http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/tags/landscapes/ Wed, 15 May 2013 16:09:49 -0700 Wed, 15 May 2013 16:09:49 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm1.staticflickr.com/43/buddyicons/13168692@N00.jpg?1137958984#13168692@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/tags/landscapes/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8742988064/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8742988064/" title="Horse herd beneath a copper sky"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/8742988064_8457cd92d9_m.jpg" width="240" height="143" alt="Horse herd beneath a copper sky" /></a></p> <p>Playing around with ways to convey the flat emptiness…<br /> <br /> Location: Three Camel Lodge, Ömnögovi, Mongolia</p> Wed, 15 May 2013 16:09:49 -0700 2012-07-11T18:52:56-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8742988064 43.893729 103.741 43.893729 103.741 2346168 Horse herd beneath a copper sky <p>Playing around with ways to convey the flat emptiness…<br /> <br /> Location: Three Camel Lodge, Ömnögovi, Mongolia</p> etherflyer summer horse building tourism landscapes day desert outdoor herd lifestyles http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8736146607/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8736146607/" title="Dino Dig IX.bottom"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7285/8736146607_ca8585fc79_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig IX.bottom" /></a></p> <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Mon, 13 May 2013 17:42:49 -0700 2011-07-09T15:40:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8736146607 50.740357 -111.494647 50.740357 -111.494647 29375228 Dino Dig IX.bottom <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor unesco worldheritagesite hoodoo badlands hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix vivenza ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8736158445/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8736158445/" title="Dino Dig IX.back"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/8736158445_0a95d8a1db_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig IX.back" /></a></p> <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Mon, 13 May 2013 17:48:40 -0700 2011-07-09T15:40:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8736158445 50.740357 -111.494647 50.740357 -111.494647 29375228 Dino Dig IX.back <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor unesco worldheritagesite hoodoo badlands hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix vivenza ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8736132949/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8736132949/" title="Dino Dig IX.front"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7286/8736132949_e3d52a61d2_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig IX.front" /></a></p> <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Mon, 13 May 2013 17:36:17 -0700 2011-07-09T15:40:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8736132949 50.740357 -111.494647 50.740357 -111.494647 29375228 Dino Dig IX.front <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor unesco worldheritagesite hoodoo badlands hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix vivenza ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8736121137/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8736121137/" title="Dino Dig IX.left"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7283/8736121137_9d7286f8ba_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig IX.left" /></a></p> <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Mon, 13 May 2013 17:30:48 -0700 2011-07-09T15:40:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8736121137 50.740357 -111.494647 50.740357 -111.494647 29375228 Dino Dig IX.left <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor unesco worldheritagesite hoodoo badlands hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix vivenza ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8737230422/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8737230422/" title="Dino Dig IX.right"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7288/8737230422_fdc2894353_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig IX.right" /></a></p> <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Mon, 13 May 2013 17:25:34 -0700 2011-07-09T15:40:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8737230422 50.740357 -111.494647 50.740357 -111.494647 29375228 Dino Dig IX.right <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor unesco worldheritagesite hoodoo badlands hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix vivenza ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8736098419/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8736098419/" title="Dino Dig IX.top"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7286/8736098419_da8c02ecd3_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig IX.top" /></a></p> <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Mon, 13 May 2013 17:20:01 -0700 2011-07-09T15:40:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8736098419 50.740357 -111.494647 50.740357 -111.494647 29375228 Dino Dig IX.top <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 30000 × 11917 (357.5 MP; 522.11 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor unesco worldheritagesite hoodoo badlands hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix vivenza ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8732954747/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8732954747/" title="Flat (B)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/8732954747_2c84ea8d2a_m.jpg" width="240" height="149" alt="Flat (B)" /></a></p> <p>It seeemed like we were driving for hours without moving. (Bouncing a lot, granted, but we didn't seem to be getting anywhere!)<br /> <br /> This 360° panorama was stitched from 30 hand-held photographs with PTGUI Pro and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 20000 × 10000 (200.0 MP; 238.06 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Central Aymag, Mongolia</p> Sun, 12 May 2013 18:37:09 -0700 2012-07-14T02:27:35-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8732954747 47.305229 106.3207 47.305229 106.3207 2346172 Flat (B) <p>It seeemed like we were driving for hours without moving. (Bouncing a lot, granted, but we didn't seem to be getting anywhere!)