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This panorama opens looking west towards storm clouds over Pryor Mountain. Looking in the foreground, however, your are looking at the Big Horn River as it is backed up in Yellowtail Lake (aka Big Horn Lake) on the left side of the panorama. The greener water of Medicine Creek is in the canyon to the right. The small isthmus between the two is only a couple hundred yards wide. As the river curls east towards the Big Horn Mountains it bends back again to the north. As Medicine Creek runs towards the east it joins with the Big Horn River. The large area between the two is called Barry's Island. Only the narrow isthmus prevents the feature from being a true circular island.
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The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.