Really big natural things where you live

[BoomBoomBigelow]

The Sandias dominate the skyline here.

Also, the sky. Any attempt to convey the sheer size of the sky out here would fail miserably.

Those are some damn gorgeous pics.

 

[BoomBoomBigelow]

I laughed.
I almost clicked "like," but thought better of it.

You so slow.
See post #13
wave0

 

[Elias Graves]

You so slow.
See post #13
wave0

Sorry. I'm half blotto.

 

[Elias Graves]

The Ames Astrobleme is big and 400 million years old. Also 9 miles below grade.

 

[Jbird]

Giant 500 ft. sand dunes about a 4-hour drive north of me.

 

[Coralkong]

Some very cool pictures in this thread!

 

[BoomBoomBigelow]

Astrobleme

MTR

 

[Elias Graves]

Astrobleme

MTR

You never had a bleme til you had an Astrobleme!

 

[Tig]

Astrobleme

MTR

We've seen plenty of Astrobleme's around here.
Hurricane Katrina refugees

Recent

 

[Knox in Box]

4 hours drive away. But I'd be hard pressed to find anything big, natural and SFW anywhere closer.

 

[Tiltsta]

We have the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) about 2.5 hours north. It is the 6th largest manmade enclosed space on Earth. NASA assembles space ships inside of it. It is currently closed to the public, but you used to be able to take tours. It is insanely huge.

 

[335clone]

Well if we're talking 4 hour drives....

El Capitan

Half Dome

Upper and lower falls

 

[BoomBoomBigelow]

We have the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) about 2.5 hours north. It is the 6th largest manmade enclosed space on Earth. NASA assembles space ships inside of it. It is currently closed to the public, but you used to be able to take tours. It is insanely huge.

Would that maybe be available as a rehearsal space?

 

[335clone]

We have the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) about 2.5 hours north. It is the 6th largest manmade enclosed space on Earth. NASA assembles space ships inside of it. It is currently closed to the public, but you used to be able to take tours. It is insanely huge.

Yep, it's amazing. Been inside it as well as pad 39A. You might want to post it in the other thread "man made objects" too.

 

[Tiltsta]

Oopps. I posted this in the wrong damn thread. Obviously, this isn't a natural thing.

 

[nuke_diver]

This place is within 30 mins of me...yeah it's pretty big

 

[Tiltsta]

As for big natural things, we have 740 square miles of empty swamp land that is the everglades national park, and another 1300 square miles of non-park wildlife area. This adds up to about the size of Delaware if you include the big lake.

 

[Tiltsta]

We also have Lake Okechobee, which is the 6th largest body of fresh water in the United States. It is half the size of Rhode Island, but only about 10 feet deep.

 

[altoidman]

As for big natural things, we have 740 square miles of empty swamp land that is the everglades national park, and another 1300 square miles of non-park wildlife area. This adds up to about the size of Delaware if you include the big lake.

I have family in Pembroke Pines, right down the road.

 

[GilmourD]

Yeah... I live in suburban Bergen County, NJ. The biggest natural things around here belong to some of the women.