<br /> <br /> This 360° panorama was stitched from 30 hand-held photographs with PTGUI Pro and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 20000 × 10000 (200.0 MP; 238.06 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Central Aymag, Mongolia</p> etherflyer travel vacation sky panorama cloud outdoors landscapes outdoor transportation prairie 360°panorama philosphere http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8732935971/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8732935971/" title="Flat (A)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7281/8732935971_dc92bc1bac_m.jpg" width="149" height="240" alt="Flat (A)" /></a></p> <p>It seeemed like we were driving for hours without moving. (Bouncing a lot, granted, but we didn't seem to be getting anywhere!)<br /> <br /> This 360° panorama was stitched from 30 hand-held photographs with PTGUI Pro and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 20000 × 10000 (200.0 MP; 238.06 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Central Aymag, Mongolia</p> Sun, 12 May 2013 18:29:56 -0700 2012-07-14T02:27:35-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8732935971 47.305229 106.3207 47.305229 106.3207 2346172 Flat (A) <p>It seeemed like we were driving for hours without moving. (Bouncing a lot, granted, but we didn't seem to be getting anywhere!)<br /> <br /> This 360° panorama was stitched from 30 hand-held photographs with PTGUI Pro and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 20000 × 10000 (200.0 MP; 238.06 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Central Aymag, Mongolia</p> etherflyer travel vacation sky panorama cloud outdoors landscapes outdoor transportation prairie 360°panorama philosphere http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8729384297/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8729384297/" title="Dino Dig I (B)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7390/8729384297_ebee79ef3f_m.jpg" width="240" height="149" alt="Dino Dig I (B)" /></a></p> <p>This is one of the dig sites in Dinosaur Provincial Park. It was too windy to actually dig, but Marie uncovered her site to show me the type of work I would have been doing.<br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was stitched from 87 bracketed images with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18360 × 9180 (168.5 MP; 183 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Sat, 11 May 2013 18:05:49 -0700 2011-07-09T13:05:45-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8729384297 50.74449 -111.508217 50.74449 -111.508217 29375228 Dino Dig I (B) <p>This is one of the dig sites in Dinosaur Provincial Park. It was too windy to actually dig, but Marie uncovered her site to show me the type of work I would have been doing.<br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was stitched from 87 bracketed images with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18360 × 9180 (168.5 MP; 183 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor unesco worldheritagesite coulee badlands provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark panoramacomponent 360°panorama hdrcomponent philosphere http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8730489076/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8730489076/" title="Dino Dig I (A)"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7439/8730489076_6069d42c6f_m.jpg" width="149" height="240" alt="Dino Dig I (A)" /></a></p> <p>This is one of the dig sites in Dinosaur Provincial Park. It was too windy to actually dig, but Marie uncovered her site to show me the type of work I would have been doing.<br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was stitched from 87 bracketed images with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18360 × 9180 (168.5 MP; 183 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Sat, 11 May 2013 17:58:32 -0700 2011-07-09T13:05:45-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8730489076 50.74449 -111.508217 50.74449 -111.508217 29375228 Dino Dig I (A) <p>This is one of the dig sites in Dinosaur Provincial Park. It was too windy to actually dig, but Marie uncovered her site to show me the type of work I would have been doing.<br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range 360° panorama was stitched from 87 bracketed images with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18360 × 9180 (168.5 MP; 183 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor unesco worldheritagesite coulee badlands provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark panoramacomponent 360°panorama hdrcomponent philosphere http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8728964950/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8728964950/" title="Dino Dig IX Little Planet"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7421/8728964950_48cef77326_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig IX Little Planet" /></a></p> <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 13000 × 13000 (169.0 MP; 153.56 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Sat, 11 May 2013 07:18:08 -0700 2011-07-09T15:40:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8728964950 50.740357 -111.494647 50.740357 -111.494647 29375228 Dino Dig IX Little Planet <p>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Provincial_Park" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>:<br /> <br /> <i>Dinosaur Provincial Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located about two and a half hours drive southeast of Calgary, Alberta, Canada or 48 kilometres, about a half hour drive, northeast of Brooks.<br /> <br /> The park is situated in the valley of the Red Deer River, which is noted for its striking badland topography. The park is well known for being one of the richest dinosaur fossil locales in the world. Forty dinosaur species have been discovered at the park and more than 500 specimens have been removed and exhibited in museums across the globe. The renowned fossil assemblage of nearly 500 species of life, from microscopic fern spores to large carnivorous dinosaurs, justified it becoming a World Heritage Site in 1979.<br /> <br /> The Dinosaur Provincial Park Visitor Centre features exhibits about dinosaurs, fossils, and the geology and natural history of the park. There is a video theater, fossil prep lab area, and a gift shop. Public programs are offered in the summer.