Big Bend National Park Report 1. What is the depositional nature of the rocks in the study area and how does their lithologic compositions and sedimentary structures record changing water depths‚ environments of deposition‚ and paleogeography? Big bend national park has complex rocks that are subsided in two seas hundreds of millions of years ago. Fossil data from the mid to Upper Cretaceous period predicts the sequence of rock strata in Big Bend National Park to be from bottom to top: limestone
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In my opinion the idea of making Providence Canyon a national park is unacceptable‚ allowing this tragic event to happen could cause many concerns not only to the southwest region‚ but to the citizens of America that visit the canyon. Making Providence Canyon a national park is unacceptable for the following reasons‚ it could put the parks wildlife in harms way‚ because the people that visit may throw trash down‚ and the animals may consume it or become tangled in it‚both of these tragedies
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Komodo national park The Komodo national park lies in East Nusa Tenggara province in the Sape Straits between Flores and Sumbawa. The only Access to Komodo village is by boat from Labuan Bajo on the northwestern tip of Flores or from Sape on the east coast of Sumbawa. Komodo‚ the largest island‚ has a countryside dominated by a range of rounded hills sloping along a north-south alignment at an elevation from500 to 600m. The coastline is lopsided and characterized by numerous bays‚ beaches and inlets
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It was nice sunny day in Los Angeles. It seemed like a pretty normal day but to me and my family‚ it was the start of my biggest adventure. We were all very excited. Can you believe it‚ were actually going to Yellowstone National Park! my sister said. Yea‚ its pretty cool‚ I replied. Get in the motor home! my father shouted. We all hopped in. My father started up the engine and we hit the road. It was long way. We would have to travel north-east for more than a thousand miles. At first we
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This antiquity‚ which is a “federally designated park‚ consists of 747‚956 acres of wilderness‚ roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island” (NPS). These backwoods are renowned for being the home to five of the world’s highest waterfalls and groves of giant Sequoia. This archeological wonder tells a
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John Muir‚ Protecting Yosemite‚ Bedford/ St. Martin’s‚ 2011 John Muir‚ the founder of modern environmentalism‚ wrote many books on American environmentalism and was vocal in preserving America’s natural landscape. He grew up studying the natural environment and fell in love with its beauty and interconnections. He devoted his life to protecting the landscape from industrialization and the “Manifest Destiny” mentality of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Railroads quickened the expansion
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you. 1. Grand Rapids & Lake Michigan’s Gold Coast Beach bums‚ beer lovers‚ and art enthusiasts agree: there’s a lot to love about western Michigan this year. Grand Rapids‚ Michigan’s second-largest city‚ was voted best beer city in the US by the national Beer Examiner blog in 2012 and 2013‚ and its beer-tourism revolution rages on. Over 25 craft breweries pour in the area‚ and events like Cool Brews Hot Eats and the Winter Beer Festival (both in February)‚ and the Summer Craft Beer Festival (August)
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Ansel’s interest. Ansel took his first photograph in 1916 at age 19‚ when he and his parents went on a trip to Yosemite National Park. He took his picture with a Kodak Box Brownie camera.
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Although music and the piano were a major part of Adams’ life‚ there was one thing that would play an even bigger part in his life and become his career‚ photography. In the summer of 1916‚ his family set out for a short visit to Yosemite. Once they arrived‚ it was practically “love at first sight”. His father gave him a Kodak No. 1 Box Brownie camera to take pictures of the sights he enjoyed so much. This became the start of a new era of his life. He raced from one side of the valley to the other
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in 1902‚ is now one of the most appreciated photographers today. Adams however began his young life as a musician‚ playing the piano. However‚ that all changed when he was 14 years old and convinced his parents to take a family vacation to Yosemite National Park. It was then that his parents gave him his first box Brownie camera‚ and he took his first pictures. He also discovered his love for nature and especially photographing it. He became very well known for his photographic talent and in 1932
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