...Yosemite National Park is an extremely popular part of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Due to volcanic activity between 60 and 250 million years ago, there are large granitic rocks in the Yosemite Area. About 70 million years ago, erosion began exposing these intrusive rocks to begin to form the mountains that we know today. Within the last five million years, the eastern side of the Sierras has lifted up due to shifting of major faults, creating the range that is well known today. This brought the beautiful mountains of Yosemite to what they are today. Between two and three million years ago, the Sierras had risen high enough for glaciers to accumulate in Yosemite. During periods of vast glaciation, the ice covered much of the higher...
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...One vacation option to consider is Yosemite national Park in California. In this magnificent land of green there is many different ways to have the time of a person's life. For instance, on the Yosemite- National Geographic website, the text states "No temple made with human hands can compare with Yosemite”. This goes to show that this place is truly one of the most heavenly places to visit because of its 20+ majestic waterfalls. They also have so many nature trails that people have to take a shuttle bus if visitors want to go on all of them in a day. If visitors decided to go to this outstanding park families or couples can stay in 1 of 3 things a cabin, a camper of a person’s own, or a tent. If families get to tired of going on nature hikes families can take an evening to sit back in the pool and relax the nice, hot sun and breathtaking views of the nature that surrounds visitors. These are just a few of the...
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...Half Dome is a granite dome at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley, it’s granite crest rises more than 4,737 ft. above the valley floor. The impression from the valley floor that this is a round dome that has lost its northwest half is an illusion. From Washburn Point, Half Dome can be seen as a thin ridge of rock, an arête, which is oriented northeast-southwest, with its southeast side almost as steep as its northwest side except for the very top. Eighty percent of the northwest "half" of the original dome may well still be there. On March 28, 2009, a large rock slide of one million five hundred thousand cubic feet occurred from Ahwiyah Point. The slide damaged a large area under the dome (US). No pe0ople were hurt, but hundreds of trees were...
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...week of boredom. All I was thinking about was if we were going somewhere this Spring break, probably not. Until my parents told me we were going to Yosemite National Park in California! I live in Charlotte, North Carolina so it’s basically all the way across the country. The only downfall about this trip is that I have to take my 4 year old sister, she whines all the time. We are at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, about to board our plane, and we are flying to Denver, Colorado then taking a connecting flight to Fresno-Yosemite International. It's about a one and a half hour drive to Yosemite from the airport. Before I left, I did some research about Yosemite and it sounds pretty cool. They are well known for their waterfalls and granite, But also within 1,200 square miles you can find...
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...Have you ever thought about what would happen if we were to run out of forests? So did President Roosevelt and wilderness expert John Muir. More specifically, Yosemite Valley. John Muir had lived in Yosemite for thirty years, living off the grids, working as a nature expert. “He tried to persuade people to preserve the area, but it wasn’t that easy.” says paragraph two of the passage. When the loggers destroyed the Sequoias, Muir spoke up, “Any fool can destroy trees, But only Uncle Sam can save them!” the passage “Bully for Yosemite”, in paragraph four When the valley was at the lowest of its lows, the government had tried to preserve the valley. The government made Yosemite National Park, but the new park did not include Yosemite Valley,...
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...Landscape Photography: Through the Masters’ Eyes Student College Table of Contents Page 1 – Cover Page Page 2 – Table of Contents Page 3 – Landscape Photography Page 4 – Ansel Adams Page 5 – Ansel Adams continued Page 6 – Ansel Adams continued Page 7 – Eliot Porter Page 8 – Reflection Page 9 – Reflection continued Page 10 – Ansel Adams Images Page 11 – Ansel Adams Images continued Page 12 – Eliot Porter Images Page 13 – Eliot Porter Images continued Page 14 – Annotated Bibliography Page 15 – Annotated Bibliography continued Page 16 – Annotated Bibliography continued Landscape Photography Landscape photography is one of the most popular art genres, and there are photographers who dedicate huge parts of their life to getting the perfect shot of a scene. These devoted individuals are happy to trek across some unrelenting topography to ensure they get the very best image quality that they can. Landscape photography is a favorite with professional and amateur photographers alike. There awaits a wealth of natural landscapes filled with beauty and drama, always changing with the seasons to be photographed in both black and white, and color. Many landscape photographs show little or no human activity and are created in the search of a pure, untarnished illustration of nature lacking human influence, but instead featuring subjects such as strongly defined landforms and weather. Beautiful landscapes are all around us – they are a joy to experience, but...
