![Sunrise over the playa and Newfoundland Mountains](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/71380909.b3f2xV2D.jpg) Sunrise over the playa and Newfoundland Mountains |
![Crater Island](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/77299382.WfPqI88Q.jpg) Crater Island |
![Camping without a fee station, numbered sites, campground host, noisy generators, squealing children, quiet hours](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/77296064.82F2WVwF.jpg) Camping without a fee station, numbered sites, campground host, noisy generators, squealing children, quiet hours |
![Car and Cobb](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/78673044.u3jEeWAW.jpg) Car and Cobb |
![Breakfast is served: Grape Nuts Flakes cereal , orange juice, vitamin tablet](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/78673067.UPeWdAW6.jpg) Breakfast is served: Grape Nuts Flakes cereal , orange juice, vitamin tablet |
![Ready to hike](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/71807038.afzXsvcH.jpg) Ready to hike |
![Animals paths in the grass](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/71355142.BCPnSdp3.jpg) Animals paths in the grass |
![Cobb Peak---I hiked straight ahead and into the shadow](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/77300962.Dywpq0D2.jpg) Cobb Peak---I hiked straight ahead and into the shadow |
![Dry wash (streambed): the Byway runs across the scene just in front of the little hill straight ahead](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/77337349.U3BybsrO.jpg) Dry wash (streambed): the Byway runs across the scene just in front of the little hill straight ahead |
![This two-tone tower (Peak 5622) loomed above as I zigzagged up the slope](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/77338209.WvYKq2Ok.jpg) This two-tone tower (Peak 5622) loomed above as I zigzagged up the slope |
![Conglomerate](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/77339456.rHw8X6F1.jpg) Conglomerate |
![My car (under the white dot) sits amidst a vast landscape](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/77753621.O96giFvw.jpg) My car (under the white dot) sits amidst a vast landscape |
![Window in the rock reminds me of Captain Nemo's Nautilus](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/78673606.awPeBkN7.jpg) Window in the rock reminds me of Captain Nemo's "Nautilus" |
![The route up goes across this slope, but is there a drop-off to the right of the tower?](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/78851196.0zSbKZhe.jpg) The route up goes across this slope, but is there a drop-off to the right of the tower? |
![Tall, terrific two-tone tower](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/78851420.CDQKetHF.jpg) Tall, terrific two-tone tower |
![Nodules formed from precipitated minerals?; the bamboo stick is about 0.75 inches (19mm) thick](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/78984104.1TtoE38F.jpg) Nodules formed from precipitated minerals?; the bamboo stick is about 0.75 inches (19mm) thick |
![Toward the left: a possible route to the summit; on the right: a weird rock formation (see next photo)](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/78984333.iFU3qWjN.jpg) Toward the left: a possible route to the summit; on the right: a weird rock formation (see next photo) |
![Detail of rock formation: were the holes formed by gas bubbles during an eruption?](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/78984385.u7wYoYX9.jpg) Detail of rock formation: were the holes formed by gas bubbles during an eruption? |
![Sardine can was the only evidence of prior human presence](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/79309477.FEGtyI67.jpg) Sardine can was the only evidence of prior human presence |
![Cobb Peak reconnaissance](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/69794634.KR2fRKCX.jpg) Cobb Peak reconnaissance |
![Shadow on the playa (looking north)](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/79309497.KrzL69gD.jpg) Shadow on the playa (looking north) |
![Cobb Peak's summit as seen during the descent](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/79309509.GiiifznQ.jpg) Cobb Peak's summit as seen during the descent |
![Sort of drab: mostly sagebrush and rabbitbrush in this drainage](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/79720439.VMeEugib.jpg) Sort of drab: mostly sagebrush and rabbitbrush in this drainage |
![Oddity](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/78673851.irtIDpsh.jpg) Oddity |
![My high point was the right end of the level ridge at center](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/79720539.0c7Ez2ZE.jpg) My high point was the right end of the level ridge at center |
![Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus)](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/77308464.K4LONaug.jpg) Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) |
![Getting closer to nearly-level ground](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/79720641.3VOuZDIh.jpg) Getting closer to nearly-level ground |
![Last look at the summit and its weird slopes](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/79720901.VQSCgG01.jpg) Last look at the summit and its weird slopes |
![Hike finished...](https://a4.pbase.com/g6/93/584893/3/79720908.fXbCN1kE.jpg) Hike finished... |