Sometimes I fly over places and find roads like this that go on, seemingly forever, into the mountains or over the horizon. It always makes me wonder, who uses this road? What do they do out here?
This is a small pass that comes down from Mount Potosi in the Spring Mountain Range of Southeastern Nevada. More than likely this dirt road leads to one of the numerous precious metal mines that dot the mountains in this area.
Mines with interesting names like: Green Monster Mine, Red Cloud Mine, Oro Amigo Mine, Yellow Pine Mine, Whale Mine, Iron Gold Mine, Bill Nye Mine, Smithsonite Mine, Hoosier Mine, Mobile Mine, Snowstorm Mine, Bluejay Mine, Cosmopolitan Mine, Chiquita Mine, Hoodoo Mine and the good ol' Accident Mine. There are many many more.
I lensed this while flying around the Mojave Desert east of the mountains heading towards Death Valley to shoot the spring flower bloom.
This image is from my ongoing project in which I am trying to raise awareness of the 47% of the USA and 90% of Canada that remain unpopulated wilderness.
Where Eagles Fly - The American Wilderness Expedition is my personal mission to introduce people to these amazing locations that surround us.
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Yehaw!!