[Illustration: FIG. 42--A glaciated volcanic Cone: Mt. Shasta,
California, 14,162 feet high, as seen by an airplane observer from the
northeast, showing Hotlum Glacier in the foreground and Wintun Glacier
at the extreme left. The monadnock which separates the two main lobes of
Hotlum Glacier appears as the dark-colored mass of rock in the midst of
the ice. To be noted are the many indications of movement in the
glaciers shown by curved lines, eddies, and crevasses, and the glacial
streams flowing away from the ends of the glaciers. The long lobe at the
left center shows the formation of both lateral and recessional as well
as terminal moraines.]
[Illustration: FIG. 43--A glacial gorge on the northeastern face of Mt.
Shasta, California, below Hotlum Glacier (see Fig. 42), the lower end of
which is to be seen in the upper part of the photograph. At the left are
two ridges, one the edge of a sheet of flow lava, the other, in part at
least, a lateral moraine. In the center, at the bottom of the gorge,
between the two white lines which represent glacial streams, is a system
of concentric ridges which are probably recessional moraines. At the
right is the western slope of the gorge. (This figure is the lower
overlapping continuation of Fig. 42.)]
[Illustration: FIG. 44--Yosemite Valley, California, a typical
ice-shaped gorge, showing at the left the granite face of El Capitan,
about 3,000 feet above the bottom of the famous gorge, and, at the
right, the pinnacle of Sentinel Rock and the well-known form of Half
Dome. At the sky line in the center of the picture is Clouds Rest, and
well down in the gorge Washington Column and the Royal Arches can be
distinguished.]
These photographs have the advantage of appealing to the mind through
the sense of vision and will serve the same purpose as plaster models.
Thus, in Figure 52, a variety of topographic forms are to be
distinguished, including slightly dissected highlands with sharply
incised gorges; maturely dissected highlands made up now of canyons and
ridges; a mountain valley broadening out toward an intermontane plain;
several arroyos; and many minor features.
In the interpretation of the features shown in a vertical view of a
mountainous country the orientation of the photograph is of prime
importance. When viewed in proper orientation, that is, as already
pointed out (p. 5), with the shadows falling toward the observer,
mountains and valleys appear in their correct relation. But, if the
position of the picture is reversed, a mountain will look like a
depression and a valley like a ridge. This reversal of the image can be
tested by looking at Figures 49 or 52 from both viewpoints. However,
since the vertical photographs will be compared with maps of the same
area, it is thought better to place them on the page as if they were
maps. In order to make them appear natural the prints can be turned in
the necessary direction.
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