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[thorsenmark]

Mountains as a Backdrop for the City of Durango by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting of urban exploration in Durango, Colorado, one early afternoon while walking along Main Ave. My thought in composing this image was to capture a view looking across the street intersection, using the hotel building front and cars present, along with the mountain and blue skies backdrop.

[andreagillmer]

Copper Explorer Closes Private Placement, Hits New Zone

Source: Rick Mills for Streetwise Reports   07/28/2018

More funds are flowing into this company’s treasury at the same time as it has intersected a new mineralized zone at its Ootsa copper project, writes Rick Mills of Ahead of the Herd.

Vancouver-based Surge Copper Corp. (SURG:TSX.V) stated on Wednesday it closed a non-brokered private placement consisting of 2.3 million units priced at 10 cents a share, raising $230,000. Comprised of a share and a warrant, unit holders can buy common shares for the next 36 months at an exercise price of $0.18 per share. Surge was trading at 11.5 cents a share at the close of trading Friday in Toronto.

Meanwhile at Ootsa, where a 3,000m drill program is underway, the second hole intersected a new zone of mineralization 500m northeast of the East Seel deposit.

East Seel is considered to be the deposit with the highest grades, where 40- to 50-meter intersections of nearly 0.75% to 1% copper grades have been assayed.

Surge Copper has plans to expand the current mineralized zones and its 2018 exploration plan involves exploring around the edges of the East and West Seel deposits. The goal is to add another 20 to 24 million tonnes to the current 224 million tonnes of measured and indicated resources in the ground, which would enable Surge to comfortably run a stand-alone operation, i.e., a mine that could function without any involvement from neighboring Huckleberry Mine, owned by Imperial Metals but currently on care and maintenance.

Hole S18-212 was drilled at a 135-degree angle to a depth of 483 meters, and is said to contain zones of mineralization containing pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite along with carbonate and quartz. More details are contained in a July 26 press release:

The mineralization occurs as a sulfide rich breccia matrix and in sulfide veins and veinlets and is best developed between about 218 and 296 metres depth. Hole S18-214 is a 100 metre step out from hole S18-212 and was also drilled at an azimuth of 135 degrees and a dip of -50 degrees. Hole S18-214 intersected the same mineralized sulfide breccia as hole S18-212 and has traced the mineralized zone closer to surface. Hole S18-214 encountered 55.3 metres of overburden prior to hitting highly altered bedrock, and intersected sulfide breccia mineralization from 91 to 120 metres depth with weaker breccia below. Hole S18-214 is still being drilled.

The style of mineralization encountered in holes S18-212 and 214 is distinct from the porphyry style mineralization that occurs at the East and West Seel deposits but this style has been intersected at Ootsa previously. Hole S06- 42 encountered this style of mineralization and highlights its potential to host high grades as the hole returned 138 metres grading 0.84% copper and 22.1 g/t silver, including 42 metres grading 1.24% copper, 32 g/t silver, and 0.13 g/t gold (previously released).

The proximity of Surge Copper to the currently-shuttered Huckleberry Mine means it is an ideal takeout target for Imperial Metals should Imperial need more mineralization to feed its aging mine, which is estimated to only have about five more years of minelife. However, Surge also has enough potential reserves for a stand-alone operation, which could either interest an investor wanting to partner with it if Surge Copper goes mining, or a major who buys the company outright. All three scenarios are good for Surge investors, who are bound to see a dramatic share price rise if any of these possibilities takes place.

And takeouts ARE taking place in northwestern BC, in the Golden Triangle, home to some of the largest and richest mines in Canadian history as well as a bevy of exploration projects that have yet to yield pay dirt. Yesterday Newmont Mining, a U.S. gold major, acquired a 50% interest in the Galore Creek Partnership from NovaGold Resources and Teck for $275 million. Galore Creek is around 150 km northwest of Stewart, BC. A 2011 prefeasibility study outlines 9 billion pounds of copper (measured and indicated), 8 million ounces of gold and 136 million ounces of silver. As part of this week’s deal, Newmont will also get 40% of the adjacent Copper Canyon property. NovaGold noted the stake sales will allow the company to focus on its flagship Donlin Gold project in Alaska, which contains an estimated 39 million ounces of measured and indicated gold grading 2.24 grams per tonne.

