Almost An Island
Jan 21, 2019 18:53:50 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
A view from an hour ago. Along the Colorado, looking upriver from Gold Bottom under light rain.
Jan 21, 2019 18:55:15 #
Jan 21, 2019 18:59:16 #
Very nice, Cany. I really like the tonalities featured here.
--Bob
--Bob
Cany143 wrote:
A view from an hour ago. Along the Colorado, looking upriver from Gold Bottom under light rain.
Jan 21, 2019 19:40:50 #
Jan 21, 2019 20:34:17 #
Jan 21, 2019 20:49:30 #
Beautiful photograph Cany 
Around here the rivers remain near flood stage. In light of the water level of the Colorado today, I’d say thank God it’s raining!
Around here the rivers remain near flood stage. In light of the water level of the Colorado today, I’d say thank God it’s raining!Jan 21, 2019 21:11:39 #
Jan 21, 2019 21:22:20 #
SSam
Loc: Sierra Vista, AZ
Cany143, How is it that your small photo did not have a white frame around it, but when you uploaded the "original" it had a white frame around it? Great Panorama!
Jan 21, 2019 21:26:37 #
Jan 22, 2019 05:56:55 #
Jan 22, 2019 07:00:04 #
Cany143 wrote:
A view from an hour ago. Along the Colorado, looking upriver from Gold Bottom under light rain.
Jim, fantastic photo. A DDL show off the detail and is as good as it can get.
Greg
Jan 22, 2019 07:45:27 #
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Jan 22, 2019 09:48:36 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
suntouched wrote:
Love the scene but any idea why the water is so low here?
The Colorado is presently running at about +/- 2200 cfs, which is pretty normal for this time of the year. It only looks like its running at a trickle because the main channel is out of sight on the other side of the big, sandy sand bar you see. I've accessed this island a number of times from the channel side while doing river trips, but never managed to access it from the river bank side. The accumulated river bed silt holds just too much sub-surface river flow, and a few feet out from the rocky bank you'd sink to your armpits in it like you're trying to walk across quicksand. In April/May, when snow begins to melt in the Rockies, the river will begin to rise, and this 'almost an island' will be more clearly an island again.
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