It is almost ridiculous that part of my career as a geologist involves trudging through the desert looking for freaking gravel deposits. In this case, it is some really high Pleistocene beach gravels that I found today along the east front of the Wassuk Range, a steep, steep, steep, mountain range that towers over Walker Lake, Nevada. These gravels are interesting because they are 82 meters above the late Pleistocene high shoreline of Lake Lahontan...a really big pluvial lake from back in the day. The high gravels I found today are from a much older and, probably, much larger lake. However, they are on the footwall of an active fault...so there are some other factors to consider. Check out the Wassuks in Google Earth. The photo is from: 38.828 N, 118.782 W. You can see the shrinking pond that is Walker Lake in the far background....lots of California smoke in the air.