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Jostedalsbreen er den største isbreen på det europeiske fastlandet. Den ligger i Sogn og Fjordane fylke. Isbreen dekker et areal på 487 km² og ligger i kommunene Luster, Sogndal, Jølster og Stryn. Det høyeste fjellet nær breen er Lodalskåpa 2083 moh
Jostedalsbreen is the largest glacier on the European mainland. It is located in Sogn og Fjordane county. The glacier covers an area of 487 km² and is located in the municipalities of Luster, Sogndal, Jølster and Stryn. The highest mountain near the glacier is Lodalskåpa 2083 meters above sea level
Ricketts Glen State Park
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,050 acres (5,280 ha) in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 22 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The park is near the borough of Benton on Pennsylvania Route 118 and Pennsylvania Route 487, and is in five townships: Sugarloaf in Columbia County, Fairmount and Ross in Luzerne County, and Colley and Davidson in Sullivan County.
Ricketts Glen's land was once home to Native Americans. 1822 to 1827, a turnpike was built along the course of PA 487 in what is now the park, where two squatters harvested cherry trees to make bed frames from about 1830 to 1860. The park's waterfalls were one of the main attractions for a hotel from 1873 to 1903; the park is named for the hotel's proprietor, R. Bruce Ricketts, who built the trail along the waterfalls. By the 1890s Ricketts owned or controlled over 80,000 acres (320 km2; 120 sq mi) and made his fortune clearcutting almost all of that land, including much of what is now the park; however he preserved about 2,000 acres (810 ha) of virgin forest in the creek's three glens. The sawmill was at the village of Ricketts, which was mostly north of the park. After his death in 1918, Ricketts' heirs began selling land to the state for Pennsylvania State Game Lands.
Plans to make Ricketts Glen a national park in the 1930s were ended by budget issues and the Second World War; Pennsylvania began purchasing the land in 1942 and fully opened Ricketts Glen State Park in 1944. The Benton Air Force Station, a Cold War radar installation in the park, operated from 1951 to 1975 and still serves as airport radar for nearby Wilkes-Barre and as the Red Rock Job Corps Center. Improvements since the creation of the state park include a new dam for the 245-acre (99 ha) Lake Jean, the breaching of two other dams Ricketts built, trail modifications, and a fire tower. In 1999 Hurricane Floyd briefly closed the park and downed thousands of trees; helicopter logging protected the ecosystem while harvesting lumber worth nearly $7 million, some of which paid for a new park office in 2001.
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,050 acres (5,280 ha) in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 22 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The park is near the borough of Benton on Pennsylvania Route 118 and Pennsylvania Route 487, and is in five townships: Sugarloaf in Columbia County, Fairmount and Ross in Luzerne County, and Colley and Davidson in Sullivan County.
Ricketts Glen's land was once home to Native Americans. From 1822 to 1827, a turnpike was built along the course of PA 487 in what is now the park, where two squatters harvested cherry trees to make bed frames from about 1830 to 1860. The park's waterfalls were one of the main attractions for a hotel from 1873 to 1903; the park is named for the hotel's proprietor, R. Bruce Ricketts, who built the trail along the waterfalls. By the 1890s Ricketts owned or controlled over 80,000 acres (320 km2; 120 sq mi) and made his fortune clearcutting almost all of that land, including much of what is now the park; however he preserved about 2,000 acres (810 ha) of virgin forest in the creek's three glens. The sawmill was at the village of Ricketts, which was mostly north of the park. After his death in 1918, Ricketts' heirs began selling land to the state for Pennsylvania State Game Lands.
Plans to make Ricketts Glen a national park in the 1930s were ended by budget issues and the Second World War; Pennsylvania began purchasing the land in 1942 and fully opened Ricketts Glen State Park in 1944. The Benton Air Force Station, a Cold War radar installation in the park, operated from 1951 to 1975 and still serves as airport radar for nearby Wilkes-Barre and as the Red Rock Job Corps Center. Improvements since the creation of the state park include a new dam for the 245-acre (99 ha) Lake Jean, the breaching of two other dams Ricketts built, trail modifications, and a fire tower. In 1999 Hurricane Floyd briefly closed the park and downed thousands of trees; helicopter logging protected the ecosystem while harvesting lumber worth nearly $7 million, some of which paid for a new park office in 2001.
