The World's Most Beautiful Places
Comb Ridge is an interesting geologic structure, known as a monocline, that exists in the southeast corner of Utah. It stretches for more than 30 miles from the Abajo Mountains in the north, to near Monument Valley in the south. It is known for the many Anasazi ruins that are found on its flanks and in the surrounding area.
A view of downtown Salt Lake City at sunset, with the prominent snow-covered Wasatch mountains rising above some of the city’s largest skyscrapers. At the center of the picture is Temple Square, and one of the Mormon Churches first temples built over a 40 year period, and opened in 1893. Also visible is the Mormon Tabernacle completed in 1867, and home to the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
The last rays of the sun reflect off skyscraper buildings, even the first light of evening appear in the temple’s spires.
An old Kentucky Tobacco Barn found west of Maysville, in a farmer’s field. At one time tobacco was one of the main industries in the state, and as late as the 1920’s it was the country largest producer of tobacco. Today it remains the largest producer of burley and dark tobacco and a distant second in production by state, behind North Carolina. But as most know, due to health concerns and changing life styles of America, it is a largely dying industry. And this barn, aged and crumbling reflects a changing of the times.
One interesting question often asked about these barns is why are they are almost all black. The black color more effectively traps the heat of the sun, which helps in the drying of the tobacco leaves. And creosote, from which the black color comes, was readily available to farmers.