Monday, October 16, 2006

Eastern Continental Divide

Black Rock Mountain straddles the Eastern Continental Divide. This is the dividing line for rainwater for the eastern seaboard of the United States. On the west, the rainwater runs off to the Mississippi River. On the east, the rainwater runs off to the Atlantic Ocean. Think of the Eastern Continental Divide as a folded sheet of paper in the shape of an upside down "V". If you pour water on the very top of that paper, some will run down one side and some will run down the other. This divide is the very top of that "V".

I find the most mundane facts extraordinarily interesting...and therefore, I had to take a picture of this marker.

Tv: 1/13
Av: 11.0
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 27.0mm
WB: Shade Posted by Picasa

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