File:Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado LCCN2015633801.tif

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English: Title: Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park, but also an international tourist attraction, packed with red-rock formations in Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).; Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago, the area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then, in August 1859, two surveyors who helped to set up Colorado City (the original name for what is now Colorado Springs) explored the site. One of the surveyors, M.S. Beach, suggested that it would be a "capital place for a beer garden." His companion, the young Rufus Cable, awestruck by the impressive rock formations, exclaimed, "Beer Garden! Why it is a fit place for the gods to assemble. We will call it the Garden of the Gods.; Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

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Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2015633801
Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/master/pnp/highsm/33700/33785a.tif
Original url: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.33785

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Carol M. Highsmith (1946–)

	Alternative names	Birth name: Carol Louise McKinney Artist name: Carol M. Highsmith Carol McKinney Highsmith
	Description	American photographer and architectural photographer
	Date of birth	18 May 1946
	Location of birth	Leaksville, North Carolina
	Work period	1981-
	Work location	United States of America
	Authority file	: Q5044454 VIAF: 84615840 ISNI: 0000000121418199 ULAN: 500251255 LCCN: n88121701 NAID: 10571735 WorldCat

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Image title	Formation in the Garden of the Gods, a public park -- but also an international tourist attraction -- packed with red-rock formations (created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The area was first called Red Rock Corral. Then, in August 1859, two surveyors who helped to set up Colorado City (the original name for what is now Colorado Springs) explored the site. One of the surveyors, M. S. Beach, suggested that it would be a "capital place for a beer garden". His companion, the young Rufus Cable, awestruck by the impressive rock formations, exclaimed, "Beer Garden! Why it is a fit place for the gods to assemble. We will call it the Garden of the Gods.
Camera manufacturer	Canon
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Author	Carol M. Highsmith
Copyright holder	Carol M Highsmith
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Date and time of data generation	14:20, 30 August 2015
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Latitude	38° 52′ 34.43″ N
Longitude	104° 52′ 52.6″ W
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File change date and time	20:48, 30 August 2015
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Scene capture type	Standard
GPS time (atomic clock)	19:20
Satellites used for measurement	7
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Measurement precision	Fair (1.8)
Reference for direction of image	Magnetic direction
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GPS date	30 August 2015
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