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The Tower is an astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the prairie surrounding the Black Hills. It is considered sacred by Northern Plains Indians and indigenous people. Hundreds of parallel cracks make it one of the finest crack climbing areas in North America. Devils Tower entices us to learn more, explore more and define our place in the natural and cultural world.
day 78 : 03.22.09
yet another appearance of the gusbuster on 365, snuggling on the bed with us for a bit before we go to sleep... he can't ever get up on the bed without bringing a toy, and this time the lucky comfort object of choice was his bad cuz, which we refer to simply as the "devil ball". it's definitely one of his favorites.
explore #424. :)
This amazing exhibition tells the story of arguably the Greatest Munitions Factory on Earth, which was constructed on the Anglo-Scottish Border between scenic Dornock in Scotland and bustling Longtown in England. During 1915, Britain was at a massive disadvantage in the early part of the Great War through lack of a decent and consistent supply of quality ammunition.
That is until 30,000 women and men travelled from all over the world to come and work in this one massive factory, purpose built by the government on the northern shore of the Solway Firth specifically to mass manufacture cordite: a smokeless explosive usually made from nitro-glycerine and nitro-cotton that would go on to turn the battle around! Within 2 years this one uber factory was producing 1,100 tons of cordite a week, which was more than all the other munitions plants in Britain put together!
President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Devils Tower America's first national monument on September 24, 1906.
Cute little baby Tasmanian Devils
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Some stunning Nikon D90 time lapse photography
After a wait of 5 hours(!) for a westbound, UP 4028 leads a westbound stack train across the bridges at Devils Slide, Utah.
4 October 2014
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My version of the Devil Bats uniform from the anime Eyeshield 21. I already know the wing is off but EA doesn't let you move the logo freely so I had to put it there to look somewhat familiar.
Devil's Courthouse Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina. I purposly exposed this shot for the cloudy sky which put the mountain into almost a silhouette. I thought the feature would still be recognizable. If you view large you can see two hikers standing on top of the overlook at middle edge left.
Devils Hole", Jersey, Channel Islands
Following a shipwreck in 1851, when's a ship's figurehead washed up in the Devil's Hole, a statue of a devil adapted from the figurehead was set up above the Hole. The wooden statue was replaced by a succession of modern versions in the 20th century.
Soooo I'm in Colorado. Arrived yesterday and drove up to Estes Park by myself to hike and relax and distract my mind before my interviews tomorrow. After two gorgeous hikes in almost white-out conditions, I headed back to Denver on US 34, Big Thompson Canyon, the bestest way to get to and from Estes Park.
Just before getting to Loveland, there's a striking rock feature that sticks up in the middle of grasslands. It's called Devil's Backbone and I've always wanted to stop. So today I did. And it's really cool! I didn't explore much because it was getting late, but the ridges are pretty sweet. Also the howling coyotes really started to creep me out.
On to tomorrow.... (starting to get nervous!)
Lots more pictures too, eventually :)
This amazing exhibition tells the story of arguably the Greatest Munitions Factory on Earth, which was constructed on the Anglo-Scottish Border between scenic Dornock in Scotland and bustling Longtown in England. During 1915, Britain was at a massive disadvantage in the early part of the Great War through lack of a decent and consistent supply of quality ammunition.
That is until 30,000 women and men travelled from all over the world to come and work in this one massive factory, purpose built by the government on the northern shore of the Solway Firth specifically to mass manufacture cordite: a smokeless explosive usually made from nitro-glycerine and nitro-cotton that would go on to turn the battle around! Within 2 years this one uber factory was producing 1,100 tons of cordite a week, which was more than all the other munitions plants in Britain put together!
A little animated loop on a new Halloween painting based on an old Dutch lightbulb poster from the 1930's
Crazy way to sell lightbulbs!
See my Pop Art at www.howiegreen.com
View looking towards the Tetons for the top of the Devil's Staircase hike. Tablerock and one of the tips of the Tetons can be seen. Targhee national Forest. This was taken in October of 2010.
The original Red Devils - Front: Foss & Berger. Back: Downey & Reid
An acrobatic team known as the "Red Devils" was formed and their flying ability led to many demonstrations of flying at fairs and other public functions both in South Dakota and many neighboring states.
From Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower
Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge Butte) is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River. It rises 1,267 feet (386 m) above the Belle Fourche River, standing 867 feet (265 m) from summit to base. The summit is 5,112 feet (1,559 m) above sea level.
Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. The monument's boundary encloses an area of 1,347 acres (545 ha).
In recent years, about 1% of the monument's 400,000 annual visitors climbed Devils Tower, mostly using traditional climbing techniques.
As rain and snow continue to erode the sedimentary rocks surrounding the Tower's base, more of Devils Tower will be exposed. Nonetheless, the exposed portions of the Tower still experience certain amounts of erosion. Cracks along the columns are subject to water and ice erosion. Portions, or even entire columns, of rock at Devils Tower are continually breaking off and falling. Piles of broken columns, boulders, small rocks, and stones, called scree, lie at the base of the tower, indicating that it was once wider than it is today.
Fur trappers may have visited Devils Tower, but they left no written evidence of having done so. The first documented Caucasian visitors were several members of Captain William F. Raynolds's 1859 expedition to Yellowstone. Sixteen years later, Colonel Richard I. Dodge escorted an Office of Indian Affairs scientific survey party to the massive rock formation and coined the name Devils Tower. Recognizing its unique characteristics, the United States Congress designated the area a U.S. forest reserve in 1892 and in 1906 Devils Tower became the nation's first National monument.
The 1977 movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind used the formation as a plot element and as the location of its climactic scenes.Its release was the cause of a large increase in visitors and climbers to the monument.
Similarly, the 2011 movie Paul used the formation at the film's climax as an homage to Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
The Native American story of the formation of the stars of the Pleiades at Devils Tower is featured in the 2014 science documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey.
It is featured in a 2019 episode of The UnXplained titled "Unnatural Nature", documenting and speculating about the formation.
Devil's Tower featured in 2019 film Godzilla: King of The Monsters as Abaddon resting.
Devil's Tower, by the name Mato Tipila, is featured as one of 34 discoverable natural wonders in the 2016 Firaxis video game Civilization VI.
Photo by Eric Friedebach
Devil-mask maker DarÃo López, Parita, Azuero Peninsula, Panama
Mask arrived today handmade by DarÃo
Livingstone Island, Zambia
Devil's Pool is adjacent to the famous Livingstone Island situated on the edge of the Victoria Falls.
During the drier months of the year, May to October, it is possible to walk along the lip of the falls. This can only be done from the Zambian side. After thousands of years of erosion, many rock pools have formed and one of them has formed right on the very edge of the sheer drop.
Over 500 million litres of water a minute cascade over the almost 2km wide falls, causing a deafening and spectacular explosion of spray which can be seen 30 miles away. This is why it is known locally as Mosi-oa-Tunya, or The Smoke that Thunders.
You can find guides who will take you on the Zambian side, at the entrance to the Falls.