We reported recently that big copper deals are drying up, and that large copper companies best look to exploration companies to obtain new supply. A deficit in the copper market is predicted in two short years, by 2020. That means juniors like Surge Copper are well placed for a buyout. If success at the drill bit continues, their interest in SURG is likely to be piqued.

Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com

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This document is not and should not be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for any investment.

Richard Mills has based this document on information obtained from sources he believes to be reliable but which has not been independently verified.

Richard Mills makes no guarantee, representation or warranty and accepts no responsibility or liability as to its accuracy or completeness. Expressions of opinion are those of Richard Mills only and are subject to change without notice. Richard Mills assumes no warranty, liability or guarantee for the current relevance, correctness or completeness of any information provided within this Report and will not be held liable for the consequence of reliance upon any opinion or statement contained herein or any omission.

Furthermore, I, Richard Mills, assume no liability for any direct or indirect loss or damage or, in particular, for lost profit, which you may incur as a result of the use and existence of the information provided within this Report.

Richard owns shares of Surge Copper (TSX.V:SURG).

Disclosures: 1) Rick Mills: I, or members of my immediate household or family, own shares of the following companies mentioned in this article: Surge Copper. I personally am, or members of my immediate household or family are, paid by the following companies mentioned in this article: None. My company currently has a financial relationship with the following companies mentioned in this article: None. I determined which companies would be included in this article based on my research and understanding of the sector. Additional disclosures/disclaimer above. 2) The following companies mentioned in this article are sponsors of Streetwise Reports: None. Click here for important disclosures about sponsor fees. 3) Comments and opinions expressed are those of the specific experts and not of Streetwise Reports or its officers. 4) The article does not constitute investment advice. Each reader is encouraged to consult with his or her individual financial professional and any action a reader takes as a result of information presented here is his or her own responsibility. By opening this page, each reader accepts and agrees to Streetwise Reports’ terms of use and full legal disclaimer. This article is not a solicitation for investment. Streetwise Reports does not render general or specific investment advice and the information on Streetwise Reports should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Streetwise Reports does not endorse or recommend the business, products, services or securities of any company mentioned on Streetwise Reports. 5) From time to time, Streetwise Reports LLC and its directors, officers, employees or members of their families, as well as persons interviewed for articles and interviews on the site, may have a long or short position in securities mentioned. Directors, officers, employees or members of their immediate families are prohibited from making purchases and/or sales of those securities in the open market or otherwise from the time of the interview or the decision to write an article, until one week after the publication of the interview or article.

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[goldcoins0]

Copper Explorer Closes Private Placement, Hits New Zone

Source: Rick Mills for Streetwise Reports   07/28/2018

More funds are flowing into this company's treasury at the same time as it has intersected a new mineralized zone at its Ootsa copper project, writes Rick Mills of Ahead of the Herd.

Vancouver-based Surge Copper Corp. (SURG:TSX.V) stated on Wednesday it closed a non-brokered private placement consisting of 2.3 million units priced at 10 cents a share, raising $230,000. Comprised of a share and a warrant, unit holders can buy common shares for the next 36 months at an exercise price of $0.18 per share. Surge was trading at 11.5 cents a share at the close of trading Friday in Toronto.

Meanwhile at Ootsa, where a 3,000m drill program is underway, the second hole intersected a new zone of mineralization 500m northeast of the East Seel deposit.

East Seel is considered to be the deposit with the highest grades, where 40- to 50-meter intersections of nearly 0.75% to 1% copper grades have been assayed.

