Blue Spring, by consensus one of the most beautiful of the many springs in the Missouri Ozarks.
The Missouri Ozarks is a region rich in geology. One consequence of the geologic make-up of the area is an abundance of beautiful springs and clear mountain streams and rivers, many of them augmented by the flow from the springs, and ornamented by rapids and falls. Some of the rivers are "shut in", that is confined in part to deep narrow canyons or restricted in other ways, by hard rock layers from the region's distant, violent volcanic past. Opportunities abound for canoers and kayakers, hikers, and day-trippers.
For a good website the summarizes the properties, location, and surroundings of the amazing Blue Spring, see for example: http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/natareas/p124-2.htm
The Missouri Ozarks is a region rich in geology. One consequence of the geologic make-up of the area is an abundance of beautiful springs and clear mountain streams and rivers, many of them augmented by the flow from the springs, and ornamented by rapids and falls. Some of the rivers are "shut in", that is confined in part to deep narrow canyons or restricted in other ways, by hard rock layers from the region's distant, violent volcanic past. Opportunities abound for canoers and kayakers, hikers, and day-trippers.
For a good website the summarizes the properties, location, and surroundings of the amazing Blue Spring, see for example: http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/natareas/p124-2.htm
Blue Spring, Missouri. The spring feeds into the Current River.
Panorama of five vertical format images. Taken from the lower observation platform, cropped to remove the platform railing seen in the alternative version. Unfortunately, that also means the lip of the spring, where it drops off into the spring branch that carries the water to the Current River was cropped out of the picture. You can decide which version you prefer.
Mid-afternoon, early October.
Panorama of five vertical format images. Taken from the lower observation platform, cropped to remove the platform railing seen in the alternative version. Unfortunately, that also means the lip of the spring, where it drops off into the spring branch that carries the water to the Current River was cropped out of the picture. You can decide which version you prefer.
Mid-afternoon, early October.
Blue Spring, Missouri. The spring feeds into the Current River.
Panorama of five vertical format images. Taken from the lower observation platform, cropped to remove the platform railing seen in the alternative version. Unfortunately, that also means the lip of the spring, where it drops off into the spring branch that carries the water to the Current River was cropped out of the picture. You can decide which version you prefer.
Mid-afternoon, early October.
Panorama of five vertical format images. Taken from the lower observation platform, cropped to remove the platform railing seen in the alternative version. Unfortunately, that also means the lip of the spring, where it drops off into the spring branch that carries the water to the Current River was cropped out of the picture. You can decide which version you prefer.
Mid-afternoon, early October.
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