Photograph by Dan Moore.
Photography contest, Honorable Mention.
Erosional landscape at Zabriskie Point, Amargosa Range, Death Valley National Park. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago, long before Death Valley sank and widened.
I don't think so - it really does look like that. [grin]
(HDR = High Dynamic Range - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging )
peter Rice · 28 September 2009
wonderful composition-
wile coyote · 28 September 2009
Paul Burnett said:
(HDR = High Dynamic Range - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_dynamic_range_imaging )
I was wondering about that -- "HDR" means to me "Humanitarian Daily Ration":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_daily_ration
It ain't safe to be wavin' a TLA around like that, it might be loaded, it could go off.
wright · 28 September 2009
Lovely. The aridity and pinkish sky made me think of some of the images from the Mars rovers.
John Kwok · 28 September 2009
Great composition. Without looking at the blurb for the photograph - which I did afterwards - I realized immediately that this was from Death Valley. One of the most beautiful color images I have seen of Zabriskie Point at twilight.
bigjohn756 · 28 September 2009
How did Noah's flood carve all of this beautiful structure in just a few years Well, I am not sure, but, perhaps it didn't. Do you suppose that there is another explanation?
BTW, what a beautiful place to visit, but, I wouldn't want to live there!
John Kwok · 28 September 2009
You can't be serious. This spectacular landscape is the product of hundreds - probably thousands - of years of weathering, wind and water erosion. No Noah's Flood ever happened here to create such a magnificient piece of scenery:
bigjohn756 said:
How did Noah's flood carve all of this beautiful structure in just a few years Well, I am not sure, but, perhaps it didn't. Do you suppose that there is another explanation?
BTW, what a beautiful place to visit, but, I wouldn't want to live there!
(Jerry Garcia reference actually -- if you're thinking about the Famous Zabriskie Point Orgy -- though Pink Floyd did music for some of the rest of the film)
Peter Henderson · 29 September 2009
It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago, long before Death Valley sank and widened
This spectacular landscape is the product of hundreds - probably thousands - of years of weathering, wind and water erosion. No Noah’s Flood ever happened here to create such a magnificient piece of scenery
Look you lot. You're not thinking correctly (or critically). Think outside the box. It wasn't a little bit of water and a lot of time that formed this. Think in terms of a lot of watter and a little bit of time. See. It must have been Noah's flood.
Only kidding guys, but I'm sure Snelling will come up with something like this !
eric · 29 September 2009
Actually Peter, I think to creationists "erosion" is defined as the intelligently designed use of huge amounts of hot air in a short amount of time to wear down opposition.
GvlGeologist, FCD · 29 September 2009
John, I think you've been Poed.
John Kwok said:
You can't be serious. This spectacular landscape is the product of hundreds - probably thousands - of years of weathering, wind and water erosion. No Noah's Flood ever happened here to create such a magnificient piece of scenery:
fnxtr · 29 September 2009
Muffy St. Bernard said:
(Jerry Garcia reference actually -- if you're thinking about the Famous Zabriskie Point Orgy -- though Pink Floyd did music for some of the rest of the film)
Quite so.
Alan B · 29 September 2009
IANAYEC (I am not a young earth creationist) but I suspect this would be put down to post flood with the deposits being carved away by the last remanants of the flood waters draining off and returning to the ocean basins.
The "traditional" view (i.e. that held by the majority of American and Australian YECs) is that the flood/post-flood boundary is around 2.6 Ma i.e. at the boundary of the Tertiary and the Quaternary. Of course, they do not accept the numbers!
Beautiful photo!
Crudely Wrott · 29 September 2009
Badlands, one of my favorite environments. The face of the earth has been extensively eroded and the actual surface area is much greater than it appears. With all the gullies and arroyos running their paths there are an endless number of isolated micro environments to fascinate the eye and feed curiosity. It takes a long time to get familiar with an acre of badlands.
*there's so many places in this place, and fractal, too*
JefFlyingV · 30 September 2009
Truly a magnificent shot with the use of ground, sky and shadow. Was this taken early in the morning or early in the evening?
jeff locke · 6 October 2009
man, we need another contest for these runners-up photos. even speaking as a well-placing competitor in the contest, these runners-up are WAY better than a lot of the stuff that actually placed.
this one's just incredible. look at the colors. i would have voted for it in a heartbeat.
Glaisne · 9 October 2009
How do you get a desktop wallpaper of this stunning image?
fnxtr · 9 October 2009
Glaisne said:
How do you get a desktop wallpaper of this stunning image?
20 Comments
fnxtr · 28 September 2009
(obvious pink floyd reference)
Wheels · 28 September 2009
Whoa, is that an HDR?
Paul Burnett · 28 September 2009
peter Rice · 28 September 2009
wonderful composition-
wile coyote · 28 September 2009
wright · 28 September 2009
Lovely. The aridity and pinkish sky made me think of some of the images from the Mars rovers.
John Kwok · 28 September 2009
Great composition. Without looking at the blurb for the photograph - which I did afterwards - I realized immediately that this was from Death Valley. One of the most beautiful color images I have seen of Zabriskie Point at twilight.
bigjohn756 · 28 September 2009
How did Noah's flood carve all of this beautiful structure in just a few years Well, I am not sure, but, perhaps it didn't. Do you suppose that there is another explanation?
BTW, what a beautiful place to visit, but, I wouldn't want to live there!
John Kwok · 28 September 2009
Muffy St. Bernard · 29 September 2009
(Jerry Garcia reference actually -- if you're thinking about the Famous Zabriskie Point Orgy -- though Pink Floyd did music for some of the rest of the film)
Peter Henderson · 29 September 2009
eric · 29 September 2009
Actually Peter, I think to creationists "erosion" is defined as the intelligently designed use of huge amounts of hot air in a short amount of time to wear down opposition.
GvlGeologist, FCD · 29 September 2009
fnxtr · 29 September 2009
Alan B · 29 September 2009
IANAYEC
(I am not a young earth creationist)
but I suspect this would be put down to post flood with the deposits being carved away by the last remanants of the flood waters draining off and returning to the ocean basins.
The "traditional" view (i.e. that held by the majority of American and Australian YECs) is that the flood/post-flood boundary is around 2.6 Ma i.e. at the boundary of the Tertiary and the Quaternary. Of course, they do not accept the numbers!
Beautiful photo!
Crudely Wrott · 29 September 2009
Badlands, one of my favorite environments. The face of the earth has been extensively eroded and the actual surface area is much greater than it appears. With all the gullies and arroyos running their paths there are an endless number of isolated micro environments to fascinate the eye and feed curiosity. It takes a long time to get familiar with an acre of badlands.
*there's so many places in this place, and fractal, too*
JefFlyingV · 30 September 2009
Truly a magnificent shot with the use of ground, sky and shadow. Was this taken early in the morning or early in the evening?
jeff locke · 6 October 2009
man, we need another contest for these runners-up photos. even speaking as a well-placing competitor in the contest, these runners-up are WAY better than a lot of the stuff that actually placed.
this one's just incredible. look at the colors. i would have voted for it in a heartbeat.
Glaisne · 9 October 2009
How do you get a desktop wallpaper of this stunning image?
fnxtr · 9 October 2009