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Trekken the Canyon

LoopyG — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:59:22 -0800

As a follow-up to this post, Google has now launched its Grand Canyon street view imagery. (gallery) (promo video)

Tangerine Dream in the Grand Canyon, and other Jan Nickman videos

filthy light thief — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 07:12:50 -0800

"With Jan Nickman's skilled direction and exceptional cinematography by Gray Warriner of Camera One Productions, this 40-minute video album transforms the Grand Canyon into something magical." Canyon Dreams was recorded as an album by Tangerine Dream, though it was first released with the videos of the Grand Canyon that were recorded over 3 years. Audio and video inside. Six of the eight "video album" tracks are on YouTube in low resolution: 1. Shadow Flyer 2. Canyon Carver 3. Water's Gift 4. Canyon Voices 5. Sudden Revelation 6. A Matter of Time The whole audio-only album was recently uploaded to YouTube. Jan Nickman made a number of similar videos of natural landscapes set to ambient and New Age music, including two videos with music by Paul Speer and David Lanz. Speer has uploaded some of those video tracks to his YouTube account. Nickman is also known for his early work in computer graphics, with Infinity's Child (YT playlist), the follow-up to Planetary Traveler (YT playlist), though most recently, he's returned to natural videos set to music.

3D Mapping

netbros — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:44:55 -0800

Durango Bill's Home Page. With topics that include: 3D end-to-end tour of the Grand Canyon, the origin and formation of the Colorado River, and examples of river systems that cut through mountain ranges instead of taking easier routes around them in Ancestral Rivers of the World. But if geology and 3D mapping isn't your thing, Bill also entertains and informs with his evaluations of creationism and religious cultists, an energy/oil analysis, gaming probability analysis, graph and number theories and applied mathematics. Durango Bill is a busy dude.

We've been free-pooping for weeks...

Parannoyed — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:12:22 -0800

The Remnants. It seemed so promising at first. From the writer of GO and Big Fish, comes a pilot for a post-apocalyptic comedy unlike anything you've ever seen, starring, among others, the much celebrated Zefrank, Justin Bateman,and Ernie Hudson. But after six months of shopping it around the major networks, it seems the The Remnants might just die on the vine. But wait! what's this flurry of press coverage? Go put in your two cents (or hopefully a lot more) here!

Grammar Nazis Booted

Kirth Gerson — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:12:42 -0800

Typo Eradication Advancement League (TEAL), a couple of 28-year old "grammar vigilantes" who traveled the U.S. correcting errors on signs. On a visit to the Grand Canyon, they appear to have gone too far. The TEAL website has been taken down and replaced with a message saying, "Statement on the signage of our National Parks and public lands to come." Here's the Google cache of the page.

Grand Canyon Blow Out.

gman — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:26:45 -0800

The U.S. government flooded the Grand Canyon yesterday in the hopes of restoring the ecosystem. Some environmentalists disagree.

deliciously vertiginous and grand

jessamyn — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:39:21 -0800

The Grand Canyon Skywalk, supposedly the highest man made structure in the world, opens this week. While the official website has been up and down, the skywalk has already made it into Snopes and drummed up its share of controversy. Former astronauts John Herrington and Buzz Aldrin joined members of the Hualapai tribe today in the first walk across the structure designed by Mark Johnson of MRJ Architects (slideshow, youtube). For more about all things Grand Canyonesque, you might like Polishing the Jewel: An Administrative History of Grand Canyon National Park. [previously]

Put 'em on the glass

soyjoy — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:27:50 -0800

Walk out over 4,000 feet of thin air... Man, it gives me the willies just to think about being out there.

PARK SERVICE STICKS WITH BIBLICAL EXPLANATION FOR GRAND CANYON

Postroad — Tue, 04 Jan 2005 07:36:48 -0800

PARK SERVICE STICKS WITH BIBLICAL EXPLANATION FOR GRAND CANYON The Bush Administration has decided that it will stand by its approval for a book claiming the Grand Canyon was created by Noah’s flood rather than by geologic forces, according to internal documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

cool Grand Canyon views

madamjujujive — Fri, 08 Oct 2004 11:30:31 -0800

Take a nifty little tour of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River. (QTVR pics). (Alternate sites for non-QTVR people.)

National Parks

oissubke — Sat, 17 May 2003 19:27:23 -0800

Do you know your National Parks? We've all heard of Yosemite and Grand Canyon, but what about some of the less well known but nevertheless remarkable parks such as Haleakala, Capitol Reef and Isle Royale? (I guess I'm a sucker for underdogs.)

Slithy_Tove — Sat, 04 May 2002 04:24:34 -0800

The Grand Canyon, up close and personal. Start with the series of photos titled 'Royal Arch Trip'. [more inside]