Tag: hiking
Upper Rock Creek Falls
The falls themselves aren’t the most impressive in the area but the cliffs surrounding them were really something.
Rock Creek Zen
It may be the fall everywhere else, but here in the South it still feels like summer.
The Rush II
I was surprised when I found that I had already named a file in this directory “The Rush.” I guess there was something about the water around here that really said “rushing” to me.
Green Water
Real-World Zen Garden
Mist
The shots turned out pretty well, despite the fact that I forgot my quick release mounting plate this particular day.
Kinds of Water
When chemists study water, the molecular-level view offers a lot to consider. Bulk water takes on two fluid phases and seventeen (depending on who you ask) solid phases, from a physical scientist’s perspective. That’s my normal mindset. Even when I see liquid water in a photography, however, I’m astonished to see wispy white tendrils and glassy surfaces that are all created by reflection and scattering from the same material.
Emerald Water
After a good rain even a shallow pool can look a little murky.
Along the Cliffs
Students hike the cliffside where geological formations collide. On July 4th, let me compose an overly-ornate sentence about the season and the nation.
“Summer hiking in the North Country of America, at the edge of the Adirondacks: stripes of chlorophyll and aluminosilicate and tanninful water.”
Tunnel
It’s awe inspiring to ponder the forces that worked to deposit these rocks on the top of a mountain.
High Country Dunking
I wouldn’t say the water was all that inviting (could have been the day) but I thought it was hilarious that the hiking guide I learned about this trek through suggested that if you were in the mood you could go for a “highland dunking.”
Watauga Dam, Front and Back
It’s hard to tell from looking at the lake, even with the plaque in front of you, just how massive the Watauga Dam is… until you turn around. It’s actually pretty disorienting to look at what looks like a normal lake, then turn around and see the valley that the lake used to be. And when you look down the slope at the valley floor below you really start to understand how deep the lake really is.
Laurel Run
I remembered my tripod but forgot the quick release plate so I had to hand hold my shots. Still, pretty impressed without this shot of the falls turned out. Laurel Run park near Kingsport, TN is a real gem with some good, accessible hiking trails featuring some pretty scenery. Would hike again!
Crevice
Another shot of the Channels. I’ll definitely be going back to that spot.
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