the alluvial fan, rocky mountain national park

this is the roaring river. there used to be a dam at the top of the canyon that it flows through, but it failed in 1982, creating this alluvial fan. it was especially cool to see from the other side of this valley because you could get an idea of how massive this is.

if you look really close, there's a lady in a pink shirt on the right hand side of the picture. people are always nice for scale.
this was a self portrait, believe it or not. i'm sure you can believe, however, that my camera was precariously perched on top of a not flat boulder.
another view of the fan. you can see the little colored specs that are people off to the left. it also gives you a good idea of the size of this thing.


these are just a couple of detail shots that i really liked.