Whoa I almost fell there that is some slick soil. I am visiting the wonders of the world, and I read about this place in an article. The article was called Georgia's, "Little Grand Canyon." This place looks amazing the article was right, for you can see the different layers and colors of the soil. In the article I read that this place used to be farmland that was drained from all of its nutrients by planting the cash crop in the 1800's, which was cotton. One of the things that the article said was, "that the federal government wanted to turn it into a state park just to open businesses around to make money." When I read that, I got a little upset, because this did not get put here to make money off people, which is bad. This place
“Okefenokee is the swamp archetypal, the swamp of legend of racial memory of Hollywood.” There are two passages written about the Okefenokee swamp. Passage one is just a statement of facts. The author is providing information that one would find in the encyclopedia. Passage two creates an image for the swamp. The author creates vivid details and express the author’s feelings. Both passages have information in their passages, but passage one does it in a very plain manner while passage two creates a poetic image about the swamp.
Many people know ‘Lake’ Powell as a fact of life. Since its creation in 1963, the reservoir, known as Lake Powell, is just there. Few people that are alive today have had the opportunity to see the true beauty of Glen Canyon, which rivals the Grand Canyon. Glen Canyon, equivalent to one hundred eighty river miles with dozens of side canyons, was flooded for the purpose of power and water resources. ‘Lake’ Powell also generates an enormous cash flow due to the tourism it receives. Although the ‘lake’ has a few reasons to remain in existence, there are many more reasons to drain it.
Harris, Ann G., Esther Tuttle, and Sherwood D. Tuttle. "Katmai National Park and Preserve." Geology of National Parks. 4th ed. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt Pub., 1990. 441-48. Print.
The geology, its history, and the presence of past civilizations contribute to much of the significance of Mesa Verde National Park. The interconnectedness of these aspects should also be noted. If not for the weathering processes and changes in sea level this formation would not exist. Without it, the ancient people would not have been able to reside within Mesa Verde. This National Park now serves as a tool to help conserve the remains of these past civilizations as well as to help educate today’s society on the significance behind this astonishing geologic
Georgia O’Keefe is a famous American painter who painted beautiful flowers and landscapes. But she painted these images in such a way that many people believed she was portraying sexual imagery. “O’Keefe’s depictions of flowers in strict frontality and enlarged to giant scale were entirely original in character . . . the view into the open blossoms evoked an image of the female psyche and invited erotic associations.” (Joachimides 47) O’Keefe denies these allegations and says that she “magnified the scale of the flower only to ensure people would notice them.” (Haskell 203) O’Keefe’s artwork was misinterpreted because of cultural prejudice, her non-traditional lifestyle, and gender bias art criticism. But despite these accusations, Georgia O’Keefe’s artwork was not based on sexuality.
The Little Missouri River eroding the mountain range is the reason that the park is as it looks today. The park is believed to be <60 million years old. Over 60 million years ago volcanos all over the west were erupting and spitting out amounts of ash. The rivers near the volcanos were gathering. The rivers began to dry out, leveeing the ash behind. The ash was being dried in layers and turned into sandstone, siltstone and mudstone while the ash layers became bentonite clay. This Bentonite clay is dangerous because it gets people stuck, like quick sand it is located throughout the park. It can pull the car tires un...
The Grand Canyon has a lot of different features and is an exciting place that holds a lot of secretes and mysteries that scientists have been trying to figure out since the Grand Canyon was formed. It is millions of years old, over 277 miles wide, 18 miles wide, and defies many normal Geography features that are true in every other situation. Many theories have been presented that seek to explain the formation of the Grand Canyon. The first theory is that the Grand Canyon has a lot of Erosional Scarp Face’s, that have come together over the years, which is one theory that has been presented. Scientists have also tried to see if the Colorado River cutting into the canyon caused the Grand Canyon.
The plateau that is comprised of sedimentary rocks of materials is washed westward from the old Appalachian Mountains. Some rock layers( the bituminous coal seams), were laid in swampy environments.
The Glen Canyon is a better place because of the dam, because now there is way more power for a lot of people. Cause of the dam, more people are able to visit because it is easier to get there. Yes it kind of destroyed part of Glen Canyon but they didn’t just do it for fun. They did it for a reason and that reason was more power.
