Layers of Earth by lauriehiggins

Layers of Earth

I'm pretty sure I would never have taken this photo if I wasn't trying to find a photo for the word "Power" in the June Word Challenge.

When we bought our house 20 years ago, there were at least 8 to 10 empty lots on our street. A building boom about 12 years ago scooped almost all of them up. This is the last one left and they started digging the foundation this week.

I liked the layers of colors of the dirt and the huge glacial boulders unearthed during the digging. A huge glaciers moved across this land over 20,000 years ago, carving out hundreds of kettle ponds and leaving giant boulders behind. My rose photo a few days ago was taken against the backdrop of one of three in my front yard.
A great picture, and it would be interesting to see what it looks like in about a month or so.
June 6th, 2012  
Amazing the diversity that lies just below the surface. Beautiful photo and great composition.
June 6th, 2012  
Well, thank you for the education! This is a very well-composed photo! I grew up in a little unincorporated village called "Boulder Hill", and it was full of boulders. Now I feel a need to go look up the history even though I am supposed to be working on end-of-the-year reports....
June 6th, 2012  
How exciting for the new homeowners! Love the layers!
June 6th, 2012  
I love the layers of colour in the shot Laurie, also would be interested as to what the lot looks like in a month or two!
June 6th, 2012  
re: your travel to the coast - definitely let us know! I'd be happy to try to meet up in the middle!
June 6th, 2012  
makes for a nice shot for the challenge
June 6th, 2012  
Great colors of earth. I like it.
June 6th, 2012  
Love this, Laurie! I'm going to show this to my science class today - we do a whole unit on changes in the earth's surface, and what remains after glaciers have moved over an area - these huge boulders will be perfect!
June 6th, 2012  
Seems a pity that it will be lost
June 6th, 2012  
Well It certainly is a powerful picture , good luck
June 6th, 2012  
that land would take a lot of clearing- what a job! Very different from the sandy soil here! Love that forest in the background, hope that never gets carved up
June 6th, 2012  
Awesome construction shot. Very powerful scene.
June 6th, 2012  
great shot, i like the mix of colors
June 7th, 2012  
Of course I hate to see so much building on your road. Your picture is very interesting!
June 7th, 2012  
you picked a good one for power.
June 7th, 2012  
Great capture, Laurie. I love all the different colors and textures of the earth here.
June 7th, 2012  
This is a great shot for power, Laurie. I haven't found something for that one yet. This challenge is quite interesting and is making me search around my world every day for what will work. It's fun, yes? Now if I could just figure out how to include a few on the shared contest page.....
June 9th, 2012  
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