Photography Now & Then #145
We took a quick day trip to Green Bay to visit some family in that area. We were expecting cooler weather, but the Weather Channel forecast was wrong. It was just as warm there – mid 90s – as it was here in DeForest, Wisconsin. (Rainy and cooler tomorrow – heat wave busted!)
Now: Rosendale, Wisconsin, stopped for fuel on a drive to Green Bay, May 29, 2018 (Apple iPhone 6s)
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Then: Rainbow Point view, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, October 7, 2015 (Pentax K-3 II)
Rainbow Point1
Geology
From Rainbow Point, visitors can look northward and clearly see the Pink Cliffs out of which the Hoodoos have been sculpted. The cliffs curve around amphitheaters carved by the headward erosion of small streams and tributaries to the Paria River in times of flow. The entire Pink Cliffs of Bryce are but a single step in the much larger Grand Staircase. As first described by the geographer Clarence Dutton in 1870s, the Grand Staircase is so large that from any one vantage point most of it is hidden behind the curvature of the Earth. Yovimpa Point offers visitors a chance to see a large portion of the Grand Staircase.Nature
This is the highest elevation of the park exceeding 9100 ft. Here the forest is dominated by Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir and White Fir. This kind of forest makes good habitat for grouse, woodpeckers, owls, and a variety of squirrels and chipmunks. Here you are also sure to see Ravens and Steller’s Jays. Get used to them, because you are going to find them everywhere in the park. These bird species are important reminders that although many plants and animals are limited to certain types of habitat, other kinds can range though several different habitats.
Endnote
- National Park Service (accessed May 29, 2018)
Photography Now & Then Notes:
Series Photos
- The Now photo is one that is almost always taken the day of the blog post. In some instances, posts may be backdated if internet access is not available on the day of the photo or other reasons prevent posting Photography Now and Then.
- The Then photo is usually a randomly selected older photograph from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Photography Now and Then.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
- Reference links were accessed on the date the blog post was published, unless otherwise stated.
- The title convention for Photography Now & Then blog posts evolved early on from one word related to each photo separated by “&” to usually being the first word in the caption description for each photo.
