Picture of Colorado
Caption: Colorado
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Caption: Rocky Mountains are 76 million years old and their highest peak is Mount Elbert in Colorado which is 4401 metres (14,440 feet) high.
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Caption: The name of the mountains is a translation of an Amerindian name that is closely related to Algonquian; the Cree name as-sin-wati is given as, "When seen from across the prairies, they looked like a rocky mass".
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Caption: corners of four states meet. One mile above sea level Where the Columbines Grow Most popular national parks in the US Have the world's largest flat-top mountain Centennial State Short facts:
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Caption: Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wildness is a necessity." -
John Muir
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Caption: The Rockies are therefore very young and should never be thought of as ancient. They are still in the process of building and eroding, and no one today can calculate what they will look like ten million years from now. They have the extravagant beauty of youth, the allure of adolescence, and they are mountains to be loved. –
James A. Michener
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Picture of Colorado
Caption: I’m grateful
for anything that brings me back to colorful Colorado. Thank you!
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