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re: Sites you cannot comprehend until you see them
Posted on 7/15/26 at 11:19 pm to travelgamer
Posted on 7/15/26 at 11:19 pm to travelgamer
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Posted on 7/15/26 at 11:24 pm to sledgehammer
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Talladega on a packed April race weekend
One of the things I have gotten to do that was strangely incomprehensible was the Talladega racing experience.
A: walking on that track and seeing just how tall and steep those banked turns are is inane. Nothing I had ever seen on TV gave even a remote representation. I had even been to the race before and it was still mind blowing just how tall and steep they really were.
B: Actually driving the car at 165+ headed directly towards that same bank for the first time is unreal and then the feeling when it sticks like glue and runs through it is indescribable.
I've been blessed to get to see and do some amazing things in life, but that was definitely one that really shocked me at how cool it really was.
This post was edited on 7/15/26 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 7/16/26 at 12:25 am to travelgamer
I use to think Old Faithful was dumb until I saw that it was a cloud generator.
The steam in the cold air creates rain. All to make life have a chance to grow over a thermal volcanic terrain.
I get the argument for molecular intelligence of fungi, but I don’t see how anyone can’t see that this condition isn’t intelligent design.
The steam in the cold air creates rain. All to make life have a chance to grow over a thermal volcanic terrain.
I get the argument for molecular intelligence of fungi, but I don’t see how anyone can’t see that this condition isn’t intelligent design.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 12:32 am to travelgamer
Mount Rainier. Was cloudy for days and it appeared on the horizon when I was taking the ferry back to Seattle.
Grand Canyon. Been twice.
Glaciers in Alaska.
Redwoods in CA.
Grand Canyon. Been twice.
Glaciers in Alaska.
Redwoods in CA.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 12:59 am to travelgamer
The mountain range in Banff
Posted on 7/16/26 at 3:57 am to GetmorewithLes
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The Grand Canyon is on my list to see but Mt St Helens was impressive.
My father was stationed in WA, I saw it before it blew every day.
I drove up Mt Etna when I was stationed there, it got dicey when getting near the top in a Camaro.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 4:00 am to Harahan Boy
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Mount Rushmore
Why did they pick that place for it, there is nothing around there and back then it had to be even less inhabited. I did search the builders name board for relatives.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 4:05 am to Scoob
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I'll toss something in not yet mentioned- Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. It's just surreal.
My Aussie was a puppy when we went there and they allowed dogs, not sure if they still do.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 4:10 am to JinFL
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Vatnajökull in Iceland was just something to behold.
Iceland is a crazy trip, the ice caves should be on this list! Locals tell you to buy one bottle of water and fill it up from the tap after that. The water is so pure coming down from the glacier. The hot springs are amazing once you get over the sulfur smell.
You can even eat horse at some resteraunts.
What do you do when you get lost in a Icelandic forest.
Stand up
This post was edited on 7/16/26 at 4:11 am
Posted on 7/16/26 at 5:04 am to ugasickem
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Also Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, and Arches.
Which are all cool, but all seem "Ho Humm" to me after seeing them as many times as I have....
New Zealand, on the other hand...
Spoiled I guess...
This post was edited on 7/16/26 at 5:05 am
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:11 am to travelgamer
Stonehenge surprised me by its size. I never pictured those stones as large as they are.
Also Pompeii really surprised me how large it was. Its not even fully excavated.
Also Pompeii really surprised me how large it was. Its not even fully excavated.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:18 am to Archives
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In general, the Western US has way more incomprehensible sights than does the Eastern US.
Only because the sights back east are just another day for you. Utah has some awesome sites, but to the natives, they are nothing special. Just something they see every day. When I lived there, they always talked about the sites they saw when they travelled east. A few were blown away by how big the basin is and how they loved the tour. Most are blown away by how white the sand is on the panhandle. Californians can't believe how clear the water is. I have even had a few people who cannot believe how deep and dark the SE woodlands appear.
There is beauty everywhere. You just get used to some of it.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:19 am to Joshjrn
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The Milky Way. The sky
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First and only time I've really, really seen it was
First time for me was upstate NY in a remote campground.
I had no idea. Just got to the edge of a field and thought it was a moonlit cloud at first. Holy moly.
Turns out you can only really really see it when there is no moon and the sky is super clear.
There are a few spots on the east coast that are remote enough to see it when conditions are right. Google “dark sky map” or something.
Texas has Big Bend
NC has Hatteras
PA has Cherry Point state park.
There are other spots but those are popular parks.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:21 am to travelgamer
Yosemite
Going to the Sun Road
David
La Sagrada Familia
St. Peter’s Basilica
Going to the Sun Road
David
La Sagrada Familia
St. Peter’s Basilica
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:31 am to travelgamer
Saturn V rocket.
Took the family to NASA in Houston last year and my god that thing is a monster to stand next to.
Took the family to NASA in Houston last year and my god that thing is a monster to stand next to.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:43 am to UtahCajun
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Many people that I meet, from outside Louisiana, say the causeway shocked them. They felt uneasy once they made it around the 8 mile mark. They were not ready to be on a roadway and lose sight of land.
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is along these same lines. 23 miles of engineering brilliance.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:49 am to VADawg
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The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel is along these same lines. 23 miles of engineering brilliance
Tunnels are much more freaky than bridges, at least to me. I drive from Munich down to Croatia a lot. Going around the outskirts of the alps, you go through some longish tunnels(not close to 23 miles mind you). It is kinda freakish in them, and I have ridden through the underground portion of Rio Tinto Kennecott.
Posted on 7/16/26 at 7:53 am to UtahCajun
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I have ridden through the underground portion of Rio Tinto Kennecott.
Hey, off topic, are you guys planning to extend the mine underground? The last time I heard anything about it (4-5 years ago) that was the plan...
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:05 am to Lonnie Utah
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Hey, off topic, are you guys planning to extend the mine underground? The last time I heard anything about it (4-5 years ago) that was the plan
TBH, I quit my position there and moved to Iowa City in 2024. I missed rivers and things that were green.
But to your point, yes. Rio does plan to "hour glass" the pit. Meaning no more depth to the pit. The bulk will now be underground although things have halted a bit after two incidents in the underground portion. Sadly a 24 YO kid lost a leg (was not long out of college, very sad) and another individual died in a seperate incident.
You may also see activity in the tailings area between I-80 and the 201. With advances in extraction and refining, they want all the ore they couldn't get back when they started dumping tailings over there. Not sure how I feel about that. There is some nasty stuff in tailings.
This post was edited on 7/16/26 at 8:06 am
Posted on 7/16/26 at 8:12 am to UtahCajun
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Sadly a 24 YO kid lost a leg (was not long out of college, very sad) and another individual died in a seperate incident.
Surprising. Rio-Tinto has always had a very good reputation with regards to safety.
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There is some nasty stuff in tailings.
Yup. Lot's of heavy metals. On the flip side, the eastern side of the tailings impoundment isn't seismically stable. This might give them a chance to stabilize it.
This post was edited on 7/16/26 at 8:14 am
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