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The highest point in Idaho at 12,662’/ 3859 m, Borah Peak (left) is unique in being primarily composed of limestone (most of the gray rock seen here) that was deposited at the bottom of an ocean 420 million years ago. The slightly younger reddish siltstones on the right side form some wonderful banded strata below the summit of Sacajawea Peak.
Also notable is the light colored band at the base of the mountain seen at the bottom of the picture. I initially assumed this was a road or a trail, but it’s a remnant of a magnitude 4.9 earthquake that hit the area in 1983, the largest quake ever recorded in Idaho. The valley side of the fault dropped as much as 9’/ 2.7 m and the mountain side rose by as much as 3’ / 1 m, leaving a notable fault scarp 21 miles/ 34 km long.
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There has been a bridge at this location from at least the late 13th century. Quaking Bridge was first mentioned in 1297, but is probably much older. The origin of the bridge name is uncertain, but it may derive the unsafe condition of an early bridge. In the Close Rolls of May 1324 it is described as "a bridge anciently constructed" and it is stated that the canons of Oseney Abbey "were wont to pass" for services in St George's Chapel at the castle.
An old scan of a photo I took in Seattle after the 2001 earthquake.
I worked in Pioneer Square at the time, the oldest part of Seattle, where the buildings are all made of brick. (There was a building ordinance passed after the 1889 fire that burned down the entire area that any new buildings had to be made of brick.) The building I worked in was over 100 years old and I didn't know until after the quake that it had been earthquake-proofed. I thought when we walked outside, all the buildings would be just piles of rubble, so to see just some bricks had caved in and a water main broken wasn't that big of a deal. Although one bunch of bricks fell right on top of someone's truck and smashed it.
This is the Alaskan Way viaduct, runs along Seattle's waterfront, and it isn't earthquake proof. I think it if collapsed, Seattle's entire waterfront would cave in. The sea wall is also not earthquake proof at this point.
Briza maxima is a species of the grass genus Briza. It is native to Northern Africa, Western Asia and Southern Europe and is cultivated or naturalised in the British Isles, the Azores, Australasia, the western United States, Central and South America, and Hawaii.
This species has a large number of common names, including big quaking grass, great quaking grass, greater quaking-grass, large quaking grass, blowfly grass, rattlesnake grass, shelly grass, rattle grass, and shell grass.
It grows to a height of 60 cm. Their spikelets resemble those of the unrelated species Bromus briziformis. The seeds and leaves are edible.
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I love Quacking Aspen trees. They don't have them out here in the Pacific Northwest, so I photographed some while visiting the great state of Utah.
Here are some in monochrome. They are most beautiful in the fall. This is when their leaves turn a brilliant bright yellow color.
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