Abert Lakeshore
by Kathleen Bishop
Title
Abert Lakeshore
Artist
Kathleen Bishop
Medium
Photograph - Photography, Digital Art
Description
Fine art landscape photograph of Lake Abert and the Abert Rim.
Lake Abert (also known as Abert Lake) is a large, shallow, alkali lake in Lake County, Oregon. No fish live in the alkaline waters of the lake; however, its dense population of brine shrimp supports a variety of shorebirds. The lake is also an important stop on the bird migration route known as the Pacific flyway.
Rising above the lake is Abert Rim, one of the highest fault scarps in the United States. It rises 760 meters (2,490 ft) above the valley floor, finishing with a 250-metre (820 ft) sheer-sided basalt cap. It was formed during the Miocene epoch. At that time basaltic flood lavas covered much of eastern Oregon. In subsequent faulting, great blocks were tilted and Abert Rim is at the western end of one of these blocks, while Lake Abert lies on top of another. Stretching more than 48 kilometers (30 mi) from Lakeview north to Alkali Lake, Abert Rim is also the longest exposed fault scarp in North America.
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September 18th, 2013
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