2998 x 1995 px | 25,4 x 16,9 cm | 10 x 6,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
16. August 2011
Ort:
Teton Range looking south from Jackson Lake Lodge, Teton County, Wyoming, USA
Weitere Informationen:
Evening sunshine, grey white nimbostratus clouds over sagebrush Jackson Hole valley and Teton peaks, looking south from the footpath to Lunch Tree Hill, Jackson Lake Lodge, Wyoming. Mount Moran, at 3842 metres (12, 305 feet) stands behind the tall pine right foreground. Other peaks include Thor Peak at 3666 metres, Mount Sani John 2484 metres, Grand Teton 4199 metres (13, 770 feet) Garnd Teton may have been so-named by 19th Century French fur-trappers, being derived from the French 'large teat'. The name, alternatively, may be derived from the Teton Sioux. Mount Moran was named after landscape artist, Thomas Moran, who travelled north of the Teton Range to Yellowstone with the hayden Expedition in 1871. His sketches and watercolours helped popularise Yellowstone as the world's first national park.
