Saddleback Fire Lookout 2004 Photo Gallery by Michael Gates at pbase.com

Saddleback Fire Lookout 2004

These are mostly Nikon D70 and Sony F717 images from the 2004 fire season on Saddleback Lookout, Downieville District, Tahoe National Forest, CA.
West side of the Sierra crest at an elevation of 6700'.

Be sure to click on the thumbnails and choose 'original' size for best viewing.

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Persistent Rainbow 04Oct04 tele	Half Snow Bow over Road	Evening Rush Hour	Grand Central Station
Transport	Expressway	SipInFlight	Northside Storm Cell
Evening's Sweet Landing	Sutter Buttes & Konocti	Anna's June	Forest Under Seige 1
Saddleback LO from North Pre Storm Erays	Bear Rock	Birthday Sunset 2004	Hummer Bow
Buttes sunrise 04 Oct 2004	Chains not required	Cheeky Monk	Deep Diver
Don't even think about it	Double Frosty 19Sept04	Early Sept Snow SB 2004	FirCap Shrouded
FirCap from below the curve	Flyby@Ease	Focused Feet the rest of the story	Focused Feet
From the South PreRain	Gimme Five	GoodYears 4_30 pm PreDownstrikes	Guarding the cache 2
Guarding the cache or maybe babies	Homing In	Full Glory and Snow Bow	In all my Glory 8^)
Into the clouds	Laying the Golden Egg	Lichen Fir Cap	Lifting groundfog
LoneTreeEastFog	Mad as a Wet Hen Close	Massive attack of the killer breeding ants	Nectar Diving Snow Composite SH
NorthSBCumulus1	Not Kelvin-Helmholtz 2	On my way to the fridge downstairs	Oregon Fire Lake Oroville Hummer
Overhead Monk	Persistant Rainbow 04Oct04 wide	Pileus 1	Pileus veil drifting down
RAWS rainbow	Rainbow start xlight	RawsSBJune	Rim Dance
SBFlagCumulusJun04	Saddleback RAWS Double SnowBow sans sign	Screamin' Monk	Simple pious monk
Snakey Lick	SnowLevel 19Sept04	SnowPan 19Sept04.jpg	SunWorshiper
Sundance.jpg	TaDaaah	Tuned in Sawyer	WaterSpyder1
Weasel2 Sat2	WeaselCrop	Into Clouds Ink	Saddleback GeoTagged
Sierra Buttes and storm cell	D70 Amp Glow	Sierra Buttes Sunrise Pre Stonehenge	Smokey Dawn Sierra Buttes
Buttes Last Light 300mm	Golden Ground Fog	HandFed Hummer	Forest Under Seige 2
Bent tree clearing snow storm	Final glow of breaking snow storm	After snow twilight Sac wMoon	Sierra Sunrise and Buttes
Busta Movin' Mountains	Cloudzilla	Perspective Ecstacy	Sierra Buttes Sunrise Panorama 08 Oct 04
Cloudy Star Trails Sierra Buttes 30 min exp

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Susan		26-Jun-2015 19:38
Enjoying the pictures! I spent a couple of seasons on Saddleback, with some time also spent on Babbitt Peak, a few days also on Sardine and Calpine. Saddleback was my favoite!

basri_eli		29-Sep-2011 05:30
Very impressive gallery V!!

Irene Kramer		07-Feb-2011 21:15
We never get tired of coming to this gallery and viewing all your great shots! Brings back fond memories of being at the lookout and enjoying the magnificent view! I'll never forget the white knuckle drive back down to the main road. The hummers are just beautiful and so are the storms! Keep on photographing -- you're sooo good at it! Irene and Bill Kramer

Mary-Ellen Sorci		19-Oct-2010 17:02
Thanks for the mapps you were kind enough to give us last friday. Poker flat was terrific. Incrediable to see one last building.We could not get to Devils postpiles made some wrong turns. Thanks again Mary -Ellen and Jimmy and Brad.

