Patterns in the Sky | Teton Reflections
Jackson Lake, Grand Teton N. P. | Wyoming
Grand Teton Fine Art Photography Fine Art Limited Edition Print of 250
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The youngest mountain range in the Rocky Mountains, the Teton Range began forming between 6 and 9 million years ago.[62] It runs roughly north to south and rises from the floor of Jackson Hole without any foothills along a 40-mile-long (64 km) by 7- to 9-mile-wide (11 to 14 km) active fault-block mountain front.[58] The range tilts westward, rising abruptly above Jackson Hole valley which lies to the east but more gradually into Teton Valley to the west. A series of earthquakes along the Teton Fault slowly displaced the western side of the fault upward and the eastern side of the fault downward at an average of 1 foot (30 cm) of displacement every 300–400 years.[62] Most of the displacement of the fault occurred in the last 2 million years.[63] While the fault has experienced up to 7.5-earthquake magnitude events since it formed, it has been relatively quiescent during historical periods, with only a few 5.0-magnitude or greater earthquakes known to have occurred since 1850.[64]
Fault-block mountain formation of the Teton Range and Jackson Hole
In addition to 13,775-foot-high (4,199 m) Grand Teton, another nine peaks are over 12,000 ft (3,700 m) above sea level.[65] Eight of these peaks between Avalanche and Cascade Canyons make up the often-photographed Cathedral Group.[66] The most prominent peak north of Cascade Canyon is the monolithic Mount Moran (12,605 ft (3,842 m)) which rises 5,728 ft (1,746 m) above Jackson Lake.[67] To the north of Mount Moran, the range eventually merges into the high altitude Yellowstone Plateau. South of the central Cathedral Group the Teton Range tapers off near Teton Pass and blends into the Snake River Range.[68]
Most of the lakes in the park were formed by glaciers and the largest of these lakes are located at the base of the Teton Range.[74] In the northern section of the park lies Jackson Lake, the largest lake in the park at 15 mi (24 km) in length, 5 mi (8.0 km) wide and 438 ft (134 m) deep.[58] Though Jackson Lake is natural, the Jackson Lake Dam was constructed at its outlet before the creation of the park and the lake level was raised almost 40 ft (12 m) consequently.[
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