First of all---sunny day! After I get stuff done, I need to rush outside with my negatives and paper to "print" the cyanotypes. No doubt the weather will suddenly change to a typhoon before I can manage it. I'll take photos of the process in case it turns out to be interesting.
Second, just look at these pictures of the failure of the Grand Teton Dam. They're pretty breathtakingly monumental. They were taken by a lady from Idaho, who just happened to be on the promontory across from the dam when the first leak sprung. She took what seem to be the only photos documenting the entire process, which happened all in the course of about 2 hours. Considering what happened to the promontory on the opposite side, it was pretty gutsy of her to stick around for the whole thing. You can see that around the time that the dam was breached completely, she realized where she was and backed up a bit. Probably not exactly what she expected that afternoon, but history thanks her for having a camera handy.
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