Representing Earth’s Surface

Verbal/Literary Representations• Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle”

Frederick Church’s 19th Century Painting and a 20th Century Photograph –

Natural Bridge, VA

The Hudson River School – Kaaterskill Clove, NY

Thomas Cole

Ascher Durand

Field Photograph –Eastern Catskills

Topographic Map –Eastern Catskills

Photograph from ISS –Southern Hudson Valley

Google Earth

• Computerized manipulation of– Satellite images– Digital elevation models (GIS)– Topographic maps– Field Photographs