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...badly broken nose. His father, a successful businessman who owned an insurance agency and a chemical factory, sent him to private, as well as public, schools. Adams was shy and self-conscious about his nose and had problems in school. He received only an eighth-grade education, preferring to learn mainly through following his own interests. From a young age he enjoyed the outdoors, taking many long walks and exploring. At the age of twelve Adams taught himself to play the piano and read music. Soon after, he began lessons and for the next twelve years he studied piano, intending to make his living as a concert pianist. However, at a family trip to Yosemite National Park in 1916, he made his first amateur photos with Kodak Brownie box camera, is said to have determined his direction in life. The next year, Adams returned to Yosemite with a better camera and a tripod. That winter, he worked part-time for a San Francisco photo finisher where he learned basic darkroom techniques. Adams explored the High Sierra, in summer and winter, developing the stamina and skill needed to photograph at high altitudes and in difficult weather. In 1919 he joined the Sierra Club, an organization devoted to protecting the wilderness of the Sierra Nevada. Adams' role in the Sierra Club grew rapidly and...
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...In March of 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt met with John Muir to discuss protecting nature. The two met in Yosemite Valley and camped while in Yosemite Valley. While at Yosemite Valley they talked about protecting forests and preserving nature in America. In the article “Bully for Yosemite” by Candace Fleming, it tells about the time Roosevelt and Muir went camping in Yosemite Valley. Muir had lived in Yosemite for thirty years and had devoted his life to try to preserve nature. Muir finally got the government to take an attempt at helping, as stated in the article “In 1890 the government formed Yosemite National park, but the new park did not include Yosemite Valley”. In march of 1903, Muir received a letter from Theodore Roosevelt asking...
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...Hello Mr. Davis, I think that we should have a field trip to Lava Beds National Monument Park. It is located near the California and Oregon state border. Only 130,000 people go each year, it compares to nearby Yosemite National Park attracts nearly 4 million people annually. Lava Beds National Park has volcanic rock and underground caves that are full of history and geological wonder. The park has over 47,000-acres, tourists will have plenty places to explore. I know you would probably say no because it would cost a lot of money, but that is why you have a lot of fundraisers for the school. I think going to this park would let us see all the geological features in the park and help us learn about how the lava made all of the lava tubes coming from the volcano. We can explore underground lava tubes that look almost like rocky water slides. Also, to take the guided tours of the park, hike the trails, climb the rocks, and to learn about the natural volcanoes and high desert in northern California....
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...Annotated Bibliography Leonardo, da Vinci. (2012). A painter, sculpture architect, engineer, and inventor. Born in Vinci, Italy on April 15, 1452 and died May 02, 1519 at the age of 67. Even though, Da Vinci was well known for the two most popular pieces of art the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper, he had innovative ideas for inventions decades before they were introduced by other inventors. For example, he sketched a blueprint of a man with a parachute in 1485, then applied to use by Sébastien Lenormand who was the first to jump using a parachute in 1783 from top of a tower in France. Edison, A. T. (2012). Inventor of incandescent lighting that played a role in photography and theater. Born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847 and died October 18, 1931 at age 84. Edison was looked upon as one of the most creative inventors in history. He was home schooled by his mother due to the fact teachers claimed he was a difficult student that could not pay attention in class. Edison had a passion for learning so he fulfilled his hunger by reading a variety of books in return he developed a self-learning system that made him who he became. At age 12 he became an entrepreneur by creating his own newspaper that he sold on the trains. He then perfected the light bulb by making it more reliable and lasted longer than before. 1879 invented the electric incandescent lamp; by 1881 The Savory Theater in London was using incandescent lighting. Stage lighting became design of true art. He...
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...Annotated Bibliography Arts/125 Annotated Bibliography Leonardo, da Vinci. (2012). A painter, sculpture architect, engineer, and inventor. Born in Vinci, Italy on April 15, 1452 and died May 02, 1519 at the age of 67. Even though, Da Vinci was well known for the two most popular pieces of art the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper, he had innovative ideas for inventions decades before they were introduced by other inventors. For example, he sketched a blueprint of a man with a parachute in 1485, then applied to use by Sébastien Lenormand who was the first to jump using a parachute in 1783 from top of a tower in France. Edison, A. T. (2012). Inventor of incandescent lighting that played a role in photography and theater. Born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847 and died October 18, 1931 at age 84. Edison was looked upon as one of the most creative inventors in history. He was home schooled by his mother due to the fact teachers claimed he was a difficult student that could not pay attention in class. Edison had a passion for learning so he fulfilled his hunger by reading a variety of books in return he developed a self-learning system that made him who he became. At age 12 he became an entrepreneur by creating his own newspaper that he sold on the trains. He then perfected the light bulb by making it more reliable and lasted longer than before. 1879 invented the electric incandescent lamp; by 1881 The Savory Theater in London was using incandescent lighting. Stage lighting...