It is located at 153 N. Cottonwood St. The “Griggs and Walnut Ground Water Plume is considered one of the worst hazardous waste sites identified by the EPA” (homefacts, para.1). Between 1993 and 1995 it was discovered that traces of Perchloroethylene (PCE) were detected in the drinking water. PCE is a manmade substance, generally used as a degreaser. The city of Las Cruces took immediate action and the wells were taken off-line. After an investigation it was determined that the plume was 2500 ft. wide and 4000 ft. long. The site was declared a superfund and a treatment facility was constructed to clean the water. The facility began operation in 2012 some 17 years after its discovery. You might ask, why did it take so long for the treatment of the water to begin. It is because the US Government is the sole financier for these sites and therefore, the money is not always readily
The Little Grand Canyon has all types of wildlife living there. In the passage it states, ¨Along the trails, you´ll also likely see woodpeckers, wild turkeys, warblers, white-tailed deer, armadillos, raccoons, red foxes, and gray squirrels.¨ From this sentence, I know that there are animals that some that people from different countries do not get to experience. Even citizen from the U.S. do not get to see some of these animals. If people come from different places to the Little Grand Canyon, they will get to see these animals and know a fraction about the animals. Also, there are rare flowers found at the Little Grand Canyon. These flowers are called plumleaf azalea and paprika flower, they are only found in that southwestern
Unfortunately, a series of setbacks would hamper further construction, questioning the fate of Yucca Mountain. The first setback came in 2002 when the federal courts raised the standards for Yucca Mountain’s development by a factor of 10 (Murphy, 2006). Raising the bar on the quality of the site’s development brought to question validity of the entire site. Nevada places third in the nation for seismic activity, having experienced hundreds of earthquakes in recent decades (Walker, 2009). Should an earthquake hit the Yucca Mountain facility, there is a chance the storage containers could topple over and crack. In addition, the site itself can become damaged; a cave-in would make it extremely difficult, or impossible, for engineers to retrieve the materials inside. The threat of seismic activity also raises the question of groundwater contamination. Although the water-table lays thousands of feet below Yucca Mountain, a sudden shift in geography can bring that water much closer to the surface (Kallen,
Walter Coppinger, a Professor of Geosciences at Trinity College in San Antonio and long-time observer of Montana geology, was the first person to describe to me the many problems of the western rangelands that have developed out of the over-grazing of cattle. From a hilltop among the upland slopes of Whitehall, Montana, he pointed out a few patches of bare earth on the horizon and some gullying out of trails across the rangelands in the distance. Rangelands are areas of land on which livestock are left to roam and graze. Traditionally the great plains and rolling hills of the Western States have been dominated by rangelands left to cattle and bison, and though it has long been acknowledged that cattle grazing and roaming can alter the features of the land, the extent and depth to which they can do this has been underestimated and at times ignored. Privately owned pastures and rangelands in the United States have suffered a more than 15% decrease in number of acres since 1940, but despite figures like this one and a multitude of essays lamenting the "shrinking of the great plains," the number of cattle in the Western United States has more than doubled in the last 60 years (Trimble and Mendel, 1995; U.S. Census of Agriculture). With the numbers of grazing animals growing and the lands for them to occupy getting smaller, a better understanding of how and to what degree these animals affect the soil is needed.
Canyoning or canyoneering is one of the most popular, but most dangerous activities in France. “Canyonisme” as they called it in France is a sport that involves down climbing rocks with ropes surrounded by shallow steep streams of water. This sport also involves zip lines, rappels, jumping, and hiking with well equipment, for example, with a wetsuit, harness, helmet and good shoes. In other words, the equipment needed are sport shoes with lace, no open shoes, and a swimming costume. Furthermore, canyoning is the perfect group activity and the canyons in the French Alps are suitable for all levels of ability. Not to mention, this activity is practiced in the South of France parts of the French Alps, it is a world-class destination for canyoning
Spurred on by curiosity, I researched the field in the hopes that I could learn more about it than what I saw at first glance. The field contains Salinas Soils, the most productive kind of soil found in the county. Salinas Soils are alluvial, containing nutrients and minerals washed down from the hillsides by rainwater. The fertility of the soil makes it a very productive field for growing, yielding crops many times a year. The dark black color of the soil indicates how fertile it is. This made me think of something that my girlfriend’s mom said. She works at the El Dorado County Agricultural Department, and she came down here a few weeks ago. When she passed by the Dalidio field she exclaimed “Wow! Look how black the dirt is!”