View From Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive, Great Basin National Park, Nevada

A flat, rocky area with scattered dead grass and low shrubs in the foreground, and a low mountain range in the background

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Taken on Mar. 14, 2007

This photo, taken from Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, shows some of the protected public land in the Central Basin and Range. This region consists of north-south mountains interspersed with arid basins with internal drainage.