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Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada:
Geology and Natural History of the Long Valley Caldera
Indiana University Earth & Atmospheric Sciences G188
Collins Living-Learning Center L130

News from the Field!
WE'RE OFF AND RUNNING! CHECK OUT PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THIS YEAR'S EXPEDITION!
Photographs from the Summer 2019 expedition to the Sierra Nevada

Day 1: Las Vegas to Death Valley
Day 2: Death Valley to Lone Pine
Day 3: Lone Pine Fault and Alabama Hills
Day 4: Long Valley & Mammoth Mountain Volcanism: Mammoth Mountain and Earthquake Fault
Day 5: Long Valley Caldera: Lookout Mountain and Obsidian Dome
Day 6: Bishop Tuff and the Owens Valley Gorge
Day 7: The Sierra Front: the Hilton Creek Fault and McGee Creek
Day 8: Snow Day! Hot Springs & Mammoth Lakes
Day 9: Mono Lake & Black Point Fissures
Day 10: Recreation Day!!
Day 11: Stream gauging experiment & Hydrothermal processes
Day 12: White Mountains/Bristlecone Pine Preserve
Day 13: Geothermal Energy and Bodie Gold Mining
Day 14: Panum Crater, Lundy Canyon, and Farewell Banquet
Day 15: Return Home via Las Vegas

Take a look at photographs from previous Sierra Adventures:
2018 Sierra trip
2017 Sierra trip
2014 Sierra trip
2013 Sierra trip
2012 Sierra trip
2010 Sierra trip
2008 Sierra trip
2007 Sierra trip
2006 Sierra trip
2005 Sierra trip
2004 Sierra trip
2003 Sierra trip
2002 Sierra trip
"Mount Whitney Massif" Courtesy of Sam Roberts Photography