"Where in North America is this?" Section XI

[glc]

That is in Nara Visa, NM.

[Quebec Gen]

That is in Nara Visa, NM.

Yep, you got it, Nara Vista.

[Mark Sedenquist]

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Wow, what a pretty shot.

Looks like limestone cliffs and nearly sub-tropical vegetation....

I like the canoe and tent!

How about someplace in Arkansas?

Mark

[Foy]

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Back here on the Right Side of the US, limestones are valley-formers and bluffs such as the one pictured are the cliff-formers. That being said, given where I think this location is (Boston Mountains section of the Ozarks in northern Arkansas) the bluffs might well be formed by a particular cherty limestone, where the chert (amorphous silica) gives the limestone some hardness and more resistance to erosion. The groundwater-driven dissoulition properties of carbonates back east forms sinkholes and karst topography where the beds are more or less flat-lying and forms valleys where the beds are folded and "on edge", such as is the case in the Great Valley and Ridge province west of the Blue Ridge in PA, VA, and TN.

My money's on Buffalo National Scenic River, Arkansas.

Foy

[Foy]

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One of my geology professors said, 35 years ago, "he never forgets anything he sees in the field". For better or worse, it's true. Just don't ask me what I had for breakfast today.

There are certain clues which led me to the Buffalo. Mark got the first one--the subtropic vegetation. Once narrowed down to the southern midwest, deep south, or southeast, it's a question of "where are the more or less flat-lying sedimentary rocks featuring bluff-forming stratigraphic units". Parts of WV, KY, OH, TN, AL, AR, and OK then come to mind. The canoe and tent were the next clue: an often-paddled river within a park setting. Having been to the Boston Mountains back in '78, and knowing the Buffalo is a National Scenic River, and seeing how cool the shot was, I then just guessed.

Foy

[Mark Sedenquist]

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I spent the better part of four days exploring the road-access parts of the Buffalo National Scenic River in Arkansas a few years back and that's where my guess of "somewhere in Arkansas" originated from. But by not pulling the trigger on that guess -- we're all beneficiaries of your geology knowledge. Thanks for sharing!

Mark

[Pfemm]

Very very cool...This is definitely on my list of places I want to explore some day soon. :)

I can't wait to be able to answer one of these pics from experience! I love traveling but I haven't actually been able to do much yet... other than regular visits to a nearby wildlife refuge.

We're are almost to the point where we will have a lot more free time (1 more yearish)! all that steady grinding will pay off. so before long ... I will be there... in that canoe and tent!

I'm getting excited already! :D

[Mark Sedenquist]

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Another great photo -- but since you mentioned (above) that you've not done much traveling... I just need to confirm... These are your photos or ones that you have the rights to...?

I see a water tower in the background -- but not much else to go on....

Hmmm.... I'm a little concerned -- this looks like the photo you uploaded: click here

If you find photos on the Web and copy them and upload them as yours -- you will lose your membership account here.

In any case, this would be the Sand Island Light House, Dauphin Island, Alabama.


Mark

[Pfemm]

oh no! I did not know that! I was posting places I wanted to go. other than the Alaska pics. i did do that for sure!

I will not post anything not mine anymore! thank you for the clarification. I must have initially skimmed the rules and missed the "your own" part. I sincerely apologize. I don't want to lose my account!

guess if i do post any more you'll all know it's in the midwest/south.

[Mark Sedenquist]

Photographs just like any other form of content is protected under Federal law. If you use images or articles without the written permission of the owner of those images -- you are breaking the law. We take such infringements very, very seriously here. Here are the terms of use for the RoadTripAmerica.com web site...

Thanks,

Mark