Awesome scale
Restless adventure
Straight to the heart
Governed by some animated non-physical principles, vitalism in this magical region is rich and enchanting. With intimate experiences exclusively derived from place and time, in a moment of such reverence the universe of natural energy collaborates.
“There is no work of art that does not indicate an opening for life, a path between the cracks.” – Gilles Deleuze
Discover a way
Innocent connection
Crossing its coherence
There are still sections of this majestic country that are undeveloped and seem pristine. Beautiful and atmospheric as far as the eye can see, the sight of such places profoundly provokes the soul.
“The facts are always less than what really happened.” – Nadine Gordimer
Spiritual force
Successive moment
Territorial assemblage
Spiritual places possess the power to inspire and impress the mind and heart. The memories of specific experiences intensify with the passage of time.
“One ventures from home on the thread of a tune.” – Gilles Deleuze
Soil combination
Minerals and water
Fine-grained earth material
Mud consistency depends on the contents of the soil as well as the amount of water present. As a solid-fluid suspension composed of particles in a fluid, higher clay content increased the stickiness.
“The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.” – e. e. cummings
Ascending hot vapor
Geothermal proceedings
Airborne minute droplets
Early morning exploration richly rewards with stunning light raking across the Norris Geyser Basin. Here two faults intersect with the ring fracture zone of the Yellowstone Caldera, resulting in dynamic surface heat activity.
“Life has evolved to thrive in environments that are extreme only by our limited human standards.” – Jill Tarter
Dizzy heights
Scenic beauty
Vistas of wonder
A modern spectacle of nature, snow covers the steep walls of this classic V-shaped valley. Roughly 20 miles long, the present canyon is a very recent geologic phenomenon caused by 10,000 years of Yellowstone River erosion.
“There are perhaps other canons longer and deeper than this one, but surely none combining grandeur and immensity with peculiarity of formation and profusion of volcanic or chemical phenomena.” – Gustavus C. Doane
Original footbridge
Adjacent to
Currituck sound
Notions of change, agency, and the role of material requirements in earthly affairs arise from historic renovations. The present always incorporates decisions, forces, and provisions that activate current circumstances.
“Rational metaphysics teaches that man becomes all things by understanding them … imaginative metaphysics shows that
man becomes all things by not understanding them … for when he does not understand he makes the things out of himself and becomes them by transforming himself into them.” – Giambattista Vico
Partial personal
Passionate vision
Cumulative effect
The aesthetic frame of mind contemplates nature for inspiration and comprehension that eclipses surface manifestation. In this way an objective existence relates to a subjective understanding.
“We may climb into the thin and cold realm of pure geometry and lifeless science, or sink into that of sensation. Between these extremes is the equator of life, of thought, of spirit, of poetry.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Geothermal reservoir
Light conditions
Off the surface
Excess volcanic heat emitted in the form of steam spawns cloud formation at ground level. Emphasizing the presence of local phenomena, thermal energy in the earth’s crust manifests dramatically.
“Hot igneous rocks that lie at a moderate depth below the surface may be a source of heat for thermal springs, both from heat radiated by the rocks and from steam given off, which mingles with and heats meteoric water that has penetrated downward.” – D. E. White
Sensibility primacy
Concrete circumstances
Lucid account
Sometimes physical environments are of such unusual distinction as to inspire significant wonderment. The experience of awe can be self-transcendent when a stimulus exceeds expectations.
“Man lives in a world of meaning.” – George Herbert Mead