Uploads from AL Gator, tagged nationalpark

Anasazi sunrise, Mesa Verde NP

nobody@flickr.com (AL Gator) — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:45:50 -0700

AL Gator posted a photo:

Sunrise over ruins in Mesa Verde NP: Click Here for a short, single picture, video slideshow of the sun rising slowly on the ruins.

Mesa Verde has been uninhabited for over 500 years. It is a complex of several ancient Puebloan Indian (aka "Anasazi") cliff dwellings built under the overhanging rock cliffs. The reason the complex was abandoned is not known for sure.
For more about Mesa Verde, see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_Verde_National_Park

Rain in the mountains

nobody@flickr.com (AL Gator) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:24:07 -0700

AL Gator posted a photo:

Rain between the distant Polychrome Mountains of Denali National Park.
For stills and video from a two-week trip to Alaska in August, see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltDd4kqLlPg

Appomattox dining table

nobody@flickr.com (AL Gator) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:45:58 -0700

AL Gator posted a photo:

A simple kitchen dining table in the McLean house at Appomattox, VA, site of the surrender of General Robt E. Lee in 1865. Effectively ended the American Civil War.