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In many ways, this view of Lower Yellowstone Falls has superior lighting as compared to the one that I shot the previous day (http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/30677/). In particular, and thanks to the tip from professional photographer Roger Devore (http://www.devorephoto.com), who was set up immediately to my right, there's a particular optical effect visible here that only happens for a brief window each day. Can you find it? |
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Conglomerates and sandstones of the Eocene Carmelo Formation were deposited by sediment gravity flows, in relatively deep water, in a submarine canyon probably comparable to the present-day Monterey Canyon.
Updated / edited version of an older panorama. |
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Once again I didn't catch this at the best time of day. Nonetheless this is a spectacular spot, high above Donner Lake. Granite of the Sierra Nevada Range is rounded into domes by glacial scouring and pierced by tunnels of the Union Pacific Railroad. If you look closely there are a number of climbers scaling these faces, as well. |
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A roadcut exposes pillow basalts of the Franciscan subduction complex just downstream of Nicasio Reservoir, Marin County, Califronia. |
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Autobrecciated Rhyolite, Penfathach, Goodwick, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
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Long roadcut west of Stockton, Kansas exposing the Fort Hays Limestone. |
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Now geolocated, this is a turnout that looks over Midway Geyser Basin (the famous Grand Prismatic Spring would be off to the right in the distance).
Very few people seemed to be stopping to look here, which is why we pulled over. Nice place to view run-off from the geysers entering the river (believe this is the Firehole River, but did not double-check that). |
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Looking into the sun - not the best angle. |
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How many geology lessons can you fit into one GigaPan? Let's see... |
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Looking up from the base of the talus slope along the Presidents Trail one gets a close up look at the four presidents against an azure blue sky. |