Delicate Arch in southern Utah. It began as a 4"x5" transparency. The original was scanned to 2400 x 3000 pixels and downgraded to 600 vertical.
Mt. St. Helens isn't a national park but it has fame approaching a park.
The top left photographs is one of the many landmark sites in Utah. It is called the "Delicate Arch" and is located in Arches National Monument outside of Moab, Utah. You have to hike about 1.5 miles from the parking lot to the view point. This was one of those stupid moments in my life. I had left home in Washington without my walking shoes and only had a brand new pair of cowboy boots with me. My heels were almost rubbed raw and were basically a bloody mess by the time I got back to the car.
The photograph on the right is of Spirit Lake and is basically pointing where Harry's lodge used to be. The hummocky stuff in the back center is the remnants of the old peak. Before Mt. St. Helens, they had no concept of a long run out landslide from a volcano collapse. They had no choice after Mt. St. Helens because there were photographs of the explosion occurring after the landslide. When they started looking around, it was hard to find a volcano with out the landslide. The Hawaiian volcanoes have one but it is usually due to the beach collapsing. The chunks of beach can be on the order of 20km by 30km and run out 80 km onto the ocean floor. Such a collapse is thought to cause an enormous tsunami.
This Index is being redone. I ended up with too many photographs of Yosemite and Yellowstone. They now have their own web page and things are being moved around. You might find this occurring before your eyes. It will stabilize in a while.
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Delicate Arch in southern Utah. It began as a 4"x5" transparency. The original was scanned to 2400 x 3000 pixels and downgraded to 600 vertical. |
Mt. St. Helens isn't a national park but it has fame approaching a park. |
The two most famous National Parks are, I think, Yosemite and Yellowstone. Yellowstone was the first. It was created a little over 17 years before Yosemite. During the Nez Perce War, the Nez Perce captured some visitor's to Yellowstone. The were very hostile appearing and asked which canyon was the easiest to get their people up. Then, they turned the people loose and went up the most difficult one. Another point where their ingenuity foiled the Army.
Yosemite National Park Photo Album |
Yellowstone National Park Photo Album |
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