Seldom do i get to boast..

This last run was to a town by the name of "Grand Junction,Colorado"

just out side of town is a nation park called National Monument

i spent all day touring this park, it has some vista's that are if not a rarity in themselves, certainly a rarity in most of our experiences.

i took a bunch of pictures, these images are unaltered, straight from my camera to your desktop, if any are to dark, or to light, i apologize, but if its real important to you, feel free to download them, and edit to your hearts content.

there are quite a few of these images, so for those whom complain easily, i am only posting the link to the folder.. please take a looksee, but the pic's do not do the site any justice at all, somehow the depth lost retracts from the thrill quite a bit.. still some of the shots have enuff near stuff to get some scope of just how far you are actually seeing, and the magnitude of it all..

have fun, and lemme know what you think..

Colorado

I took a look at a few, looks quite beautiful!

They are very nice indeed :smile:

Personally, I love mountains and rock formations, they're so cool to look at. Especially covered in snow, I'm going skiing in a few weeks so I'll get to see a lot of these :biggrin: Last time I went it was terrific, so I hope this time it's even better!

Wow! I didn't look at them all but the 20 or so I did look at were awsome. If I was there I would be expecting a tribe of injuns to appear over one of the ridges all at once or something. Hmm that sounds stupid doesn't it... oh well, I'll leave it in. I hope one day I can go over to the US/Canada and go see all the amazing landscape you have got :smile:

take the time, the pics are worth it..

some of those shots, must be of the 40 mile range or more..

2d flat pics really ruin the feel :sad:

my camera being fairly cheap in model doesn't help either, but i think most of the pics are clear enuff not to be a total loss.

someday i hope to return with a much better camera.

/me is jealous

That's my sort of place, Orph :smile:

I have a place just like that in my back yard.. Well its about an hour away.. Just above Alamargodo N.M. On your way up to Cloud Croft. Next time im up that way, I'll snap a few for you Orph. I'll also see if I cant get you some photos of White Sands, and The Glass Desert. The glass desert is where they tested the Nukes.. got so hot it turned the sand into glass.. They call it the Trinity site.

Pretty nice Orph.. Theonly thing I miss from being a Truck Driver is all the pretty vistas you get to see. Coming down a 50-60% grade in the wrong gear, I dont miss at all. =)

Damn, Orpheus ... that looks amazing ...

I'd better not post any pictures from my town in Belgium ... looks quite ugly compared to this ...

Forceflow said:
Damn, Orpheus ... that looks amazing ...

I'd better not post any pictures from my town in Belgium ... looks quite ugly compared to this ...

cant be any worse than any old bloody place over here.

Norfolk = an island ?

you just passed by the edge of "Gods' country"....lucky dog.... :wink: havent beent to CO in years, lived there a long time ago.....have a sister in grand junction....

Doc Brass... :dodgy:

Fear me! For I have grown!

http://www.snarkpit.com/pits/matt/modified.jpg

I'm very jealous Orph. it would be torture for me to only spend a day there though. I have this strange need to climb mountains that borders on obsession.

oh Korn shh, there are plenty of beautiful places in the UK. There is no country with no rough parts. Heres a couple of pics from this website with pics of my county:

I know jiff m8, But it dont half ost a packet to live in nicer places. If I had a digi cam, Id show you some of the nicest countryside images, Norfolk is famous for its farmlands & good food.

mmmm, good food...

Also, that first picture scary_jeff posted is beautiful.

I like the ones of Coloardo but I preffer the pics of cornwall.

There's some nice places here in notts but not around me really apart from Sherwood Forrest cos its maily mining towns around me.

I went to some nice places while I was in Canada as well but as whats her name said theres no place like home and its weard to be back as well I keep expecting to here some american or canadian talking on the adverts but some engligh bloke starts talking its a bit weared to be back drving on the left again.

