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Geology Picture of the Week, January 18-24, 2004
DevilsLakeWisconsin.com ^

Posted on 01/21/2004 12:00:26 PM PST by cogitator

I thought about making this a WhereIsIt? subject, but I decided to talk about it instead. I grew up in Wisconsin, and visited Devil's Lake a few times. It's a very unique place situated in the middle of Wisconsin, and the geology of the place is very interesting. So here's an aerial view, a "bluff-level" view, and a description of the geology.

Brief Geologic History (Baraboo Syncline)

"Glaciation: The Baraboo region is a boundary between the driftless area to the west and glacial deposits to the east. As the glaciers progressed westward, a terminal moraine dammed the existing Wisconsin River. This caused Glacial Lake Wisconsin to form in the north. As the glaciers retreated, this lake began to grow larger and larger until breaking through sandstone layers near Wisconsin Dells. The lake drained and the glaciers retreated, leaving behind a terminal moraine on the north and south side of Devil's Lake. Within the Baraboo Syncline, sediments accumulated from glacier melt water."


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: baraboo; bluffs; glaciers; lake; wisconsin
Besides, you can't help but like a place named Baraboo.
1 posted on 01/21/2004 12:00:27 PM PST by cogitator
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2 posted on 01/21/2004 12:08:53 PM PST by cogitator
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To: cogitator
Great pictures.

Good camping and sight seeing around Baraboo and WI Dells.

Northern WI (Iron County) has beautiful waterfalls. I call it little Colorado up there. At some of the highest peaks you can see Lake Superior where the water meets the sky.

Lake of the Clouds in upper Michigan is beautiful. Breathtaking.

3 posted on 01/21/2004 12:12:42 PM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: cogitator
By the way, there's been some moderately increased activity at the ongoing eruption at Kilauea in Hawaii. Link below the image (this does not strike me as a safe place to be):

Hawaii Volcano Observatory Kilauea Eruption Update page

4 posted on 01/21/2004 12:17:58 PM PST by cogitator
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To: cogitator
bttt
5 posted on 01/21/2004 12:36:53 PM PST by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: cogitator
I used to go to Devil's Lake with my friends when I was a kid.

Thanks for printing this.

I can't wait until we move back to 'Sconnie this summer!
6 posted on 01/21/2004 12:53:19 PM PST by Howie66 (Lead, follow or git the hell out of the way!)
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To: cogitator
In the aerial photo, what is that structure in the upper left????
7 posted on 01/21/2004 12:55:43 PM PST by mfulstone
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In the aerial photo, what is that structure in the upper left????

I think it's just a cleared field outside the park boundaries. On the "upper left" side of the lake (not that the long axis of Devil's Lake is oriented almost straight north-south, so this would actually be the southwest side) you can see one of the two small streams that flows into the lake. The lake has no outlet drainage; it only loses water via seepage through the bedrock.

8 posted on 01/21/2004 1:03:24 PM PST by cogitator
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To: cogitator
Looks like a footprint to me.
9 posted on 01/21/2004 1:04:19 PM PST by theDentist (Boston: So much Liberty, you can buy a Politician already owned by someone else.)
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To: mfulstone
In the aerial photo, what is that structure in the upper left????

I think it's just a cleared field outside the park boundaries. On the "upper left" side of the lake (not that the long axis of Devil's Lake is oriented almost straight north-south, so this would actually be the southwest side) you can see one of the two small streams that flows into the lake. The lake has no outlet drainage; it only loses water via seepage through the bedrock.

10 posted on 01/21/2004 1:04:44 PM PST by cogitator
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To: mfulstone
In the aerial photo, what is that structure in the upper left????

I think it's just a cleared field outside the park boundaries. On the "upper left" side of the lake (not that the long axis of Devil's Lake is oriented almost straight north-south, so this would actually be the southwest side) you can see one of the two small streams that flows into the lake. The lake has no outlet drainage; it only loses water via seepage through the bedrock.

11 posted on 01/21/2004 1:07:37 PM PST by cogitator
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To: mfulstone
In the aerial photo, what is that structure in the upper left????

I think it's just a cleared field outside the park boundaries. On the "upper left" side of the lake (not that the long axis of Devil's Lake is oriented almost straight north-south, so this would actually be the southwest side) you can see one of the two small streams that flows into the lake. The lake has no outlet drainage; it only loses water via seepage through the bedrock.

12 posted on 01/21/2004 1:08:25 PM PST by cogitator
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You can say THAT again...... ;)
13 posted on 01/21/2004 1:31:05 PM PST by Leroy S. Mort
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To: theDentist
Looks like a footprint to me.

I thought Paul Bunyan worked the Minnesota area.

14 posted on 01/21/2004 6:16:04 PM PST by yhwhsman ("Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small..." -Sir Winston Churchill)
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Isn't Baraboo where the Circus used to winter?
15 posted on 01/22/2004 12:03:11 AM PST by Mike Darancette (Proud member - Neoconservative Power Vortex)
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Isn't Baraboo where the Circus used to winter?

Yes. The Circus World Museum is located in Baraboo.

16 posted on 01/22/2004 7:51:05 AM PST by cogitator
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