Eastern Face of the Sierra Nevada Mountains with Alabama Foothills in the foreground as viewed from California Highway 136 East of Lone Pine.
Narrower field of the preceding photograph.
Eastern face of the Sierra Nevada Mountains with Alabama Hills in the foreground. Exposed granite mountain peaks eroded by glacial action represent the batholith that was formed when the Farallon Plate subducted beneath North American Plate and resulting magma rose from 20 to 60 miles beneath the crust over 225 to 80 Ma to form the plutonic rocks (granite) beneath the surface. This batholith was lifted abruptly along the Sierra Nevada fault and eroded by glacial activity over the last 2 million years to form the jagged granite peaks we see today.
The view looking West from Lone Pine with Mt. Whitney in the distant center and trees and Alabama Foothills in the foreground..
Charging at the Tesla Supercharger site offers a stunning view of Mt. Whitney.