<br /> <br /> John Ware's Cabin is a restored early 20th cabin that was used by John Ware, an African-American cowboy and important figure in Alberta's ranching history. The cabin is located near the visitor center and is open on select days in the summer.<br /> <br /> Established on June 27, 1955 as part of Alberta's 50th Jubilee Year with the goal of protecting the fossil beds, the first warden was Roy Fowler (1902-1975), a farmer and amateur fossil hunter.<br /> <br /> Until 1985 discoveries made in the park had to be shipped to museums throughout the world for scientific analysis and display, including the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, and the American Museum of Natural History in New York. This changed with the opening of the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology 100 kilometers upstream in Midland Provincial Park adjacent to Drumheller.<br /> <br /> The park was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site on October 26, 1979 both for its nationally significant badlands and riverside riparian habitats, and for the international importance of the fossils found here. An official dedication ceremony and plaque unveiling were held at the Park's overview area on June 19, 1980.<br /> <br /> The park protects a very complex ecosystem including three communities: prairie grasslands, badlands, and riverside cottonwoods. Its ecosystem is surrounded by prairies but is unique unto itself. Choruses of coyotes are common at dusk, as are the calls of nighthawks. Cottontail rabbits, mule deer, and pronghorn can all be seen in the park; the prairie rattlesnake, bull snake and the red-sided garter snake are present as well. Curlews and Canada geese are among the 165 bird species that can be seen in the spring and summer. Some of the most northern species of cactus, including Opuntia (prickly pear) and Pediocactus (pincushion) can be observed in full bloom during the later half of June.<br /> <br /> The sediments of Dinosaur Provincial Park span 2.8 million years and three formations: the terrestrial Oldman Formation at the base of the strata, the terrestrial Dinosaur Park Formation above, and the marine Bearpaw at the top. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the fossils from articulated skeletons, was primarily laid down by large rivers in very warm temperate coastal lowlands along the western margin of the Western Interior Seaway. The formation dates to the Late Campanian, about 75 million years ago. The Dinosaur Park Formation spans about 1 million years.<br /> <br /> Dinosaur Provincial Park preserves an extraordinarily diverse group of freshwater vertebrates. Fish include sharks, rays (such as the durophage Myledaphus), paddlefish, bowfins, gars, and teleosts. Amphibians include frogs, salamanders, and the extinct albanerpetontids. Reptiles include lizards (such as the large monitor Paleosaniwa), a wide range of turtles, crocodilians, and the fish-eating Champsosaurus. Mammals such as shrews, marsupials, and squirrel-like rodents are also represented, although usually only by their fossilized teeth, rather than bones.<br /> <br /> Mega-plant fossils are rare in the park, but pollen grains and spores collected from here suggest that these Campanian forests contained sycamore, magnolia and bald cypress trees, along with Metasequoia.</i><br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 105 bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, cloud-shadows evened out with Vivenza, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 13000 × 13000 (169.0 MP; 153.56 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer day worldheritagesite landscapes badlands hdr dinosaurprovincialpark provincialpark photomatix unesco outdoors nature outdoor vivenza ptguipro littleplanet panorama hoodoo summer http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8728759460/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8728759460/" title="Dinosaur Park Entrance II"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7354/8728759460_1e0424a4a6_m.jpg" width="240" height="91" alt="Dinosaur Park Entrance II" /></a></p> <p>The lighting isn't very good, but this is what you see from the viewpoint at the entrance, just before the road descends into the canyon.<br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 40 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18127 × 6861 (124.4 MP; 154.25 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Sat, 11 May 2013 05:42:27 -0700 2011-07-10T17:31:48-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8728759460 50.753333 -111.527166 50.753333 -111.527166 29375228 Dinosaur Park Entrance II <p>The lighting isn't very good, but this is what you see from the viewpoint at the entrance, just before the road descends into the canyon.<br /> <br /> This High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 40 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18127 × 6861 (124.4 MP; 154.25 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer sky panorama tourism nature outdoors landscapes stream outdoor science canyon unesco worldheritagesite paleontology recreation badlands geology biology hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix ptguipro http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8723872171/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8723872171/" title="Dino Dig XX.back"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7372/8723872171_f0db1d7678_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig XX.back" /></a></p> <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Thu, 09 May 2013 17:46:45 -0700 2011-07-09T19:14:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8723872171 50.758666 -111.508421 50.758666 -111.508421 29375228 Dino Dig XX.back <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama tourism nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor science unesco worldheritagesite trail coulee badlands geology hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix 360°panorama ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8723848097/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8723848097/" title="Dino Dig XX.bottom"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7435/8723848097_035b88fe42_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig