Latest posts tagged with #Week6Colorado on Bluesky
The golden glow of Denver airport terminal illuminated at night, as seen from the window seat of a departing plane. In the foreground are green lights on the runway.
From the window seat, departing Denver airport.
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along the Homestead Trail in south-eastern Colorado, 2012 the same trail where i nearly died... #Colorado #50StateJourney #Week6Colorado #photography #nature #hikes
Four hikers move from left to right down the rocky slope of Mount Blue Sky. In the foreground is a patch of snow; in the distance below are more mountain ridges under puffy clouds with spots of blue sky.
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Hikers on Mount Blue Sky (Formerly Mt. Evans), #Colorado
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A trail through rocky terrain with a few trees growing in an area that looks an unlikely spot for trees to grow as they come up through the boulder-strewn scenery.
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One more day to share your #Colorado #travel photos as we continue to tour the U.S. before we move on to Connecticut tomorrow. Tag your photos with a location and #50StateJourney.
Somewhere in Rocky Mountain NP, 1992
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The Boulder Dushanbe Tea House entrance is a beautiful display of blue and green tile work. This winter scene is cold but the interior is lovely and warm. From a site about Boulder: "This is a gift to the people of Boulder to make their souls happy..." The Teahouse, which officially opened May 15, 1998, is a gift from Boulder's sister city, Dushanbe, Tajikistan and is the most significant and largest piece of Central Asian art and the only one of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Handcrafted by over 40 Tajik artisans, the Teahouse is a feast for the eyes with its vibrant colors, patterns and furnishings. "
The Valmont Power Plant, which the City of Boulder tried unsuccessfully to acquire for several years, was designed to be water powered, but transmogrified to a coal-fired steam plant, alter modified to gas, but not before depositing all kinds of toxins in the area. However, it was built in the 1920s and has a lot of nice structural details. This shot shows the power plant next to Valmont Reservoir. The buildings are red brick with large windows. There are three stacks on one side. The setting is winter, with a hazy view of the nearby foothills covered with snow.
Boulder Mountain Parks have lots of wonderful trails. Most are very steep and give you quite a workout. This is a scenic hot of Mt Sanitas and the trails going around it. The mountain has a mix of grasslands, shrubs and trees. There is a ridge of sandstone fins at the top of the main trail. Once you reach the end of that ridge climb you can go down off the left side and sigh with relief when you hit the parking lot.
A bench sits at the edge of a trail on Flagstaff mountain, shaded from the morning sun. The boulders piled up on the edge are lighted up by the rising sun. There are pine trees behind the bench. Looking out from this spot, you can see Boulder in an early morning blue haze.
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Boulder has beautiful neighborhoods and an interesting history! Below, photos of the Dushanbe Tea House, the Valmont Power Plant, and a couple of Boulder Mountain Park scenes give a very superficial feel for the area, which I really loved.
In the foreground is a mountain lake. Beyond it, we see evergreen trees, beyond them are snow-covered mountains, and above, a beautiful blue sky with some thin clouds.
📷 Another panorama for #50statechallenge #Week6Colorado from Rocky Mountain National Park. I've posted several, but I don't think this one has made an appearance yet. #scape #photography
Low rolling, brown hills backed by snow capped mountains
View From the Adobe
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A black motorcycle, loaded for a road trip, parked in front of a rustic wooden sign reading "Welcome to Colorful Colorado." The surrounding landscape is tan scrub brush under a clear blue sky.
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#Colorado welcome sign on US Route 160.
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A pretty bird with white body and neck, green head and green and black (with some shades of blue) wings and back is on a tree where bark is missing.
🪶 Violet-green swallow seen near Denver, so I'm counting it for #50statechallenge #Week6Colorado
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Denver's skyline is revealed by a lifting fog bank from I-25 (photo taken from a bus). The round building to the right is the Pepsi Stadium. The tower and flags are part of Elith Gardens. On the left you can see a mass of modern buildings in the downtown center.
