The lost lake

Falstaff · Jun 28, 2005, 02:31 AM

studbagel9 · Jun 29, 2005, 05:48 PM

Is that a UFO over the lake?

e v o · Jun 29, 2005, 06:07 PM

probably a helicopter, nice pics jeff

Zardon · Jun 29, 2005, 07:05 PM

nice picture, looks like a bird actually.

Drakon · Jun 29, 2005, 07:49 PM

Maybe it was a speck of dust on the lens

Really nice pic, Jeff

Sandok · Jun 29, 2005, 07:57 PM

looks like a bird to be honest...

Falstaff · Jun 29, 2005, 11:44 PM

it is a Raven actually...LOL
lots of them here, because of all the natural attrition of local species, they feed on Carrion

riles9262 · Jul 1, 2005, 12:11 AM

That pond looks like it has a lot of deposits around the outside...it reminds me of the ones here.

Falstaff · Jul 1, 2005, 01:07 AM

it is all Basin and Range geography, a land once covered by inland seas that eventually turned to salt and then back to inland, during the Laramide Orogeny the Rocky Mountains rose and so did the terrains attached to Nevada including the Southern California coast, the Farallon plate pushed up and then submerged under the existing crust of Nevada, eventually creating numerous hotspots that formed volcanic areas in the United States that you can trace all the way from the submerged sea mount of California all the way to Yellowstone....the lakes were once abundant and migrating tribes of indians dwelled on its shores....until of course they dried up...ten thousand years ago...you can find Mammoth bones here and there beneath the tuffaceous rocks and sedimentary sand stones..

riles9262 · Jul 1, 2005, 03:00 AM

What do you do for a living jeff? I think you'd make a great geography or history teacher.

Yousaif · Jul 1, 2005, 03:34 AM

I pass my title of "Clavin" to Jeff.

Nice pic. I still think that's one of them flyin saucers. Groom Lake anyone?

Falstaff · Jul 1, 2005, 04:10 AM

thats "Cliff" now...be nice...LOL

wertret · Jul 2, 2005, 12:29 PM

Very nice pic Jeff, i was sure that spot was an UFO, are you sure it's a raven

Falstaff · Jul 2, 2005, 02:03 PM

We test aircraft and survellience drones nearby, people used to see UFO's but the familiar triangular shape of the aircraft is no longer news anymore....its either test it here in Nevada or on the Gulf Shores where there are fewer people.

Jun 28, 2005, 02:31 AM	#1
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	The lost lake __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

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studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Is that a UFO over the lake? __________________

Jun 29, 2005, 06:07 PM	#3
e v o HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,037 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	probably a helicopter, nice pics jeff __________________

Jun 29, 2005, 11:44 PM	Thread Starter #7
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	it is a Raven actually...LOL lots of them here, because of all the natural attrition of local species, they feed on Carrion __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jul 1, 2005, 12:11 AM	#8
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	That pond looks like it has a lot of deposits around the outside...it reminds me of the ones here. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Jun 29, 2005, 07:05 PM	#4
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	nice picture, looks like a bird actually.

Jun 29, 2005, 07:49 PM	#5
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	Maybe it was a speck of dust on the lens Really nice pic, Jeff

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Sandok DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 9,472 Rep Power: 0	looks like a bird to be honest...

Jul 1, 2005, 01:07 AM	Thread Starter #9
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	it is all Basin and Range geography, a land once covered by inland seas that eventually turned to salt and then back to inland, during the Laramide Orogeny the Rocky Mountains rose and so did the terrains attached to Nevada including the Southern California coast, the Farallon plate pushed up and then submerged under the existing crust of Nevada, eventually creating numerous hotspots that formed volcanic areas in the United States that you can trace all the way from the submerged sea mount of California all the way to Yellowstone....the lakes were once abundant and migrating tribes of indians dwelled on its shores....until of course they dried up...ten thousand years ago...you can find Mammoth bones here and there beneath the tuffaceous rocks and sedimentary sand stones.. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jul 1, 2005, 03:00 AM	#10
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	What do you do for a living jeff? I think you'd make a great geography or history teacher. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Jul 1, 2005, 04:10 AM	Thread Starter #12
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	thats "Cliff" now...be nice...LOL __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jul 2, 2005, 12:29 PM	#13
wertret Still watching... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Orihuela (Spain) Posts: 1,560 Rep Power: 0	Very nice pic Jeff, i was sure that spot was an UFO, are you sure it's a raven __________________ "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."

Jul 2, 2005, 02:03 PM	Thread Starter #14
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	We test aircraft and survellience drones nearby, people used to see UFO's but the familiar triangular shape of the aircraft is no longer news anymore....its either test it here in Nevada or on the Gulf Shores where there are fewer people. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."