Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
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Includes some of the oldest rock on the surface of the planet, 3.8 billion years in the sun.
Another interesting rock formation:
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The barren Tablelands look more like Arizona than forested Newfoundland. This is due to the ultramafic rock - peridotite - which makes up the Tablelands. It is thought to originate in the earth's mantle and was forced up from the depths during a plate collision several hundred million years ago. Peridotite lacks the usual nutrients required to sustain most plant life, hence its barren appearance. The rock is very low in calcium, very high in magnesium, and has toxic amounts of heavy metals. Peridotite is also high in iron, which accounts for its brownish colour. Underneath this weathered zone, the rock is really a dark green colour.
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Nice to see some nature photos from Calgary after so many skyline shots. Great work, Chad!
Thanks Klaus! It was an awesome little hiking day trip. I had no idea we had that right inside the city. My partner had been there before, years ago, so he just suggested we do that for a hike. Suffice to say, I was pleasantly surprised!
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Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
[IMG]IMG_20140818_190636 by Uzair Shahid97, on Flickr[/IMG]
took first pic with my new lens, took this two days ago. sorry the picture is blurry because my lens has a manual focus and I didn't realize that the focus wasn't on infinity.
An refreshed, I am sure! Nice to see there being some trails in the city area.
Calgary (and Edmonton too) actually does a really good job of having nice hiking trails within the city, something like 700km of paved pathways and many many more unpaved trails. Do other cities have large natural areas like this where you can forget you are in a major city? Toronto has the Bluffs and a ravine I think? Vancouver has Stanley park, but most of the trails that I know about are on the North Shore. How about Winnipeg, Hamilton or Montreal?
Hamilton has the Niagara Escarpment and the Bruce Trail and a number of large natural areas associated with it, particularly the Dundas Valley Conservation Area, which at 1200 ha is about three times the size of Stanley Park.
Hamilton has the Niagara Escarpment and the Bruce Trail and a number of large natural areas associated with it, particularly the Dundas Valley Conservation Area, which at 1200 ha is about three times the size of Stanley Park.
That's awesome, things like this can really make a city more liveable.
^^ Wow, I don't think that is a BC landscape, but I think we can let it slide since it's a damn cool pic.
these are 16 photos I took at same place and they were stitched together by my brother at some editing software and the place was Monashee provincial park. my dad was very angry because of that and from three days he is keeping the keys with him while sleeping.
Calgary (and Edmonton too) actually does a really good job of having nice hiking trails within the city, something like 700km of paved pathways and many many more unpaved trails. Do other cities have large natural areas like this where you can forget you are in a major city? Toronto has the Bluffs and a ravine I think? Vancouver has Stanley park, but most of the trails that I know about are on the North Shore. How about Winnipeg, Hamilton or Montreal?
interestingly enough, Chad's pics look remarkably like South Saskatchewan River around Saskatoon.
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Beaver Creek & Cranberry Flats conservation area south of the city
Originally Posted by Boris2k7
The mountains in the distance on the West-facing picture are the same ones in Montana that have popped up a few times in this thread already.
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Amazing that you can see them from the Saskatchewan border. I had no idea.
yes, believe it or not you can see mountains from Saskatchewan, albeit Montana Mountains (Sweet Grass Hills & Bear Paw Mountains)
There are 11 one lane bridges across the Rosebud River to get to Wayne Alberta.
Rosebud is a translation of the Blackfoot word Akokiniskway, meaning "the river of many roses".
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