Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Shames

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

holy crappola! is this actually on planet earth. It looks like it could be on Neptune or soemthing. magnifcient and a complimentary piece to your Mars Landing piece!

cara said...

what is the altitude here?
Amazing picture Dave.

Lorne Roberts said...

i realize those are clouds across the valley, but it sure looks like a glacier.

word verif: exoxper

Lorne Roberts said...

p.s. the altitude isn't too high, because it's still quite forested-- 1500m, maybe? 5000 ft?

i mean, that's pretty high, though, don't get me wrong.

ps. 2. great pic.

Lorne Roberts said...

here's what Wiki has to say:

Alpine tree line:

The highest elevation that sustains trees; higher up, it is too cold or snow cover persists for too much of the year, to sustain trees.

Usually associated with mountains, the climate above the tree line is called an alpine climate, and the terrain can be described as alpine tundra.

Mountains of the Pacific Northwest of North America exhibit lower treelines on north-facing slopes than south-facing slopes, because increased shade means the deep snowpack takes longer to melt, which shortens the growing season for trees.


*** It also says that in western North America (Washington, Wyoming, Utah, the Rockies) the treeline varies from 6000 to about 10000 feet.

cara said...

oooo. I like the phrase "alpine tundra"

still pretty high up in the sky, thanks for the info wolfboy.
:)

Anonymous said...

I don't know the elevation. I'll check.