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Delight of "Wasserfällen Internationale." by Tim Kiser

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Delight of "Wasserfällen Internationale."

Großartige, großartige Wasserfällen.

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the Niagara River with American Falls and Horseshoe Falls, as viewed from an overlook in Niagara Falls State Park. Niagara Falls, Ontario, is at the right.

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International boundary tourboat of Niagara River. by Tim Kiser

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International boundary tourboat of Niagara River.

So weird!

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In Niagara Falls, New York, on June 9th, 2021, the Niagara River as viewed from an overlook on Luna Island in Niagara Falls State Park. Bridal Veil Falls is at the left.

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SCENIC OVERLOOKS upon RIVERINE LANDSCAPES of HORSESHOE BENDS in DESERT CANYONS are TOURISM ATTRACTANTS. by Tim Kiser

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SCENIC OVERLOOKS upon RIVERINE LANDSCAPES of HORSESHOE BENDS in DESERT CANYONS are TOURISM ATTRACTANTS.

Ah yes the view of the Colorado River from Dead Horse Point: I remember it from photographic representations on souvenir postcards and refrigerator magnets I have seen.

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In Dead Horse Point State Park in San Juan County, Utah, on August 24th, 2022, the Colorado River as viewed from an overlook at Dead Horse Point, among sandstone layers ranging from the Permian period (lower) to the Early Jurassic epoch (upper). The dirt road is Potash Road.

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A vista from a scenic overlook in western Oklahoma in February, with eastern redcedar, granite, the reservoir "Lake Lawtonka," and distant windfarm. by Tim Kiser

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A vista from a scenic overlook in western Oklahoma in February, with eastern redcedar, granite, the reservoir "Lake Lawtonka," and distant windfarm.

U.S. people are all-the-time calling reservoirs "lakes," but you should not correct them unless you want to get shot.

Yon windfarm is the Blue Canyon Wind Farm, which this article from 2022 says is the largest windfarm in Oklahoma.

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In the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Comanche County, Oklahoma, on February 16th, 2023, a view from the top of Mount Scott.

Lake Lawtonka is formed by a dam on Medicine Creek, which flows to East Cache Creek, which joins West Cache Creek to form Cache Creek, which flows to the Red River, which historically flowed to the Mississippi River, but now flows to the Atchafalaya River, which flows to the Gulf of Mexico.

The rocks are Mount Scott Granite, part of the Wichita Granite Group, which was formed 533.24 to 515.6334 million years ago (per Macrostrat), in the Cambrian period.

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You said, "I closed mine eyes and imagined I wanted to see pics of the hills of SW Okla, online, and soon such pics began to appear to me, even as mine eyes remained closed." by Tim Kiser

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You said, "I closed mine eyes and imagined I wanted to see pics of the hills of SW Okla, online, and soon such pics began to appear to me, even as mine eyes remained closed."

DIDN'T YOU!!

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In the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Comanche County, Oklahoma, on February 16th, 2023, a view from a roadside overlook on Mount Scott Road.

The distant hills on the horizon are known locally as the Slick Hills.

The evergreens are eastern redcedar, Juniperus virginiana.

The foreground rocks are Mount Scott Granite, part of the Wichita Granite Group, which was formed 533.24 to 515.6334 million years ago (per Macrostrat), in the Cambrian period.

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Exhibited here in celebration of Late September: the Great Smoky Mountains' typical greatness-not-smokiness, at a roadside scenic overlook. by Tim Kiser

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Exhibited here in celebration of Late September: the Great Smoky Mountains' typical greatness-not-smokiness, at a roadside scenic overlook.

"We ought to let these pretty mountains just sit there and look pretty huh," I remarked to a nearby family of tourists. "Mm-hm," the mom replied nervously.

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In Swain County, North Carolina, on September 29th, 2022, a view into Great Smoky Mountains National Park from its southern boundary, at the Mile High Overlook on the Heintooga Spur Road off the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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Oh great it's another view of the rugged majestic peaks of Grandfather Mountain, with a patch of asters down there. by Tim Kiser

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Oh great it's another view of the rugged majestic peaks of Grandfather Mountain, with a patch of asters down there.

When I say "Oh great it's another view of the rugged majestic peaks of Grandfather Mountain" I'm not being sarcastic.

See elevation 5,939 ft (1810.2 m) from down here with the asters (Symphyotrichum sp.) at elevation 4,154 ft (1266.1 m), all in the same picture, amazing.

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Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Avery County, North Carolina, on September 27th, 2022, at the Grandfather Mountain Overlook at milepost 306.6.

