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Arches National Park - Balanced Rock [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 06:13:36 -0700

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Arches National Park is a U.S. National Park in eastern Utah. It is known for preserving over 2000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations.

Balanced Rock is one of the most popular features of Park. Is located next to the park's main road, at about 9 miles (14.5 km) from the park entrance.

The total height of Balanced Rock is about 128 feet (39 m), with the balancing rock rising 55 feet (16.75 m) above the base. The big rock on top is the size of three school buses. Until recently, Balanced Rock had a companion - a similar, but much smaller balanced rock named "Chip Off The Old Block", which fell during the winter of 1975/1976.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Angel_%28park%29

Canyonlands National Park - Grand View Point Overlook [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 07:09:17 -0700

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Canyonlands National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab and preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries.

The park is divided into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the rivers themselves. While these areas share a primitive desert atmosphere, each retains its own character. Two large river canyons are carved into the Colorado Plateau by the Colorado River and Green River. Author Edward Abbey, a frequent visitor, described the Canyonlands as "the most weird, wonderful, magical place on earth—there is nothing else like it anywhere."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyonlands_National_Park

Cayonlands National Park - Shafer Canyon Overlook [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 07:40:32 -0700

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Utah I-70 [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 05:35:53 -0700

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Interstate 70 (I-70) is a mainline route of the Interstate Highway System in the United States connecting Utah and Maryland. The Utah section runs east–west for 232.15 miles (373.61 km) across the central part of the state. Richfield is the largest Utah city served by the freeway, which does not serve or connect any urban areas in the state. The freeway was built as part of a system of highways connecting Los Angeles and the northeastern United States. I-70 was the second attempt to connect southern California to the east coast of the United States via central Utah, the first being a failed attempt to construct a transcontinental railroad.

Because it was built over an entirely new route, I-70 has many features that are unique in the Interstate Highway System. For example, the 110 miles (177 km) between Green River and Salina makes up the longest distance anywhere in the Interstate Highway System with no motorist services. This same piece is noted as the longest highway in the United States built over a completely new route since the Alaska Highway, and the longest piece of Interstate Highway to open at a given time. The construction of the Utah portion of I-70 is listed as one of the engineering marvels of the Interstate Highway System.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_70_in_Utah

Salt Lake City Temple Square - Salt Lake Tabernacle [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sat, 26 May 2012 07:18:43 -0700

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The Salt Lake Tabernacle, also known as the Mormon Tabernacle, is located on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah along with the Salt Lake Assembly Hall and Salt Lake Temple.

The Tabernacle was built to house meetings for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS church), and was the location of the semi-annual LDS General Conference for 132 years. However, because of the growth in the number of conference attendees, the LDS General Conference was moved to the new and larger LDS Conference Center in 2000.

The organ in the Tabernacle has the organ case positioned at the west end above the choir seats, and is the focal point of the Tabernacle's interior. The original organ was made by Joseph H. Ridges in 1867 and contained 700 pipes. The organ has been rebuilt several times with the total pipe count being 11,623, making the Tabernacle organ one of the largest pipe organs in the world. The current organ is the masterwork of G. Donald Harrison of the Aeolian-Skinner organ company, and was completed in 1948. The organ was renovated and restored in 1989 with a few minor changes and additions. Interestingly, the largest 32' display pipes in the façade are made of wood and were constructed in the same manner as the balcony columns.

Built at a time before electronics and audio amplifiers, the Tabernacle was constructed with remarkable acoustic qualities so the entire congregation could hear sermons given there, mainly for General Conference. The roof was constructed in a three-dimensional ellipse with the pulpit at one focus of the ellipse. The elliptical concept came from Brigham Young, the Latter-day Saint prophet. The elliptical design causes a large portion of the sound from the pulpit end of the building to be concentrated and projected to the focus at the opposite end of the building. Furthermore, the roof rests on sandstone piers around the outside, without any interior supports that would impede the sound waves.

Several years after the initial construction was completed, Truman O. Angell was brought in to further improve the building's acoustics, and was responsible for adding the gallery (balcony) in 1870 that resolved the outstanding acoustical issues. The building has an international reputation as a nearly acoustically perfect building. It is common for LDS missionary tour guides to demonstrate the acoustic properties of the Tabernacle by dropping a pin on the pulpit or tearing a newspaper there, which can be plainly heard throughout the building.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_Tabernacle

Salt Lake City panoramic view from Utah State Capitol [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:01:20 -0700

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Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197.

