Beavers Bend Twilight is a photograph by Inge Johnsson which was uploaded on November 12th, 2015.
Beavers Bend Twilight
Beavers Bend State Park is a 1,300 acres Oklahoma state park located in McCurtain County. It is approximately 10.5 miles north of Broken Bow. It was... more
Title
Beavers Bend Twilight
Artist
Inge Johnsson
Medium
Photograph - Digital Capture, Watermark Not On Actual Print
Description
Beavers Bend State Park is a 1,300 acres Oklahoma state park located in McCurtain County. It is approximately 10.5 miles north of Broken Bow. It was established in 1937 and contains Broken Bow Lake. Built on the site of an old Choctaw settlement, Beavers Bend State Park was named after John T. Beavers, a Choctaw intermarried citizen. The "bend" in the park's name refers to an area of the park where a portion of Mountain Fork River meanders sharply, making an almost 180-degree turn. This area is commonly known as the River Bend, and is a popular area for trout fishing, canoe rentals, and swimming. Also in the River Bend area is the Broken Bow Hydroelectric Plant, which generates energy from the waters of Broken Bow Lake.
The local rock formations are some of the most distinctive in the state of Oklahoma. Just north of Broken Bow, sedimentary rock has been thrust upward due to an ancient collision of the North American and South American Plates, forming what is now the Ouachita Mountains. Evidence of what is called the Ouachita orogeny can be seen all over the park, where some layers of rock can be seen tilted up at angles of about sixty-degrees. These geologic features can be easily viewed around Broken Bow Lake and Mountain Fork River, where erosion has left much of the rock exposed.
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November 12th, 2015
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Comments (18)
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! This piece has been FEATURED on the homepage of the group No Place Like Home,12/22/2020! Way to go! Please post it in the Group's Features discussion thread for posterity and/or any other thread that fits! l/f
Angelo Marcialis
Congratulations Inge, your outstanding capture is being featured this week on the Home Page of the FAA Group "The Magic Hour Of Blue And Gold Photography". To ensure that your feature is archived properly, please post your image in the group's “Featured Images And Thank You’s: Thread #4 December/2020, located in the Discussions link. You may also post your own individual “Thank You For The Feature(s)” thread as well.
Kathi Isserman
CONGRATULATIONS your BEAUTIFUL image has been FEATURED on the HOME PAGE of SHOWCASING THE SOUTH GROUP! Please add this to the discussion 2020 “FEATURED IMAGE ARCHIVE THREAD.”
Spencer McDonald
Congratulations! Your beautiful HDR image has been featured on the homepage of the original "HDR photography" group here at Fine Art America.
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