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Don Duggan-Haas's Snapshots

  1. "Brontosaurus Bumps"

    "Brontosaurus Bumps" by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Looking Down on Dinosaur Ridge by Don Duggan-Haas

    This site has so-called, "Brontosaurus Bumps" (because Apatosaurus Bumps doesn't have as nice ring to it). These are impressions made the massive (18 ton) beasts as they walked. You can just make them out in the Gigapan. When I return to Dinosaur Ridge, I'll take one that's higher resolution.

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  2. Dinosaur Bones!

    Dinosaur Bones! by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Looking Down on Dinosaur Ridge by Don Duggan-Haas

    This site brims with dinosaur bones. I took this fairly small Gigapan in the interest of speed and dying batteries in the Gigapan itself. The camera was set to 5x. If it'd been at full zoom, (10x) I think you'd actually be able to see some of the bones in the rock. They are distinctly different in color from the surrounding rock, so easy to see.

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  3. The decommissioned Ontario Power Company Generating Station

    The decommissioned Ontario Power Company Generating Station by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan The Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island by Don Duggan-Haas

    This power plant was in service from 1905 until 1999 and is now mothballed. Niagara Falls provided the power for some of the first commercial electric power in the world.

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  4. Horizontal Layering

    Horizontal Layering by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan The Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island by Don Duggan-Haas

    The layers of the sedimentary rock that form the Niagara Gorge are very nearly horizontal, and were exactly horizontal when they formed in a warm shallow see about 400 million years ago.

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  5. The photographer

    The photographer by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Balanced Rock Trail at Devil's Lake State Park, Baraboo, Wisconsin by Don Duggan-Haas

    Don Duggan-Haas

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  6. Devil's Doorway

    Devil's Doorway by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake State Park, Baraboo, Wisconsin by Don Duggan-Haas

    Is that a g-g-ghost?

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  7. Three Sisters

    Three Sisters by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Rock City, Olean, NY by Don Duggan-Haas

    These trees are over 100 years old, but are small due to the limited nourishment they can draw from the thin layer of soil on the rock face.

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  8. The Duggans

    The Duggans by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Kinzua Bridge 3 by Don Duggan-Haas

    Chatting it up on the old viewing platform.

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  9. A hiker shows the scale of the falls.

    A hiker shows the scale of the falls. by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Taughannock Falls, May 3, 2011 by Don Duggan-Haas

    Taughannock Falls are 215' high, dwarfing this lone hiker.

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  10. Cross-bedding in the ancient sediment

    Cross-bedding in the ancient sediment by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Balanced Rock Trail at Devil's Lake State Park, Baraboo, Wisconsin by Don Duggan-Haas

    The rock is the Baraboo Quartzite. Quartzite is metamorphosed sandstone, and the Baraboo Quartzite is 1.7 billion years old. That means you are looking at what was once layers of sand near an acient shore -- this was lain down when the only living arganisms, to the best of our knowledge, were single celled. Look around and see if you can find ripple marks.

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  11. Trail Marker

    Trail Marker by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Balanced Rock Trail at Devil's Lake State Park, Baraboo, Wisconsin by Don Duggan-Haas

    The trail is remarkably well hidden within the boulder field. While it has many stairs and is therefore not for everyone, it easily navigable by those who can handle lots of stairs.

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  12. Balanced Rock from below

    Balanced Rock from below by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Balanced Rock Trail at Devil's Lake State Park, Baraboo, Wisconsin by Don Duggan-Haas

    To see Balanced Rock from another perspective, click here: picasaweb.google.com/TFG.VFE/DevilSLake2011#5628980039506066482 Will open in a new tab or window

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  13. Why does the rock look the way it does?

    Why does the rock look the way it does? by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Peralta Trail Panorama; the Superstition Mountains of Arizona by Don Duggan-Haas

    The rock in this snapshot looks quite a bit different from other rocks along Peralta Trail (and like some other rocks too). What kinds of rock are present here? What does that tell us about how the Superstition Mountains formed?

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  14. Dancing Man

    Dancing Man by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Peralta Trail Panorama; the Superstition Mountains of Arizona by Don Duggan-Haas

    Well, a cactus that looks like a dancing man.

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  15. 1.7 Billion Year Old Ripple Marks! That are Vertical!

    1.7 Billion Year Old Ripple Marks! That are Vertical! by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Baraboo Syncline/Baraboo Quartzite -- Ableman's Gorge by Don Duggan-Haas

    These ripple marks, and all the others in this incredible wall of Baraboo Quartzite, were laid down 1.7 billion years ago on a sandy sea bottom, probably not too far from a shore.

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  16. The cranky photographer

    The cranky photographer by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Baraboo Syncline/Baraboo Quartzite -- Ableman's Gorge by Don Duggan-Haas

    I'd been having trouble with my camera and Gigapan unit and wasn't sure things were working write, so I was eyeing the camera with frustrated suspicion. Apparently that was unwarranted.

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  17. Hikers coming down from Balanced Rock

    Hikers coming down from Balanced Rock by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Across Devil's Lake toward Balanced Rock by Don Duggan-Haas

    The Balanced Rock Trail is integrated into the field of quartzite bouders. While relatively easy to see in the wooded parts of the trail, the steps are blended in with the unusual natural environment of talus slope.

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  18. Hikers on their way to Balanced Rock

    Hikers on their way to Balanced Rock by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Devil's Lake from South Shore Drive #1 by Don Duggan-Haas

    These hikers have made it most of the way to Balanced Rock.

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  19. Enjoying the view

    Enjoying the view by Don Duggan-Haas from the GigaPan Chickies Rock 1 by Don Duggan-Haas

    The image shows the view from the bottom of Chickies Rock, but the view from above is worth taking in as well.

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