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[Sellers01]

Sunset at Couples Negril

 

[Passepartout]

Here's a view of Oia Santorini.

Jim Ricks

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I'll finish off our Puerto Vallarta trip with a few pictures of cobblestone street scenes:

This is Calle Chile, a bit north of the Hotel Rosita at the north end of the Malecon

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This is in the Romantic Zone. I didn't note the name of the street, but looking at a map it's probably Calle Constitución near Calle Basillo Badillo.

 

[dmharris]

Jim,

Where in the world is this? It's incredibly beautiful architecture.

 

[Passepartout]

Trying this from my phone....It's Santorini Greece.
There's no naturally occurring spring water there (its a collapsed volcano), so the roofs are designed to capture rainwater and direct it to cisterns under the buildings. There's a desalination plant and many windmills for power.
Jim

 

[SueDonJ]

Jim,

Where in the world is this? It's incredibly beautiful architecture.

And it's an absolutely perfect photo! It sort of reminds me of an M.C. Escher print.

 

[Passepartout]

Shoshone Falls, The Niagra Of The West

This is about 5 miles from home. It doesn't run like this every year, as much of the water is captured upstream for agriculture. It's the Snake River and is one of 5-or so falls through our town. This one is the highest at 212 feet.

Jim Ricks

 

[Mosca]

Sheesh. Man, you guys get some landscapes, in italics!

This is from Sunday, on my deck. I was relaxing with the camera, my laptop, a bottle of Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot Barleywine... and this doggone raccoon! She was in the tree maybe 15 feet away!

 

[RDB]

--- It doesn't run like this every year, as much of the water is captured upstream for agriculture. It's the Snake River --- This one is the highest at 212 feet.---Jim Ricks

Imagine all the other water that must get diverted. The Snake meanders from just below Yellowstone NP. The Snake waters (what's left of it) eventually reaches the Columbia near Kennewick, Washington (just a little north of the Oregon border).

Waters falling in the same (Continental Divide) area near YNP also flows via the Yellowstone River and reaches the Missouri at a point where the Missouri crosses out of Montana into northern North Dakota.

Nice photo, Jim.

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Robert

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Imagine all the other water that must get diverted. The Snake meanders from just below Yellowstone NP. The Snake waters (what's left of it) eventually reaches the Columbia near Kennewick, Washington (just a little north of the Oregon border).

Although the Snake drains a large watershed, most of the catchment area is desert and semi-arid from which there is little water contribution on a per acre or per square mile basis. Further, all of the Snake River plain in southern Idaho is composed of porous volcanic formations into which water readily percolates and travels through the ground without ever reaching the surface.

Finally there is substantial upstream flow regulation (dams) above Twin Falls at the American Falls Reservoir.


There was, however, quite a large flow back in the ice ages when a ridge of land gave way on the watershed divide south of Pocatello and about half the contents of Lake Bonneville came surging down the Snake.

 

[Palguy]

Seawall along Front St. Lahaina Maui

 

[Passepartout]

This is frankly a lousy photo, but for those with a somewhat warped sense of humor, here goes. We were wandering the back alleys of Oia (say:Eeya) Santorini and came across this scooter parking place, and where else would you put your canon?

Jim Ricks

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Kepuhi Beach, Moloka'i

 

[Rose Pink]

This is frankly a lousy photo, but for those with a somewhat warped sense of humor, here goes. We were wandering the back alleys of Oia (say:Eeya) Santorini and came across this scooter parking place, and where else would you put your canon?

Jim Ricks

Jim, I don't think it is a lousy photo at all. I like it. The texture is interesting as is the contrast between ancient and modern.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Kaunakakai Harbor

We had just returned to Kaunakakai on the ferry from Lahaina after spending a day on Maui. The moon was overhead, shining on the water. Meanwhile a mercury lamp on a pole to my right was casting an orangeish light on the boats.

To get the proper exposure for the boats I had to overexpose the moon. If I had known then (2006) what I now know about managing dynamic range, I would have taken another shot with proper exposure of the moon, then combined the images .

 

[Glynda]

Gator Magnolia Plantation Charleston

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Now that you've got it figured out Glynda, are you going to join us picture-posting fools?

 

[Glynda]

Chuckle...

Now that you've got it figured out Glynda, are you going to join us picture-posting fools?

Chuckle. I wanted to see if I could still do it. I've looked at all the pages in this thread and then at my photos and none of mine even come close. I'm really no photographer and I don't know how to do more than crop. My latest camera tends to wash things out as well.

I do like this one I took from inside a shop in San Gigimano, Italy last fall:

 

[swift]

Ok, proud mom in me showing off.

Here is a picture of my daughter and her boyfriend as they were getting ready to leave for Prom Night.

Theme was Masquerade.

 

[Karen G]

Theresa, she's a beautiful girl. That looked like a fun theme for the prom.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Flowers at Tedeschi Winery, upcountry Maui

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Saint Philomena Church, Kalawao, Hawai'i

This is the original church built by Father Damien for the Kalaupapa leprosy colony.

 

[Passepartout]

Jackson Lake

Here's a couple from Jackson Hole taken in June 2008: Jackson Lake still has a couple of feet or more of ice covering it. Tetons in the background....

and at the annual Boy Scout's Antler Auction. They have exclusive rights to pick up the shed antlers from the National Elk Refuge at Jackson. These 3/4 curl Mountain Sheep horns with skull attached had been wrapped around a sapling pine which eventually grew around the horn. Hard to say how many years it had been there.

Jim Ricks

 

[jerseyfinn]

Jim,

Your Santorini photo is fantastic. Amazing to consider the water logistics involved there.

Also like your Jackson Hole image. Looks like a lot snow is up in those mountains. We've not been out that way in many years ( like you say, So many places, So little time ) We used to be able to get up early and grab a camp site on Jenny Lake . . . I suspect all of that has changed over the years.

Since you live out that way, just a bit curious as to if Bish's Boots are still doing business in Pocatello. I still have a couple of pairs acquired there some years ago. Also wondering what Craters of the Moon is like. That was certainly a wierd camping experience pitching a tent on ash.

Your photos remind me that we gotta get back out that way again.

Barry

 

[Passepartout]

Barry, Thank You for the kind words. These are selected from my snapshots who's whole purpose has been to tickle my own memories of places and events. Glad you enjoy them. The Jackson/Yellowstone area is a special place. Jenny Lake was still snowed in when we were there last June, so I missed that.

We generally camp at Craters of the Moon the first night out of here on our way up to Colt Killed Creek in the Bitterroots (named by Lewis and Clark for obvious reasons). There are nice campgrounds there now. No need to dry camp in the cinders anymore.

I don't get to Pocatello much, but a Google search didn't turn up Bish's Boots. There's an RV place by that name and a couple other things, so the family must still be there.

Don't be a stranger. We're getting nearly civilized out here, but don't tell anybody.

Jim Ricks