Surge Copper has plans to expand the current mineralized zones and its 2018 exploration plan involves exploring around the edges of the East and West Seel deposits. The goal is to add another 20 to 24 million tonnes to the current 224 million tonnes of measured and indicated resources in the ground, which would enable Surge to comfortably run a stand-alone operation, i.e., a mine that could function without any involvement from neighboring Huckleberry Mine, owned by Imperial Metals but currently on care and maintenance.

Hole S18-212 was drilled at a 135-degree angle to a depth of 483 meters, and is said to contain zones of mineralization containing pyrite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite along with carbonate and quartz. More details are contained in a July 26 press release:

The mineralization occurs as a sulfide rich breccia matrix and in sulfide veins and veinlets and is best developed between about 218 and 296 metres depth. Hole S18-214 is a 100 metre step out from hole S18-212 and was also drilled at an azimuth of 135 degrees and a dip of -50 degrees. Hole S18-214 intersected the same mineralized sulfide breccia as hole S18-212 and has traced the mineralized zone closer to surface. Hole S18-214 encountered 55.3 metres of overburden prior to hitting highly altered bedrock, and intersected sulfide breccia mineralization from 91 to 120 metres depth with weaker breccia below. Hole S18-214 is still being drilled.

The style of mineralization encountered in holes S18-212 and 214 is distinct from the porphyry style mineralization that occurs at the East and West Seel deposits but this style has been intersected at Ootsa previously. Hole S06- 42 encountered this style of mineralization and highlights its potential to host high grades as the hole returned 138 metres grading 0.84% copper and 22.1 g/t silver, including 42 metres grading 1.24% copper, 32 g/t silver, and 0.13 g/t gold (previously released).

The proximity of Surge Copper to the currently-shuttered Huckleberry Mine means it is an ideal takeout target for Imperial Metals should Imperial need more mineralization to feed its aging mine, which is estimated to only have about five more years of minelife. However, Surge also has enough potential reserves for a stand-alone operation, which could either interest an investor wanting to partner with it if Surge Copper goes mining, or a major who buys the company outright. All three scenarios are good for Surge investors, who are bound to see a dramatic share price rise if any of these possibilities takes place.

And takeouts ARE taking place in northwestern BC, in the Golden Triangle, home to some of the largest and richest mines in Canadian history as well as a bevy of exploration projects that have yet to yield pay dirt. Yesterday Newmont Mining, a U.S. gold major, acquired a 50% interest in the Galore Creek Partnership from NovaGold Resources and Teck for $275 million. Galore Creek is around 150 km northwest of Stewart, BC. A 2011 prefeasibility study outlines 9 billion pounds of copper (measured and indicated), 8 million ounces of gold and 136 million ounces of silver. As part of this week's deal, Newmont will also get 40% of the adjacent Copper Canyon property. NovaGold noted the stake sales will allow the company to focus on its flagship Donlin Gold project in Alaska, which contains an estimated 39 million ounces of measured and indicated gold grading 2.24 grams per tonne.

We reported recently that big copper deals are drying up, and that large copper companies best look to exploration companies to obtain new supply. A deficit in the copper market is predicted in two short years, by 2020. That means juniors like Surge Copper are well placed for a buyout. If success at the drill bit continues, their interest in SURG is likely to be piqued.

Richard (Rick) Mills aheadoftheherd.com

Just read, or participate in if you wish, our free Investors forums. Ahead of the Herd is now on Twitter. Newsletter Archives.

Richard (Rick) Mills, AheadoftheHerd.com, lives on a 160-acre farm in northern British Columbia. Richard's articles have been published on over 400 websites, including: WallStreetJournal, USAToday, NationalPost, Lewrockwell, MontrealGazette, VancouverSun, CBSnews, HuffingtonPost, Beforeitsnews, Londonthenews, Wealthwire, CalgaryHerald, Forbes, Dallasnews, SGTreport, Vantagewire, Indiatimes, Ninemsn, Ibtimes, Businessweek, HongKongHerald, Moneytalks, SeekingAlpha, BusinessInsider, Investing.com, MSN.com and the Association of Mining Analysts.

