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Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Color Infrared

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum. The monument represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (left to right): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level...This is a digital combination of an infrared image and a visible color image. The color picture is used to colorize the infrared image giving a foreign and new perspective. Plants and trees reflect more infrared light and appear brighter in images while the sky reflects less making it darker.

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Image Size: 3072x2304 / 3.2MB; Abraham Lincoln America Color Infrared Conifer George Washington Gutzon Borglum Infrared Jefferson Lincoln Mount Rushmore Mountains Mt Rushmore National Monument North America Plants Roosevelt Rushmore SD South Dakota Theodore Roosevelt Thomas Jefferson Trees U.S.A USA United States Washington art evergreen granite monument nature presidents sculpture stone tree

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial, near Keystone, South Dakota, is a monumental granite sculpture by Gutzon Borglum. The monument represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America with 60-foot (18 m) sculptures of the heads of former United States presidents (left to right): George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The entire memorial covers 1,278.45 acres (5.17 km2) and is 5,725 feet (1,745 m) above sea level...This is a digital combination of an infrared image and a visible color image. The color picture is used to colorize the infrared image giving a foreign and new perspective. Plants and trees reflect more infrared light and appear brighter in images while the sky reflects less making it darker.