Showing posts with label Skywatch Friday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skywatch Friday. Show all posts

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Mono Lake

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These pictures were taken in CA at Mono Lake. Perhaps the most intriguing of Mono Lake's phenomena are the tufa towers shown in the above pictures. Tufa are made from calcium carbonate which makes its way into the lake from underground springs. The calcium and carbonate combine to form limestone which builds up over time around the lake bottom spring openings. There is a web cam that overlooks Mono Lake located here.

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Grand Tetons

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These are pictures in Grand Teton National Park. Even though I think the sky is pretty here there's nothing exceptional about it but I do like the pictures as a whole. I think the Tetons are beautiful. They look so majestic rising from the floor of a canyon. There are several web cams that take a picture of the Tetons ever so often. One, located on the Idaho side of the Tetons, is located here. There's another one located on the Wyoming side located here.

On a side note if you want to see(and hear) Old Faithful live go here and launch the live web camera. If you go here and look at the top of the picture it will give you the next predicted eruption. Of course, Yellowstone is in the Mountain Time Zone so appropriate adjustment must be made. The pictures below were captured off the the web cam at Yellowstone National Park and really have a beautiful sky in them.


Thursday, May 29, 2008

Serene and peaceful

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Added shadows from original picture.



These are some other photos that my daughter took on her trip to Belize. I've never been a person who likes water all that much but I do like pictures like this where the ocean looks calm and inviting.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

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First, let me say that I did not take these pictures. My daughter took them on a recent trip to Belize and I fell in love with them. I especially like the shot where the bird (osprey) has it's wings spread out.