LocoAko Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Spent some time up at Rocky Mountain National Park - what a place! Pictures, of course, don't capture the real essence of the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Killer shots. I am jealous--when I went up mid April it was caked in 1 mile visibility snow and fog. What lake is that there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsman Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Amazing place and amazing photos! Sad however to see the beetle kill already in the park. Visible in the second photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 Amazing place and amazing photos! Sad however to see the beetle kill already in the park. Visible in the second photo. Yep. There were areas of the park where they were cutting trees down to try to thin them out and stop the progression of the beetles. We found this tree that had the tell-tale blue fungus ring inside of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quakertown needs snow Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 nice series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzucker Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 Awe-inspiring shots, Jake. Reminds me of Glacier in Montana... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toad strangler Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 awesome pics ..... prime Bigfoot territory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analog96 Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 Amazing place and amazing photos! Sad however to see the beetle kill already in the park. Visible in the second photo. That's still really just a part of nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 That's still really just a part of nature. In this case no. It really isn't--man made activity is hugely responsible for the mass beetle kill developing across many portions of the intermountain W owing to the lack of natural wild fires. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CO SciFan Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Great shots, thanks for sharing! I am truly lucky to live within an hour of the Park. One good thing about beetle-kill wood is that it is absolutely gorgeous stained when the blue shows through. I have a bookcase made of beetle-kill my sister made me for my wedding and it's a showstopper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Great shots, thanks for sharing! I am truly lucky to live within an hour of the Park. One good thing about beetle-kill wood is that it is absolutely gorgeous stained when the blue shows through. I have a bookcase made of beetle-kill my sister made me for my wedding and it's a showstopper. Yes, I am really wanting to move to CO for grad school now... can't get enough of that landscape! And good job finding the silver lining in all of that destruction. Cool stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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