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Archive for October 2018

Photographing Oak Flat and Warner Point Trails in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park

Posted on October 29, 2018, 5:33 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
A few weeks ago, when I drove out of Montrose, Colorado, on the way to Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, a sign warned of winter conditions. I wondered what that meant, but quickly found out as the nighttime temperatures dropped to the upper tens. The next day turned out cold and mostly cloudy. […]
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Treasured Lands 2019 Wall Calendar

Posted on October 15, 2018, 1:08 pm, by QT Luong, under Announcements.
The Treasured Lands 2019 Calendar was released just a month ago. For this edition of the namesake calendar, we chose to include in the calendar only images that have appeared in the book. Since I strive to visit the national parks in various seasons to capture their changing mood, it was easy to find seasonal […]
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Visiting the Hanford Site: Inside the World’s First Nuclear Reactor

Posted on October 8, 2018, 1:08 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
The dual side of Hanford Reach, and reason for the accidental existence of Hanford Reach National Monument, is the Hanford Site (Hanford Nuclear Reservation) the former top secret Manhattan Project plutonium production facility established in 1943, which is almost entirely surrounded by the national monument. Visiting the mysterious site used to require a security clearance, […]
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Hanford Reach National Monument: From the Bomb to Nature Refuge

Posted on October 1, 2018, 12:48 pm, by QT Luong, under Locations.
Hanford Reach could the national monument with the most unusual history of all. Its lands, located in Eastern Washington, were initially set apart from development not for conservation, but as a security buffer zone for the top-secret Hanford Nuclear Reservation where the plutonium for the Nagasaki bomb – and many others during the Cold War […]
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