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...The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature William Cronon This will seem a heretical claim to many environmentalists, since the idea of wilderness has for decades been a fundamental tenet-indeed, a passionof the environmental movement, especially in the United States. For many Americans wilderness stands as the last remaining place where civilization, that all too human disease, has not fully infected the earth. It is an island in the polluted sea of urban-industrial modernity, the one place we can turn for escape from our own too-muchness. Seen in this way, wilderness presents itself as the best antidote to our human selves, a refuge we must somehow recover if we hope to save the planet. As Henry David Thoreau once famously declared, “In Wildness is the preservation of the World.“’ But is it? The more one knows of its peculiar history, the more one realizes that wilderness is not quite what it seems. Far from being the one place on earth that stands apart from humanity, it is quite profoundly a human creation-indeed, the creation of very particular human cultures at very particular moments in human history. It is not a pristine sanctuary where the last remnant of an untouched, endangered, but still transcendent nature can for at least a little while longer be encountered without the contaminating taint of civilization. Instead, it is a product of that civilization, and could hardly be contaminated by the very stuff of which it is made...
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...During the 19th century, some Americans developed a deep and abiding passion for nature. The early evolution of the conservation movement began through both public and private recognition of the relationship between man and nature often reflected in the great literary and artistic works of the 19th century.[1] Artists, such as Albert Bierstadt, painted powerful landscapes of the American West during the mid 19th century, which were incredibly popular ages representative of the unique natural wonders of the American frontier.[2] Likewise, in 1860, Frederic Edwin Church painted "Twilight in the Wilderness", which was an artistic masterpiece of the era that explored the growing importance of the American wilderness.[2] Many American writers also romanticized and focused upon nature as a subject matter. However, the most notable literary figure upon the early conservation movement proved to be Henry David Thoreau. Throughout his work, Walden, Thoreau detailed his experiences at the natural setting of Walden Pond and his deep appreciation for nature. In one instance, he described a deep grief for a tree that was cut down. Thoreau went on to bemoan the lack of reverence for the natural world: "I would that our farmers when they cut down a forest felt some of that awe which the old Romans did when they came to thin, or let in the light to, a consecrated grove".[3] As he states in Walden, Thoreau "was interested in the preservation" of nature.[3] In 1860, Henry David Thoreau delivered...
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...To start with, in the early twentieth-century there was a high demand for water in San Francisco which resulted in the suggestion to build a dam in the Hetch Hetchy Valley which would ultimately flood the Hetch Hetchy and terminate thousands of acres of intact forests. As a result, there was much debate between two early American environmentalists, Gifford Pinchot and John Muir who introduced two opposing views conservation and preservation. Pinchot a founder and leader of the conservation movement supported the idea of building the dam over Hetch Hetchy, Pinchot’s main view was that public lands exist to serve the needs and uses of the public. While on the other hand, John Muir who was the best-known representative of the preservation movement...
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...In the response to the catastrophic plight of giant Sequoias being laboriously cut down, the author John Muir firmly maintains that logging of these trees should definitely be prevented, and American people should quickly recognize its significance. In his argument, John demonstrates his resolute conviction about the issue, conveying his superstitious beliefs on the trees. In lieu of using facts or expert testimony, he apparently makes the most extensive use of emotional appeal as his evidence by delivering how the Sequoias made to him such a strong appeal. As stated above, in his persuasive approach to the audience he uses a number of phrases and vocabularies that somewhat suggest his godly and superstitious beliefs upon Sequoia trees, and in further shows that he’s truly awestruck by nature’s spiritual quality. In his introductory paragraph, he labels Sequoias as God’s trees, when he mentions that defense of them is a ‘righteous uprising.’ It can be inferred from this phrase that he believes that it is an honorable act to ban these trees from being cut down. In addition to the phrase, the author states ‘could one of these Sequoia Kings come to town in all its godlike majesty…’ to imply that they are the supreme example of majesty among all living things, thus should be defended piously. Later on, he describes the forest where Sequoias are as ‘noble groves and forests’, so as to show his determined admiration for the trees and even the forest with them. After...
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