Picture of the Day (Dial-up internet users enter at own risk!)

[dmharris]

Nice Job, Marylyn! Now post that baby picture here! He's definitely worth a Picture of the Day post.

 

[RDB]

while it may be Mt Whitney from another angle, my guess/assumption is that is not Mt Whitney.

Mount Whitney is clearly visible from Lone Pine and seems more "jagged/cragged" the few times I have seen it.

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Thanks Rck.

I think we goofed.
I'm sure we seen Whitney as we had good weather, just don't find a picture of what I think it should look like in all of our shots.

We have memories of traveling a wonderfully diverse country.

Robert

 

[geoand]

Rainbows along the Denali Highway

If memory serves, the above are called ground rainbows. The following is the typical beautiful rainbow.

 

[Kay H]

Are they for real? Magnificent!

 

[geoand]

Are they for real? Magnificent!

Looking down into this valley was incredible. The ground just shimmered with a blanket type of rainbow. Very untypical and something I have never seen. This was our first year of digital camera work and we could not capture what they truly did for us when we saw them from the road.

The double rainbow was incredible too. It seemed like we could not get closer to it even though we were driving straight to it. It seemed like we drove for over 1/2 hour (25 mph - severe gravel road). Sometimes it would be a triple rainbow.

 

[Makai Guy]

Raibows are a result of sunlight being refracted and returned by water droplets in the air. They occur at a fixed angle from the sunlight, which is why you always view them with the sun behind you, as a circle or part of a circle.

[IMGL]http://members.toast.net/fdw/northsh/rainbows.jpg[/IMGL]When the sun is very low in the sky behind you, the fixed angle makes the rainbow appear high in the sky (like in this early morning shot from my Kauai page. The higher in the sky the sun is behind you, the lower the rainbow appears in the sky. Normally, when the sun gets high enough the critical angle drops below the horizon where there are no available water droplets to refract and reflect.

With your "ground rainbow" shots, you had the sun fairly high in the sky, such that the critical angle was below the horizon, but also had the fairly unusual situation of being high above the valley and able to look DOWN on raindrops that were still in the air and thus able to produce the colors. If you look closely, you'll see that it is still in the shape of the very top of an arc.

 

[icydog]

Nice Job, Marylyn! Now post that baby picture here! He's definitely worth a Picture of the Day post.

You asked for it:

Carson Robert 1 hour after birth-- and about 2 minutes after his first bath--- He looks very tired. This getting born stuff can wear a guy out!!! 7/4/08

 

[Brett]

baby pics are always cute, that could be considered cheating!

 

[swift]

Emerald Bay in Tahoe

 

[swift]

While spending the day on the beach in Tahoe waiting for the fireworks my kids had fun making sand art. They also made an anaconda and a small hippo.

 

[geoand]

Tiny little plants from high ridge in Alaska

 

[swift]

Picture of the Day

 

[Karen G]

This is in Lamoille Canyon near Elko, Nevada, and I took the photo last week. We discovered this area in a cool book about scenic byways. Apparently Nevada has several scenic byways and you can see more here.

 

[Karen G]

This is the Cliff Lodge at Snowbird, Utah, as seen from the tram coming down from the mountaintop last week. The timeshare units (Cliff Club) are located in the west end, the section on the left side of the building. They have balconies and I think the hotel rooms don't.

 

[swift]

Just before the play, Midsummers Night Dream, was to start in Tahoe. It was very well done by the way. If anyone is up in the area while the Shakespeare Festival is going on you should go.

 

[dmharris]

Just before the play, Midsummers Night Dream, was to start in Tahoe. It was very well done by the way. If anyone is up in the area while the Shakespeare Festival is going on you should go.

How absolutely cool that must have been! Where on the lake does this happen?

 

[geoand]

Karen, those are great photos! I don't recall you posting other photos, so I welcome you to the CLUB!!!!

Club membership is free! Only requirement is that you post photos occasionally. If you need help posting, there are many folks here that will assist you.

 

[swift]

How absolutely cool that must have been! Where on the lake does this happen?

On Sand Harbor near Incline Village. Here is the link for it- http://www.laketahoeshakespeare.com/

I love going to plays. I went to the Ashland OR festival for years http://www.osfashland.org/index.aspx Now there is an absolutely can't miss performance. They are all good but the plays held on the outdoor Elizabethan stage are the best!!

 

[Karen G]

Karen, those are great photos! I don't recall you posting other photos, so I welcome you to the CLUB!!!!

Hi, geo
Thanks for the welcome! I posted one other picture earlier of Bryce Canyon and I've so enjoyed yours and everyone else's photos. This is a great thread and I look forward every day to new shots.
Karen

 

[swift]

The walrus was very playful at 6 Flags- Vallejo.

 

[geoand]

 

[swift]

Tim and I

Grr-can't seem to get this in the inbetween size. I either get real small or real big.

 

[geoand]

Except for first picture in this post, the photos here and in 2 previous posts represent plantlife that is smaller than 1 inch high.

 

[cindi]

The color in these photos is phenomenal.

 

[jules40]

Stray Kitty at the Ko Olina Beach Club