Pulling back open an older thread - a few shots from a midday SFO-LAS flight in early September 2021:

John Muir Wilderness:


(almost) Snowless Sierra Crest in mid-summer:


Caltech Owens Valley Radio Telescopes:


Owens Valley:


View west across CA/NV border with Last Chance Range and Eureka Dunes/Valley in mid-upper-frame, Saline Range, Inyo Mountains and then the Sierras:


Mesquite Flat/Salt Creek/Stovepipe Wells in the middle of Death Valley with Tucki Mountain immediately behind; Funeral Mountains in the foreground:


Power Towers (3) from Ivanpah Solar Generation Facility to the left with a solar power field at center and Interstate 15 crossing behind them:


Making the approach turn into LAS:


David