Palm Sunset
by Kathy Bassett
Title
Palm Sunset
Artist
Kathy Bassett
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Fine Art
Description
The ranges of beauty are never ending and silhouettes of balmy palms in the hot night air gives a sense of respite and cooler evening ahead. The after effects of storm damage in the Lake Pontchartrain area of New Orleans can be seen in the edges of New Orleans from here in Metairie, LA. The damage done my Hurricane Katrina still lurk around the edges(2010 photo).The lake was created 2,600 to 4,000 years ago as the evolving Mississippi River Delta formed its southern and eastern shorelines with alluvial deposits. Its Native American name was Okwata ("Wide Water"). In 1699, French explorer Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville renamed it Pontchartrain after Louis Phlypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain.Human habitation of the region began at least 3,500 years ago, but increased rapidly with the arrival of Europeans about 300 years ago. The great American naturalist, William Bartram, explored the north shore during a trip west in 1777. In 1852 a railroad was constructed to link New Orleans to the north. Engines turned at Pass Manchac. However, the pilings were burned to the water line in the Civil War.[6] The great cypress swamps of the area were heavily logged in the early 20th century; many have not regrown.The current population in the region is over 1.5 million. There have been many problems with conservation management of the forests and wetlands.The United States Geological Survey is currently monitoring the environmental effects of shoreline erosion, loss of wetlands, pollution from urban areas and agriculture, saltwater intrusion from artificial waterways, dredging, basin subsidence and faulting, storms and sea-level rise, and freshwater diversion from the Mississippi and other rivers.
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August 12th, 2014
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Comments (31)
Lyric Lucas
Congratulations, your beautiful artistic work is Featured in the "Bedroom Art Gallery" group 11/3/17
Bob Lentz
Congratulations! on this unique image’s being Featured in “The Artistic Aperture” group, and also Liked, Favorited, and Facebooked.
Kathy Bassett
Hi Ludwig - I think that Palm Sunset is the biggest any of my work has been shown!! Wow and thank you for the Big feature in your fine group, Cafe Art :)
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Kathy Bassett
Thank you Svetlana! I appreciate the feature of Palm Sunset in your group The World We See :)
Chrisann Ellis
Kathy, Congrats!!! Your Stunning Work has been Featured On The Home Page of Weekly Fun on 12/23/2014
Kathy Bassett
Thank you for the honor, Sir Josef! of featuring Palm Sunset in your Sky And Or Clouds group!