Hot Creek Explosion is a photograph by David Levy which was uploaded on October 27th, 2017.
Hot Creek Explosion
I wanted to get a drone shot of the meandering course of Hot Creek in the foreground with a vibrant sunset over the eastern Sierras, Mammoth... more
by David Levy
Title
Hot Creek Explosion
Artist
David Levy
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I wanted to get a drone shot of the meandering course of Hot Creek in the foreground with a vibrant sunset over the eastern Sierras, Mammoth Mountain, and the Minarets, all in a single frame. I had to get off US-395 and explore some backcountry dirt roads until I found a good spot that was in Class E airspace and over 5 miles away from Mammoth Airport.
Hot Creek begins as Mammoth Creek at the outflow of Twin Lakes, south of Mammoth Mountain and is mostly snowmelt, so it’s pretty cold. Once Hot Creek leaves the Sierras it flows east into the Long Valley Caldera, where it joins warmer water from geothermal springs. The valley is one of the Earth’s largest calderas, and in the southwest corner lies Mammoth Mountain, which is itself a lava dome complex. Hot Creek eventually joins the Owens River, which drains into and through the Owens Valley.
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October 27th, 2017
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