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A Monumental Task [Mount Rushmore]
Advanced Imaging Magazine ^
| September 2010
| Lee J. Nelson
Posted on 11/02/2014 8:06:38 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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MORU Hall of records, according to NPS, Artist Gutzon Borglum envisioned a Hall of Records behind the sculpture that was never completed. The Hall of Records and the mountain are inaccessible to the public. Photo #19 by NPS / Amy Bracewell
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11/02/2014 8:06:38 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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11/02/2014 8:07:20 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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Mount Rushmore, hanging in the sky, working on an eye. Not a single man or woman died during the 14 years of blasting and carving to create the Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Photo #29 by Charles DEmery / NPS
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11/02/2014 8:10:29 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Maybe they should close all the roads around it and arrest people if they stop to take pictures.
To: SunkenCiv
I like the parodies showing the Presidents from the Canadian side of the mountain ....
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11/02/2014 8:11:37 PM PST
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Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
Oddly enough, this turned up as I searched to find the article posted in #1, and I'd seen that one first, sometime last week.
Company Celebrates National Jerky Day with Meaty Mount Rushmore
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11/02/2014 8:12:29 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
That picture is freaking me out.
How do you remove yourself from that situation?
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11/02/2014 8:17:27 PM PST
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eyedigress
(e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
To: SunkenCiv
They are actually trying to decide the best place to add Obamas image to the mountain.
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11/02/2014 8:19:51 PM PST
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Craftmore
To: SunkenCiv
Not a single man or woman died during the 14 years...
One of the History Channel's documentaries on the carving has a snippet of the last guy on the mountain finishing up work for the day, hanging down the side in a bosun's chair.
The dynamite had been placed, ready to be set off at the end of the work day (to allow the dust and debris to settle over night), however, a storm moved in and lightning set the blast off.
The guy had his boots blown off, but was back at work the next day.
The dynamite guys would get headaches from touching the nitroglycerin when cutting the sticks down to the needed charge size.
To: eyedigress
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11/02/2014 8:40:54 PM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: eyedigress
Just a guess that the photo is composed that way for a major newspaper sensation. Perhaps a platform or scaffolding is right below.
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11/02/2014 8:43:25 PM PST
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JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: SunkenCiv
It can be one dicey National Monument, that's for sure ...
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11/02/2014 8:50:47 PM PST
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JennysCool
(My hypocrisy goes only so far)
To: JennysCool
I would hope so. I have been in precarious spots but that is very dangerous. Good Grief
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11/02/2014 9:13:12 PM PST
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eyedigress
(e(!zOld storm chaser from the west)/?s)
To: SunkenCiv
I grew up in SoDak and have visited Mt. Rushmore many times. Always amazed every time I was there.
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11/02/2014 9:33:49 PM PST
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Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: Craftmore
They are actually trying to decide the best place to add Obamas image to the mountain.Here is the appropriate statue of Hussein. It is made of sand, rather than granite.
And, it is already shovel-ready.
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11/02/2014 9:43:04 PM PST
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Slyfox
(To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
To: SunkenCiv
I watched the Cold War flic, North by Northwest, on TV this past Saturday. It is just as spooky now as it was in 1959 when I first saw it. Eva Marie Saint crawling across the face of the monument in high heels with Cary Grant in a suit and dress shoes is a sight that remeains gripping to this day, although implausible.
To: Craftmore
Simple. Add it about halfway down on the backside.
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11/02/2014 11:43:06 PM PST
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Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Craftmore
Engineers are diligently working on how to carve the “jug ears” and keep them from snapping off in the wind.
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11/03/2014 3:06:48 AM PST
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Skybird
To: Skybird; Craftmore
Actually, the problem is how to make the final product not look like Batboy.
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11/03/2014 5:31:41 AM PST
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wildbill
(If you check behind the shower curtain for a murderer, and find one... what's your plan?)
To: Craftmore
They are actually trying to decide the best place to add Obama's face to the mountain. Just one or both of them? I had to edit the set-up a little, so sue me...
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11/03/2014 5:54:10 AM PST
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null and void
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