The runoff channel from Old Faithful that started the whole theory . . .
A classic eruption of Old Faithful.
Manhole cover and piping next to a steam vent in the meadow below old faithful.
Plumbing leading to a series of manholes crossing the meadow below old-faithful towards other gysers.
Bison crowd the road at yellowstone to take advantage of easier travel and predator wariness of humans.
This beaver sat by the road in yellowstone in the same place for several hours each morning, for days in a row - maybe we just couldn't see the chain around its neck . . .
The famous section of the Great Wall at Badaling where world leaders get photographed is all modern construction over the fill of the original wall.
Overlook of a non-restored "wild wall" section of the Great Wall at Jiankou, a challenging experience for tourists requiring fitness, balance, and a guide.
Examining a section of the non-restored Great Wall, where you can imagine connecting to the brickmaker, mason, or soldier.
Trying to sense the spirit of the Great wall through a restored section.
Mayan ruins of Xuanantunich in Belize - from left to right you see the way the ruins are when uncovered from the jungle, how they are being restored in the center, and then once again covered with grouted rock to protect them from further weathering.
This mayan frieze at Xunantunich in Belize is actually a fiberglass and concrete recreation covering the original to protect it from weathering.
The Mayan ruins at Xunantunich in Belize showcase ruins that have been uncovered, restored, then recovered with grouted cobbles and concrete recreations to preserve the originals from weathering.
Restored foundations at Bandelier National Monument.
Detail of the newly grouted and restored foundations of ruins at Bandelier National Monument.
Retaining walls along a modern accessible trail are identical to walls seen in the ruins at Bandelier National Monument.
Inside the ruins of Bandelier National Monument, rebar ends are visible in a modern concrete floor without interpretation of what was original construction verses what is restoration work.
In the foreground, a piece of rebar imbeded in the sandstone along Arches National Park's Devil's Garden trail. Perhaps it was an old sign post, USGS benchmark, or to secure a historic ladder - but it doesn't look much different than rebar in fake stone at zoo habitats!
Detail of rebar in a wild sandstone fin in Arches National Park - historic artifact or modern stabilization?
Delicate Arch, the cash cow natural wonder of Utah?
Landscape arch defies gravity - and the closed area under the arch added fuel to the conspiracy theory that the arch is getting some extra support from behind . . .
Adobe ruins at the Dittert Site in El Malpais National Monument - order created amid the chaos - some interpretive materials gave an indication of what was rebuilt out of the original collapsed structure.
Snow geese erupt off a pond at a major viewing area in Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, where they are enticed to gather each morning by carefully manipulated management of crops and flooding in the fields of the refuge.
