Mono Lake and the Owens Valley today. Image credit Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District. For more information https://www.gbuapcd.org/District/AboutUs/ and #nps #nationalparks #usfs #nationalforests #interpretation #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #newtopographics #geology #geography #clouds #california #airquality #mountains #snow #lakes #infrastructure #monolake
Leigh Lake, Grand Teton National Park. September, 2019.
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Angels Landing, Zion National Park. December, 2019.
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Ranger Sarah walks through Cave #3. The black on the ceiling is a heavy layer of soot from fires that were used for warmth and cooking for thousands of years.
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
Ranger Sarah climbs the steps to enter the dwellings in Cave #3. While most the rooms where build in the 1280's, Heavy soot on the ceiling & artifacts found show these caves were likely used for thousands of years
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
Ranger Sarah at Cave #3. The wood beams you can see are the original beams the Mongollon used to build their roofs. A "plug" removed from one of the beams was used to date the structure to the 1280's.
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
Ranger Sarah at Cave #2. It is hard to see at this angle but their is a T-shaped doorway. To reach the door it is thought a ladder was used to get on a wooden balcony that supported by the wood beams you can see in the wall.
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
Ranger Sarah reaches cave #1. This large space that now looks open was likely an enclosed living space, and the fire pit represents the cooking area. The foundation of a small room was likely used for storage.
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
The Velella Velella (or “by-the-wind-sailor”), numbering in the thousands, in the coastal section of Redwood National and State Parks today. Learn more about by-the-wind-sailors at https://www.nps.gov/pore/learn/nature/otherinvertebrates-velella.htm and https://marinesanctuary.org/blog/sea-wonder-by-the-wind-sailor/ Learn more about the park at https://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm and #nps #nationalparks #ocean #publiclands #photography #landscapephotography #coast #pacific #redwood Image credit Kurt Angersbach / Westernlabs #marinelife #waves #tide
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Middle Teton, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Bison, Antelope Flats, Grand Teton National Park. October, 2019.
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Bull Moose, Antelope Flats, Grand Teton National Park. October, 2019.
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Morning fog on Lake McDonald Valley, Glacier National Park. August, 2019.
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100 mm – 1/40″ – f/11 – ISO 160
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Achievement unlocked: Finally got the kids to Canyonlands, getting them hiking in all of Utah’s national parks.
For this week's #AlphabetChallenge #WeekNforNoise, sharing migrating birds at Monte Vista Wildlife Refuge in March, almost next door Great Sand Dunes National Park.
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Ranger Sarah hikes closer the the cliff dwellings. The cliff dwellings are built in shallow caves that formed at about the same stratigraphic level along weak (somewhat less cemented) zones within the Gila Conglomerate.
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
Ranger Sarah with another view of the Gila Cliff Dwellings. The caves are in Gila Conglomerate, a sedimentary unit that contains pieces of older volcanic rocks, including the Bloodgood Canyon Tuff.
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
Ranger Sarah looks at the cliff dwellings. The rock she is standing on is 25 to 26 million years old basaltic lavas, the cliff dwellings is in Gila Conglomerate.
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
Ranger Sarah learns about the plants growing on the sunlit slopes below the cave dwellings.
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
Ranger Sarah climbs more steps as she works her way to the Gila Cliff Dwellings.
— at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument.