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Legal Notice / Disclaimer

This document is not and should not be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for any investment.

Richard Mills has based this document on information obtained from sources he believes to be reliable but which has not been independently verified.

Richard Mills makes no guarantee, representation or warranty and accepts no responsibility or liability as to its accuracy or completeness. Expressions of opinion are those of Richard Mills only and are subject to change without notice. Richard Mills assumes no warranty, liability or guarantee for the current relevance, correctness or completeness of any information provided within this Report and will not be held liable for the consequence of reliance upon any opinion or statement contained herein or any omission.

Furthermore, I, Richard Mills, assume no liability for any direct or indirect loss or damage or, in particular, for lost profit, which you may incur as a result of the use and existence of the information provided within this Report.

Richard owns shares of Surge Copper (TSX.V:SURG).

Disclosures: 1) Rick Mills: I, or members of my immediate household or family, own shares of the following companies mentioned in this article: Surge Copper. I personally am, or members of my immediate household or family are, paid by the following companies mentioned in this article: None. My company currently has a financial relationship with the following companies mentioned in this article: None. I determined which companies would be included in this article based on my research and understanding of the sector. Additional disclosures/disclaimer above. 2) The following companies mentioned in this article are sponsors of Streetwise Reports: None. Click here for important disclosures about sponsor fees. 3) Comments and opinions expressed are those of the specific experts and not of Streetwise Reports or its officers. 4) The article does not constitute investment advice. Each reader is encouraged to consult with his or her individual financial professional and any action a reader takes as a result of information presented here is his or her own responsibility. By opening this page, each reader accepts and agrees to Streetwise Reports' terms of use and full legal disclaimer. This article is not a solicitation for investment. Streetwise Reports does not render general or specific investment advice and the information on Streetwise Reports should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Streetwise Reports does not endorse or recommend the business, products, services or securities of any company mentioned on Streetwise Reports. 5) From time to time, Streetwise Reports LLC and its directors, officers, employees or members of their families, as well as persons interviewed for articles and interviews on the site, may have a long or short position in securities mentioned. Directors, officers, employees or members of their immediate families are prohibited from making purchases and/or sales of those securities in the open market or otherwise from the time of the interview or the decision to write an article, until one week after the publication of the interview or article.

( Companies Mentioned: SURG:TSX.V, )

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Astronomers find top-secret US surveillance satellite thanks to a Twitter leak

https://sciencespies.com/space/astronomers-find-top-secret-us-surveillance-satellite-thanks-to-a-twitter-leak/

Astronomers find top-secret US surveillance satellite thanks to a Twitter leak

The US President has tweeted an American spy satellite image. After some sleuthing, astronomers were able to figure out which satellite it came from: a (formerly) top-secret satellite called USA 224, an optical reconnaissance satellite.

Trump’s tweet unwittingly revealed some of the capabilities of American satellite imagery. USA 224 has been kept top-secret for national security reasons, so the Intelligence Community is probably not very happy about this. Why reveal your intelligence-gathering capabilities to your adversaries, including Iran itself?

Iran and the USA have a fractious relationship going back decades. The USA accuses Iran of trying to develop nuclear weapons and of sponsoring terrorism. Iran accuses the USA of sponsoring terrorism by supplying Israel with billions of dollars worth of high-tech weaponry.

Things calmed down when Iran signed a deal under Obama limiting their nuclear technologies in exchange for relief from economic sanctions. When elected, Trump scrapped that deal. Since then, things between the USA and Iran have heated up again.

Iran has been developing launch capabilities for years now. They’ve been testing rockets at their Imam Khomeini Spaceport in norther Iran. At the end of August, a launch attempt failed on the pad. Unclassified satellite images showed a plume of smoke rising from the facility, and not much else.

