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Shell Falls in Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming plunges for 120 feet above PreCambrian Granite. During the summer, water drops over Shell Falls at a rate of 3,600 gallons per second. The Creek and Falls follows fractures in the resistant granite. The creek and canyon were named for the shell fossils found in the sedimentary canyon walls above the granite.
Shell Falls in Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming plunges for 120 feet above PreCambrian Granite. During the summer, water drops over Shell Falls at a rate of 3,600 gallons per second. The Creek and Falls follows fractures in the resistant granite. The creek and canyon were named for the shell fossils found in the sedimentary canyon wallsabove the granite.
Big Horn National Forest. US Hwy. 14
In the Bighorn Mountains of Wyoming, the waters of Shell Creek plunge 120 ft.
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Shell Falls waterfall, in the Bighorn National Forest along US Highway 14 in Wyoming in the Shell Canyon
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Shell Falls is a beautiful waterfall right by Highway 14 above Shell Canyon. The foliage looked a lot different than the last time I was here.
Shell Falls in Bighorn National Forest, Wyoming plunges for 120 feet above PreCambrian Granite. During the summer, water drops over Shell Falls at a rate of 3,600 gallons per second. The Creek and Falls follows fractures in the resistant granite. The creek and canyon were named for the shell fossils found in the sedimentary canyon wallsabove the granite.
Limestone, granite, and many other rocks and minerals reveal the geological history of the Bighorn basin region. The area is so rich that Iowa State University has a Geology Field Station in the nearby town of Shell, Wyoming, where field camps and research are stationed.
Shell Creek below Shell Falls, on its way to meet the Bighorn River.
The beautiful Shell Creek, still full of water at the end of August, eventually empties into the Bighorn River, but not before offering up some refreshing scenery. These photos were taken at the Shell Interpretive Site, along US 14, near the map-dot town of Shell, Wyoming.
The eponymous shells are found in fossil form in the walls of the canyon carved by the creek over the ages.
The Interpretive Site is administered by the Bighorn National Forest. The info kiosk is staffed between Memorial Day and Labor Day only, but the scenic walkway is open for visitation all year.
Limestone, granite, and many other rocks and minerals reveal the geological history of the Bighorn basin region. The area is so rich that Iowa State University has a Geology Field Station in the nearby town of Shell, Wyoming, where field camps and research are stationed.
Beautiful viewed from the Shell Falls Interpretive Site, Shell Creek tumbles over a 120 foot cliff. On a hot day the spray is a welcome source of coolness at the viewing platforms.
The beautiful Shell Creek, still full of water at the end of August, eventually empties into the Bighorn River, but not before offering up some refreshing scenery. These photos were taken at the Shell Interpretive Site, along US 14, near the map-dot town of Shell, Wyoming.
The eponymous shells are found in fossil form in the walls of the canyon carved by the creek over the ages.
The Interpretive Site is administered by the Bighorn National Forest. The info kiosk is staffed between Memorial Day and Labor Day only, but the scenic walkway is open for visitation all year.
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and you blaze"
Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973)
This dominating butte, comprised of dolomite and limestone, towers above the surrounding landscape to the west of Shell Falls Interpretive Site, along US 14, near the map-dot town of Shell, Wyoming.
Wolfgang Robert Copman, of European heritage, was a mid-19th century settler in the region and an early experimenter with something equivalent to hang-gliding, stating he would one day fly from the top of the outcrop, and if he failed, it would be his tombstone. He never made the leap, and his grave site is elsewhere.
The beautiful Shell Creek, still full of water at the end of August, eventually empties into the Bighorn River, but not before offering up some refreshing scenery.
The eponymous shells are found in fossil form in the sedimentary stratigraphy of the canyon carved by the creek over the ages.
The Interpretive Site is administered by the Bighorn National Forest. The info kiosk is staffed between Memorial Day and Labor Day only, but the scenic walkway is open for visitation all year.
Cottonwood trees are big drinkers, and from a distance any thick row of cottonwood trees indicates the presence of water. They also have wonderfully hefty bark, as detailed here.
Along Shell Creek near Shell Falls Interpretive Site, US 14, Wyoming
Shell Creek, flowing below many mountains in the Bighorn Range that very generously drain snowmelt into it every spring, is a refreshing little river that has long borne responsibility for making the high desert around it livable for the earliest people in the region to today's agricultural endeavors.
These views of the falls were taken at Shell Falls Interpretive Site, a beautifully thought out site with views galore, maintained by the US Forest Service along US Highway 14.
My efforts to "silk" water cascading over the brink of Shell Falls taught me that water moves over different side channels at different velocities!
Shell Creek, flowing below many mountains in the Bighorn
Range that very generously drain snowmelt into it every spring, is a refreshing little river that has long borne responsibility for making the high desert around it livable for the earliest people in the region to today's agricultural endeavors.
These views of the falls were taken at Shell Falls Interpretive Site, a beautifully thought out site with views galore, maintained by the US Forest Service along US Highway 14.
At a 120 feet in height Shell falls sends the water of Shell Creek tumbling over 2.9 billion year old Precambrian basement rocks into a narrow chasm that makes up the inner canyon. These basement rocks are some of the oldest rocks earth. The falls is located about midway down Shell Canyon in the Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains.
This dominating butte, comprised of dolomite and limestone, towers above the surrounding landscape to the west of Shell Falls Interpretive Site, along US 14, near the map-dot town of Shell, Wyoming.
