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A few of my favorite storm timelapses from over the years. I need to add some to the collection this year! 1 shot in Nebraska 2 shots in Wyoming and the rest in Utah!
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Sunrise over the lower falls of the Yellowstone River, seen from Artist Point, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
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Giant fossil stylemys tortoise I came across in Wyoming. Spent a few days out there collecting 35 million year old fossils from the white river formation.
I’ll post some of the specimens I collected when I get back and prepare them.
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The Green River Formation fossil mines are so neat! Take a trip to these fossil loaded layers in this clip.
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Yellowstone is known for its geysers, but the hot spring pools can be just as striking. The chemicals in each one may be juuust a bit different, contributing to the different color patterns in near endless variation.
Classic map The Yellowstone area was declared America’s first National Park in 1872. For decades, no one really knew what a national park meant other than it was something of an interesting area – the U.S. Army even occupied the territory for years to provide some amount of protection for its resources against outsiders who wanted to make money off of the park’s features. Even though no one really knew what a national park was, within 6 years of the park being declared, geologists had a basic idea of what was going on there, as shown by this 1878 vintage geologic map.
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I am pretty sure a bit of limestone scratched my eye while at the Quarry yesterday.
But here’s a preview of some of the fossils I found.
I might even post some prep videos since that’s something I’ll be doing soon.
Pulling apart slabs of the Eocene aged Green River Formation in Wyoming to hunt for fossils on the layers
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Beautiful views ahead!
Photo: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, WY
A 6 day hiking trip into the highest part of the Wind River range of Wyoming - reaching a remote, glacially carved valley called the Cirque of the Towers that is a famous target for wilderness backpackers.
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Backpacking trip to the headwaters of the Yellowstone River. Original caption:
"This day 1-3 of an 8 day backpacking trip with my buddy Joey of @myownfrontier in the Greater Yellowstone, Teton Wilderness area. This is Wild America at its best as far as my experience goes. We go into some of the most wild and remote areas of the lower 48 states and find the headwaters of the Mighty Yellowstone River. Amazing vistas and views as we traverse the Continental Divide in the middle of an incredible wildflower bloom. Stunning waterfalls, meadows, mountains and creek crossings everywhere in prime Grizzly country. Part 2 will be out soon and will take us from the North Fork of the Yellowstone River, over to and through the Thorofare Creek drainage, Open Valley, Overlook Mountain, Glacier Basin, Rampart Creek and much more. We didnt see any people except for the first and last day. This trip is from outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park."
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The American Museum of Natural History takes you along on a dinosaur dig in the Morrison Formation of the US west, host of many of the famous Jurassic dinosaur bones found in North America.
Head to one of the mountain ranges of Wyoming in this clip. Original caption:
"It's a place where alpine peaks tower above countless sparkling lakes and deep rugged canyons. A pristine wilderness with glaciers and snowfields, waterfalls, amazing wildlife, and some of the darkest night skies you’ll ever see: this is the Bighorn Mountains, a treasure of northern Wyoming. This time lapse film is an attempt to showcase this beautiful range in every season and weather condition, day and night. In this film is 3 years worth of time lapse footage (approximately 18,000 images) packed into 10 minutes. But even after all I've seen and captured it feels like I've barely scratched the surface."