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 The Rise  
   

The Rise

It has been proven that the water flowing into the Sinks is the same water flowing into the rise two hours later. Geologists speculate that while underground the water circulates up and down and through many narrow winding passages and pools until it resurfaces. It was also proven that more water flows out of the Rise than comes into the Rise giving speculation to the fact that there are small springs in the rise or underground that make this happen. The age of the sinks is unknown but they are likely an Ice Age feature thousands of years old.
Lander, Wyoming

June 1st 2009
We arrived here in the middle of a rainstorm and it is still raining two days later. We decided to come this way after reading about it in the Big Rigs Book by Ken and Ellie Hamill. It is an old western town from the gold rush days. It is located at the base of the Wind River Mountains, 5,300 feet above sea level. Between 250-300 days of brilliant blue skies and illumination from the sun is t ... read more
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