Photos from my retro photo album titled: Milwaukee, November 2008. Above is a sculpture positioned near the Milwaukee Art Museum, with an almost frozen Lake Michigan behind it. The Calatrava-designed architecture of course went over budget to the tune of $100 million dollars when it was built in 2001! (Its estimated cost rose from $38 millionContinue reading “Milwaukee Art Museum”
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Glacier National Park
Photos from my retro photo album titled: Montana, July 2007. Glacier National Park‘s mountains began forming 170 million years ago when ancient rocks were forced eastward up and over much younger rock strata. Known as the Lewis Overthrust, these sedimentary rocks are considered to have some of the finest examples of early life fossils on Earth.Continue reading “Glacier National Park”
Saint Elmo, Colorado
Photos from my retro photo album titled: Colorado, August 2007. Founded in 1880, Saint Elmo sits at an elevation of 9,961 feet (3,036 m). Nearly 2,000 people settled in this town when mining for gold and silver started. The mining industry started to decline in the early 1920s, and in 1922 the railroad discontinued service. ItContinue reading “Saint Elmo, Colorado”
Independence Pass
Photos from my retro photo album titled: Colorado, August 2007. At an elevation of 12,095 ft (3,687 m), Independence Pass, Colorado showcases some of America’s most breathtaking landscape featuring an alpine tundra environment. The pass was formed by glacial action and erosion eons ago. A small hiking trail beckons visitors to walk as far as they can. MyContinue reading “Independence Pass”
Somewhere in Colorado
Photos from my retro photo album titled: Colorado, August 2007. I remember taking these photos. I was alone driving Colorado’s back roads from nowhere to somewhere. I don’t know who lived in these houses, but ghosts live in them now. Today, only wind knocks on their abandoned doors. In modern cities, air is something one breathes,Continue reading “Somewhere in Colorado”
All Roads Lead to Chaco
Photos from this month’s retro photo album titled: Chaco and Bandelier, May 23, 2007. One of the most remarkable aspects of Chaco Culture is the extensive system of finely engineered roads both within the canyon and extending out a considerable distance to the outlying sites throughout the San Juan Basin and beyond. These roads are remarkablyContinue reading “All Roads Lead to Chaco”
Chaco Canyon
Photos from this month’s retro photo album titled: Chaco and Bandelier, May 23, 2007. Between AD 900 and 1150, Chaco Canyon was a major center of culture for the Ancestral Puebloans. Chacoans quarried sandstone blocks and hauled timber from great distances, assembling fifteen major complexes that remained the largest buildings ever built in North America untilContinue reading “Chaco Canyon”
Visions of New Mexico
Photos from this month’s retro photo album titled: Chaco and Bandelier, May 23, 2007. Here are two landscape shots processed in Color, B&W, and Sepia. I see something different in all of them. I think the B&Ws bring out the shadows best, making the clouds look heavy. My books Memory Road Trip (e-book or paperback) and Time Traveled (e-book or paperback) are both available!Continue reading “Visions of New Mexico”
Tumacacori
Images from this month’s retro photo album titled Tumacacori Feb 26, 2007. Founded by Kino in January, 1691, mission San Cayetano de Tumacácori was the first mission to be located in what is now Arizona. Originally located on the east side of the Santa Cruz River, the mission moved – following a nearby rebellion inContinue reading “Tumacacori”
The Mayan World
Images from this month’s retro photo album called Cancun, Jan 11 – Feb 15, 2007. El Caracol, the Observatory, is a unique structure at pre-Columbian Maya civilization site of Chichen Itza. El Caracol, which means ‘snail’ in Spanish, is so named due to the spiral staircase inside the tower: The Mesoamerican ballgame was a sport with ritual associationsContinue reading “The Mayan World”
Krista Marson 