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Post by marmotstew on May 15, 2024 7:01:55 GMT -8
I remember you posting photos from Goodwin Lakes before, nice little waterfall. Clever little mustelid. Goodwin Lakes. Yeah very sneaky. See what I did there? A copycat lake. You’re up.
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Post by absarokanaut on May 15, 2024 7:57:04 GMT -8
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Post by Travis on May 15, 2024 9:41:32 GMT -8
Oh, I think you are posting another photo from the Sangre de Cristo mountains.
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Post by Travis on May 15, 2024 12:55:25 GMT -8
Okay, I'm guessing you are looking east toward Kit Carson Mountain from along Willow Creek and the southern edge of the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness right around here. In fact, if you go to Google Earth and try Street View/Trail View, you can find a similar photo to the one you posted.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on May 15, 2024 14:16:26 GMT -8
I'm guessing you are looking east toward Kit Carson Mountain from along Willow Creek Technically, Challenger Point ? ? ? ?
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Post by absarokanaut on May 15, 2024 18:20:10 GMT -8
Travis wins. This is Willow Park; in addition to 14K peaks along the way to one of the most incredible mountain lakes you will ever go. See the person to the right of the top of the Falls? ![](https://i.ibb.co/ZGqzr4j/Willow-July-98.jpg)
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Post by Travis on May 15, 2024 18:37:52 GMT -8
Cool. Okay, name the two highest peaks in the photo below and which is on the left and which on the right: ![](https://i.ibb.co/8xS7TP9/100-2010-06-15-38.jpg)
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Post by absarokanaut on May 16, 2024 6:02:44 GMT -8
Looks Bighorny. Darn cloud.
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Post by marmotstew on May 16, 2024 6:13:37 GMT -8
How come the trees aren’t all pine beatley dead? Are they not pine beatle food? I think this photo is a deepfake.
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Post by Travis on May 16, 2024 6:28:30 GMT -8
There are good reasons for that. :D
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Post by Travis on May 16, 2024 6:37:42 GMT -8
How come the trees aren’t all pine beatley dead? Are they not pine beatle food? I think this photo is a deepfake. I've actually wondered about that, too. But they are not ponderosa pine. That helps. The photo was taken in June 2010, so the beetles had their opportunity and failed. Not deepfake. Not even shallowfake. I went to a lot of trouble to get that photo. Took at least a couple minutes to pull off the road and snap the photo.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on May 16, 2024 7:03:47 GMT -8
Took at least a couple minutes to pull off the road and snap the photo. I hope you brought a big-ass knife with you.
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Post by Travis on May 16, 2024 9:27:43 GMT -8
Took at least a couple minutes to pull off the road and snap the photo. I hope you brought a big-ass knife with you. Of course. Those were two minutes I was exposed to serious danger. Always gotta be ready!
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Post by Travis on May 16, 2024 12:55:40 GMT -8
How come the trees aren’t all pine beatley dead? Are they not pine beatle food? Off topic but here are beetle trees five months earlier in the Black Hills north of Black Elk Peak. These are mostly ponderosa pine at 6200 to 6500 feet elevation. The trees in my first photo are mostly lodgepole pine (I think) at 8000 to 9500 feet. Big difference! ![](https://i.ibb.co/JnrYpm2/2010-01-26-46.jpg)
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Post by Travis on May 16, 2024 13:03:42 GMT -8
And really off topic, but just to prove that the Beatles [sic] were an invasive species that did not destroy every forest, below is a still photo of Beatles in the process of traveling between "healthy" forests: ![](https://i.ibb.co/PQhGYfB/4-of-them.jpg)
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