I thought this picture was cool because it looks like a slow moving avalanche. This shows movement but while I was passing it, it did not move. The way this forms by the guns that blast snow. The snow accumulated on this one spot and the ice moved down due to gravity

This llama was the first I have seen in the North Country. It was not the friendliest llama and it kept looking at me like it was going to spit at me. Llamas form of self defense it spitting at their "attackers" so I was worried that I was going to be its next victim. The llama was accompanied by a cow and a nunch of lambs that are not pictured here.

Type: Movement

Habitat description: The Stone Valley hiking trail is located in the town of Colton. The trail system covers approximately 9.7 miles.

Natural history information: Waterfalls add oxygen to streams. It is harder to get oxygen underwater than from the air. Even creatures adapted to breath underwater can suffocate if oxygen levels drop. Hanging out near a waterfall is beneficial.

What do you find interesting about this image? What drew your attention to this image? I think waterfalls are awesome and I thought this captured the power of the waterfall.

Type: Movement

Habitat description: The Stone Valley hiking trail is located in the town of Colton. The trail system covers approximately 9.7 miles.

Type: Landscape

Habitat description: The Stone Valley hiking trail is located in the town of Colton. The trail system covers approximately 9.7 miles.

Natural history information: The Stone Valley trail system also offers a unique variety of topography, woodlands, and tree plantations.  Many different types of birds, plants, and wildlife can be viewed along this diverse trail system

What do you find interesting about this image? What drew your attention to this image? I like how all the icebergs look like a bunch of little island

Type: Landscape

Habitat description: The Adirondack Mountains are an unusual geological formation located in the northeastern lobe of Upstate New York in the United States. The mountains rise in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties. They are the only mountains in Eastern U.S that aren’t geographically Appalachian.

In a lot of places at Raquette River in Colton, NY, we saw icy sheets forming overheads over the ice and water. In some places, you could see the layers of ice and snow, with the water peeking through deep below. The unfrozen water carves out pathways beneath the ice, allowing it to flow through even though there is frozen water above. We saw a small rodent jump and hide in one of the nooks this created, which is the one seen here. I took several pictures of this because it looks very neat, and I had never seen it so pronounced before.

Rabbit Run
Taken February 26th at Lampson Falls in Canton, NY

Walking along the Raquette River at the Stone Valley trail in Colton, we saw some beautiful, snowy sights. I took many pictures here because the scenes were so beautiful, and this is one of my favorites. At the time, many of the waterfalls were frozen with water rapidly flowing beneath the icy caps. During the spring, Raquette River has a huge problem with flooding, to the point where in some spots, trees have suffered greatly because of the flooding.

This photo was also taken during our Stone Valley Lab in Colton, NY on February 12th . This was one of the only photos I took this day that accurately portrays how drastic the conditions were that day.

Stone Valley is a classic Adirondack rafting river that attracts people from hours away. The noted difference from other rivers in the region is that the rapids are much closer together in Stone Valley. The first mile drops 200' through seven distinct rapids separated on average by 100-200 yards. The greatest distance between any two rapids is only 400 yards.