The View From Wilkerson Pass by auntietk
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Wilkerson Pass is 9,507 feet above sea level in the Colorado Rockies. What a view, huh? Those are the Sawatch mountains.
The mountain on the left is Princeton, and the one on the right is Yale. No fooling. There are two more as you go out the right-hand side of the picture named Columbia and Harvard.
The Collegiate Peaks, as they're collectively known, are each over 14,000 feet. Princeton and Yale are both right around 14,200. Do you remember the picture I posted a few days of Mount Rainier, and the information about topographic prominence? The topographic prominence of these two peaks is about 2,000 feet.
When I took the picture of Mount Rainier I was standing maybe 100 feet above sea level. When I took this picture in Colorado, I was at 9,500 feet above sea level.
Topographic prominence.
Hand in your homework as you leave the classroom, and prepare for the possibility of a pop quiz at a later date.
:P
Comments (29)
jayfar
This is a fab view and brilliant in zoom. Thanks for the geography lesson!!!
durleybeachbum
The fence along the bottom is a masterly inclusion! A glorious composition, and the mountains look non depressing that far away. Perfection.
NanetteTredoux
I love the subtle colours and the sense of space and distance.
Juliette.Gribnau
awesome.. I love the fence in the front !
Ilona-Krijgsman
nice view...lovely
Katraz
Great landscape and Like the others I love the fence and dark foreground giving a sense of distance, the only thing I would have done is tried to lighten those lovely golden Aspen, it would have given the shot a more Ansel Adams look.
kgb224
Superb capture Tara. God Bless.
alanwilliams
lots of interesting info and a beautiful picture. Ilove the foreground
DAVER2112
Wow! That's beautiful. Excellent shot. :)
dakotabluemoon
A beautiful view to stand and and watch for nature to happen.
Faemike55
Very cool capture Tara
debbielove
A wonderful view! Magnificent is a word you could use here.. On a clear day, you could see forever.. As the very bad song goes lol Rob
MrsRatbag
Breathtaking vista! There's so much to see...well captured, Tara! And I do hate pop quizzes <:{
Art_Ramos
I believe that is where The Capital of Panem is located in The Hunger Games!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Wonderful shot Tara
bobrgallegos
Wonderful capture and great depiction of my home state!!
mariogiannecchini
Very beautiful scenety , great photo , Tara !
emmecielle
Wonderful view! Excellent shot! :)
helanker
What a wonderful view and capture, Tara. SO beautiful with the contrasts of almost black and then the lighter trees in the olive green colors in the forground and the almost tan in the middle distance and then all the blue hues. A Masterpiece.
Maxthon
This is wonderful! Colorful and very well composed.
npauling
A wonderful clear capture of this very beautiful view. I'm hopeless at homework now, I suppose I'll get detention....
RodS
Well, this is an incredible shot of an incredible view, Tara! It's not easy to communicate the feeling of depth in a photo when a scene such as this is before you. But you have certainly done so here! However, I must inform you that -sadly- the dog ate my homework. And I don't even have a dog... ;-D
moochagoo
Quite spectacular view !
dragonmuse
Very nice capture.
dortygene
The color changes from eart to sky are outstanding.
beachzz
Now THAT'S a view, and the fence somehow sets it off perfectly!!
bmac62
Let's see, I've been reading all about mountain building. The Sawatch mountains...hmmmm. I'll have to go back to my book. Can I hand in my homework a day late? This is a beautiful panorama. So glad we were travelling via modern transportation on a hard top road. This would have been no fun in the 1840s-50s.
rembo11
simply amazing!
junge1
There are a couple things I didn't know Tara. Very informative. I didn't know about the passes and peaks (there are so many peaks over 14,000-ft and passes 10,000-ft or higher) but I also didn't know about prominence.