I’ll be going back to Montana towards the end of the month, so I decided to process this shot from Glacier National Park.
I took my wife and son down to the edge of the lake, and there were these giant granite blocks on the perimeter. The regular freezes and thaws around the lake created these right-angle cuts. It was nice to have them there with me… they got to hear me drone on and on about rocks and whatnot. I used to have a double-major in Geophysics and Computer Science, so I know the sorts of things about rocks that only come in handy when you have a captive audience like a family stuck on one while you are taking photos.
I ended up dropping the Geophysics part of the double-major after an ideological fight with a professor. That’s a longer story.
June 20th, 2009 01:24 | Facebook User
Wow, very cool Trey! Love the texture in this photo. Also love how at first your drawn to what’s right in front of you but then all of the sudden your drawn into the faraway mountain!
June 20th, 2009 05:32 | Samantha
What a breathtaking landscape! I like the vertical orientation; works great with the wide angle, being able to see the rocks in front of you.
June 20th, 2009 07:17 | Bo Engleby
I found the matching folds on either side of the lake as intersting as the cleaved granite. The erosion from water flow (?) cut deeply into folds to produce this shape. How gigantic the forces would have been to cause the folds shown here. The layers above the folds would also be duplicated below water line. Great picture.
June 20th, 2009 07:24 | Gail Stayton Moshier
Wow, Trey, absolutely gorgeous picture. The glaciers caused a lot of the formations as well as the actions of the earths crust millions of years ago. Glacier Park is a wonderful place to visit. It’s full of almost every kind of formation you can imagine. And the wild life and flora are great, too. Trey, what part of Montana are you coming to?? I’ll be at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort next weekend at a TOPS function. Hope you can come to the Bitter Root Valley area someday!!!!!!
June 20th, 2009 11:05 | casusan
This is just soooo beautiful Trey!
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June 20th, 2009 12:38 | Stuck In Customs
Thanks all
Gail – I’d love to visit the Bitter Root area someday!
June 20th, 2009 20:11 | Richard Uchytil
Cool photo! Have you ever photographed the Columbia Gorge? There’s a lot of great photo ops there.
June 20th, 2009 20:13 | Stuck In Customs
Thanks! Nope – I’ve never shot that, but I’d like to!
June 21st, 2009 01:24 | Mike Criss
It is nice to have great photos in the library that you shared with your family. One of my favorite photos was taken while hiking with my wife and daughter.http://www.flickr.com/photos/alaska48/2607747247/ What fun.
June 21st, 2009 08:31 | Carlisle
I’m indeed a by-passer.
This is simply beautiful. Perfect Shot!
June 21st, 2009 08:41 | Stuck In Customs
Thanks Mike and Carlisle
June 22nd, 2009 10:20 | franielee
Beautiful picture! Wish it had your lecture on the rocks too. It would not be wasted on me!
thank you for the picture!
June 23rd, 2009 02:42 | bridget
please email me of where this is…
we are driving thru in a week. wanted to stop by some cool places.
June 23rd, 2009 15:14 | Stuck In Customs
Thanks! This is at the lake that has Bird Island in the middle… it’s a 1/4 jaunt down from the main road through a lot of brush… kinda hard to find methinks!
June 25th, 2009 09:33 | ashley deee
i just moved from buffalo, ny to missoula, mt! i’m going to a photography school out here, and really a lot of your pictures from MT/WY inspired me to come here :]