The Nevadaplano

<p>The Nevadaplano is an essay accompanied by more than 40 photos that describes</p><p>Buzz Eggleston's effort to understand the geology of the place where he has lived for</p><p>most of the past four decades California's Mother Lode in the foothills of the Sierra</p><p>Nevada. His journey took years and the territory grew. He traveled across parts of five</p><p>states read scientific texts and technical papers and interviewed leading geologists.</p><p>What he discovered is that the surface geology that draws our interest is created by</p><p>forces far deeper in the earth the crash of the Farallon and North American tectonic</p><p>plates. This dramatic and still-unfolding story beginning tens of millions of years ago</p><p>helps us better understand the scenic marvels of today's American West and perhaps</p><p>we get a glimpse of its distant future.</p>