Ladies in the Sky
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Ladies in the Sky
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture And Enhancement
Description
This view is looking west over Lake Loveland in the middle of Loveland, Colorado toward the Rocky Mountains. Lake Loveland was created in 1893 out of a swampy depression known as Hays Lake. The South Shore offers fishing and a beautiful view of the Rocky Mountains. North Lake Park borders the lake's north side and features a swim beach, fishing, a public park with train to ride, playgrounds, tennis, racquet and basketball courts, places for picnicking, softball fields, plus an amphitheater. The well-known Benson Sculpture Park is located just north of North Lake Park and offers numerous sculptures to see in a beautiful outdoor setting.
The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. These mountain peaks stretch more than 3,000 miles from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States. Within the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are distinct from the Pacific Coast Ranges, the Cascade Range and the Sierra Nevada Range which all lie farther to the west.
The Rockies were initially formed from 80 million to 55 million years ago during the Laramide orogeny, in which a number of tetonic plates began to slide underneath the North American plate. The shallow angle of subduction resulted in a broad belt of mountains running down western North America. Since then, further geologic activity and erosion by glaciers have sculpted the Rockies into dramatic peaks and valleys.
At the end of the last ice age, humans started to inhabit the mountain ranges and after Europeans, such as Sir Alexander Mackenzie and the Lewis and Clark expedition, started to explorations, minerals and furs drove the initial economic exploitation of the mountains, although the Mountain ranges themselves never became densely populated until much later.
Image copyright 2013 Jon Burch Photography
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August 27th, 2013
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Comments (31)
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Hanne Lore Koehler
What a spectacular sunset moment through those breathtaking mountains, Jon! I am in awe! L/F/T/fb/G+/P
Kendall Kessler
Whoops! I didn't see that I had already commented on this one until after I hit the button.
Angela Stanton
Congrats on your sale! This is spectacular--already voted and all but gorgeous still!
Joyce Dickens
Hi Jon, this is so very wonderful my friend; I love the light coming down on the mountains and reflecting on the water - wonderfully composed and presented - Joyce
Rory Sagner
Lovely, especially the light coming down just at the top of the photo. Almost looks like a lithograph with the layers of colored mountains. v/f
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