Amazing nature
Aug 20, 2018 07:32:44 #
Aug 20, 2018 07:40:58 #
Photolady2014 wrote:
These amazing tiny little flowers grow at very hig... (show quote)
Awesome set of photos.
I see you are retired and I just wonder how you got to this altitude? I would never make it.
Greg
Aug 20, 2018 07:49:53 #
Aug 20, 2018 08:47:03 #
Photolady2014 wrote:
These amazing tiny little flowers grow at very hig... (show quote)
It is truly amazing and incredible....gorgeous photos
Aug 20, 2018 10:54:49 #
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Aug 20, 2018 12:42:29 #
Beautiful shots PhotoLady. I don't think I could get to that altitude without an oxygen tank. Thanks for sharing.
Aug 20, 2018 13:25:57 #
Yes, you are right Photolady!
It is a demonstration of an amazing force of life taking nutrients from dissolving granite boulders.
From cryptobiotic bacteria, lichens to a spectrum of these tiny tundra flowers.
I wonder, if anybody also noticed the blue alpine forget-me-nots on both sides of mountain goat mom's head?
Thank you for bringing up these beautiful images to this forum - when the skies - not clear of smoke, are keeping us away.
It is a demonstration of an amazing force of life taking nutrients from dissolving granite boulders.
From cryptobiotic bacteria, lichens to a spectrum of these tiny tundra flowers.
I wonder, if anybody also noticed the blue alpine forget-me-nots on both sides of mountain goat mom's head?
Thank you for bringing up these beautiful images to this forum - when the skies - not clear of smoke, are keeping us away.
Aug 20, 2018 15:23:50 #
CLF wrote:
Awesome set of photos.
I see you are retired and I just wonder how you got to this altitude? I would never make it.
Greg
I see you are retired and I just wonder how you got to this altitude? I would never make it.
Greg
Actually on Mt Evans you can drive to 13,000+ feet. It is the easiest Fourteener to hike as the parking lot is almost to the top! Living at 7,000+ feet also has me acclimated to the altitude. However, at one point I was really hurrying up the hill to catch some other goats and had to stop to catch my breath, it is hard for anyone unless you are some world class athlete of course!
Aug 20, 2018 15:35:37 #
wdross wrote:
Do you have any good shots of the bristlecone pines that you could share? I haven't been up on Mt. Evans for the bristlecone pines for a while.
Are these the trees you were referring to?
Aug 20, 2018 15:53:31 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Photolady2014 wrote:
Are these the trees you were referring to?
Yes! I think some of them have been found to be 1500+ years young. There is another area in Colorado suspected to be as old as 2400+. I really like the first shot. Need to get up there before winter closes the road.
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Aug 20, 2018 21:52:02 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
These are super nice. I grew up in CO and my folks were into hauling us all the 14'ers. Though I could never catch a full breath at that altitude, it was taken away anyway by such flowers--particularly the alpine forget-me-not, a gem in miniature. Thanks for posting these lovely photos.
Aug 20, 2018 22:11:52 #
These are really beautiful photos, Photolady2014! The flowers are so dainty and colorful!
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