Kimberlee Douglass		10-Sep-2010 23:43
Hello Michael, I just discovered that you are still manning Saddleback. I worked for the Forest Service back in the 90s and brought you some books to read once. You generously gave me a fabulous photo of an Everglade Eco Pond sunset with Ibis (I think they are Ibis) in flight when you returned the books. It is still one of my cherished possessions. I am enjoying looking through the rest of your great work on your site. Best wishes, Kimberlee Douglass, Gunnison Colorado

Robert Roberts		18-Jun-2009 05:53
I had the honor of being the lookout guy from june to the first snow in 1968. Thanks for the memories. Robert

Judith Chase		04-Oct-2007 11:07
What a wonderful way to start my day! Thank you, Michael.

Guest		03-Oct-2007 20:18
Breathtaking! I'm glad I get the NYT via internet; otherwise I would have missed these.

Guest		03-Oct-2007 16:18
What pleasure your photos gave me. Thanks. Valerie F.

JoeVitalian83		03-Oct-2007 14:34
Awesome photos. Your featured in the NY times and they left your web page so I checked out most of your photos. I thought I had a nice view but these views are a gift from God. Thank you for sharing something I may never see

Dan		03-Oct-2007 14:14
As I'm sure you know, you are featured in today's New York Times (on the front page) with a story about your job as a fire lookout. You should also be featured for you spectacular phtography. Excellent photos.

Bill Hustead		03-Oct-2007 13:57
You have an extremely unique view of the world. Thank you for sharing! You are a very good photographer.

revday		03-Oct-2007 13:54
Absolutely lovely photos. The hummers are extraordinary! Thank you for a look into your world.

Kathy		03-Oct-2007 13:32
Just beautiful! Love the hummingbirds.....they are so fearless. It's so nice when the Times runs something other than politics in their features. I was wondering about the lightning as well. I'm sending the story to my Dad in NY, he will love it and the shots. Thanks for sharing. Kathy

Mel		03-Oct-2007 13:19
Wonderful images! I really enjoyed taking a look at them. I'm an animal lover myself and so I loved SpinInFlight and Homing in especially. I'd love to have a summer job like yours. Haha, Great images, keep it up!

Bea		03-Oct-2007 09:52
Your photos are so beautiful, delicate as a hummingbird and strong as a thunderstorm. Thank you for sharing the beauty of your surroundings.

Cecil Wingfield		03-Oct-2007 06:11
You have some wonderful images. After viewing "Forest Under Seige 2" and noticing that your lookout is higher than anything else around you, just wondered if you are the building has ever been struck by lightning? Seems like a pretty scary place to be in a storm. Thanks. cwwingfield

Guest		08-Nov-2006 00:54
you have some really nice shots. thank you for sharing.

Jordi Molin�		22-Aug-2006 09:47
Hola Amigo. He quedado absolutamente impresionado de tu obra (perdón, de tu OBRA). LO MEJOR, que he visto en estas galerias de fotos. Supongo, que eres un guarda forestal de esta Sierra. Si tienes mas fotografías en alguna página, me gustaría poder disfrutar de ellas. En resumen: maravilloso. (Castellfedels-ESPAÑA-). 22.08.2006.

Al Varland		23-Jul-2005 16:52
Wow !!Great one, I'll be eagarly looking forward to 2005 Thanks!!

Eric Bevis		20-Jul-2005 21:20
Great idea to post your photos to the web. I hope the photo season picks up as well as the fire season. Everyone here @ Grassvalley ECC enjoys the pics immensely.

Guest		06-Jul-2005 07:41
Excellent Gallery! The Hummers are great!

Rick Miller		05-Jun-2005 17:05
Hi Mike, These are really good shots. You pay close attention to details. Is this your full-time job and the tower a side job? LOL. Seriously, I'm going to tell a few friends to view these. Thanks. Rick.

Rick Miller		05-Jun-2005 17:04
Hi Mike, These are really good shots. You pay close attention to details. Is this your full-time job and the tower a side job? LOL. Seriously, I'm going to tell a few friends to view these. Thanks. Rick.

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