But Trump loves to get his jabs in, so he tweeted this:

The United States of America was not involved in the catastrophic accident during final launch preparations for the Safir SLV Launch at Semnan Launch Site One in Iran. I wish Iran best wishes and good luck in determining what happened at Site One. pic.twitter.com/z0iDj2L0Y3

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 30, 2019

It appears that Trump was briefed with a print of this classified image, and that he took a picture with his phone and tweeted it. You can see the camera flash in the middle of the image. Immediately, people were concerned that he had revealed US surveillance capabilities.

Some people wondered what the big deal was. The image doesn’t seem to reveal much, on the surface of it. But it’s problematic, and here’s why.

Astronomers are smart people. Much smarter and more resourceful than Trump can suspect. One Dutch astronomer named Marco Langbroek got to work on Trump’s satellite image and revealed his findings in tweets of his own:

I measured the semi-major and semi-minor axes of the ellipse (the obliguely viewed circular platform). The viewing angle is then derived by minor=major*cos(angle) –> so find the matching angle. That yielded nominal 43.97 deg. That value matches 09:44:23 UT and azimuth 194.7.

— Dr Marco Langbroek (@Marco_Langbroek) August 31, 2019

So the position of the satellite at 09:44:23 was taken, and in STK I let the viewq from the satellite point towards the launch platform. That yielded this. It is a very good match so there is no doubt in my mind that it is an image taken by USA 224. pic.twitter.com/R4XGdnzPis

— Dr Marco Langbroek (@Marco_Langbroek) August 31, 2019

In an interview with NPR, Langbroek described USA 224 as a large telescope “not unlike the Hubble Space Telescope. But instead of looking up to the stars, it looks down to the Earth’s surface and makes very detailed images.”

USA 224 is a powerful, high-tech piece of equipment that cost billions of dollars to build. It has a 2.4 meter mirror, the same size as the Hubble’s.

USA 224 is what’s called a KH-11 satellite. It’s the 15th satellite of that type. It’s also called the “Evolved Enhanced CRYSTAL System” and code-named Key Hole.

The thing about USA 224 and satellites like it is that they’re easy to track in the sky.

In a blog post at SatTrackCom, Langroek explained how the shadows in the image were combined with its location to find the time the image was taken. Then, that was compared with the known track of spy satellites to confirm that it was USA 224 that took the image.

Then Cees Bassa got to work. Bassa is a professional astronomer at ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy. He was able to determine the resolution of the image, and the capabilities of USA 224 itself.

Google Earth shows that the launch pad is about 60m in diameter, while the launch pad is about 600 pixels wide in the picture. That suggests a resolution of at least 10cm per pixel, as the original image could have had a higher resolution. pic.twitter.com/T7O76Mu5X4

— Cees Bassa (@cgbassa) August 30, 2019

The detail in the image is surprising, even to satellite imagery experts.

In an interview with NPR, Melissa Hanham of the Open Nuclear Network in Vienna said, “… I did not believe [the image] could come from a satellite.” Hanham also said that “I imagine adversaries are going to take a look at this image and reverse-engineer it to figure out how the sensor itself works and what kind of post-production techniques they’re using.”

Normally, there’s a certain sobriety to intelligence gathering and surveillance. Nations like to keep their capabilities secret, sharing them with allies only when needed, and obfuscating and denying to their adversaries. Details of USA 224���s capabilities, mission, and orbit are classified.

Now Trump has revealed some of the USA’s cutting-edge spy capabilities, and a couple things stick out.

This image has a much higher definition than anything the US has admitted to in the past. Other nations probably guessed that the US has advanced satellite imaging, but now they no longer need to guess. In the high-stakes game of international intelligence and espionage, that matters.

Also, revealing security secrets is a crime. In 1984, an intelligence analyst at the Naval Intelligence Support Center sent three classified images from the KH-11 spy satellite to the Jane’s Fighting Ships publication.

His name was Samuel Loring Morison, and he was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison, though he was later pardoned.

Trump won’t face any charges though. As President, he has the right to reveal things like this. According to Trump himself, he has the “absolute right” to do so.

This article was originally published by Universe Today. Read the original article.

