slgwv's photos with the keyword: Church's Pond

Carson Range, Nevada, USA. A view back across the other way, more or less north. The odd-looking cloud beyond the immediate skyline ridge is smoke from the Hunter Creek fire, a few miles away. The pond is named for James E. Church, a prof at the University of Nevada. Over a hundred years ago he invented the technique of measuring the winter snowpack to forecast the following year's water supply.

Carson Range, Nevada, USA. This is actually a natural basin, for all its roughly square shape. The effect of the drought is (unfortunately) extremely obvious--the level should be up at the well-defined bathtub ring. It may well have dried up completely by now (August). The pond is named for James E. Church, a prof at the University of Nevada. Over a hundred years ago he invented the technique of measuring the winter snowpack to forecast the following year's water supply.

Washoe County, Nevada, USA. In the Carson Range, the spur of the Sierra Nevada that juts into Nevada, and that defines the east side of Lake Tahoe. Btw, the pond is named for James E. Church, a prof at the University of Nevada. Over a hundred years ago he invented the technique of measuring the winter snowpack to forecast the following year's water supply.