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"Give me Pisgah National Forest! Give me Henderson County!" by Tim Kiser

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"Give me Pisgah National Forest! Give me Henderson County!"

"Forest these mountains in temperate deciduous!"

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Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Henderson County, North Carolina, on September 26th, 2022, a view from the Mills River Valley Overlook, a/k/a the Mills River Overlook, at milepost 404.5.

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"If it is not a vista of forested mountains at a roadside scenic overlook, I do not wish to have it at my eyes," I clucked. by Tim Kiser

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"If it is not a vista of forested mountains at a roadside scenic overlook, I do not wish to have it at my eyes," I clucked.

Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Avery County, North Carolina, on September 27th, 2022, a view of the Pisgah National Forest from the Yonahlossee Overlook (milepost 303.9) on the side of Grandfather Mountain.

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In the Blue Ridge Mountains in late September, see delightful "Cherry Cove" in ridiculous "Transylvania County, North Carolina." by Tim Kiser

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In the Blue Ridge Mountains in late September, see delightful "Cherry Cove" in ridiculous "Transylvania County, North Carolina."

I suppose maybe "Cherry Cove" wouldn't seem so delightful if you were stuck down at the bottom, lost and injured and cold and wet and hungry and alone.

But "Transylvania County, North Carolina" is an inherently ridiculous concept.

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Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in the Pisgah National Forest in Transylvania County, North Carolina, on September 26th, 2022, a view from the Cherry Cove overlook at milepost 415.7.

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PRETTY AREA. by Tim Kiser

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PRETTY AREA.

"AVERY COUNTY HAS GOT THE MOUNTAINOUSNESS AND PRETTINESS TOURISTS ENJOY" is a destination marketing slogan idea for pictures of views from scenic overlooks in Avery County, North Carolina. Print the words of the slogan in the skies of the pictures on tourist brochures.

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Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Avery County, North Carolina, on September 27th, 2022, a view from the Little Bald Overlook at milepost 307.6.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Gaze stupdily at trees up the side of a ridge, in the Plott Balsams mountain range. by Tim Kiser

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Gaze stupdily at trees up the side of a ridge, in the Plott Balsams mountain range.

At nearly the exact center of the picture is a tiny glimpse of roadside guardrail. Sorry!

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Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Jackson County, North Carolina, on September 26th, 2022, a view of the side of the ridge of Mount Lyn Lowry in the Plott Balsams subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains, at the Mt. Lyn Lowry Overlook, a/k/a the View Mt. Lyn Lowry overlook, at milepost 445.2.

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At last you can put a face to the name "Browning Knob" (center), named in honor of people seeking to "get [their] knob[s] brown" atop it. by Tim Kiser

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At last you can put a face to the name "Browning Knob" (center), named in honor of people seeking to "get [their] knob[s] brown" atop it.

Sheesh!

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In Jackson County, North Carolina, on September 26th, 2022, Browning Knob, elevation 6,260 feet, in the Plott Balsams mountain range, as viewed from the Browning Knob Overlook on the Waterrock Knob spur road off the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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• Mountains—North Carolina (sh85087916)
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• Red spruce (sh85112096)

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It was the prettiest oak tree in the entire Great Balsam Mountains. by Tim Kiser

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It was the prettiest oak tree in the entire Great Balsam Mountains.

This ought to be giving you ideas for a project to DESIGNATE THE PRETTIEST of each of several different species of tree, in each of several different mountain ranges aorund the world, for instance:

• the prettiest incense cedar tree in the entire Tehachapi Mountains;
• the prettiest whitebeam tree in the entire Tatra Mountains;
• the prettiest broad-leaved peppermint tree in the entire Brindabella Range;
• the prettiest Amur linden tree in the entire Changbai Mountains;
• and so on. Tons of fun.

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Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Haywood County, North Carolina, on September 26th, 2022, a view from the Licklog Ridge Overlook, a/k/a the Licklog Gap Overlook, at milepost 435.7, in the Great Balsam Mountains, a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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"Out past these goldenrods and sumac, a mountainside is forested and rounded," I whispered hotly as I took pictures. by Tim Kiser

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"Out past these goldenrods and sumac, a mountainside is forested and rounded," I whispered hotly as I took pictures.

Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in McDowell County, North Carolina, on September 25th, 2022, a view from the North Cove Overlook at milepost 327..3.

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Do you like ATTRACTIVE TREE ON MOUNTAINSIDE in western N.C., U.S. by Tim Kiser

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Do you like ATTRACTIVE TREE ON MOUNTAINSIDE in western N.C., U.S.

