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Geology Pictures of the Week, February 18-24, 2007: Kerguelen and Bryce
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Posted on 02/21/2007 8:10:27 AM PST by cogitator

Grab bag; a rare picture of Kerguelen from space (usually cloud-covered) and a nice picture of Bryce Canyon. Sorry I missed last week.

If you click the Kerguelen picture, you get a 250-meter resolution version. Even though there have been surveys, supposedly there are still places on Kerguelen that have never been visited by a human being in recorded history.

Bryce Canyon from Bryce Point



TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: canyon; erosion; island; remote
A place people hardly ever get to visit, and a place I'd like to visit. (Among other places.)
1 posted on 02/21/2007 8:10:32 AM PST by cogitator
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ping!


2 posted on 02/21/2007 8:11:49 AM PST by cogitator
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To: cogitator
Bryce and all of the parks in southern Utah are great places to visit.

I was privileged to take several geology field trips up to that area. I love it love it love it.

3 posted on 02/21/2007 8:29:09 AM PST by Lil'freeper (You do not have the plug-in required to view this tagline.)
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To: cogitator

WEATHER

Kerguelen's weather is harsh, with rain, sleet or snow falling more than 300 days a year; it is not unusual to get snow at sea level in the middle of the summer. Winds blow continuously from the west, as the islands lie in the path of the "Furious Fifties". Averaging 68 m.p.h. (110 km/hr) year-round, sustained winds of 93 m.p.h. (150 kph) are commonplace, and gusts of up to 124 m.p.h. (200 kph) have been recorded. Appropriately enough, the lone chapel on the island is called Notre Dame des Vents.

As Kerguelen lies on the Antarctic Convergence where upwelling cold water from the Antarctic mixes with the the warmer waters of the Indian Ocean, birdlife and marine mammals are abundant. The state of the sea reflects the high wind speeds, with wave heights of 40-50 ft. (12-15m) being common. The sea around Kerguelen is, however, ice free.

Not exactly my next vacation spot.


4 posted on 02/21/2007 8:54:12 AM PST by Lokibob (Some people are like slinkys. Useless, but if you throw them down the stairs, you smile.)
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To: Lil'freeper

I agree my favorite part of the country. And a well (sorta) known secret is that there are several "bryce-type" canyons in the area. No crowds and just as scenic. Kodachrome basin is the next most well known, but we saw others.


5 posted on 02/21/2007 9:10:53 AM PST by doodad
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