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White Owl Canyon

Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada USA

January 5, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Calico Hills Scramble

Calico Basin, Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

January 20, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Pine Creek [Fire Ecology Trail]

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

January 27, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Hollow Rock Peak

Spring Mountains, Rainbow Mountain Wilderness, Nevada USA

February 3, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Keyhole Canyon

Nevada USA

February 9, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Knob Hill ("The Moon")

Nevada USA

February 9, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve

Henderson, Nevada USA

February 17, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Oak Creek Canyon

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

February 24, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Corn Creek Preserve

Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada USA

March 2, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Valley of Fire

Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada USA

March 3, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S7 smartphone

 

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Pine Creek Canyon

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

March 9, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Geronimo [Rock Climb, 5.6]

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

March 16, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Samsung S7 smartphone

 

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Pine Creek Canyon

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

March 22, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Kingman Wash / Lone Palm Spring (hike)

Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona USA

March 23, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

Painted Lady [Butterfly]

Chuckwalla 1 [Lizard]

Chuckwalla 2 [Lizard]

Desert Iguana [Lizard]

Kingman Wash View 1

Kingman Wash View 2

Kingman Wash Pano 1

Kingman Wash Pano 2

Kingman Wash Pano 3

Lone Palm View 1

Lone Palm View 2

Lone Palm Pano 1

Lone Palm Pano 2

Lone Palm Pano 3

Anderson Wolfberry [Flower]

Arizona Lupine [Flower]

Brittlebrush [Flower]

Broad-Flowered Gilla [Flower]

Creosotebush [Flower]

Desert Chicory [Flower]

Desert Tobacco [Flower]

Devil's Lettuce 1 [Flower]

Devil's Lettuce 2 [Flower]

Forget-Me-Not [Flower]

Globemallow [Flower]

Golden Evening Primrose [Flower]

Desert Chicory [Flower]

Lesser Mojavea 1 [Flower]

Lesser Mojavea 2 [Flower]

Panamint Daisy 1 [Flower]

Panamint Daisy 2 [Flower]

Pebble Pincushion [Flower]

Phacelia Crenulata [Flower]

Pygmy Poppy [Flower]

Rock Nettle [Flower]

Scented Cryptantha [Flower]

White-Stemmed BlazingStar 1 [Flower]

White-Stemmed BlazingStar 2 [Flower]

[Unidentified] [Flower]

 

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Group Therapy (rock climb)

White Rock Springs, Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

March 31, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Algae On Parade (rock climb)

First Creek Canyon, Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

April 7, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera or *Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Pine Creek Canyon / Calico Hills

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

April 14, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Calico Basin

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

April 18, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

Bitterbrush [Flower]

Desert Globemallow [Flower]

Desert Marigold [Flower]

Desert Tobacco [Flower]

Purplemat [Flower]

Funnel Lily [Flower]

Nevada Wild Onion [Flower]

Pectocarya Platycarpa [Flower]

Sego Lily [Flower]

Wild Hyacinth [Flower]

Yellow Cryptantha [Flower]

Yucca 1 [Flower]

Yucca 2 [Flower]

Yucca 3 [Flower]

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Cactus

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Oak Creek Canyon, Johnny Vegas (rock climb)

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

April 20, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

Pano 1

Pano 2

Johnny Vegas [Pitch 1]

Johnny Vegas [Pitch 2]

Johnny Vegas [Pitch 2]

Johnny Vegas [Pitch 2]

Johnny Vegas [Pitch 3]

Johnny Vegas [Pitch 3, Top]

Solar Slab [Upper Area]

(unidentified) [Flower]

(unidentified) [Flower]

(unidentified) [Flower]

Agave [Flower]

Desert Chicory [Flower]

Firecracker Penstemon [Flower]

Rattlesnake Weed [Flower]

Utah Serviceberry [Flower]

Western Redbud [Flower]

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Pine Creek Canyon / Terrace Canyon

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

April 27, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Willow Springs (Rock Climbing)

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

May 4, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

Peaches 1 [Steve, 5.8]

Peaches 2 [Steve, 5.8]

Plan F 1 [Steve, 5.9+]

