Wind Mountain by Cosine

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jul 16, 2007

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Another shot from yesterday's hike, this one from about a half hour farther up the hill. Looking downstream this time, the inverted cone across the river is Wind Mountain, apparently the only granitic object in the Gorge. Except for this intrusion, everything else is basalt. The little triangular lake is Grant Lake; it's just where the railroad went straight instead of around a bay where a tributary joins the Columbia. Between the lake and the mountain is an ancient landslide. Because of the angles of the layers of basalt, most waterfalls are on the Oregon side, and most of the landslides are on the Washington side. I don't want to turn this into a Geology class, so I'll stop now. :-)

Comments (21)

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Ceyzpurplestang

2:09AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

Beautiful shot!

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sharky_

2:21AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

A most beautiful view. Excellent. Aloha

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OldHippieKeyboard

2:24AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

What a place to take a hike. I'm sure you enjoyed every mile of it. Beautiful view and nicely framed. Bravo!

42n8

3:12AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

What a fantastic view, goes to show how high up you are that boat is very tiny lol. Wonderful capture.

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StandsInAwe

3:41AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

What a view. Beautiful. I love how the layers of the mts just fade into the distance. Thanks for sharing.

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alhak

5:39AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

awesome vista.....

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auntietk

8:51AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

Nooooooooo!!! Don't stop now, it was just getting interesting! I love geology, but don't have the training to figure that stuff out for myself. But show me a picture and tell me what I'm looking at, and I'll ask you questions all day! sigh I'll take what I can get. Thank you very much for the wonderful photo and the geology lesson! (And that's a mighty pretty State you're lookin' at there!) :)

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lizzibell

9:16AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

Beautiful view...

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kansas

9:18AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

A fantastic view. Interesting info. Thanks.

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barbdennist

9:50AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

I love your geology lessons, and I love this view of the Gorge.

MrsLubner

10:20AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

The tree really adds to this, both color-wise and visually. Very nice long view and I also like the geology information.

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Ionel

10:57AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

Beautiful! Very well done!!!

aljaysart

11:13AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

Ohh!!! Wow what an awesome scene really Beatuful...

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Hendesse

11:21AM | Mon, 16 July 2007

Fantastic view on this impressive landscape. Excellent and very interesting shot, thanks for sharing!

BibbyBear

1:42PM | Mon, 16 July 2007

Such a beautiful scenery. Amazing view and another superb vantage point. The hills and mountains seem to go on for miles. Excellent capture Dennis. xx

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