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WOW! Rainbow Bridge from IKONOS
NASA Earth Observatory ^
| August 6, 2004
| NASA
Posted on 08/06/2004 8:31:19 AM PDT by cogitator
Article link above; small image here. Click the article link to go to the article and see the high-resolution version.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: bridge; canyon; lakepowell; rainbow
This is definitely one place I'd like to see from lake level.
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posted on
08/06/2004 8:31:21 AM PDT
by
cogitator
To: 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; kayak; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; ...
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posted on
08/06/2004 8:34:45 AM PDT
by
cogitator
To: cogitator
Just for clarification, what planet are we on here?
And no, I'm not seeing a host in the sun.
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posted on
08/06/2004 8:36:45 AM PDT
by
LikeLight
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To: cogitator
Does that bridge go to the 21st century?
Al Gore's been looking for that.
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posted on
08/06/2004 8:39:33 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: LikeLight
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posted on
08/06/2004 8:39:45 AM PDT
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• Veni • Vidi • Vino • Visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
To: LikeLight
Third rock from the sun -- like the guy above me said, Utah.
We've got some pretty amazing places on this here planet, don't we?
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posted on
08/06/2004 8:44:53 AM PDT
by
cogitator
To: LikeLight
Rainbow Bridge is just off Lake Powell, a man-made lake in southern "canyonlands" area of Utah, stretching from the Arizona border north. It's got Bryce Canyon & Canyonlands on one side, Monument Valley & the desert of Navajo land on another, and the Grand Canyon south. Beautiful area to look at the stars at night.
I forget the name, but there's an area where the only town within a hour's drive has a population of 5... it's just a building with a kitchen, 3 dining tables, 2 pool tables, 2 gas pumps, a small store, and 3 motel rooms.
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posted on
08/06/2004 8:48:18 AM PDT
by
sanchmo
To: cogitator
Does Jesse Jackson own the bridge?
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posted on
08/06/2004 8:51:13 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(They are where you least expect. Look around and you'll see them too.)
To: cogitator
"WOW!" is right! I have new desktop wallpaper and an even greater appreciation for nature and for man's technology. This really DOES look like an aerial view, rather than a satellite photo.
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posted on
08/06/2004 9:00:57 AM PDT
by
Socratic
(Yes, there is method in the madness.)
To: Socratic
I have new desktop wallpaper and an even greater appreciation for nature and for man's technology.Glad you liked it!
To: cogitator
Vey wow. I love that part of the country.
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posted on
08/06/2004 9:53:36 AM PDT
by
Lil'freeper
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To: cogitator
Thank you. Just beautiful.
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posted on
08/06/2004 10:00:40 AM PDT
by
Soaring Feather
(I write the songs of sorrow.)
To: cogitator
If the rain levels return to "normal", they will refill the lake and you can drive a boat right under it. Lake Powell is about 100' below full due to the drought of the last 5 years. Today, you'd have a good half mile hike in from the nearest water.
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posted on
08/06/2004 10:06:06 AM PDT
by
Peter vE
(Ceterum censeo: delenda est Carthago.)
To: cogitator
I've been to that. Pretty impressive.
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posted on
08/06/2004 10:09:28 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(Hitlary: " We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
To: All; 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; kayak; Miss Marple; ...
Just for fun, I grabbed a picture of Rainbow Bridge from the ground.
To: cogitator; Mr. Mojo; stainlessbanner
Pali Gap bttt
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posted on
08/06/2004 2:56:14 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
To: cogitator
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