Stairway to nowhere

Nothing But Net · 11-10-2004, 01:31 AM

I have climbed the two largest Indian mounds in the US. One is this, the Emerald Mound, on the Natchez Trace Parkway. The other is the Cahokia Mound, near St. Louis.

wolf · 11-10-2004, 01:37 AM

Wow. It's like you can see the Ancestors dancing the Wheel from there!

Nothing But Net · 11-10-2004, 01:39 AM

Must have kinda sucked to be an early Mississippi Man, not only because you bang your head on the door every time you come home, but you are also so paranoid you keep three security cams in top of your hutch.

Nothing But Net · 11-10-2004, 01:45 AM

I love football season:

Nothing But Net · 11-10-2004, 01:52 AM

Very cool

Undertoad · 11-10-2004, 08:09 AM

Aw man, that's freaky. My buddy came over last night and he talked about what it's like to canoe into a cypress swamp. He said he was in thie one swamp where "you pass one tree... the you pass another... then you pass two trees... suddenly you look back and you're lost in the forest."

Until last night I had not given one thought to Cypress swamps, and I wake up to find you posted this

jaguar · 11-10-2004, 08:44 AM

There is an awesome long-exposure large-format landscape photo just getting to be taken there.

Nothing But Net · 11-10-2004, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaguar

There is an awesome long-exposure large-format landscape photo just getting to be taken there.

I need to go back to carrying the old Nikon FE. It was great for shots like this. I really need to upgrade. The little Coolpix is getting somewhat old and busted, but it has served me well.

jaguar · 11-10-2004, 02:32 PM

It's one of those things that requires a negative as big as a print and a darkroom master to really pull off to potential, well beyond me - my skills stop at 6x7

busterb · 11-10-2004, 07:18 PM

May I ask, what happened to the cypress knees? Someone made lamps from them?

Beestie · 11-10-2004, 09:41 PM

Ever since I was a small boy, I have wanted to take a couple days long canoe trip through the Okeefenokee swamp. Alone.

I had forgotten about that till I saw that picture. Hmmmmmmmm...

Elspode · 11-10-2004, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nothing But Net

Must have kinda sucked to be an early Mississippi Man, not only because you bang your head on the door every time you come home, but you are also so paranoid you keep three security cams in top of your hutch.

Not to mention that people keep making you carry big baskets of dirt and dumping them in the same place until you've made a really big pile of dirt.

11-10-2004, 01:31 AM	#1
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Stairway to nowhere I have climbed the two largest Indian mounds in the US. One is this, the Emerald Mound, on the Natchez Trace Parkway. The other is the Cahokia Mound, near St. Louis. Attached Images

11-10-2004, 01:37 AM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Wow. It's like you can see the Ancestors dancing the Wheel from there! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-10-2004, 01:39 AM	#3
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Must have kinda sucked to be an early Mississippi Man, not only because you bang your head on the door every time you come home, but you are also so paranoid you keep three security cams in top of your hutch. Attached Images

11-10-2004, 01:45 AM	#4
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Go long I love football season: Attached Images

11-10-2004, 01:52 AM	#5
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Cypress swamp Very cool Attached Images

11-10-2004, 08:09 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Aw man, that's freaky. My buddy came over last night and he talked about what it's like to canoe into a cypress swamp. He said he was in thie one swamp where "you pass one tree... the you pass another... then you pass two trees... suddenly you look back and you're lost in the forest." Until last night I had not given one thought to Cypress swamps, and I wake up to find you posted this

11-10-2004, 08:44 AM	#7
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	There is an awesome long-exposure large-format landscape photo just getting to be taken there. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

11-10-2004, 02:32 PM	#9
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	It's one of those things that requires a negative as big as a print and a darkroom master to really pull off to potential, well beyond me - my skills stop at 6x7 __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

11-10-2004, 07:18 PM	#10
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	May I ask, what happened to the cypress knees? Someone made lamps from them? __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

11-10-2004, 09:41 PM	#11
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Ever since I was a small boy, I have wanted to take a couple days long canoe trip through the Okeefenokee swamp. Alone. I had forgotten about that till I saw that picture. Hmmmmmmmm... __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

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