Man, I live in Torquay (Pretty much) and I walk to work, and because I live on top of a hill, I walk and I can see the sea to my left, and in the mornings, you can often see a fog rolling in of the sea, it's absolutely beautiful. I have lived here now for 2 years and it's amazing I love it. the natrual beauty is second to few in the UK. They call it the English Riviera. In fact I can see the sea from my bedroom window just about it's brilliant.

You're so lucky Gav, I live in a town where everyone throws litter :sad:

Gav said:
In fact I can see the sea from my bedroom window just about it's brilliant.

That's awesome. I wonder how much response a "Post the View from Your Home" thread would attract.

Test it out and create that thread, man :razz:

scary_jeff said:
oh Korn shh, there are plenty of beautiful places in the UK. There is no country with no rough parts. Heres a couple of pics from this website with pics of my county:

I beg to differ. England has nothing on this:

this is north cascades national park. it's a bit of a drive for me to get there but...

there is also Mt. Hood which is visable from most places in Portland where I live:

I love living in the northwest.

I'm very jealous Orph. it would be torture for me to only spend a day there though. I have this strange need to climb mountains that borders on obsession.

How funny... I have this strange urge to stay the hell away from mountains, because I am clumsy and will almost certainly perish. :razz:

Tracer Bullet said:
I beg to differ. England has nothing on this:

I second that.

I really like photographing and effects and stuff ... I'll post some of my best pictures:









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Usually I keep posting them at [url]http://forceflow.deviantart.com

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To be fair, England, Wales and Scotlands scenery is nothing like that (apart from the really high hill ranges maybe) so its incomparable. Britain has beautiful, green and rolling countrysides littered with ancient stone ruins of castles, temples, monasterys and abbies - and much more more.

You cannot compare the beauty of 2 natural environments.. hence why "diversity is the spice of life".

i would be willing to bet, familiarity dulls many peoples perceptions of "beautiful"

i would think that anyplace has nice scenery, if for no other reason than, one hasn't seen it yet.

i, for one, would love to see some screens of authentic castles, not ones from the net, but pics taken by my friends, that would make them more personal IMO, and hence, very much better :smile:

Arkansas is pretty crappy, but the Fayetteville area is kinda nice..

send me a plane ticket jon....ill be "Big Brass...Ace Reporter"..... :heee:

i'd go in a heartbeat... :wink:

Doc Brass.. :dodgy:

Tracer Bullet and mazemaster... I wasn't trying to say that England looks better, I was just trying to show that England has nice places as well. And yeah... what Gwil said :smile:

Gwil said:
You cannot compare the beauty of 2 natural environments.. hence why "diversity is the spice of life".

STFU CA OWNZ U!!!!!!!!!!111111

Wow cass, I must say that you have really surpassed your photoshop skills with that new avatar

I made that avatar a while back when Lep was looking for something for the "moron branding." Didn't think it would ever see the light of day.

mazemaster said:
I second that.

OMG, mazemaster is from Mars!!! :eek:

me, a little closer to home.



the pics with snow are at Anoch Mor, and the others are the lake district.

[simg]http://www.invalid-brush.co.uk/images/anoch mor.jpg[/simg]

Actually, I don't really know why the avatar is there - I was banned from the site for a while with no explanation, and now, bam, the avatar. I can't upload a different one, and Lep ain't not responding to PM's, so I guess I'll just wear my dunce cap and hang my head in shame.

And to boot, I had a new avatar that I had just uploaded - it was a picture of me - hence my sig.

Cassius said:

• I was banned from the site for a while with no explanation,

lep had a recent bout with the genitalia brigade, and banned a few IP's, i am betting you got caught up in that mess accidentally

i mentioned my fear of that occurrence.

I've snowboarded at Anoch Mor a few times, one of the better places in Scotland. In its back bowl it can see some really nice powder...as far as Scotland goes that is.

Orpheus said:
the genitalia brigade

Best name I've heard for spammers in a loooooong time

fishy said:
OMG, mazemaster is from Mars!!! :eek:

Drat! I've been found out!

*cue flying saucers to abduct fishy and wipe his memory

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