Wolfgang Robert Copman, of European heritage, was a mid-19th century settler in the region and an early experimenter with something equivalent to hang-gliding, stating he would one day fly from the top of the outcrop, and if he failed, it would be his tombstone. He never made the leap, and his grave site is elsewhere.
The beautiful Shell Creek, still full of water at the end of August, eventually empties into the Bighorn River, but not before offering up some refreshing scenery.
The eponymous shells are found in fossil form in the sedimentary stratigraphy of the canyon carved by the creek over the ages.
The Interpretive Site is administered by the Bighorn National Forest. The info kiosk is staffed between Memorial Day and Labor Day only, but the scenic walkway is open for visitation all year.
Coordinates (Shell Falls):
44 35' 16'' N
197 36' 53'' W
Flight UA Calgary-Denver
Shell Falls is a waterfall in the Bighorn National Forest on Shell Creek, about half-way down Shell Canyon, and a few miles upstream from the town of Shell in northeast Wyoming. The falls are 120 feet (36 meters) in height and tumble over basement rock of granite.
From the rest area and interpretive center, one can see outcrops of the Cambrian flathead sandstone, about 550 million years old, resting on 2.9 billion year old Precambrian rocks - some of the oldest rocks on earth. Visitors can also see "Copman's Tomb", a massive limestone promontory to the north.
Shell Creek is a tributary of the Bighorn River, approximately 50 mi (50 km) long, in Wyoming in the United States. Lying entirely within Big Horn County, Shell Creek begins above the Shell Lakes in the Bighorn Mountains. Starting at an elevation of over 11,000 ft (17700 m), it drops to below 3800 ft (6100 m) as it descends the western side of the Bighorn Mountains through Shell Canyon and enters the Big Horn Basin near Shell, Wyoming. It flows into the Bighorn River, a tributary of the Yellowstone River, just north of Greybull.
US 14, the Bighorn Scenic Byway, travels along Shell Creek through the canyon. This modern highway is relatively young. Much of it was completed in the mid-1960's, with major improvements in the 1980's.
(from Wikipedia)
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Last time I saw Shell Falls in January the flowing water was completely covered by ice. But now there was only a little ice left.
Shell Falls, Bighorn Scenic Byway, Wyoming; Shell Creek tumbles 120 feet over the granite cliffs into Shell Canyon.
Not my first stitch of the falls, but the best so far.
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I have a few prints of this, and after contemplating them, have decided that I went a little overboard with the artificial vignetting and blurring. It doesn't look too bad when viewed on a monitor in medium size, but in a poster size print, it's a bit much.
Shell Falls, Bighorn Scenic Byway, Wyoming; Shell Creek tumbles 120 feet over the granite cliffs into Shell Canyon.
Coordinates (Shell Falls):
44 35' 16'' N
197 36' 53'' W
Flight United Airlines Calgary-Denver
The Big Horn Mountains are a mountain range in northern Wyoming and southern Montana in the United States, forming a northwest-trending spur from the Rocky Mountains extending approximately 200 miles (320 km) northward on the Great Plains. They are separated from the Absaroka Range, which lie on the main branch of the Rockies in western Wyoming, by the Bighorn Basin.
Scenic Byways through the Bighorns.The Bighorn Mountains were uplifted during the Laramide orogeny beginning approximately 70 million years ago. The Bighorn Mountains consist of over 9,000 feet (2,700 m) of sedimentary rock strata laid down before mountain-building began: the predominantly marine and near-shore sedimentary layers range from the Cambrian through the Lower Cretaceous, and are often rich in fossils. There is an unconformity where Silurian strata were exposed to erosion and are missing. Following the uplift, large volumes of sediments, rich in early Tertiary paleontological resources, were deposited in the adjoining basins. Though many cirques, U-shaped valleys and glacial lakes can be found in the mountain range, the only remaining active glacier is the Cloud Peak Glacier, which is on the east slope of Cloud Peak.
The highest peaks within the Big Horns are located in Wyoming in the 1.1 million acre (4,500 km²) Bighorn National Forest. Two peaks rise to over 13,000 feet (3,960 m) Cloud Peak (13,167 ft, 4013 m) and Black Tooth Mountain (13,005 ft, 3964 m). There are a dozen more that rise to over 12,000 feet (3,650 m). From the east the mountains present a vertical relief of over 8,000 feet (2,450 m), rising abrutly from the plains. Overall, the Big Horns are more rounded than their sister mountain ranges to the west.
Shell Falls waterfall, in the Bighorn National Forest along US Highway 14 in Wyoming in the Shell Canyon
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Shell Falls is a roadside attraction on Highway 14 just above Shell Canyon.
Pentax K1000, Fuji Velvia 50, processed by The Darkroom (thedarkroom.com) after sitting on the shelf 6+ years. . .
Compare to digital HERE
At a 120 feet in height, Shell Falls sends the water of Shell Creek tumbling over 2.9 billion year old Precambrian basement rocks into a narrow chasm that makes up the inner canyon. Located about midway down Shell Canyon in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains, Shell falls was a place my family often stopped on visits to the mountains. My grandparents had an old photograph of the falls hanging on their dining room wall that as a child I loved to look at. Shell Falls is a place that I have loved since I was a young boy. I processed this image in black and white to remind me of the photograph that used to hang on my grandparents wall.