A compressed essence of Denver, with the Capitol, a church which I can't recall, and a blend of old and new buildings. I was walking with my niece doing photography and didn't take good notes because we were talking so much.
For your amusement: the Metlo used to be a no tell motel on Broadway. After is was abandoned to decay, someone had a moment of inspiration, bought it and refurbed it so it is now a set of small offices on top floors and small shops on the bottom floor The building is the original 1950s motel style, very modern and linear. This photo is in monochrome cyan tones
![The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is on Colfax, a pretty building rising above the north Capitol Hill area. I really liked its polished brass doors, which glow with a golden light inside the three highly decorated entrances at the front. The church itself was built in the early 1900. Architect Leon Coquard of Detroit designed the cathedral in the French Gothic style.[5] Its character is influenced by the 13th-century Saint Nicholas Collegiate church (collégiale Saint-Nicolas) of Munster, Moselle, France.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lqwihsassnzkba6w2xamrga6/bafkreifhqpn4y3ownn7c6arhjlhlk46kecqxzwfbfzzge5njprnhw4wg7e)
The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is on Colfax, a pretty building rising above the north Capitol Hill area. I really liked its polished brass doors, which glow with a golden light inside the three highly decorated entrances at the front. The church itself was built in the early 1900. Architect Leon Coquard of Detroit designed the cathedral in the French Gothic style.[5] Its character is influenced by the 13th-century Saint Nicholas Collegiate church (collégiale Saint-Nicolas) of Munster, Moselle, France.
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Denver, Colorado, was once the Queen City of the Plains, a hustling, bustling town both loved for its exuberance and reviled for its cowboy culture. If you look carefully you can find saloons converted to apartments or restaurants!
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Ouray, Colorado.
Box Canyon Falls
There are hot springs, waterfall hikes, right from town.
Looking at the rim of the Black Canyon, you can see the deep narrow cleft in the dark rocks and abundant shrubs and small trees lining the edges. Down below, the Gunnison River continues its job carving through the rocks. "About 60 million years ago, a small area of land uplifted and brought 1.8 billion year old metamorphic rock to high elevations. This is called the Gunnison Uplift. About 30 million years ago, large volcanoes erupted on either side of this uplift, burying it in volcanic rock. Then, as early as two million years ago, the Gunnison River began flowing in force. The river and time eroded all of the volcanic rock and cut a deep canyon in the metamorphic rock below. What you see today is a deep, steep, and narrow canyon: the Black Canyon of the Gunnison." National Park Service info
Another view of the dark rocks, varying in shade from brown to black, makes the viewer inch back cautiously from the precipitous edge
Pinyon pine and juniper are the dominant trees in the area, and are fairly short due to the dry climate . This photo of a growing pinyon cone shows the promise of a good crop year.
A couple of brilliant scarlet claret cup cactus flowers look like they're peeking over the edge of the canyon
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Colorado
I love to visit this spot when I am in Colorado. It feels like the essence of the American Southwest. (from 2014)
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This #50StateJourney photo has me singing Rocky Mountain High. (It's #Week6Colorado if you want to share your photos too!
Fort Morgan, Colorado, through the reflections of a passenger van window.
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🎵 The Night Sky by Falls (SoundStripe/Filmora)
A mountain lake with a large boulder in the foreground. Snowy mountains in the background are reflected in the water. Evergreens surround the lake, and a duck is swimming in front of the boulder.
📷 It's #waterwednesday! This view from Rocky Mountain National Park should also qualify for #50StateJourney
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Have a great midweek!
A view of mountains and trees in Colorado.
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A view from the trail at the South Meadow Campground, Pike National Forest, Colorado
Anasazi cliff dwellings are nestled under a large cliff wall overhang protecting it from the heat of the sun and probably bad weather. There are several buildings you can walk through on a guided tour. There are cottonwood trees and gambel oak at the front o the walkway.
A small sampling of the intriguing pictographs that adorn the cliff walls. Thy are engraved in the sandstone and have several human hands carved in, as well as mountain sheep and what look like lizards.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, is a great place to visit. These are the Anasazi cliff dwellings that one can walk through. Then there is a sample of their pictography. Walking around on the mesa itself you can see other village sites.
