The Ancient One

Black & White by Kenneth Clarke: This original photo was captured during a visit to the Valley of Fire State Park, near Overton, Nevada. Entering the park from its western entrance, I came upon this lone, rather emaciated Desert Bighorn Sheep. As I approached him while he was munching on the remains of some rather dead and dried up roadside vegetation, he looked up at me just long enough for me to capture this shot. He was in such bad shape that even his horns seemed to be suffering from years of malnutrition. Original rights to any of the pictures in this series can be purchased by e-mailing me directly atkccandcj@yahoo.com.

Devoured

Black & White by Kenneth Clarke: This original photo was captured while hiking a wash near Nevada’s Lake Mead. With the exception of a leg bone and a few others that were scattered over a twenty foot area, this was all that was left of what was once a magnificent Desert Bighorn Sheep. From the condition of his damaged right horn, and the annual growth rings on his left horn, it is evident that he was at least 30 years old and probably in a somewhat weakened condition due to his age. Though it was impossible to determine what animal may have “taken him down”, the fact that there was still some fir and tissue on the carcass indicated that it was probably sometime in the past few months. Original rights to any of the pictures in this series can be purchased by e-mailing me directly at kccandcj@yahoo.com.