While walking along the dirt road into the mining area called Kentucky Camp, my friend heard a loud rattling sound and looked down to see this rattlesnake coiled and with its head up within 5 inches of her foot. Biting her would have been very easy but it clearly wanted no trouble and was trying to give ample warning that she was too close. She had no idea until she heard the rattling that she had almost stepped on it.
I took the picture as it moved along into the brush. This late into the season neither of us was thinking we'd run into a rattlesnake.

"..The Banded Rock Rattlesnake usually lives at higher altitudes in dry, rocky areas. Its highly variable diet includes rodents, lizards, small snakes, some amphibians and large insects. The young Banded Rock Rattlesnakes have bright yellow tail tips, which may serve to lure lizards, which are its primary diet. It rarely exceeds two feet in length..."