Ricketts Glen State Park
Shawnee Falls 30 foot drop
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,050 acres (5,280 ha) in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The park is near the borough of Benton on Pennsylvania Route 118 and Pennsylvania Route 487, and is in five townships: Sugarloaf in Columbia County, Fairmount and Ross in Luzerne County, and Colley and Davidson in Sullivan County.
Ricketts Glen's land was once home to Native Americans. From 1822 to 1827, a turnpike was built along the course of PA 487 in what is now the park, where two squatters harvested cherry trees to make bed frames from about 1830 to 1860. The park's waterfalls were one of the main attractions for a hotel from 1873 to 1903; the park is named for the hotel's proprietor, R. Bruce Ricketts, who built the trail along the waterfalls. By the 1890s Ricketts owned or controlled over 80,000 acres (320 km2; 120 sq mi) and made his fortune clearcutting almost all of that land, including much of what is now the park; however he preserved about 2,000 acres (810 ha) of virgin forest in the creek's three glens. The sawmill was at the village of Ricketts, which was mostly north of the park. After his death in 1918, Ricketts' heirs began selling land to the state for Pennsylvania State Game Lands.
Plans to make Ricketts Glen a national park in the 1930s were ended by budget issues and the Second World War; Pennsylvania began purchasing the land in 1942 and fully opened Ricketts Glen State Park in 1944. The Benton Air Force Station, a Cold War radar installation in the park, operated from 1951 to 1975 and still serves as airport radar for nearby Wilkes-Barre and as the Red Rock Job Corps Center. Improvements since the creation of the state park include a new dam for the 245-acre (99 ha) Lake Jean, the breaching of two other dams Ricketts built, trail modifications, and a fire tower. In 1999 Hurricane Floyd briefly closed the park and downed thousands of trees; helicopter logging protected the ecosystem while harvesting lumber worth nearly $7 million, some of which paid for a new park office in 2001.
Ganoga Falls Ricketts Glen State Park Spring
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Accessed via PA-487 & the Waterfall Loop Trail
Date taken: May 17, 2014
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When I awoke this past week in my hotel room about a half-hour from Ricketts Glen State Park in the Allegheny Mountains of Pennsylvania I scrolled through my Facebook feed and found an article titled, “I Quit.” One of my full-time photography contacts wrote that because of limited time and resources he was no longer going to chase waterfall photographs because frankly the market did not bear results in comparison to other landscape types. I couldn’t help but chuckle a bit, not because he was wrong in any way—my financials and statistics would lead me completely in the same direction. And not because it was the first time I heard this sentiment: some of my most respected photography friends have uttered the same words, repeatedly. No, I chuckled because I was sitting in the dark of morning lacing up my hiking boots and heading towards Ricketts Glen State Park, a veritable waterfall heaven for landscape photographers with several dozen amazing waterfalls one after the other after the other along a five mile loop of rugged trail. Waterfall overdose! And I was happy. This was what it’s all about for me. I’m drawn like a magnet to water. I respect its importance in the landscape and I feature it at every chance I get. There’s one thing you can always count on with me: I’m going to shoot waterfalls and water in every form for that matter, market or no. The other dominant sentiment, that waterfalls are somehow juvenile in comparison to the capture of grand landscapes is also a philosophy that will likely never find traction in my own work. I’ll lose a few bucks to reinforce my own passions—if not, I would just return to my previous career track and put in time.
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania State Park in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties along the Allegheny front escarpment in what some local publications refer to as Susquehanna Life after the dominant feature of the landscape below, the Susquehanna River. A waterfall loop trail follows Glen Leigh and Ganoga Glen as they spill over a couple dozen waterfalls along five or so miles of trail. It is one of the largest bang-for-your-buck waterfall locations I’ve ever personally been to. This photograph is a copy of one I tried for the first time last autumn at the top of the tallest waterfall in the park, the 94-foot Ganoga Falls. Following a day of several inches of rainfall, the falls were rolling with a purpose, perhaps the highest I’ve seen water levels in the park over the past few years. More to come from the trip soon!
PA_1203 [50 points]
I have never seen PA_487 (invasion date 21/07/2002) active which used to be at about the same location as this new big one. Apart from 4 red tiles this one a good example of 'black and white in full color'.