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Snowy mountain road
San Juan Mtns Colorado
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A somewhat snowy landscape. A cedar tree is to the left, with abundant snow on its right side, snowy fields with brown grasses growing up lead to a background of mountains disappearing into clouds.
📷 Somewhere off a Colorado highway for #50StateJourney
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Wooden sign in a nature setting, large mountains in the background. Sign reads 'Natural Screened Privy, Holler Hello'. About half way up the trail to the top of Long's Peak (14,259') there is (or was, in 1983) indeed a privy situated on the edge of a cliff with a spectacular view. Open air, literally screened on 3 sides by thick brush.
Two people, walking across a snowy trail. This was my first (and last) time hiking up a big mountain. I was in Colorado traveling by bicycle, met these two people in the campground. The man had hiked the mountain before and offered to lead, the woman was with her parents and her father offered to drive us to and from the trailhead. We made a very early start for what was a 10-12 hour hike.
A small stream and waterfall in a mountain meadow, with the snow-capped Rockies in the background. Long's Peak is a steady, but easy walk until you near the top. From there, over the crest, is a tad more difficult (or so I was told). I was advised not to try it because I only had sneakers, no boots, so I wandered around while they went over.
The top of Long's Peak. The trail over this left from somewhere to the right and came down somewhere to the left. I can't place it in this photo more exactly. It was a fabulous hike, but clouds were rolling in and we wanted to get off the mountain before the afternoon thunderstorm arrived so we hustled back down and reached the parking lot and a dry car just as the bottom fell out. Lovely day.
Long's Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park. Colorado
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Yellow autumn leaves on a small plant contrast against a tiny stream in a partially shaded Colrado forest.
From Fall 2023, Colorado. (Hubby's photo; my edits.)
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A pothole full of snow melt and rainwater reflects the sky in a rocky flat on top of Grand Mesa. The sky is blue with fluffy clouds. The pothole is bordered by a tree and a few granite boulders. You can see clumps of evergreens in the distance, and a densely wooded area at the horizon. The Grand Mesa has a very flat mountaintop which used to be a valley. Volcanic flows covered the valley, and as erosion occurred, the Mesa too gradually grew above what is now the valley of the Colorado and Gunnison rivers. This is called a topographic inversion, when what was once the lowest point in an area becomes the highest.
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A pot hole on top of Grand Mesa, near Grand Junction, bordering the Grand River (the Colorado River) in Mesa County, Colorado. To be honest, there are lots of mesas in Mesa County.
Looking out of the window at the Woodland Park, Colorado library. 2011
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Looking out of the window at the Woodland Park, Colorado library. 2011
A golden-grassed meadow with a small lake in front of snow-capped mountain scenery with white puffy clouds and blue sky above.
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Calling all my traveler friends. I'm looking for #travel photos from #Colorado this week as we tour the country vicariously. Tag them with a location and #50StateJourney so we can all enjoy!
Somewhere in Rocky Mountain National Park, 1992
A mountain lake with some snow accumulated around it. A dark blue sky has some puffy clouds scattered around it.
📷 Seems like I'm supposed to be watching a game about to start. I'd rather look at pictures. Here's one for #50StateJourney
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#SkySunday
Georgetown Lake 📷 #photography
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This observation taken while I traversed the continent. It was in Grand Junction, one of the moons of planet Denver.
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This week we're going to #travel to #Colorado and I need your help because I haven't been there in decades and only have a couple of photos. Share your Colorado travel photos and tag with a location and #50StateJourney.
Somewhere in Rocky Mountain NP, 1992
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February Schedule
Week of 2/2 - #Week5California
Week of 2/9 - #Week6Colorado
Week of 2/16 - #Week7Connecticut
Week of 2/23 - #Week8Delaware
Get ready to post your #travel photos and tag with a location and #50StateJourney. This schedule will be pinned to my profile.
