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Gravity waves and sunglint on Lake Superior are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 36 crew member on the International Space Station. From the vantage point of the space station, crew members frequently observe Earth atmospheric and surface phenomena in ways impossible to view from the ground. Two such phenomena gravity waves and sunglint are illustrated in this photograph of northeastern Lake Superior. The Canadian Shield of southern Ontario (bottom) is covered with extensive green forest canopy typical of early summer. Offshore, and to the west and southwest of Pukaskwa National Park several distinct sets of parallel cloud bands are visible. Gravity waves are produced when moisture-laden air encounters imbalances in air density, such as might be expected when cool air flows over warmer air; this can cause the flowing air to oscillate up and down as it moves, causing clouds to condense as the air rises (cools) and evaporate away as the air sinks (warms). This produces parallel bands of clouds oriented perpendicular to the wind direction. The orientation of the cloud bands visible in this image, parallel to the coastlines, suggests that air flowing off of the land surfaces to the north is interacting with moist, stable air over the lake surface, creating gravity waves. The second phenomenon sunglint effects the water surface around and to the northeast of Isle Royale (upper right). Sunglint is caused by light reflection off a water surface; some of the reflected light travels directly back towards the observer, resulting in a bright mirror-like appearance over large expanses of water. Water currents and changes in surface tension (typically caused by presence of oils or surfactants) alter the reflective properties of the water, and can be highlighted by sunglint. For example, surface water currents are visible to the east of Isle Royale that are oriented similarly to the gravity waves – suggesting that they too are the product of winds moving off of the land surface.
U.S. Census 2000 reference map for East Lake-Orient Park Category:Census Bureau images Category:Florida maps Commons:Category:PD US Census Commons:Category:Maps of Florida
Kolob Canyons, also referred to as the Finger Canyons of the Kolob, occur in the northwestern corner of Zion National Park in southwestern Utah, USA. Kolob Canyons occur immediately east of the Hurricane Cliffs, which sit at the western boundary of the Colorado Plateau Physiographic Province. As is the rest of the Colorado Plateau, Zion Park and the Kolob Canyons area consist of ~horizontally-oriented sedimentary rocks. In the Zion Park area, the rocks are almost entirely Mesozoic in age. The main scenery-making unit at Kolob Canyons is the cliff-forming Navajo Sandstone (Lower Jurassic, possibly Upper Triassic? as well). The Navajo is a thick, cross-bedded, eolian quartzose sandstone deposit representing migrating sand dunes in an ancient sand sea (erg facies). The reddish coloration is due to hematite cement and hematite staining (hematite = Fe2O3). In places, the Navajo Sandstone lacks hematite staining and is whitish-colored. Bottom-up weathering and erosion of Navajo Sandstone cliffs has produced blind arches in places, which are large, arch-shaped structures. Differential weathering and erosion has produced a pitted surface on some Navajo Sandstone cliff faces - this is honeycomb weathering. Honeycomb weathering is common in just about any cliff-forming sandstone unit. Underlying the Navajo Sandstone is the Kayenta Formation (?Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic). The Kayenta consists of fluvial redbeds (reddish-colored, hematite-rich siliciclastic sedimentary rocks such as shale, siltstone, and sandstone deposited in river and floodplain environments). The next unit down is the Moenave Formation (Upper Triassic), also consisting of nonmarine redbeds. representing stream, floodplain, and lake deposits. In the Kolob Canyons area, the Kayenta and Moenave Formations are noticeably tilted due to their proximity to the tectonic boundary between the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range. Minor faulting has occurred and several Kayenta-Moenave roadcuts along Kolob Canyons Road show nice normal faults. The light of a setting Sun turns the Navajo Sandstone cliffs ablaze with fiery orangish-red coloration. This effect can be experienced in several American national parks.
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East Lake-Orient Park

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About East Lake-Orient Park

East Lake-Orient Park is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Temple Terrace, 44km from Clearwater Beach.

East Lake-Orient Park is in Florida, United States, with about 23,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Temple Terrace, about 6 km away.

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Within an hour or so of East Lake-Orient Park: Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (7 km), Clearwater Beach (44 km), Sunshine Skyway Bridge (49 km).

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East Lake-Orient Park is in Florida, United States, about 6 km from Temple Terrace.

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Population
22,753
Continent
North America
Country
United States
Region
Florida
Timezone
America/New_York
Coordinates
27.9827, -82.3788

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Worth the detour from East Lake-Orient Park

3 notable places within an hour's drive.

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Busch Gardens Tampa Bay

African-themed park combining world-class thrill rides with one of North America's largest zoos.

7 km · about 15 min drive

beach

Clearwater Beach

A pristine Gulf Coast barrier island beach with sugar-white sand, calm warm waters, and spectacular sunsets.

44 km · about 50 min drive

bridge

Sunshine Skyway Bridge

A soaring cable-stayed bridge carrying I-275 over Tampa Bay, its 430-foot yellow-cabled main span a Florida icon; fishing piers on the old bridge approaches flank the crossing.

49 km · about 55 min drive

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  • 49 kmSunshine Skyway BridgeA soaring cable-stayed bridge carrying I-275 over Tampa Bay, its 430-foot yellow-cabled main span a Florida icon; fishing piers on the old bridge approaches flank the crossing.

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