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Tuesday, July 19, 2016

North Chimney Rock In Firehole Canyon

North Chimney Rock In Firehole Canyon
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Wyoming.  August 12, 2014
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Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: Day of Several Photos - July 19, 2016


This was the last stop on a long, two week trip through many states back in 2014.  We rolled all the way across Wyoming the night before, traveling from Scotts Bluff, Nebraska along the old Oregon Trail route, past Independence Rock, and arriving at the Firehole Canyon Campground sometime around midnight or later.   

Originally the plan was to drop down US 191 to Vernal, Utah and Dinosaur National Monument, but first we headed back up to I-80 and civilization in search of breakfast, which we were all too burned out to cook ourselves that morning.  Once back out on the freeway, I realized that we were a day's drive (true, a very long day's drive, but do-able) away from home, and we decided to cut the trip a day short and to sleep in our own beds that night.

I still haven't made it back to Dinosaur...  I've been there a couple of times before, many, many years ago, when I was a kid.  On one of these Southwest trips over the next couple years, I hope to take my kids there to visit.

As for Flaming Gorge, this spot is pretty nice, as you can see.  It's about all of the area we got to explore, though, since the whole family was pretty tired and it was time to go home.

As I wrote in the last post, Today, I plan on burning through several photos, filling in some of the gaps in the National Parks section of the website (http://aflitt.com/NationalParks). I am not sure how many I will get through, but there should be several "photo of the day" posts today.

Firehole Canyon Panorama
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Wyoming.  August 12, 2014  
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Links


USFS
http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ashley/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5212203

Wikipedia
Flaming Gorge NRA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_Gorge_National_Recreation_Area
Flaming Gorge Reservoir: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flaming_Gorge_Reservoir

Utah.com
https://utah.com/flaming-gorge

Friday, September 05, 2014

A Steamy Evening on Hell’s Half Acre

A. F. Litt: Yellowstone National Park &emdash; Steamy Evening at Grand Prismatic Spring

Steamy Evening at Grand Prismatic Spring
Midway Geyser Basin.  Yellowstone National Park. August 2, 2014
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Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: September 5, 2014
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This is the largest hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.  It is 370 feet in diameter and 121 feet deep, which doesn’t sound like much, but when you are standing next to it, it feels much more like a large pond or small lake than a hot spring…  Well, except for the heat and steam pouring off of it! 

The features of the Midway Geyser Basin, all huge, probably felt even bigger after spending the day wandering through the Lower Geyser Basin, which is spectacular and beautiful, but a little more life-sized, so to speak.  The features at Midway feel unworldly…  Like we’ve suddenly been transported, via wooden walkway, from Earth to Io or someplace.

The Grand Prismatic Spring is the third largest in the world.  The only two hot springs larger than it are in New Zealand.  According to the National Park Service, “a description of this spring by fur trapper Osborne Russell in 1839 also makes it the earliest described thermal feature in Yellowstone that is definitely identifiable.”

In 1889, Rudyard Kipling dubbed the Midway Basin “Hell’s Half Acre,” which is certainly a more descriptive name of this place than Midway, which “despite its small size … possesses two of the largest hot springs in the world.”

We hit there at a great time of the day for pictures, but not so great for actually seeing much of the Grand Prismatic Spring or the Excelsior Geyser Crater…  The air was cooling and the steam was thick, adding much to the other worldly feel of the location.

But it was a spectacular place to spend the sunset. 

So spectacular, in fact, that we accidently killed the van’s battery while wandering around up there.  I thought we’d spend a few minutes here; we spent over an hour…  Unfortunately, we were charging up a bunch of gear in the car and I accidently left the headlights on while the boy’s mom and Bella (our dog) were holding down the fort.

Thanks to the kind fellows from Illinois who gave us a jump and got us back on the road!

 http://www.yellowstonenationalpark.com/midway.htm

http://mms.nps.gov/yell/ofvec/exhibits/treasures/thermals/hotspring/grandprismatic.htm

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Thursday, September 04, 2014

On the Second Day, Rain… (And Tower Fall!)

A. F. Litt: Yellowstone National Park &emdash; Tower Falls Showing Its Rainbow

Tower Fall Showing Its Rainbow
Yellowstone National Park. August 1, 2014
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Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt:  September 4, 2014

On our second full day in Yellowstone, our afternoon was rained out, but not before we headed north from the campground to check out Tower Fall.  I am used to waterfalls being named in the plural, “falls,” but the official name here, designated by the U. S. Geological Survey in 1928, is Tower Fall.  It is the second most popular waterfall in the park, after Lower Falls, but I am not really sure what that means.

