During the 1930s, Forest Service crews visited more than 800 lookout stations to capture the original sweeping black-and-white panoramics. For the repeat photography about eighty years later, Hessburg hired professional photographer John Marshall.
Sample photo - Mission Peak Comparison 1934 vs 2010
thank you, puzzlr.
funny... I was just talking about doing those in a different thread.
we were using 120 black-and-white film, though... with a "Hulcherama".
looks like he's got a completely different set up there.
they assigned me five lookouts. there were several volunteer photographers recruited for the project.
the difference in the images (past and present) was, as I mentioned in the other thread, like night and day. I recall a a couple that resembled moonscapes - totally devoid of any vegetation in the early photos after the big Cispus fires early in the 20th century.
Tom Banse, writing for Northwest Public Radio wrote:
"They've definitely gotten a lot denser,” Marshall said. “You see the meadows shrinking up, the spaces between groves of trees filling in. It's more trees, less open area."
The reason the elk are a nuisance in Packwood, and the berry fields up in the hills are getting smaller and smaller each year.
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
funny comment below the article about clear skies and pollution.....
when I walked up Diamond Peak there was a huge fire burning in Oregon and the sky had kind of an orange hue.... some of us are just lucky, huh? (that shot was taken looking east-southeast toward the rising moon)
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
Thanks for the links. I'd heard this story on NPR yesterday, but had not gone off looking for any online info. Cool to see a couple of the example comparisons. Hopefully there will be a gallery show, book, or best yet a full online compilation shared when he's done. I love this sort of project.
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