Exit78 Photo of the Day #55
Upper Beaver Meadows Trail, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, September 1, 2009 (Pentax K10D)
Beginning at the trailhead 2.3 miles from the Beaver Meadows Entrance Station in Rocky Mountain National Park, Upper Beaver Meadows Trail loops through meadows, ponderosa parks and aspen-fir forests. We only took this trail a short ways as we had other destinations planned for the day. Pine beetle infestation damage was apparent here as it was so many other places in the park.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Exit78 Photo of the Day #54
Storm clouds over May Creek Campground, Southwest Montana, July 31, 2010 (Composite image from Pentax K10D photos)
We had just returned from a hike on a trail from the campground that followed May Creek. It had been getting darker and darker as we got closer to the end of the trail on our return.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Exit78 Photo of the Day #53
Precipitation shafts and stormy sky over Lake Dardanelle from paved breakwater at Dardanelle State Park, Arkansas, July 20, 2013 (Apple iPhone 5)
This photo is a panorama using the iPhone panorama feature.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
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Hoodoos above Mossy Cave Trail, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah – October 8, 2015 (Pentax K-3 II)
The Mossy Cave trail is an excellent hike for children, senior citizens, or others wishing to see hoodoos up close but without having to hike long trails up and down steep slopes. It is rated as an easy trail with a round trip distance of .9 miles2
- Image editing to enhance the photo closer to what the eye “saw.” Images in this series are selected within a day or so of being edited and are either posted at the time or scheduled for posting at a later date.
- Mossy Cave – Bryce Canyon National Park, National Park Service
Exit78 Photo of the Day #52
Tyndall Creek, between Nymph Lake and Dream Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, September 3, 2009 (Pentax K10D)
Tyndall Creek, in Rocky Mountain National Park, is named for John Tyndall, an Irish physicist and student of glacial phenomena, as is Tyndall Glacier.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Exit78 Photo of the Day #51
Shenandoah Valley rest stop, heading north and east from Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia, May 15, 2009 (Pentax K10D)
Our motorhome has only made it to the eastern states one time, in the spring of 2009. I had been off several weeks, my first job as a contracted instructor finished. I was pretty sure I would asked to come back, but wasn’t really sure when. It turned out that I got a call asking me to return while we were at the KOA campground in Harper’s Ferry, where we were staying while visiting family and exploring some of the sights.
In the photo, the Shenandoah Mountains are hidden by the morning fog.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Art on Sunday #27
“Alexander Hamilton,” 1794, Marble, Giuseppe Ceracchi, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, August 1, 2015 (Pentax K-3 II)
Alexander Hamilton ( Wikipedia) is a marble bust portrait of Alexander Hamilton, done in the style of a Roman Senator, by the Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi. Ceracchi also created many replicas, in both marble and plaster. The bust was later used as a model for sculptures and paintings.
Ceracchi created a terracotta model of Hamilton, from life, about 1791–92. This was then sent to Rome, where he created the marble version. As written to Hamilton in July 1792, Ceracchi was “impatient to receive the clay that I had the satisfaction of forming from your witty and significant physiognomy”. He returned to deliver the bust to Hamilton in 1794, but did not receive payment until later. On March 3, 1796, Hamilton wrote in his cash book: “for this sum through delicacy paid upon cherachi’s draft for making my bust on his own importunity & as a favour to him $620″
The Hamilton family kept the bust until 1896 when it was bequeathed to the New York Public Library along with the portrait painting of George Washington, The Constable-Hamilton Portrait, by Gilbert Stuart. Both were sold together, as requested by the will, on November 30, 2005 to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art for over $8 million.
A copy of the bust is now housed at Hamilton Grange, in New York City. The original is displayed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Exit78 Photo of the Day #50
Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, June 12, 2012 (Pentax K-r)
Most evenings, on our 2012 visit to the Charleston area, we made it over to one of the islands to walk on the beach.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Exit78 Photo of the Day #49
Pathfinder Reservoir and Dam, Natrona County, Wyoming, July 13, 2010 (Pentax K12D)
Based on state-wide, year-round, average precipitation, Wyoming is the third driest of the 50 states in the US, though it’s fourth for winter precipitation and seventh for summer.
During our summer 2010 trip, Wyoming was benefiting from significantly above normal winter snow pack and spring rains. We had observed high lake levels and high river flows along the North Platte since we had left North Platte, Nebraska. When we camped west of Casper, Wyoming, at Pathfinder Reservoir, the lake was full, with water flowing through the overflow spillway of the 100+ year-old dam.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
Exit78 Photo of the Day #48
Historic Forestville costumed interpreter, Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, Minnesota, June 14, 2007 (Pentax K10D)
Historic Forestville, part of Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park is operated by the Minnesota Historical Society as a living museum set in 1899. Costumed interpreters portray Forestville residents and go about daily activities in the general store, house, kitchen, farm, and barn.
Forestville was a rural trade center in the 1800s that declined after the railroad was built elsewhere in 1868. Thomas Meighen, son of one of the town’s founders, owned the entire village by 1890, including the general store, and the local residents worked on his property for housing and credit in the store.
Admission to Historic Forestville is separate from the caves. Historic Forestville is open from May through October.
Series notes:
- The photos in this series are (usually) randomly selected from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Exit78 Photo of the Day.
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
