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From a recent issue
Archive pick — Issue 12
"The Owens Valley sits in the rain shadow of the Sierra like something the mountains forgot to take with them. It is not beautiful in any way that photographs easily. But drive it once in late October, when the cottonwoods go yellow and the light comes in low and sideways off the White Mountains, and you will understand why people end up here and stop moving."
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