The Pyramid and Domes, Pyramid Lake, Nev. / T.H. O'Sullivan, phot. – Antique Wall Art
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Few views in the survey's Nevada series show a landform as strange as the tufa towers rising from the water at Pyramid Lake, which gave this plate its name. Timothy H. O'Sullivan made the photograph in 1867 while attached to the United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, a federal survey led by geologist Clarence King that mapped the country between the Sierra Nevada and the Rockies. The pale, weathered formations are calcium carbonate deposits that built up where spring water met the alkaline lake, and the image records them as they stood against the basin's dry hills. As Plate 91 of the survey's published set, it shows how the expedition's photographers documented western geology for scientific and public audiences.
| Created / published | [1867] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen. |
| Genre | Expedition photographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | Plate 91 from: Geological exploration of the fortieth parallel / U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers ; Clarence King, geologist in charge. [Washington, D.C., 187-?]. Title from item. |
| Subjects | United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel--(1867-1881) Rock formations--Nevada--Pyramid Lake--1860-1870. Lakes & ponds--Nevada--Pyramid Lake--1860-1870. Pyramid Lake (Nev.)--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,184 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-114511 |
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