Canadian Geographic Photo Club - The Frank Slide
  

The Frank Slide

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by Kim_Symon from Calgary CA on 20 Jun 2013
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Very early on a morning in 1903 the north face of Turtle Mountain in the Crowsnest Pass shifted and 90 million tons of rock slide down the mountain to cover a 3 square km area with rocks that could be as large as a house. The mining town of Frank was in the path of the slide. I have travelled past this area many times and I am still totally awed at not only the size of the boulders but also with the area that they travelled. I would love to be able to take a picture that captured both of these.

  • Camera: Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
  • Focal: 4.3 mm
  • Shutter speed: 0.00125 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 4
  • ISO: 160
tagged: frank slide alberta crowsnest pass canada

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