Would you have been able to guess the month if I weren't telling you now: It's September.

I am unhappy to report that I do not know what kind of tree this is. Here is an observation report at iNaturalist with additional photos. Here is a screenshot of a blurry Google Streetview image of the tree in bloom in April 2009.

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Along the Blue Ridge Parkway in Avery County, North Carolina, on September 27th, 2022, at the Yonahlossee Overlook (milepost 303.9) on the side of Grandfather Mountain.

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IMG_2299_All about trees. by lada/photo

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IMG_2299_All about trees.

All Rights Reserved.

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A shrubland-up-a-slope occurs, during sunlight-filtered-thru-small-passing-clouds. by Tim Kiser

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A shrubland-up-a-slope occurs, during sunlight-filtered-thru-small-passing-clouds.

In Colorado National Monument in Mesa County, Colorado, on August 21st, 2022, a wall of Ute Canyon as viewed from the Lower Ute Canyon Overlook along Rim Rock Drive.

On the nearer cliff are vertical walls of Wingate Sandstone of the Glen Canyon Group, formed from Sahara-like dune deposits, ~206.7 to ~199.8 million years ago in the Mesozoic era, during the Rhaetian age of the Late Triassic epoch and the Hettangian age of the Early Jurassic epoch.

Below them are crumblier brownish red rock of the Chinle Formation, mostly mudstone, formed in a tropical environment from deposits in densely vegetated floodplains or mudflats containing shallow ponds and small shallow streams, ~232 to ~206.7 million years ago, during the Carnian, Norian, and Rhaetian ages of the Late Triassic epoch in the Mesozoic era.

Above the vertical walls is caprock of the Kayenta Formation of the Glen Canyon Group, mostly sandstone formed from deposits in braided stream environments, ~199.8 to ~188.775 million years ago, during the Hettangian, Sinemurian, and Pliensbachian ages of the Early Jurassic epoch in the Mesozoic era.

Rock identification is per this map and its accompanying text, and per Macrostrat.

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Talus slope nonpareil. by Tim Kiser

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Talus slope nonpareil.

"I like this talus slope so much, why, I might not've minded if I'd've gotten buried by it, during prehistory," I mused loudly, hoping to be overheard.

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In Colorado National Monument in Mesa County, Colorado, on August 21st, 2022, a wall of Ute Canyon as viewed from the Upper Ute Canyon Overlook along Rim Rock Drive.

The three most visible rock layers ARE AS FOLLOWS, top to bottom:

Set back at the top are vertical cliffs of sandstone of the Slick Rock Member of the Entrada Formation of the San Rafael Group, formed from wind-deposited sand in coastal dune and sand flat environments, during the Callovian age (166.1 ± 4.0 to 163.5 ± 4.0 million years ago) of the Middle Jurassic epoch in the Mesozic era.

Above the vertical walls of the nearer cliff is caprock of the Kayenta Formation of the Glen Canyon Group, mostly sandstone formed from deposits in braided stream environments, ~199.8 to ~188.775 million years ago, during the Hettangian, Sinemurian, and Pliensbachian ages of the Early Jurassic epoch in the Mesozoic era.

The tallest vertical walls (exposed to either side of the talus slope) are Wingate Sandstone of the Glen Canyon Group, formed from Sahara-like dune deposits, ~206.7 to ~199.8 million years ago in the Mesozoic era, during the Rhaetian age of the Late Triassic epoch and the Hettangian age of the Early Jurassic epoch.

Rock identification is per this map and its accompanying text, and per Macrostrat.

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Weird, weird scenic overlook scenery. by Tim Kiser

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Weird, weird scenic overlook scenery.

Would you want to have this kind of landscape around you all the time?? Every day for years and years???

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In Colorado National Monument in Mesa County, Colorado, on August 21st, 2022, Fruita Canyon as viewed from the "Fruita Canyon View" overlook along Rim Rock Drive.

There are Rim Rock Drive, the outskirts of the city of Fruita in the Grand Valley of the Colorado River, and the Book Cliffs in the distance.

The vertical cliffs at the left and right are Wingate Sandstone of the Glen Canyon Group, formed from Sahara-like dune deposits, ~206.7 to ~199.8 million years ago in the Mesozoic era, during the Rhaetian age of the Late Triassic epoch and the Hettangian age of the Early Jurassic epoch.

Rock identification is per this map and its accompanying text, and per Macrostrat.

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