Our National Parks: America's Spectacular Wilderness HeritageCombining magnificent photos and an informative, entertaining text, this volume covers the histories, the geological features, and the wildlife of America's unspoiled paradises. Over 400 full-color photos and 350 full-color illustrations capture rarely seen plants and animals in their native habitats, panoramic vistas and extraordinary natural phenomena. |
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Page 198
... flows across a wall or other surface instead of dripping . If it flows across a jumbled heap of rocks , the result is likely to resemble a waterfall . That was the origin of Mammoth's Frozen Niagara , one of the most elaborate ...
... flows across a wall or other surface instead of dripping . If it flows across a jumbled heap of rocks , the result is likely to resemble a waterfall . That was the origin of Mammoth's Frozen Niagara , one of the most elaborate ...
Page 215
... flows snapped off the trunks of trees three feet in diameter . When the muddy avalanche finally came to a halt , the road to Longmire was buried be- neath 20 feet of debris , and vast areas of the forest's green carpet of ferns and ...
... flows snapped off the trunks of trees three feet in diameter . When the muddy avalanche finally came to a halt , the road to Longmire was buried be- neath 20 feet of debris , and vast areas of the forest's green carpet of ferns and ...
Page 309
... flows out of pools , the temperature patterns show plainly ; the main flows are often too hot for visible life , but along the edges fila- ments of colored algae undulate slowly in the current . The channels themselves are beds of ...
... flows out of pools , the temperature patterns show plainly ; the main flows are often too hot for visible life , but along the edges fila- ments of colored algae undulate slowly in the current . The channels themselves are beds of ...
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Smithsonian Institution Secretary, Charles Doolittle Walcott Ellis Leon Yochelson Limited preview - 2001 |