Plan F 2 [Steve, 5.9+]

Willow Flycatcher [Bird]

Apache Plume 1 [Flower]

Apache Plume 2 [Flower]

Cliff Rose [Flower]

Desert Larkspur 1 [Flower]

Desert Larkspur 2 [Flower]

Palmer's Penstemon [Flower]

Spreading Fleabane [Flower]

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First Creek (Rock Climbing)

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

May 5, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Grapevine Canyon

Spirit Mountain, Laughlin, Nevada USA

May 11, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

Views 1

Views 2

Views 3

Views 4

Views 5

Views 6

Views 7

Views 8

Views 9

Views 10

Petroglyphs 1

Petroglyphs 2

Petroglyphs 3

Petroglyphs 4

Desert Iguana

Zebratail Lizard 1

Zebratail Lizard 2

Lesser Goldfinch 1 [Bird]

Lesser Goldfinch 2 [Bird]

Western Kingbird 1 [Bird]

Western Kingbird 2 [Bird]

Queen Butterfly 1

Queen Butterfly 2

Desert Blister Beetle[Flower]

Hummingbird Moth

Red Spotted Toad

Bigelow Monkeyflower [Flower]

Buckhorn Cholla 1 [Flower]

Buckhorn Cholla 2 [Flower]

California Buckwheat [Flower]

Chia [Flower]

Climbing Milkweed [Flower]

Common Burdock [Flower]

Common Monkeyflower [Flower]

Desert Tobacco [Flower]

Desert Trumpet [Flower]

Desert Willow [Flower]

Lace-Leaf Phacelia [Flower]

Mohave Lupine [Flower]

Mohave Thistle [Flower]

Sacred Datura [Flower]

Shrubby Cinquefoil [Flower]

Slender Keel Fruit [Flower]

Thread Leaf Ragwort [Flower]

White Rhatany [Flower]

Yellow Tack-Stem [Flower]

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Ash Creek Spring

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

May 12, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Keystone Thrust

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

May 19, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Purblind Pillar (Rock Climb)

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

May 25, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Skull Canyon

Cowboy Trail Rides, Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

May 26, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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La Madre Spring

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

June 1, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera and *Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Dark Shadows (rock climb)

Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

June 2, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Kyle Canyon

Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Nevada USA

June 8, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Magic Bus / Black Corridor (rock climbing)

Calico Hills, Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

June 9, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Lovell Canyon

La Madre Mountain Wilderness, Nevada USA

June 15, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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White Rock loop

Red Rock Canyon and La Madre Mountain Wilderness, Nevada USA

June 30, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Eastern Sierra

Eastern Sierra | Wildlife | Flowers | Video

July 4 thru 6, 2019

 

 

Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest

Bishop, California USA

July 7, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera and Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Cathedral Rock

Spring Mountains Recreation Area, Nevada USA

July 27, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera and Google Pixel 3* smartphone

 

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Griffith Peak

Spring Mountains Recreation Area, Nevada USA

August 4, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera and Google Pixel 3* smartphone

 

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Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge

Ash Meadows NWR, Amargosa Valley, Nevada USA

August 11, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Calico Tanks

Red Rock Canyon, Nevada USA

August 17, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Pahranagat National Wildlife Preserve

Pahranagat National Wildlife Preserve, Alamo, Nevada USA

August 17, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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Icebox Canyon (Rock Climb)

Red Rock Canyon, Nevada USA

September 22, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Grand Canyon (South Entrance)

Grand Canyon Village, Arizona USA

October 20, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera* and a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

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Black Mountain

Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, Hendserson, Nevada USA

November 30, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera and Google Pixel 3* smartphone

 

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Gray Cap (attempt)

Calico Basin, Red Rock Conservation Area, Nevada USA

December 15, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Google Pixel 3 smartphone

 

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Gower Gulch, Golden Canyon, Badlands Loop

Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California USA

December 25, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera and Google Pixel 3 *smartphone

 

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Bowl of Fire through Bitter Spring Valley

Lake Mead National Conservation Area, Nevada USA

December 28, 2019  Photos by Kevin Heckeler using a Sony HX400V/B Digital Camera

 

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