The ranger station is the bare spot to the left of the highway. The LZ is across the road from it. The Sanddollar LZ is on the next mesa down the coast, where Hwy 1 disappears behind the clump of trees. Paiute Lauch, in the Whites near Chalfant, is to the left of Scott's head. Two SW'ers working in front of Black Eagle launch.
Independence is the patch of green in the background.
Mike Kunitani hitting the turbulent zone after launching from Black Eagle. Mike went on to fly over 100 miles to Mina, Nevada. You can see the Alabama hills in the distance below Mike's body. A dust devil in the valley near Independence. We saw several working their way up the valley along highway 395.