Exploring Autumn in California's Owens Valley

LiITTLE LAKE, CA - NOVEMBER 14: Red volcanic dirt at the extinct Red Hill Cinder Cone, located off Fossil Falls and Cinder Roads, is viewed on November 14, 2022, near Little Lake, California. Home to the famed Alabama Hills in the Owens Valley is an arid region in eastern California, located east of the Sierra Nevada and west of the White Mountains and Inyo Mountains on the west edge of the Great Basin. The mountain peaks on either side reach above 14,000 feet in elevation (including Mt. Whitney), while the floor of the Owens Valley is at 4,000 feet, making it one of the deepest valleys in the United States. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)