XX.bottom" /></a></p> <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Thu, 09 May 2013 17:33:06 -0700 2011-07-09T19:14:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8723848097 50.758666 -111.508421 50.758666 -111.508421 29375228 Dino Dig XX.bottom <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama tourism nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor science unesco worldheritagesite trail coulee badlands geology hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix 360°panorama ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8724949418/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8724949418/" title="Dino Dig XX.front"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7326/8724949418_59aafd50ae_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig XX.front" /></a></p> <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Thu, 09 May 2013 17:22:01 -0700 2011-07-09T19:14:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8724949418 50.758666 -111.508421 50.758666 -111.508421 29375228 Dino Dig XX.front <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama tourism nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor science unesco worldheritagesite trail coulee badlands geology hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix 360°panorama ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8723817605/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8723817605/" title="Dino Dig XX.left"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7443/8723817605_a72735569c_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig XX.left" /></a></p> <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Thu, 09 May 2013 17:14:12 -0700 2011-07-09T19:14:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8723817605 50.758666 -111.508421 50.758666 -111.508421 29375228 Dino Dig XX.left <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama tourism nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor science unesco worldheritagesite trail coulee badlands geology hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix 360°panorama ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8723802837/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8723802837/" title="Dino Dig XX.right"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7411/8723802837_22947dc29f_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig XX.right" /></a></p> <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Thu, 09 May 2013 17:05:31 -0700 2011-07-09T19:14:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8723802837 50.758666 -111.508421 50.758666 -111.508421 29375228 Dino Dig XX.right <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama tourism nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor science unesco worldheritagesite trail coulee badlands geology hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix 360°panorama ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8724906340/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8724906340/" title="Dino Dig XX.top"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7284/8724906340_31a02df763_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Dino Dig XX.top" /></a></p> <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Thu, 09 May 2013 16:56:19 -0700 2011-07-09T19:14:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8724906340 50.758666 -111.508421 50.758666 -111.508421 29375228 Dino Dig XX.top <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama tourism nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor science unesco worldheritagesite trail coulee badlands geology hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix 360°panorama ptguipro panocube http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8718192851/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/etherflyer/">etherflyer</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/etherflyer/8718192851/" title="Dino Dig XX"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7327/8718192851_124c1be6cc_m.jpg" width="240" height="120" alt="Dino Dig XX" /></a></p> <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> Tue, 07 May 2013 17:09:29 -0700 2011-07-09T19:14:33-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (etherflyer) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/8718192851 50.758666 -111.508421 50.758666 -111.508421 29375228 Dino Dig XX <p>A sign on the interpretive trail:<br /> <br /> &quot;What goes up must come down. After the layers of badlands sediments were deposited, burying the bodies of many dinosaurs in the process, they were re-covered with a protective layer of till (a mixture of clay, silt, sand, gravel and boulders). Glaciers smoothed till over the region like giant bulldozers scraping and levelling the land. You drove on the till at prairie level before entering the park.<br /> <br /> About 14,000 years ago, the glaciers melted. The incredible force of meltwaters swept away the till in this valley and exposed the soft rocks from 75 million years ago. The meltwater channel can still be seen as the Red Deer River valley. Since the valley is about 5 times as wide as the river, we can imagine the amount of water that raged through the park area.<br /> <br /> If you look at the slopes beside you, the water is forming little channels or rills in the rock. In a similar way, small gullies or coulees drained into the main meltwater channel quickly eroding the badlands landscape.<br /> <br /> Today the badlands are eroding about 10 times faster than the Rockies at about 4mm per year. Though wind and frost have an effect, most sediment is loosened by rain and washed into the river. The Red Deer River moves almost two million metric tons of sediment, from the badlands between Drumheller and the park, downstream towards Saskatchewan each year.&quot;<br /> <br /> This 360° High Dynamic Range panorama was stitched from 57 hand-held bracketed photographs with PTGUI Pro, tone-mapped with Photomatix, and touched up in Aperture.<br /> <br /> Original size: 18444 × 9222 (170.1 MP; 196.84 MB).<br /> <br /> Location: Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada</p> etherflyer summer panorama tourism nature outdoors landscapes day outdoor science unesco worldheritagesite trail coulee badlands geology hdr provincialpark dinosaurprovincialpark photomatix 360°panorama ptguipro