I'm going to go off topic for this post, though come to think of it, it isn't that far off topic since learning about this incredible planet I was born into, has been my passion from earliest memories. This in turn, is why I've been paying attention to the developing scientific global warming story since I was fourteen. And four decades of that has, in turn, lead to this website.
But, for now I want to focus on the much more enjoyable topic of our fantastic planet's geologic evolution, which after all, is what made this frightening Anthropocene epoch possible in the first place.
I also want to plead the case for someone investing the support to develop the most astounding geologic maps yet, into a stunning, eye opening, high quality animation of landscapes in motion, or to be more direct the birth of our continent. (The reference to Telluride, CO is because the Four Corners Free Press get's circulated up there. A call from Sundance would do just fine too. ;-} )
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This is the sequel to my Four Corners Free Press article:
Understanding "Ancient Landscapes" of the Colorado Plateau
http://citizenschallenge.blogspot.com/2013/09/understanding-ancient-landscapes-of.html
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Back, in 1979, through a series of serendipitous cross-country hitch-hiking adventures I found myself driving down into Silverton, Colorado (elevation 9,318') and it was love at first sight, the setting, the town, the people, the community. Before I went to sleep that evening I knew it was going to be home for a long time. Indeed, I lived there for six years going strong, when a woman's love proved stronger and down to the "banana-belt" I scampered.
