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Geology Pictures of the Two Weeks, July 18-31, 2004: Great Falls Deux
Various (see links)

Posted on 07/26/2004 9:00:35 AM PDT by cogitator

www.wingettphotography.com (this guy has good photos!)

Potomac Flow-by Studies

Link to aerial photograph of Great Falls


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: erosion; rivers; waterfalls
Inspired by this article:

Geologists Discover Water Cuts Through Rock at Surprising Speed

1 posted on 07/26/2004 9:00:40 AM PDT by cogitator
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To: 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; kayak; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; ...

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2 posted on 07/26/2004 9:02:30 AM PDT by cogitator
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To: cogitator
From your link: "it was about 35,000 years ago that the Susquehanna and Potomac rivers, respectively, began carving out the Great Falls of the Potomac and Holtwood Gorge."

The Susquehanna carved out the Great Falls of the Potomac?

3 posted on 07/26/2004 9:14:22 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lepton
The Susquehanna carved out the Great Falls of the Potomac?

SOMEBODY needs a proofreader.

4 posted on 07/26/2004 9:36:20 AM PDT by cogitator
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To: cogitator

Try this........

http://www.wingettphotography.com/


5 posted on 07/26/2004 1:14:00 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: Elsie

Thanks. I don't know what I did wrong there.


6 posted on 07/26/2004 3:52:09 PM PDT by cogitator
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To: cogitator

Me either - it looked like a good link when I tried it.


7 posted on 07/27/2004 5:20:42 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going....)
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To: 2Trievers; headsonpikes; Pokey78; Lil'freeper; epsjr; sauropod; kayak; Miss Marple; CPT Clay; ...
Image bonus (grated minds think alike):

Great Falls of the Potomac (Ikonos)

Don't forget to look at the large image, if you can, for a nice view of D.C. suburban sprawl!

8 posted on 07/29/2004 8:44:49 AM PDT by cogitator
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