Unglaciated Surfaces 7b

Unglaciated Surfaces

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August 7th 2011
On the crest of the Sierra, mountains slowly dissipate, gray to green to brown to smog to my west and like a cliff they drop off into the Great Basin to the east. Clouds drift across the surface of Mono Lake. Sky Pilots bloom in the old growth forest of five inch tall perennials. Flatter surfaces in the alpine, face thrashing winds and hold no snow. Ice does not form and as the glaciers of t ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more