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Springtime on the California Prairielands: Violence in a Gentle Landscape (and a gratuitous picture of a duck)
Source info:
| Author: | Garry Hayes |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2011-04-22 00:27:00 |
| Blog: | Geotripper  |
| URL: | http://geotripper.blogspot.com/2011/04/springtime-on-california-prairielands_21.html |
Summary:
The gentle wind caresses the waving blades of grass...meadowlarks sing, frogs chirp...it's a serene day in the springtime of the Sierra foothills. Of course the science of geology holds no such sense of peace. Almost every aspect of this peaceful view speaks of violence, both in the recent past, and in the depths of time.Take the layers revealed in the gentle slopes of the first picture above: aContent analysis:
Geographic context:
| Location | Country | Latitude | Longitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | US | 37.2719 | -119.27 |
| Sierra Foothills | US | 38.7361 | -120.757 |
Keywords:
blades of grass, depths of time, duck, frogs, gentle slopes, gentle wind, geology, landscape, peace, peaceful view, science, sierra foothills, springtime, violence
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