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We spent some time in Drumheller, Alberta, home of the Dinosaurs. I saw a great bumper sticker that read, "I run on recycled Dinosaurs."
Still been super busy around here, but since we;re having a little rain pass through this morning I took a few minutes to play.
We'll be heading back to this area in a couple of weeks and yes the pup was there for this one too.
Looks better when you hit "L"
I've been hiking and exploring the Drumheller Channels area for well over a decade. But Saturday was the first time I walked Black Rock Road along Crab Creek.
I've seen and photographed the road a number of times from atop the cliffs high above, but never thought of actually walking it.
The canyon containing Crab Creek is far to wide and tall to have been carved by the waters of the creek itself. And yet there they are. This happened during the ice age when the glacier diverted the Columbia River from its then (and mostly present) course to this spot where I stood to take the photo.
From atop, you can see how such a thing would work. But below, you can hardly imagine the waters flowing high above you.
For those with maps, the ice cut off the Columbia near Grand Coulee Dam. The waters hung a hard left down present-day Banks Lake, through Soap Lake (and so down the entirety of Grand Coulee, into Moses Lake and then through the Drumheller area, following Crab Creek to the present-day Columbia River.
With various ice age floods, the waters came with force an abundance, overflowing everything and carving the multitude of canyons throughout this part of the state. But even during relative periods of calm, the Columbia flowed through lands new to it, and submerging what would later be called Black Rock Road.
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'Black Rock Road'
Camera: Mamiya RB67
Film: Kentmere 400
Process: HC-110B; 5.5mins
Washington
September 2024
This protected area of the Badlands in the Drumheller Valley offers a great look at the Hoodoos, big and small and some pretty cool terrain.
This lovely little outcropping of hoodoos has, unfortunately, suffered at the hands and feet of tourists, necessitating a series of metal stairs and rails to keep people from climbing them. It makes getting a great photo a little harder. It's a challenge to find an angle without stairs in it. It's still a beautiful spot though. 20150418_73
Remains of the past in the Drumheller, Alberta hills.
I can only assume that they were part of a once thriving coal mine industry in the area.
We went on a expedition Wednesday night from Calgary to Drumheller, 150 km away to shoot the milky way during the perseid meteor shower peak.
Well turned out that my favorite shot do not have any shooting star on it but we enjoyed them with our own eyes :)
Back to bed at 4:30 am and at work at 9:30 am! The night was kind of short but well worth it!
While most visitors head west to the mountains, we took Larry's brother east to the prairies to see the interesting things around Drumheller. Hoodoos are pillars of rock or earth that have been protected from erosion by a cap of harder rock that is more resistant to wear. These ones aren't the largest in the world, but we're glad this small area has been preserved for the public. Eventually, they will topple, but for now, they still amaze many visitors.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo_(geology)
Finally managed to capture a photo I am happy with after being stuck in a rut for the last two months. We've struggled with a lot of rain for the past months here in Alberta which only added insult to injury. But at last, the rain stopped so I took a little last minute trip to Drumheller and I'm glad I did because the sunset really showed up!
Normally the park is quite dry but because of all the recent rain, the vegetation was very lush and green, and it contrasted the desert scene quite nicely. Add the beautiful golden sunset light beaming through the canyon and it brought some life into the scene.
This scene had a very high dynamic range and with the foreground being so close to the lens, it made for a technical picture to shoot. It is a focus stack of 3 images. Additionaly, I waited for the sun to get closer to the horizon for the light to be less harsh and the clouds to have more colours to snap an extra exposure for the sky. I also used a polarizing filter to remove glare and make the greens pop more.
Located 130 km (81 mi) northeast of Calgary in Alberta's Badlands, the Drumheller Valley is best known for its diverse and unique topography. Made up of mostly barren terrain that includes grasslands, hoodoos, canyons and coulees, the area provides a vast landscape that is worthy of discovery.
A few miles outside the town of Drumheller is a small area with these very distinctive hoodoos. They are part of the badlands that surround the area. Hoodoos in Drumheller, Alberta, are a distinctive feature that continues to attract thousands of visitors each year. The sediments comprising these hoodoos were formed between 70 and 75 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period (wikipedia). The area attracts many tourists but these hoodoos are best photographed at Sunset.
With so much snow in the high mountains, we've been doing some sightseeing around Calgary. These are all in and around the town of Drumheller.
Located in the heart of the Badlands, Drumheller Valley has an interesting history which spans back some 70 million years to a time when the area was very different looking than it is today. The land was flat and the climate was tropic, providing the needed habitat for plants and animals alike to flourish. These vast plains crossed by many rivers originating in the Rocky Mountains and spilling into the Bear Paw Sea, were the home of what we today know as the Dinosaur.
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With so much snow in the high mountains, we've been doing some sightseeing around Calgary. These are all in and around the town of Drumheller.
Went to the extraordinary area of the Badlands of Drumheller today, what a landscape! Hoodoos take millions of years to form and stand 5 to 7 metres tall. Each hoodoo is a sandstone pillar resting on a thick base of shale that is capped by a large stone. Hoodoos are very fragile and can erode completely if their capstone is dislodged
This very tiny church is a popular place to stop at and take a few photos. My daughter and I called in two days ago, 29 September 2014, when we spent the day driving out to the Drumheller and the Badlands area and exploring a few places.
"Drumheller's LITTLE CHURCH Seating 10,000 people - 6 at a time. This church was first erected by local contractor Trygve Seland, in co-operation with the Ministerial Association in 1968 and was reconstructed by inmates of the Drumheller Institution in 1991. It was designed as a place of worship and mediation and not just a tourist attraction. Please treat it with respect. Drumheller and District Chamber of Commerce." The Little Church has six one-person pews and a pulpit. At one time, it had stained glass windows and a brass bell in its steeple.