#Space

[indomitablekushite]

IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES "As a people historically steeped violently aggressive interpersonal relationships, bloody antagonistic class conflict and offensive wars against each other and all other people, Eu-rope-ans view relationships in terms of utility, in terms of winning and losing. They only give so they can receive. Power and control define relationships. In general, men are ranked and valued above women and children, with sex and age being the defining factor for the latter.(24) In fact, though, historically, male children have held higher value than female ones in european society. And after age nine or ten, or six or seven, depending on the degree to which their society was incorporated into the industrial machine as child labor, boys ranked higher than their mothers. It should also be noted that in traditional european society animals even outranked women and children because of their economic value in the market and role in producing goods for sale.(25)The "liberation" and valuation of european women is a relatively recent phenomenon. This historically sexist class structure naturally extended itself into the wider society ranking men individually according to their possessions, appetites and aggressions. Traditional Afrikan society also operates within a hierarchy, if you wish to call it that. There is an order from top to bottom of children and elders, women then men. "Ranking" is grounded in a spiritual understanding of one's role in the procreative function. They understand that procreation is, in essence, what the Universe is all about.... Generally speaking, children and elders are considered closest to the spiritual world, having just arrived from it and moving back into it, respectively. Women are next because they are the womb. They birth spirit into living flesh. This creative function is the reason that the first definitions our people established of the Creator were female. Men's role is provisionary and protective. They map out, develop and maintain the spaces necessary for procreation to safely thrive. Even where ranking was intensely embedded in our ancestors' social structure (which can be found in the societies comprised of very large numbers or organized groups and individuals), it {hierarchy} manifests itself in an Afrikan way. As Ivan van Sertima quotes Cheikh Anta Diop*, Kemetic Afrikan hierarchy was fundamentally based on equality/democracry because 'workers could sue ministers and governors before the law.'(26) Unlike in western society, this was in law and practice, de jure and de facto.(27) Traditional Afrikan and european assumptions about self, community, nature and the Universe can also be summarized as radically differing along a number of fundamental lines which can be directly connected to differentiated origins. The Afrikan focus is on spiritual. The European's is on the material. For Europeans prolonged scarcity and want have produced a hoarding mentality, deprivation. For Afrikans, abundance has produced a personality that sees sharing as an appropriate interactive framework between all living and nonliving things. Reciprocity and balance is the order when opportunity removes want. When want dominates the collective memory, extreme, selfish individualism rules. These contrasting focuses on the spiritual and material realms are why Afrikan spirituality manifests itself in a respect/love of shrines, and european religion is an obsession with fetishes. We seek to understand and immerse ourselves into and to be as one with all in the Universe. We do not feel, or feel the need, as Europeans do, to separate ourselves from nature (animated or not) or the creative force in the Universe. We do not feel compelled to examine, discuss and interact with it as if we were some kind of megalomaniacal god. We do not feel lessened for admitting that we are not our creator. We recognize that we are not self-created. We do not try to compete with The All. That is the way of the European. Control and/or destruction of all, so that it can be remade according to some god-vying interpretation of what reality should be, isn’t what we want out of life. We do not see ourselves as in conflict and competition with nature. We seek a cooperative harmony and balance which seeks to preserve and work with all living things.... Because we see the Spirit in everything, because we fully understand the connectednesss of The All, we accept that the physical plane is just one dimension of the Universe and people move back and forth from one to the other in a cyclic continuum. We know that we are 'a collection of spiritual and physical entities....a dynamically developing cluster of forces whose powers may be increased or decreased according to {our} moral or spiritual acts.'28 We know that we are in mind, body and spirit, whereas the European is only truly capable of knowing himself as body and possible analytical mind. Because we are of the group, we know that children are arriving from, and elders are merely departing to rejoin, their spiritual family. There is no separation, except of dimension. There is no unreasoned fear of death. Therefore, there is no desperate drive to live forever in this place. *Diop (jop) Excerpt from Mwalimu Baruti’s EUREASON pp 222-224 24. See Larry D. Crawford (Mwalimu A. Bomani Baruti), “The Cultural Continuum,” in Larry D. Crawford (Mwalimu A. Bomani Baruti), negroes and other essays,Atlanta, GA: Ankoben House, 2000, pp.54-55 and Duane Smith, The Nubian,College Park, GA: Azimuth, 1994, pp.77-78 25. Crawford (Baruti), “The Cultural Continuum,” p.56. 26. “Death Shall Not Find Us Thinking That We Die,” p.11 27. Excellent examples of this time honored democracy are presented again and again in Maulana Karenga’s translation of The Husia: Sacred Wisdom of Ancient Egypt (Los Angeles, CA: The Univerisity of Sankore Press, 1984)

