Guys and gals gota take a looks at this. Found in my travels, some very amazing photos from
Timothy H. O'Sullivan with Gorgeous sepia-tinted pictures show the landscape as it was charted for the very first time. These remarkable 19th century sepia-tinted pictures show the American West as you have never seen it before - as it was charted for the first time.
How the Wild West Really looked
The photos, by
Timothy O'Sullivan, are the first ever taken of the rocky and barren landscape.
At the time federal government officials were travelling across Arizona, Nevada, Utah and the rest of the west as they sought to uncover the land's untapped natural resources
More amazing Photos by timothy o'sullivan
Absolutely stunning pictures!
thnx for sharing
All very interesting Chronic.
This may seem a bit dumb, but I'm really surprised at just how dark skinned the native americans were.
Now as we know, the nearer you are to the equator the darker your skin is going to be and conversely the
nearer the poles you are the lighter your complexion.
But considering that America is halfway between the North Pole and the equator why were the red indians so dark.
Is it because they moved out of Central America?
(05-26-2012 06:09 PM)Cointreau Wrote: [ -> ]All very interesting Chronic.
This may seem a bit dumb, but I'm really surprised at just how dark skinned the native americans were.
Now as we know, the nearer you are to the equator the darker your skin is going to be and conversely the
nearer the poles you are the lighter your complexion.
But considering that America is halfway between the North Pole and the equator why were the red indians so dark.
Is it because they moved out of Central America?
The closer you are to the sun...the faster you burn. Humans evolve....and the indians of the western states required just as much melanin as the central american native peoples.
Thanks for posting Chronic....cool pics.
I tend to hold tight to the fiction alot of times....and Claudia was as dreamy as Raquel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mMd6D1Gw...re=related
(05-26-2012 04:15 PM)Kapten hörntand Wrote: [ -> ]Absolutely stunning pictures!
thnx for sharing
what he said, these photos are very interesting
(05-26-2012 06:09 PM)Cointreau Wrote: [ -> ]All very interesting Chronic.
This may seem a bit dumb, but I'm really surprised at just how dark skinned the native americans were.
Now as we know, the nearer you are to the equator the darker your skin is going to be and conversely the
nearer the poles you are the lighter your complexion.
But considering that America is halfway between the North Pole and the equator why were the red indians so dark.
Is it because they moved out of Central America?
Well i'm not really qualified to answer a question like this. I did find some interesting answers to your question though.
I do not think this notion is correct. The Eskimos are dark skinned and they live at the north pole. But to answer in short, the native American indian Indigenous Amerindian haplogroups, are part of a single founding east Asian population. Here is a good Read on the subject, enjoy.
The Genetic history of indigenous peoples of the Americas
Apparently the Inuits' traditional diet, heavily made up of fatty fish, is so rich in vitamin D they had no need to evolve
lighter complexions like the caucasians did in order to absorb enough sunlight with which to make Vitamin D. So there you go.
(05-27-2012 12:56 PM)Cointreau Wrote: [ -> ]Apparently the Inuits' traditional diet, heavily made up of fatty fish, is so rich in vitamin D they had no need to evolve
lighter complexions like the caucasians did in order to absorb enough sunlight with which to make Vitamin D. So there you go.
Neat. Thanks for that interesting tidbit of info on the
Inuit people. I think i will have more fish please.
Excellent photo's, he truly was a photographer ahead of his time. It is amazing how desolate the west looks and how tough a life for the Indian people. Thanks Chronic!