~~Home Sweet Home - Part 3~~ by maggiemai

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jul 26, 2005

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The breathtaking beauty of Lake George, nestled in the southern area of New York State's famous Adirondack Park region, began taking shape more than a billion years ago. At that time, an ancient, salt-water sea covered a large portion of the northeastern United States and Canada including the area we now know as Lake George, New York. Then, over a period of hundreds of millions of years, Mother Earth began to stir. In the process, a series of geological changes occurred that forced Her crust upwards to form the beautiful mountain ranges surrounding the Lake George area of today. These early changes were followed by a coating of glacial ice, thousands of feet thick, that slid over the Lake George area about a million years ago and carved out the Lake's basin. Today, the fresh, crystal clear waters of Lake George, which are a genuine testimonial to Mother Nature at her best, can be traced to an abundance of subterranean springs that constantly feed into it. In fact, the waters of Lake George are so clean that many lakeside residents derive their drinking water from it. It's no wonder many generations of people have truly enjoyed her beauty and cleanliness. The lake is approximately 32 miles long and is nearly 3 miles wide. Much of the shoreline is unsettled, and through federal and state conservation efforts, will remain so. Small communities surround the lake, each lending its own unique style and way of life. Thank you so much for your very kind comments and rankings on my previous two pictures in this series. :-) ((((Hugs)))) ~*~maggie~*~

Comments (19)

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Akinom

1:56AM | Tue, 26 July 2005

What a most beautiful area indeed! Great POV and compo, Maggie!

cloughie

3:07AM | Tue, 26 July 2005

You have chosen and photographed the foreground very carefully and very skilfully Maggie...it turns a usual lake/mountain scene into a beautiful landscape shot. the slighty 'banked' POV also adds that little something special to this work!

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Zacko

3:37AM | Tue, 26 July 2005

Pssst...you can tell me...you snatched that presentation from a broshure (spellcheck the swede again please) or something huh, LOL. Fascinating reading though. And another beautiful shot of your wonderful home. Perfectly composed with that rock and "weed" in the foreground and the mountains in the back...seperated by that lake. Ill keep nagging you though....just wish it was a tad bigger. #;o) Have a great day!!!!

WonderfulCreation

5:29AM | Tue, 26 July 2005

You sure life in a wonderful environment!

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Margana

8:10AM | Tue, 26 July 2005

It looks beautiful there Maggie.The photo is wonderfully composed.(And psst no smudges yet!LOL!)I'm so glad you're doing this.I'm wondering two things.Why it took a while to load,(which rarely happens),and why especially, when it's so small.I'm curious to know if others are finding this as well.Have a great day sweetie! HUGZ!-M :)

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diomedes66

8:19AM | Tue, 26 July 2005

Most lovely landscape! Quite impressive and serene! Well done!

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wile1

9:41AM | Tue, 26 July 2005

Awesome maggie!! What a lovely place. Actually reminds me a lot of the ohio valley river basin. Hugs..

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jcv2

10:48AM | Tue, 26 July 2005

Wow, that's quite a large lake, a jewel in a crowded state and great the efforts are made to conserve this place! Beautiful capture!

donvino

2:12PM | Tue, 26 July 2005

A excellent and very beautiful serie of your home. Wonderfully framed too!!!

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ppetersen

5:06PM | Tue, 26 July 2005

Mags sis, you've captured the beauty of Nature in her finest cloak of colors. Truely beautiful, the wild flowers in the foreground are a stunning contrast to the blue of the lake... excellent!!!!!!!!

logiloglu

6:57PM | Tue, 26 July 2005

gorgeous nature impression. wonderful light and colours. a real pleasure to look at.for me, i would crop the image and try to make the Horizont horizontal.sorry for this bad english,Maggie. hugz #:O)

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maggiemai

7:24PM | Tue, 26 July 2005

hehehe... Andreas!! Ok..you caught me! I actually had to look up the width of the lake and found this nice description. ;-) You can read more about it at http://www.lakegeorge-ny.com/ but I don't work for the Chamber of Commerce...honest!! LOL And dear Gerhard, I tried making the mountains more horizontal but then the lake was flowing uphill!! Ack! Just a weird Point of View looking down at the 32 mile lake from 2000 feet on top of a mountain. :-) Marlene..hmm. Not sure on the download time hon, other than I did some postwork on the sky to remove a darn smudge and then added the frame. The picture isn't that big but I didn't compress it much either. Thank you all for your comments!! :-) (((hugs))) ~ maggie

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matasabu

7:27PM | Tue, 26 July 2005

This scenery also looks like the inland sea in Japan. Very beautiful scenery. Thank you for sharing this,maggie!! /|:o)

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jocko500

7:54PM | Tue, 26 July 2005

real super looking

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Richardphotos

9:24PM | Tue, 26 July 2005

Zacko said one thing, but I think you are a travel agent for the area-just joking. tremendous place and I love your history behind it****

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DELMUR

1:09AM | Wed, 27 July 2005

marvellous place!

tvernuccio

11:55PM | Thu, 28 July 2005

Another fabulous foto, but i gotta agree with Andreas on this one...sure would love to see it BIGGER!!!! :) How wonderful the water from the lake is so clean! Incredible!!!!

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