Saturday, August 20, 2011

Timothy H. O'Sullivan: Dwarfed (Wheeler Survey of the One Hundredth Meridian, Arizona/Nevada, 1871)



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Columnar basalt at the mouth of Grand Wash in Arizona. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Columnar basalt at the mouth of Grand Wash in Arizona

Grand Canyon, looking below the mouth of the Diamond River in Arizona. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Grand Canyon, looking below the mouth of the Diamond River in Arizona

Cathedral Mesa on the Colorado River in Arizona. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Cathedral Mesa on the Colorado River in Arizona

Light and shadow in the Black Canyon of the Colorado river in Nevada, viewed from Mirror Bar. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Light and shadow in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River in Nevada, viewed from Mirror Bar

Black Canyon of the Colorado River, looking above from Camp 8 in Nevada. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Black Canyon of the Colorado River, looking above from Camp 8 in Nevada

Entrance to the Black Canyon of the Colorado River in Nevada. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Entrance to the Black Canyon of the Colorado River in Nevada

Wall in the Grand Canyon. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Wall in the Grand Canyon

Saguaro cactus in Arizona. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Saguaro cactus in Arizona

Rock carved by drifting sand below Fortification Rock in Arizona. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Rock carved by drifting sand below Fortification Rock in Arizona

Eroded strata near Cottonwood Springs, Nevada. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan.U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Eroded strata near Cottonwood Springs, Nevada

Iceberg Canyon on the Colorado River in Nevada. Photo by T.H. O'Sullivan. U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian (Wheeler Survey, 1871 Expedition).

Iceberg Canyon on the Colorado River in Nevada

Photos by Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840-1882), from U.S. Geographical Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian under Lieutenant George M. Wheeler, 1871 Expedition (U. S. Geological Survey Photographic Library)