Wikipedia has some nice art of the falls: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Fall

Now, honestly, since I pretty much live in the Columbia River Gorge, my family and I are getting almost obnoxiously jaded about waterfalls.  Lower Falls, arguably, is one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world, and yes, that one impressed us, but this one is, well…  It is a very nice waterfall with some interesting pinnacles, old fossilized fumaroles, thrusting up above it.

But let’s face it- we didn’t go to Yellowstone to look at waterfalls!

Due to getting our reservations rather late, we needed to relocate for the third night, so we jammed down to Lewis Lake to grab a spot.  Unfortunately, the afternoon thunderstorms we dealt with for most of the trip decided to camp down there as well. 

Being good Oregonians, we busted out the tarps and books and settled in for a restful afternoon, though it did set our schedule back a bit later on, leading to a long catch up run late into the evening a couple days later, racing across the country trying to keep caught up with our reservations.

But a little rest was a good thing…

A. F. Litt: Yellowstone National Park &emdash; Reflections of Rain

Reflections of Rain
Yellowstone National Park. August 1, 2014
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A. F. Litt: Yellowstone National Park &emdash; Gray Sunset at Lewis Lake

Gray Sunset at Lewis Lake
Yellowstone National Park. August 1, 2014
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

One Day On Earth: 10/10/10 Pre-sale DVDs

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We know it has been a long wait, but 10.10.10 DVD's are finally here and shipping! From now until October 24th, you can buy the DVD at the pre-sale price of $14.99. We have beautiful posters and photo prints for sale as well.  

Your purchase will help keep One Day on Earth alive for a third collaboration. In order to launch 12/12/12, we must reach our funding goal of $50,000 by October 24. This is just a fraction of the production cost, but will ensure that we will have enough producers on staff and technology updates in place.  

Please consider purchasing a DVD and making a donation to help keep One Day on Earth alive for another year!

The 11/11/11 movie that I submitted some clips for is still in production. Here is my edited submission for the geotagged archive.

Today is the first time I’ve watched it in awhile.  Put a lot of work into it and, unfortunately, I still have a hard time listening to that poor Walkabouts song.  It used to be one of my favorites.  But I like it.  I am happy with what I was able to put together considering the limitations of gear I struggled with at the time, from camera to computer.

This year, for 12/12/12, I’ll have a better camera, more experience working with video, and I hope to focus more on film than on stills.  Also, I hope to have more of a topic to focus on, rather than some vague thoughts about transportation, Veterans’ Day, early Christmas decorations, poverty, Occupation, and fall colors.  I like the way those themes weave through the video, it feels like a nice little journey to me, but I’d like more of a specific topic this year.

I’ll probably only have a few days to prepare after NaNoWriMo for this, but it is a project I am looking forward to.

For Earth Day, a Film Created by the Whole World - NYTimes.com:

“One Day on Earth” is the culmination of a film and social-networking project started four years ago by Kyle Ruddick and Brandon Litman, two graduates of the University of Southern California. Mr. Ruddick has said he came up with the idea of documenting every corner of the world on a single day after attending a world music festival and watching various sonic styles mingle.

As Mr. Ruddick finished the feature-length movie, compiled from over 3,000 hours of video, in California, Mr. Litman worked from New York to secure financial and logistics support from charities and humanitarian organizations. Over 60 such partners signed on.

‘One Day on Earth’: Film with footage from every country on earth captured on same day makes its debut | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News:

The 105-minute film includes rare footage from places where American filmmakers aren't exactly welcome--including North Korea, where a military parade was secretly shot. "We had someone who basically shot covert with a DSLR camera that was rolling video," Ruddick told Yahoo News. "It was harrowing to watch--you never want someone to put themselves in danger, or get hurt."

Footage from South Sudan, North Africa and Tunisia--which in 2010 was on the brink of igniting the Arab spring--was just as difficult to obtain. The pair also partnered with more than 60 NGOs, including Oxfam and Human Rights Watch--"people who know the logistics on the ground," Litman said.

'One Day on Earth' documentary: Visit every country in the world this Earth Day | Inside Movies | EW.com:

If this all sounds familiar, last year’s Ridley Scott-produced documentary Life in a Day pulled off a similar feat by gathering video shot by YouTube users. But One Day on Earth, the brainchild of first-time filmmakers Kyle Ruddick (director) and Brandon Litman (executive producer), was initially set in motion four years ago. And unlike Life in a Day, which was backed by YouTube and Scott Free Productions and was distributed by National Geographic Films, Ruddick and Litman turned to nonprofit partners including the United Nations and World Wildlife Fund.

