Standing in Solitude
by Don Schwartz
Title
Standing in Solitude
Artist
Don Schwartz
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
A woman stands alone of the floor of the Alvord Desert in Eastern Oregon.
From Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia:
The Alvord Desert is a desert located in Harney County, in southeastern Oregon in the western United States. It is roughly southeast of Steens Mountain. The Alvord Desert is a 12-by-7-mile (19 by 11 km) dry lake bed and averages 7 inches (180 mm) of rain a year. Two mountain ranges separate it from the Pacific Ocean—the Coast Range, and the Cascade Mountains. Along with Steens Mountain, these topographical features create a rain shadow. The Alvord Desert lies at an elevation of approximately 4,000 feet (1,200 m).
During the dry season the surface is sufficiently flat for driving or landing small aircraft. Vehicle driving attempts to score land speed records are performed on the dry lake bed. The women's world land speed record was set in 1976 by Kitty O'Neil at 512 miles per hour (824 km/h).
The nearest community is Fields, Oregon, population 86.
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April 18th, 2020
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