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| Actual trees. Lots of birds chirping from this little clump of habitat. |
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| Might be easier to see the crack here. |
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| Basalt. Here we are literally standing in the rift, the crack between the European and North American continental plates. |
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| Lake reflections |
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| In Florida or our part of Maryland the concept of geology isn’t obvious; it’s mostly flat and covered by trees. But here as in Colorado, you can’t NOT think about how the landscapes got that way. |
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| Lake in a volcano crater. Huge and deep. |
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| We’ve seen bigger geysers in Yellowstone, and bigger waterfalls in Niagara, but we haven’t seen them so close together as here — only about 15 minutes drive apart! |
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| Geysir the place, where our word “geyser” apparently comes from. |
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| The sun came out during the afternoon and the vibe of the landscape changed completely for us. |
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