Dinosaur National Monument - Part 2.

...continuing from Part #1 at http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=24120653

Here in the USA we have National Parks and also areas called National Monuments (which are basically the same as National Parks in that a very large area is covered). The Dinosaur National Monument (DNM) is actually a very large area that is in both the states of Utah (northeeast) and Colorado (northwest). Most of the 200,000 acres of Dinosaur National Monument (DNM) lie in Colorado and contain colorful ridges, plateaus and canyons surrounding the Green and Yampa rivers.
A pretty good read (and a map) on the DNM can be had at:
http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/dinosaur/national_monument.html

I will show some images in the next three replies to this post.
Section A - Scenics - consists of 5 images.
Section B - Petroglyphs - consists of 4 images.
Section C - Josie Bassett Morris - consists of 5 images.

I hope you enjoy viewing them.

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A few scenics from the Dinosaur National Monument











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A few petroglyphs from the Dinosaur National Monument









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Josie Bassett Morris - the first image gives the explanation.











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I hope you have enjoyed this series from the Dinosaur National Monument.

Cheers.

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Too late for an edit. Danged dial-up....arrrrgh!

The corrected images are below.

brandrx said:

Josie Bassett Morris - the first image gives the explanation.











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I hope you have enjoyed this series from the Dinosaur National Monument.

Cheers.

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Wow...all shots are great....but i especially like the last shot of section A

It makes me feel as if Im flying above the river...good effect, great shots.

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I really like the first shot of section A the best... quite nice
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Magine Photography said:

Wow...all shots are great....but i especially like the last shot of
section A

It makes me feel as if Im flying above the river...good effect, great
shots.

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Thanks for looking and for your comments.

I forgot to mention that it is the Green River in Utah.

Cheers.

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Hi Ron, I love the second image in section A best. I love the scale of those rocks and the way they sweep down to the river and cars below. Great series.
Terry

All nicely done, Ron.

Joe

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terrsbarr said:

Hi Ron, I love the second image in section A best. I love the scale
of those rocks and the way they sweep down to the river and cars
below. Great series.

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Hi Terry,

Thanks for looking and commenting. That rock is amazingly large. The Part 1 that I did was a panorama made from two 12mm images that contained that same rock. See:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036&message=24120653

Cheers.

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You may not be aware of the fact that portions of the Dinosaur National Monument were almost destroyed when the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation proposed in the early 1950s two "cash register" dams on the Green River within the Monument (one at Echo Park, and a second downstream at Split Mountain). "Cash register" dams are built for the sole purpose of generating money from hydro-electric power generation. This was part of a bigger plan called the Upper Basin Project for water storage, silt control, and power generation throughout the Colorado River basin.

The Sierra Club, led by David Brower, launched a campaign to save Dinosaur. Brower appeared before the House Interior Committee and challenged the Bureau's claims of the benefits of the dams. This was followed by a publicity campaign against the project. The Sierra Club published "This Is Dinosaur" with photographs of Dinosaur and text by experts regarding the dam project. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf with a foreword by Wallace Stegner, and copies were sent to all the members of Congress. It was the Sierra Club's most ambitious book to date. Then followed a media blitz with articles in the New York Times, L.A. Times, Life, National Geographic, etc.

In the ensuing legal and political wrangling that followed (including a court decision that the Sierra Club could not claim tax-exempt status), Congress dropped the proposed dams in Dinosaur. The environmentalists agreed to drop their campaign against the dam at Glen Canyon on the Colorado. Thus, Dinosaur was saved but Glen Canyon was lost below the silt and water now know as Lake Powell.

Many believe that the controversy at Dinosaur gave birth to the modern environmentalist movement as a political force. It certainly transformed the Sierra Club into a political force. Brower regretted the decision to abandon Glen Canyon. You can see what was lost in the book "The Place No One Knew" with photographs by Eliot Porter, published by the Sierra Club.

The "water wars" in the American West continue today and will continue for the foreseeable future. At least Dinosaur National Monument is still around for people to enjoy.

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what a wonderful series. Thanks for letting me see them.

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the hotel said:

what a wonderful series. Thanks for letting me see them.

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I'm glad you enjoyed them.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers.

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