The city was founded in 1847 by Brigham Young and his Mormon followers, who extensively irrigated and cultivated the arid valley.
Although Salt Lake City is still home to the headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), less than half the population of Salt Lake City proper are members of the LDS Church today.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City

Truk at Flying J [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:23:38 -0700

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Pilot Flying J is a chain of truck stops in the United States and Canada. The company is based in Knoxville, Tennessee where Pilot Corporation, the majority owner, is based. The company is owned by Pilot, FJ Management Inc., and CVC Capital Partners. The company operates truck stops under the Pilot Travel Centers and Flying J brands.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_j

Old Faithful Geyser Eruption [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 06:13:28 -0700

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Old Faithful is a cone geyser located in Wyoming, in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Old Faithful was named in 1870 during the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition and was the first geyser in the park to receive a name.

Eruptions can shoot 3,700 to 8,400 US gallons (14,000 to 32,000 l) of boiling water to a height of 106 to 185 feet (32 to 56 m) lasting from 1.5 to 5 minutes. The average height of an eruption is 145 feet (44 m). The highest recorded eruption was 185 feet (56 m) high. Intervals between eruptions can range from 45 to 125 minutes, averaging 66.5 minutes in 1939, slowly increasing to an average of 90 minutes apart today.

More than 137,000 eruptions have been recorded. Harry Woodward first described a mathematical relationship between the duration and intervals of the eruptions (1938). Old Faithful is not the tallest or largest geyser in the park; that title belongs to the less predictable Steamboat Geyser. Its popularity is more likely due to the small eruption window and high frequency.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful

Yellowstone Mammoth Hot Springs [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 08:11:37 -0700

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Mammoth Hot Springs is a large complex of hot springs on a hill of travertine in Yellowstone National Park adjacent to Fort Yellowstone and the Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flows into Mammoth each day in a solution). Although these springs lie outside the caldera boundary, their energy has been attributed to the same magmatic system that fuels other Yellowstone geothermal areas.

The hot water that feeds Mammoth comes from Norris Geyser Basin after traveling underground via a fault line that runs through limestone and roughly parallel to the Norris-to-Mammoth road (the limestone is the source of the calcium carbonate). Shallow circulation along this corridor allows Norris' superheated water to slightly cool before surfacing at Mammoth, generally at about 170°F (~77°C). Algae living in the warm pools have tinted the travertine shades of brown, orange, red, and green.

Thermal activity here is extensive both over time and distance. Terrace Mountain at Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest known carbonate-depositing spring in the world. The most famous feature at the springs is the Minerva Terrace, a series of travertine terraces.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Hot_Springs

Norris Geyser Basin - Yellow Funnel Spring [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:28:28 -0700

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Yellow Funnel Spring is often roiling and murky. It can also be calm and clear, or dry and steamy. At one time, its pool was lined with sulfur, and thus the source of its name.

www.secretyellowstone.com

Norris Geyser Basin - Puff 'N Stuff Geyser [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 06:13:07 -0700

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Puff 'n' Stuff Geyser makes a lot of noise, but the eruptions are only a few feet high and often send a fine mist down the boardwalk after you. Around the fissure, there is often a build-up of a light grey-blue clay, perhaps formed by the interaction of the underlying rock with the hot mineral-rich waters erupting from the vent.

lyall.tripod.com/geysers/id10.html

Norris Geyser Basin - Steamboat Geyser [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 05:24:45 -0700

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Steamboat Geyser, in Yellowstone National Park's Norris Geyser Basin, is the world's tallest currently-active geyser. During major eruptions, water may be thrown more than 300 feet (90 m) into the air.

Steamboat's major eruptions last from 3 to 40 minutes in length, and are followed by powerful jets of steam. Steamboat does not erupt on a predictable schedule with recorded intervals between major eruptions ranging from four days to fifty years. The geyser was dormant from 1911 to 1961. Minor eruptions of 10 to 15 feet (3–5 m) are much more frequent. After an eruption the geyser often vents large amounts of steam for up to 48 hours. Cistern Spring, located nearby, will drain completely during a major eruption of the geyser; the spring refills within a few days.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamboat_Geyser

Gibbon Falls [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 05:23:43 -0700

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Gibbon Falls is a waterfall on the Gibbon River in southwestern Yellowstone National Park in the United States. Gibbon Falls has a drop of approximately 84 feet (26 m). The falls are located roadside, 4.7 miles (7.6 km) upstream from the confluence of the Gibbon and Firehole Rivers at Madison Junction on the Grand Loop Road.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbon_Falls

The Yellowstone Canyon from Artist Point [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 06:54:11 -0700

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The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is the first large canyon on the Yellowstone River downstream from Yellowstone Falls in Yellowstone National Park. The canyon is up to 900 feet deep (275 m) and a half mile (0.8 km) in width.

The canyon is a classic V-shaped valley, indicative of river-type erosion rather than glaciation. Today the canyon is still being eroded by the Yellowstone River.

