Glen Creek Gorge - Watkins Glen State Park, NY

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I went for a little hike in the Glen Creek Gorge in Watkins Glen State Park in Watkins Glen, NY. The pictures are roughly chronological from start to a mile up the glen. There are 800 some odd steps in the whole glen, and it has a pretty big vertical rise. That mile hike was a fair bit of work.

These were taken with a Canon PowerShot SD780 point-and-shoot on 1 megapixel quality and automatic settings. Composition was more important than outright quality.

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Great photos of exposed geologic formations dating to the Devonian Period (417-354 million years ago) when the present locale was very near the earth's equator. The current topography of Watkins Glen is the result of more recent ice age and subsequent erosive forces.
 
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Good job capturing the haze of summer! I'll pull this up when it's ten below in January...
 
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