#Beartooth highway

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Throwback Thursday: The Father of Glaciology

This is Louis Agassiz. He was a Swiss biologist and geologist in the 19th century. His biggest claim to fame was that he was the first to propose a global ice age.

In 1837, he presented the idea that the glaciers in the Alps had once been larger and had covered not only the mountains, but the plains of Europe, Asia and North America as well. Along with William Buckland, he searched the British Isles for evidence and came back pretty satisfied.

What kinds of evidence are there that glaciers once covered the northern hemisphere? They left huge marks on the surface of the earth.

Moraines: huge piles of loose rock and debris pushed ahead and off the sides of a glacier. Above is a lateral moraine in eastern Oregon.

Horn: a pyramidal peak created by glaciers on all sides. The top photo is in Big Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range. The bottom is on the Beartooth Highway in Wyoming.

Cirque: a bowl-shaped depression where mountain glaciers start their life. This is a shallow one on the Wasatch Front near Draper.

U-shaped Valley: pretty self-explanatory. This is Blackmore Valley in the Gallatin Range of Montana.

Arete: a sharp ridge created by ice passing on both sides. Absaroka Range, MT

Tarn Lake: water that fills a cirque. Absaroka Range, Wyoming.

Kettle Ponds: ponds left behind from melting glaciers. Top photo: Wyoming Mountains from a plane. Bottom: Beartooth Range

Proglacial Lake: a lake caused by damming of a moraine or ice sheet. This is Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park.

Drumlin: a large hill of sediment deposited by the bottom of a glacier.

Striations: gouges left in rock by a passing glacier

And so much more. Once you start to see the remnants of glaciers, you'll never stop seeing them. Just like Agassiz.

Tune in tomorrow to learn about an extinct group of Ordovician fishes. Fossilize you later!

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You must be near God to hear God.

Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. (Isaiah 34:1)

I snapped this pic of Rock Creek from Parkside Campground in Custer-Gallatin National Forest on the Beartooth Highway All-American Road (US 212) just outside of Red Lodge, Montana.

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Beartooth Highway, July 2023.

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14 Detour-Worthy Things to Do in Montana on a Road Trip

Montana might not be the first state that comes to mind when considering an epic American road trip, but this huge state should be on your travel radar. Having visited over 65 countries, I often say Mongolia is my favorite. Swap the nomadic tribes with cowboys and the sheep for bison, and Montana’s grassland steppe is the closest you’ll find to one of the least visited places in the…

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Riding with my sons through Cooke City, MT.

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I feel like im playing travel agent today... BUT PEOPLE, again do yourself a favor and go for a drive on the Beartooth Highway that runs over the Montana/Wyoming border. #1 the entrance to Yellowstone National Park on the other end of it is the least used entrance in the park! And it puts you right in the section of the park thats loaded with tons of animals, buffalo, wolves, coyotes, hell I've personally witnessed a fox trot down the street right at the entrance sign to the park as we had lunch. it is 60+ miles long and takes you above the tree line. There is always patches of snow up above 10,000 feet for you to see, and maybe even play in. The views are unlike anything you will see anywhere else. There isn't an official website, there is a facebook group that shows the incredible pics people have taken.

Beartooth Highway in Montana/Wyoming 🇺🇸

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Beartooth Highway Montana USA

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Beartooth Highway, Montana and Wyoming, USA

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Beautiful work!!!

Few places make me feel more me than the Beartooths.

Eastern Shoshone and 26 other associated tribes' native land.

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Looking down on sections of US-212, the Beartooth Highway, from the high slopes above, Carbon County, Montana.

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Beartooth Highway in Wyoming

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sept 2024