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Letting My Imagination Go Forth Into the Mountains (Glacier National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While at a roadside pullout along the Going-to-the-Sun Road not far from the Rising Sun boat dock. This is in Glacier National Park with a view looking to the southwest to ridges and peaks of the Central Lewis Range with Little Chief Mountain, Mahtotopa Mountain, and Dusty Star Mountain (based on the PeakVisor app on my iPhone). My thought on composing this image was to zoom in with the focal length, centering them in the image. I included some foreground interest as I felt that help to add a sense of scale. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 6 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.

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Snowcapped Mountains and a River Carved Canyon While Flying over Colorado by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A plane window view looking to the southwest while on a flight from Austin to Salt Lake City. A few things came to mind in composing this image. One was to use the airplane engine and wing as a frame to the setting below. The other was the way the landscape unfolded with the snowcapped peaks leading to more open terrain and the canyon with the river flowing through.

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A Lone Deer Crossing a Grassy Meadow While Walking Along the Fremont River Trail (Capitol Reef National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking along the Fremont River Trail in the Fruita area of Capitol Reef National Park with a view looking to the southwest. A friend of mine happened to notice the deer walking across the grassy meadow and pointed it out to me. I composed the image by centering the deer and angling my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to create a sweeping view looking across the grassy meadow to it.

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A View Beyond Some Canyon Walls to the Little Missouri River (Theodore Roosevelt National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking to the southwest while walking along the Wind Canyon Trail. A short walk beyond this point, the views opened up to some impressive sights in this part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

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A View Beyond Some Canyon Walls to the Little Missouri River (Theodore Roosevelt National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A view looking to the southwest while walking along the Wind Canyon Trail. A short walk beyond this point, the views opened up to some impressive sights in this part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

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The Sun and the North Window (Arches National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A challenging image to capture for two reasons. One I knew I'd have the streaks and spots across any lens with the sunlight directly overhead. After some initial work with Capture NX2, I exported a TIFF image to Photoshop to heal out some of the more distracting ones. The other part was the obvious dynamic range. An image at the sun is going to easily blow highlights so I minimized what I could and then brought out shadowed areas and removed color casts present in Capture NX2.

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Snowcapped Mountains and a River Carved Canyon While Flying over Colorado by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A plane window view looking to the southwest while on a flight from Austin to Salt Lake City. A few things came to mind in composing this image. One was to use the airplane engine and wing as a frame to the setting below. The other was the way the landscape unfolded with the snowcapped peaks leading to more open terrain and the canyon with the river flowing through.

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A Lone Deer Crossing a Grassy Meadow While Walking Along the Fremont River Trail (Capitol Reef National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking along the Fremont River Trail in the Fruita area of Capitol Reef National Park with a view looking to the southwest. A friend of mine happened to notice the deer walking across the grassy meadow and pointed it out to me. I composed the image by centering the deer and angling my Nikon SLR camera slightly downward to create a sweeping view looking across the grassy meadow to it.

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Sandstone Falls Amongst the Mountains of West Virginia (New River Gorge National Park & Preserve) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around the Sandstone Falls area in the national park with a view looking to the southwest.

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Sandstone Falls Amongst the Mountains of West Virginia (New River Gorge National Park & Preserve) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: While walking around the Sandstone Falls area in the national park with a view looking to the southwest.