Tag: Finger Lakes Region

Sudden Frost April, Cliff Stairs

Seep

Visible Groundwater

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The fascinating walls above the 224 steps of the Cliff Stairs are a constant wonder in all seasons.

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  • Sudden Frost April, Cliff Stairs
    Sudden Frost April, Cliff Stairs

These shots were hand held. I used a Sony Alpha 700 dslr with a variable “zoom” lens, great for framing compositions.

Robert H. Treman New York State Park.

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  • So Like a Christmas Tree
    So Like a Christmas Tree
  • Cliff Stair
    Cliff Stair
  • Icicle Wonderland
    Icicle Wonderland
  • Sudden Frost April, Cliff Stairs
    Sudden Frost April, Cliff Stairs

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Icicle Wonderland

Gathered Light

Each wall is support for the next flight of stairs

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I walked the Rim Trail after a sudden April frost.

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  • Icicle Wonderland
    Icicle Wonderland

These shots were hand held. I used a Sony Alpha 700 dslr with a variable “zoom” lens, great for framing compositions.

Robert H. Treman New York State Park.

Click for macro slideshow.

  • So Like a Christmas Tree
    So Like a Christmas Tree
  • Cliff Stair
    Cliff Stair
  • Icicle Wonderland
    Icicle Wonderland

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Late April Snow dusted with light

Soft on Rough

Dusted with light

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Snow clings to the rough tree bark surface graced by late afternoon vernal sunshine.

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  • Late April Snow dusted with light
    Late April Snow dusted with light

These shots were hand held. I used a Sony Alpha 700 dslr with a variable “zoom” lens, great for framing compositions.

Robert H. Treman New York State Park.

Click for macro slideshow.

  • Late April Snow dusted with light
    Late April Snow dusted with light
  • Fern Frond with Early April Snow
    Fern Frond with Early April Snow
  • Fresh Icicle with Fern
    Fresh Icicle with Fern
  • Rim Trail icicles with lichen, moss and fern.
    Rim Trail icicles with lichen, moss and fern.
  • Rim Trail icicles with lichen, moss and fern.
    Rim Trail icicles with lichen, moss and fern.
  • Acorn Still Life
  • Hydrangea Ensenada ClubAleman Chile February 15, 2016
    Hydrangea Ensenada ClubAleman Chile February 15, 2016

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Fresh Icicle with Fern

Fronds with Icicle

Fern Generations

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Spent and green fern frond with moss and icicles formed during an early April frost.

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  • Fresh Icicle with Fern
    Fresh Icicle with Fern

Fern generations are here with the spent fronds from earlier years, pale green survivors of this season.

These shots were hand held. I used a Sony Alpha 700 dslr with a variable “zoom” lens, great for framing compositions.

Robert H. Treman New York State Park.

Click for macro slideshow.
  • Fresh Icicle with Fern
    Fresh Icicle with Fern
  • Rim Trail icicles with lichen, moss and fern.
    Rim Trail icicles with lichen, moss and fern.
  • Rim Trail icicles with lichen, moss and fern.
    Rim Trail icicles with lichen, moss and fern.
  • Acorn Still Life
  • Hydrangea Ensenada ClubAleman Chile February 15, 2016
    Hydrangea Ensenada ClubAleman Chile February 15, 2016

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all Creek View Winter downstream

Frozen Dam

Views from the bridge on Christmas Eve 2019

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Here is a companion post for last Sunday’s photographs of Beebee Lake. This was taken where the lake outflow continues as Fall Creek. Enjoy!!

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International Space Station

pre-dawn sky event

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December 23rd, sky clear at 6:30 am, the International Space Station (ISS) passed through the zenith with a waning crescent, a bowl filled with earthglow, in the southeast. On December 22nd I received the following email from NASA advising me of the event.

HQ-spotthestation@mail.nasa.gov

Sun 12/22/2019 7:00 PM

Time: Mon Dec 23 6:30 AM, Visible: 6 min, Max Height: 87°, Appears: 10° above SW, Disappears: 11° above ENE

Visit the NASA site to research if ISS viewing is possible from your location.

Here is another photograph of the crescent moon filled with earthglow.

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  • Cresent, McGraw Tower, Regulus
    Cresent, McGraw Tower, Regulus
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Earthglow

pre-dawn sky event

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December 23rd, sky clear at 6:30 am, the International Space Station passed through the zenith with a waning crescent, a bowl filled with earthglow, in the southeast. Here is a photograph of a waning moon above Cornell University from October 2017.

Crescent, McGraw Tower, Regulus, Venus
Crescent, McGraw Tower, Regulus, Venus
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Quaker Settlement Series 2

Gone too soon

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Joseph P. Lee, a middle aged gentleman with carvings of a mature willow flanked by urns. In the intervening 162 years the upper layers of slate flake at the edges.

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  • Born June 6, 1799 Died June 22, 1857 Lived 58 years and 16 Days

Rhoda Ann Mattison, a wife who died too young. What was the relationship of James and Rhoda to Catherine and John?

  • Rhoda Ann Mattison
    Born October 14, 1794 Diet April 8, 1822 Lived 27 years 5 months 20 days. Wife of James Mattison

The carving is a pineapple (for hospitality) set in a elegant vase on a plinth flanked by ionic columns, a simple arch (banded to imply a rainbow?) surmounts all. Cross hatching implies space. An implied eternal banding of stylized leaves as starbursts.

I brought out the characteristic slate coloring. There is evidence of ware from the intervening 197 years, though the carving is surprising crisp.

  • Rhoda Ann, detail

Slideshow of photographs in this series

  • Catherine A. and John Mattison
    Catherine A. Mattison Born 1792/1793, Death March 13, 1815. Lived 22 years. John Mattison, Death December 2, 1831, Born August 15, 1815 (5 months after Catherine’s Death), Lived 15 years, 3 months and 18 days.

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Last Flower with Moss, early November

Tenacity

The tenacity of Ironweed resonates with the human spirit.

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A lone sprig of Ironweed hangs on from a cliff edge moss carpet off the South Rim Trail, Taughannock Falls New York State Park, Finger Lakes Region.

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  • Last Flower with Moss, early November
    Last Flower with Moss, early November

Ironweed Gallery from this hike

  • Ironweed, late November
    Ironweed, late November
  • Last Flower with Moss, early November
    Last Flower with Moss, early November

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Gorge Road, early November

Long Shadows

Northern Latitude

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Early November on Gorge Road, Finger Lakes Region, New York State. At this month and latitude (42 north) there are long shadows throughout the day. The South Rim Trail of Taughannock Falls State Park briefly emerges from the wooded cliff to this portion of the road that parallels the gorge, descending to Cayuga Lake shores.

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  • Gorge Road, early November
    Gorge Road, early November

Three Views

  • Distant View with Hemlock
    Distant View with Hemlock
  • Oak and Hemlock
    Oak and Hemlock
  • Gorge Road, early November
    Gorge Road, early November

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