I’m a big fan of Life in a Day, but I see no reason why we can’t have two of these crowdsourcing “Earth in a single day” films. And if this Beirut-scored trailer is any indication, One Day on Earth seems to have the goods.

More press links here: http://www.onedayonearth.org/profiles/blog/list?user=2l415lotmh5cu

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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: September 25, 2012, Grotto Cove & Clouds, Crater Lake

Grotto Cove.  Crater Lake National Park.  Oregon.  August 21, 2012.  Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: September 25, 2012.

Grotto Cove.  Crater Lake National Park.  Oregon.  August 21, 2012.  Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: September 25, 2012.

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: September 17, 2012, Smoke from the Cascade Creek Fire

Smoke from the Cascade Creek Fire near Mt. Adams.  Big Lava Bed.  Skamania Co.  Washington.  September 16, 2012.  Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: September 17, 2012.
Smoke from the Cascade Creek Fire near Mt. Adams.  Big Lava Bed.  Skamania Co.  Washington.  September 16, 2012.  Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: September 17, 2012.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

July 2012 Photo of the Month by A. F. Litt: Puddle Sky

Cloudy Street.  Gresham, Oregon.  June 5, 2012.  Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: July 1, 2012.

Cloudy Street.  Gresham, Oregon.  June 5, 2012.  Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: July 1, 2012.

Yes, I am posting this several months later… 

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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Photos of the Day by A. F. Litt: June 28 & 30, 2012

Abstract. November 6, 2012.  Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: June 28, 2012.

Abstract. November 6, 2012.  Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: June 28, 2012.

Gray & Black & Green. Springwater Corridor.  Gresham, Oregon.  April 15, 2012.  Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: June 30, 2012.

Gray & Black & Green. Springwater Corridor.  Gresham, Oregon.  April 15, 2012.  Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: June 30, 2012.

This photo of the day post is a little different and reflects a slight change in direction due to the current circumstances in my life. 

My posting practice is time consuming, from selecting and editing the photos through to linking to the posts everywhere.  With the time consuming needs of my family right now, I just don’t have the time to run through this process on a daily basis right now.

However, there are other ways to go about this. 

Instead of posting a daily photo on Rubble, I may just post small collections of two or three photos every few days here, once a week, at least, while trying to continue with more frequent photo of the day posts on 500px and deviantArt

Realistically, it may be hard to post daily even just to those sites, but it will mean more photo of the day posts than if I try to post everywhere every time.

That is all for now.

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Mt. Tabor. Portland, Oregon. December 2011…

From 2011-12 (Dec)

Unfortunately, I lost most of the photos from this day, all of the originals.

In December, I was bouncing back and forth between too many cameras, too many computers, and dealing with full hard drives on my computers, so I was spending a lot of time switching files back and forth between drives there. Somewhere in the shuffle, the original photos from this outing got lost. I have a handful that I edited back then. The rest are gone.

I was afraid of this happening in December, and I was trying to be very careful that this did not happen. Unfortunately, it appears that I was not careful enough.

Since then I have worked out a system to prevent this from happening. Also, I will be buying a new hard drive next week to help resolve the main issue that I've been having leading to so much data loss... Full hard drives on my primary computer and having no drive available to back up any of my disks.

So. I am sad.

But it just gives me an excuse to go back to that park in the near future, so that is good. This was my first outing with the new camera and I was still getting used to it, so maybe it is all for the best anyway...

Here are some of my favorite survivors...

From 2011-12 (Dec)
From 2011-12 (Dec)
From 2011-12 (Dec)
From 2011-12 (Dec)
From 2011-12 (Dec)

 

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Sunday, January 01, 2012

Friday, December 16, 2011

Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: December 16, 2011, Cape Meares Lake

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Photo of the Day, December 16, 2011. Cape Meares Lake, Oregon. July 7, 2011.

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Wednesday, December 07, 2011

The Final Cut: One Day On Earth 11.11.11

From 2011-11-11 (11-11-11) - Photo
From 2011-11-11 (11-11-11) - Photo

 

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Photo of the Day by A. F. Litt: November 28, 2011, Reflecting on ducks

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Photo of the Day, November 28, 2011. Pond.  Springwater Trail.  Gresham, Oregon. February 9, 2011.


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