The Long View
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
The Long View
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
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The 14,259 foot square topped mountain across this broad valley in northern Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park has served as a navigational aid for thousands of years. Prehistoric hunters oriented their travels by it and the Ute Indians saw Longs Peak as a sacred place and guiding landmark. French speaking fur trappers called Longs Peak and adjacent Mt. Meeker "Les Deux Oreilles," or the Two Ears.
After Major Stephen H. Long led a U.S. Army topographic expedition to this region in 1820, the peak was named for him. As Major Long and his party of 22 explorers neared the Rocky Mountains, he wrote, "a high Peake was plainly to be distinguished towering above all the others as far as sight extended." Modern travelers still use this famous landmark to orient themselves when needed...
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made.No electrons were harmed during the transition. Ordered images will not contain the FAA watermark
Image copyright 2020 Jon Burch Photography
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October 2nd, 2020
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