Other views:
PA_1203 (Street view morning, July 2016)
Date of invasion: 09/06/2016 (Source: Website Invader, first seen on Flickr on 09/06/2016 by Olivier)
[ My private first visit to PA_1203 was 38 days after invasion ]
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,050 acres (5,280 ha) in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The park is near the borough of Benton on Pennsylvania Route 118 and Pennsylvania Route 487, and is in five townships: Sugarloaf in Columbia County, Fairmount and Ross in Luzerne County, and Colley and Davidson in Sullivan County.
Ricketts Glen's land was once home to Native Americans. From 1822 to 1827, a turnpike was built along the course of PA 487 in what is now the park, where two squatters harvested cherry trees to make bed frames from about 1830 to 1860. The park's waterfalls were one of the main attractions for a hotel from 1873 to 1903; the park is named for the hotel's proprietor, R. Bruce Ricketts, who built the trail along the waterfalls. By the 1890s Ricketts owned or controlled over 80,000 acres (320 km2; 120 sq mi) and made his fortune clearcutting almost all of that land, including much of what is now the park; however he preserved about 2,000 acres (810 ha) of virgin forest in the creek's three glens. The sawmill was at the village of Ricketts, which was mostly north of the park. After his death in 1918, Ricketts' heirs began selling land to the state for Pennsylvania State Game Lands.
Plans to make Ricketts Glen a national park in the 1930s were ended by budget issues and the Second World War; Pennsylvania began purchasing the land in 1942 and fully opened Ricketts Glen State Park in 1944. The Benton Air Force Station, a Cold War radar installation in the park, operated from 1951 to 1975 and still serves as airport radar for nearby Wilkes-Barre and as the Red Rock Job Corps Center. Improvements since the creation of the state park include a new dam for the 245-acre (99 ha) Lake Jean, the breaching of two other dams Ricketts built, trail modifications, and a fire tower. In 1999 Hurricane Floyd briefly closed the park and downed thousands of trees; helicopter logging protected the ecosystem while harvesting lumber worth nearly $7 million, some of which paid for a new park office in 2001.
The park offers hiking, ten cabins, camping (one of the two camping areas is on a peninsula in the lake), horseback riding, and hunting. Lake Jean is used for swimming, fishing, canoeing and kayaking. In winter there is cross-country skiing, ice fishing on the lake, and ice climbing on the frozen falls. The Glens Natural Area has eight named waterfalls in Glen Leigh and ten in Ganoga Glen, these come together at Waters Meet; downstream in Ricketts Glen there are four to six named waterfalls. The park has four rock formations from the Devonian and Carboniferous periods, and is home to a wide variety of plants and animals. It was named an Important Bird Area by the Pennsylvania Audubon Society and is an Important Mammal Area too. Ricketts Glen State Park was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of State Parks as one of "25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks".
from Wikipedia
PA_487 [20 points]
Another re-activated space invader of which I have never seen the original because it was gone before my passion for space invaders. This one came back during the covid-19 period of lockdowns, curfews, restrictions and almost no time in Paris. But I got him, more than 8 months after its re-activation.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: BRAVO!
All my photos of PA_487:
PA_487 (Close-up, August 2021)
PA_487 (Wide shot, August 2021)
Date of invasion: 21/07/2002
DELETED ? (2003-2004)
RE-ACTIVATED December 2020
PA_487 [20 points]
Another re-activated space invader of which I have never seen the original because it was gone before my passion for space invaders. This one came back during the covid-19 period of lockdowns, curfews, restrictions and almost no time in Paris. But I got him, more than 8 months after its re-activation.
Onscreen FlashInvaders message: BRAVO!
All my photos of PA_487:
PA_487 (Close-up, August 2021)
PA_487 (Wide shot, August 2021)
Date of invasion: 21/07/2002
DELETED ? (2003-2004)
RE-ACTIVATED December 2020
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,050 acres (5,280 ha) in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The park is near the borough of Benton on Pennsylvania Route 118 and Pennsylvania Route 487, and is in five townships: Sugarloaf in Columbia County, Fairmount and Ross in Luzerne County, and Colley and Davidson in Sullivan County.
