(39) West Montana, north Idaho, south British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and central California and west Nevada in Sierra Nevada Mts.

(40) The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Mountains meet in Plumas County, and fall color against the grey backdrop of the volcanic rock that covers the region makes for dramatic views.

(41) Southern California gets its water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the Colorado River Basin, which are hundreds of miles to the north and west, respectively.

(42) On this day in 1847, the first rescuers reach surviving members of the Donner Party, a group of California-bound emigrants stranded by snow in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

(43) LADWP will construct a new transmission line and substation to connect the Pine Tree project site to a high-voltage transmission line running up the east side of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

(44) Some scenic spots there include the Big Sur coastline, the alpine beauty of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the awesome Mojave desert.