This is another from the Unitas. Mirror Lake reflects Mt Baldy at sunrise. We had bald sky's for this trip, and lots of dead trees. But I liked the textures and colors.
Mirror Lake
- Thread starter Ben Egbert
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Douglas Sherman
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A nice reflection image, Ben. Are the dead trees the result of bark beetles?
I suspect they are. The whole area is showing these signs. but I am not sure how to identify the culprit.
AlanLichty
Moderator
Nice - Mirror Lake and Trial Lake were my two favorite places in the Uintah's when I lived in SLC. The dead trees are a bit of a shock to my eyes but that matches a lot of what I have seen elsewhere in the western US.
Darcy Grizzle
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Love it up there, spent many a summers camping when my son was little. He caught his first fish in that lake!
Jim Dockery
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Very nice picture, but sad about the trees. Hopefully they will come back eventually after the bug cycle has passed (after our lifetimes?), but who knows with global warming?
Mike Lewis
Staff Member
Nice symmetry between the land and the reflection, and somehow you even coerced the water to provide you with some leading lines 
Really a nice feel to this one.
Here in Colorado we have huge expanses of evergreens where the majority of the trees have been 'beetle-killed' as the phrase goes. It is a somewhat regional phenomenon, and it used to be more prevalent on the front range side of the Rockies here in CO, although I am not sure if that is still a true staement. It is so bad in many places though that it is remarkable when you see that rare stand of trees that is mostly alive, instead of stands that are mostly dead. I guess it goes in cycles, but it has been pretty bad around here for seemingly years now.
ML
Really a nice feel to this one.Here in Colorado we have huge expanses of evergreens where the majority of the trees have been 'beetle-killed' as the phrase goes. It is a somewhat regional phenomenon, and it used to be more prevalent on the front range side of the Rockies here in CO, although I am not sure if that is still a true staement. It is so bad in many places though that it is remarkable when you see that rare stand of trees that is mostly alive, instead of stands that are mostly dead. I guess it goes in cycles, but it has been pretty bad around here for seemingly years now.
ML
Thanks all for the nice replies. Maybe Jeffery will show one of his when he gets back. He was working a different idea on the reflections.