Ricketts Glen's land was once home to Native Americans. From 1822 to 1827, a turnpike was built along the course of PA 487 in what is now the park, where two squatters harvested cherry trees to make bed frames from about 1830 to 1860. The park's waterfalls were one of the main attractions for a hotel from 1873 to 1903; the park is named for the hotel's proprietor, R. Bruce Ricketts, who built the trail along the waterfalls. By the 1890s Ricketts owned or controlled over 80,000 acres (320 km2; 120 sq mi) and made his fortune clearcutting almost all of that land, including much of what is now the park; however he preserved about 2,000 acres (810 ha) of virgin forest in the creek's three glens. The sawmill was at the village of Ricketts, which was mostly north of the park. After his death in 1918, Ricketts' heirs began selling land to the state for Pennsylvania State Game Lands.
Plans to make Ricketts Glen a national park in the 1930s were ended by budget issues and the Second World War; Pennsylvania began purchasing the land in 1942 and fully opened Ricketts Glen State Park in 1944. The Benton Air Force Station, a Cold War radar installation in the park, operated from 1951 to 1975 and still serves as airport radar for nearby Wilkes-Barre and as the Red Rock Job Corps Center. Improvements since the creation of the state park include a new dam for the 245-acre (99 ha) Lake Jean, the breaching of two other dams Ricketts built, trail modifications, and a fire tower. In 1999 Hurricane Floyd briefly closed the park and downed thousands of trees; helicopter logging protected the ecosystem while harvesting lumber worth nearly $7 million, some of which paid for a new park office in 2001.
The park offers hiking, ten cabins, camping (one of the two camping areas is on a peninsula in the lake), horseback riding, and hunting. Lake Jean is used for swimming, fishing, canoeing and kayaking. In winter there is cross-country skiing, ice fishing on the lake, and ice climbing on the frozen falls. The Glens Natural Area has eight named waterfalls in Glen Leigh and ten in Ganoga Glen, these come together at Waters Meet; downstream in Ricketts Glen there are four to six named waterfalls. The park has four rock formations from the Devonian and Carboniferous periods, and is home to a wide variety of plants and animals. It was named an Important Bird Area by the Pennsylvania Audubon Society and is an Important Mammal Area too. Ricketts Glen State Park was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of State Parks as one of "25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks".
from Wikipedia
PA_1203 [50 points]
I have never seen PA_487 (invasion date 21/07/2002) active which used to be at about the same location as this new big one. Apart from 4 red tiles this one a good example of 'black and white in full color'. The Japanese theme is fully integrated in the space invader.
Other views:
PA_1203 (Zoom in, July 2016)
Date of invasion: 09/06/2016 (Source: Website Invader, first seen on Flickr on 09/06/2016 by Olivier)
[ My private first visit to PA_1203 was 38 days after invasion ]
PA_487 [20 points]
One of the streets near Boulevard Saint Michèl and Jardin des Luxembourg was invaded one day. The low installed invader on the stairs didn't survive long.
All what is left is for the lovers of Space Invader Archeology.
Date of invasion: 21/07/2002
DELETED long ago!
Sacred Heart University hosted the Physician Assistant Studies Inaugural Class of 2018 Graduation on December 7, 2018, at the Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Tracy Deer-Mirek
Odd "covered-bridge-like" structure on PA 487 in Orange Twp. just south of Fishing Creek Twp. in Columbia County, PA. It does not have any sort of bridge truss inside - anybody know what it is?
Complete with a map for those planning on driving down Red Rock mountain along PA-487. This has to be fun in the winter...
Earlier on the way up the temperature was 54 at the base, 38 at the top. The mountain is steep!
Pennsylvania Route 487 is a 63-mile (101 km) long, north-south state highway running from PA 61 in Shamokin Township, Northumberland County to PA 87 (near its intersection with US 220) in Dushore, Sullivan County.
Model of the Welle Hess Covered Bridge at the Heritage House Restaurant on PA 487 south of Orangeville in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, USA. Built from wood salvaged from the bridge after it collapsed - see www.bentonnews.net/Features/welle.htm
Pennsylvania Route 42 is a 45-mile (72 km) long state route located in central Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at Pennsylvania Route 61 in Centralia. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 220 in Laporte.
Inside view of odd "covered-bridge-like" structure on PA 487 in Orange Twp. just south of Fishing Creek Twp. in Columbia County, PA. It does not seem to have any sort of bridge truss inside - also has a concrete slab floor (not visible here).
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