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Geology Pictures of the Week, December 10-16, 2006: Harpers Ferry
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Posted on 12/13/2006 9:40:45 AM PST by cogitator
For no particular reason, I decided today I'd try to find picture of the remarkable Harpers Ferry, only a short drive from where I live. Harpers Ferry is a striking gap in the mountains where the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers merge. You can also see it from space with Google maps and from high-altitude aerial on MapQuest. The Google image is slightly better.
Of course, Harpers Ferry is a very significant historical site for the Civil War era, too.
From the ground, it provides some nice views. I've provided a small variety here.
This one is a somewhat artistic photo:
This last one is the best I could find of the view from a distance; the Harpers Ferry gap in the Catoctin/Blue Ridge range is quite striking as you approach it.
And we'll finish with a view from Maryland Heights:
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: confluence; gap; potomac; shenandoah
I hope you enjoyed the short visual tour.
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posted on
12/13/2006 9:40:52 AM PST
by
cogitator
To: 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; kayak; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; ...
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posted on
12/13/2006 9:42:04 AM PST
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
thanks for the memories, haven't been back there in 30 years.
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posted on
12/13/2006 9:45:40 AM PST
by
wildcatf4f3
(If it weren't for lawyers we wouldn't need 'em)
To: cogitator
sure did!! Looks like great small-mouth bass type fishin'.
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posted on
12/13/2006 9:47:00 AM PST
by
RSmithOpt
(Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
To: cogitator
If you do this on a weekly basis, i'd love to be on the ping list.
Pretty place.
To: Fierce Allegiance
You're on the list, and I do (usually) post an article with this header weekly.
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posted on
12/13/2006 9:54:36 AM PST
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
The first girl I ever kissed, Maureen, a beautiful red head, was during an 8th grade field trip to Harpers Ferry. Of course the gap was only a scratch then...
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posted on
12/13/2006 10:19:14 AM PST
by
outofsalt
("If History teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything")
To: cogitator
Pretty.
Small, shallow and rocky rivers (at that point at least.)
Washington surveyed a commercial canal route through here, didn't he?
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posted on
12/13/2006 10:24:06 AM PST
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but Hillary's ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Fierce Allegiance
Beware the type of people that are on this ping list.
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posted on
12/13/2006 10:27:25 AM PST
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
To: Millee
Hey Millee, are you just speaking for yourself or are you just glad to hear from me? :0 ) Great pix, thanks!
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posted on
12/13/2006 12:07:31 PM PST
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
To: geezerwheezer; Fierce Allegiance
Both. I was speaking for myself & I'm happy to hear from you.
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posted on
12/13/2006 12:21:50 PM PST
by
Millee
(Tagline free since 10/20/06)
To: Millee
Pure trouble, I'm sure! :)
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