The colors in the canyon are also a result of hydrothermal alteration. The rhyolite in the canyon contains a variety of different iron compounds. When the old geyser basin was active, the "cooking" of the rock caused chemical alterations in these iron compounds. Exposure to the elements caused the rocks to change colors. The rocks are oxidizing; in effect, the canyon is rusting. The colors indicate the presence or absence of water in the individual iron compounds. Most of the yellows in the canyon are the result of iron present in the rock rather than, as many people think, sulfur.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_of_the_Yellowstone

Bisons herd along Yellowston River [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 29 May 2011 08:10:44 -0700

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The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds. Their range once roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada's far northwest, south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León, and east along the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains. Due to commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century, the bison nearly went extinct and is today restricted to a few national parks and other reserves.

The Yellowstone Park Bison Herd in Yellowstone National Park is probably the oldest and the largest public bison herd in the United States of America. The Yellowstone Park Bison Herd currently numbers approximately 3,500 individuals.

Bison are found throughout the park, except in the most mountainous regions. They are particularly prominent in the Hayden and Lamar Valleys, but can be found in most open or semi-open habitats, especially in the geothermal basins.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison

Bisons herd grazing in Hyden Valley [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 29 May 2011 08:01:52 -0700

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Hayden Valley is a large, sub-alpine valley in Yellowstone National Park straddling the Yellowstone River between Yellowstone Falls and Yellowstone Lake. The valley floor along the river is an ancient lake bed from a time when Yellowstone Lake was much larger. The valley is well known as one of the best locations to view wildlife in Yellowstone.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Valley

Yellowstone - Bison in the Forest [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sun, 29 May 2011 08:00:21 -0700

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The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the grasslands of North America in massive herds. Their range once roughly comprised a triangle between the Great Bear Lake in Canada's far northwest, south to the Mexican states of Durango and Nuevo León, and east along the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains. Due to commercial hunting and slaughter in the 19th century, the bison nearly went extinct and is today restricted to a few national parks and other reserves.

The Yellowstone Park Bison Herd in Yellowstone National Park is probably the oldest and the largest public bison herd in the United States of America. The Yellowstone Park Bison Herd currently numbers approximately 3,500 individuals.

Bison are found throughout the park, except in the most mountainous regions. They are particularly prominent in the Hayden and Lamar Valleys, but can be found in most open or semi-open habitats, especially in the geothermal basins.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison

Cody Stampede Rodeo - The Star-Spangled Banner [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:02:01 -0700

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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, Francis Scott Key, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.
Here at the opening of Cody Rodeo, Wyoming.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner

Cody Stampede Rodeo - Barrel Racing [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:02:17 -0700

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Barrel racing is a rodeo event in which a horse and rider attempt to complete a clover-leaf pattern around preset barrels in the fastest time. Though both boys and girls compete at the youth level and men compete in some amateur venues, in collegiate and professional ranks, it is primarily a rodeo event for women. It combines the horse's athletic ability and the horsemanship skills of a rider in order to safely and successfully maneuver a horse through a clover leaf pattern around three barrels (typically three fifty-five gallon metal or plastic drums) placed in a triangle in the center of an arena.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_racing

Cody Stampede Rodeo - Bull Riding [VIDEO]

nobody@flickr.com (*Checco*) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:02:20 -0700

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Bull riding refers to rodeo sports that involve a rider getting on a large bull and attempting to stay mounted while the animal attempts to buck off the rider.

In the American tradition the rider must stay atop the bucking bull for eight seconds. The rider tightly fastens one hand to the bull with a long braided rope. It is a risky sport and has been called "the most dangerous eight seconds in sports."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull_riding

Uploads from *Checco*, tagged video, with geodata

Arches National Park - Balanced Rock [VIDEO]

Canyonlands National Park - Grand View Point Overlook [VIDEO]

Cayonlands National Park - Shafer Canyon Overlook [VIDEO]

Utah I-70 [VIDEO]

Salt Lake City Temple Square - Salt Lake Tabernacle [VIDEO]

Salt Lake City panoramic view from Utah State Capitol [VIDEO]

Truk at Flying J [VIDEO]

Old Faithful Geyser Eruption [VIDEO]

Yellowstone Mammoth Hot Springs [VIDEO]

Norris Geyser Basin - Yellow Funnel Spring [VIDEO]

Norris Geyser Basin - Puff 'N Stuff Geyser [VIDEO]

Norris Geyser Basin - Steamboat Geyser [VIDEO]

Gibbon Falls [VIDEO]

The Yellowstone Canyon from Artist Point [VIDEO]

Bisons herd along Yellowston River [VIDEO]

Bisons herd grazing in Hyden Valley [VIDEO]

Yellowstone - Bison in the Forest [VIDEO]

Cody Stampede Rodeo - The Star-Spangled Banner [VIDEO]

Cody Stampede Rodeo - Barrel Racing [VIDEO]

Cody Stampede Rodeo - Bull Riding [VIDEO]

Uploads from Checco, tagged video, with geodata