or a single Calypso borealis in a murky swamp‚ both equally beautiful but vastly different. John Muir and William Wordsworth have two very different way of describing things that are very similar to each other. Both are capable of portraying beautiful stories but in two completely opposite ways. Wordsworth uses intriguing syntax to portray his story while Muir uses profound connotation and diction. John Muir uses lots of profound connotation and diction to portray his connection with nature. An example
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¨Lava Beds National Monuments¨ stationed in north eastern California is a park filled with fun filling beauty‚ history‚ and scientific wonders. This would be a trip of a lifetime‚ but only if our principle would let us go. Lava Beds National Monuments has a humongous amount of beauty stretching all the way across the park. With the Lava running all over the place like a water runs in a stream. The park has beautiful figures like lava tubes‚ scenic trails‚ climb cumber cones‚ and beautiful desert
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Yosemite Special Edition Photographs Ansel Adams was an American photographer who photographed images of the American West and helped promotes the conservation of wilderness areas. He is known for is overwhelming powerful black and white photography. In 1958 he released the Yosemite Special Edition series. His astonishing photographs from this series creates the dramatic and perfect image of nature. They make feel the power radiating from our landscapes. By just taking a glance at the photographs
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The Sierra Nevada mountain range stretches across the eastern side of the state of California. The range begins in the south at the Tehachapi Pass near Bakersfield and stretches north to Lake Almanor. The Sierra Nevada range is 400 miles long‚ north-to-south and has an average width of 70 miles wide. It was formed through subduction when the Pacific plate slid under the North American plate. The range is made up of deeply imbedded rock otherwise known as batholiths. The eastern slope of the mountains
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working in factories. It was the tragic event where Muir was nearly blinded in an accident at the factory he worked in that led him to the decision to live somewhere far away in the “wild‚” he said. Therefore‚ sending him to Yosemite. Yosemite quickly became his home‚ and he knew he wanted to help protect it. Soon after moving to Yosemite‚ where he helped create its boundaries in 1889‚ John Muir took on an active role in the conservation movement. John Muir‚ a naturalist and co-founder‚ as well as the first
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Centuries ago‚ in the 1190s‚ huts and rock shelters began appearing in the cliffs of southern Colorado. These were being built by Pueblo Indians‚ the native peoples of the land‚ who then went on to inhabit the sights for another seven hundred years. They continued adding new buildings and villages until they reached an impressive total of six hundred cliff dwellings before eventually migrating south into Arizona and Mexico‚ leaving behind their magnificent architecture‚ surrounded by protecting
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Extra Credit 1.Describe events from Randy Morgenson’s life that influenced his strong devotion to protecting the wilderness of California’s High Sierra range. Identify his specific concerns for protecting the wilderness. In the vast sierra wilderness‚ for me‚ without this class and this chance to read book” last season for extra credit‚ I will never know about one guy who tried to change people’s idea toward wilderness. Randy Morgenson‚ from when he was 8 year old‚ with the existence of his father
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Guardian of Yosemite October 16‚ 2012 Post 1- Proposal -What do you think you would do in a time of quick thinking when it comes to thinking about love? Would you run in fear of being wrong or would you stick around to find out what would happen next? The story I’m writing about is called Guardian of Yosemite. It’s a Native American folktale about Tisayac‚ the guardian spirit‚ falling deeply in love with Tutokanula‚ a handsome man in the village. I chose this article because it is a story about
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been in Yosemite National Park in California. There we can see many glacial features but before we knew how the valley originated there were many different arguments on how the valley originated. In the book Glaciers of California by Bill Guyton‚ John Muir perfectly combines science and poetry to describe the glaciers in the
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“Calypso Borealis” and “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” are two very descriptive pieces of writing but are written from two different point of views and angles. Muir writes about his personal emotions through his journeys in nature‚ whereas Wordsworth describes his emotions by comparing them to nature. The two authors have expressed their relationships with nature by vividly describing their emotions and their environment giving the reader the ability to envision the text. “I Wandered Lonely as a
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