Tuesday, March 07, 2006



THIS IS THE DICK CREEK WATER FALL AND ONE OF MY CO WORKERS FLYING BY. THE WATER FALL IS STILL PROBABLY ABOUT A HALF MILE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THEM. THE OTHER PIC IS OF A MOULON ON WHAT WE CALL ICE FALL ONE, WHICH IS OFF OF THE YANERT GLACIER. YOU CAN TELL BY COMPARING THE HOLE AND HELICOTER THAT THESE MOULONS GET PRETTY BIG. I OFTEN THROW ROCKS INTO THESE TO SHOW THE TOURIST HOW FAR DOWN BEFORE THE FIRST TURN(THESE ARE LIKE BIG WORM HOLES, THEY TWIST AND TURN AND SPLIT INTO MANY DIFFERENT RIVERS UNDER GROUND. THAT'S WHY THEY DON'T OFTEN FIND THE BODY OF PEOPLE WHO FALL INTO THESE.) THE ROCK SOMETIMES WILL GO FOR SEVERAL SECONDS BEFORE YOU CAN HEAR THE BEGINNING OF THE CRASHING, THEN YOU MAY HEAR SEVERAL SECONDS OF CRASHING BEFORE IT STOPS AGAIN.

2 Comments:

Blogger JustMeShann said...

Well, now I know what a Moulon is and it is huge and cool... My god the thing is bigger than the heli... To Cool and fall are beautiful... Ya know up until now I had no idea Alaska had so many landscapes... Hey, and I appreciate you putting new pics on the blog when you are so busy... I look forward to seeing the new pictures and you telling about them... Pretty Awesome

10:36 AM  
Blogger Callie Ann said...

ditto to every thing shannon said. Keep em coming. Next we will get to see Arizona stuff I hear. Not until alaska is finished though okay dude.

7:37 AM  

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