Hi I'm ranger Sam joining you from Colorado National Monument people come from all over
the world to see these cliffs and canyons formed by some of earth's most powerful forces
Colorado National Monument is also home to desert wildlife and plants and it's been home to people for
thousands of years it's not until 1911 that this place became known as colorado national monument
part of my job as a park ranger is to learn about and tell the stories of this landscape one of my
favorite ways to talk about the geologic story of colorado national monument is through a storyboard
in my example i'll use the dramatic weathering and erosion of monoliths like the famous independence
monument as the focus of a storyboard sketching my story on paper is my favorite way to visualize the
details i'd like to share if you want to get fancy there are lots of digital tools that will even
allow you to animate a storyboard as you move from one frame to the next you can see that part of
independence monolith begins to wear away it took millions of years of rain snow and freeze and thaw
of ice to carve is sculptural curiosity i wonder what kind of changes are happening where you live
your right out prompt is to create a storyboard that shows a place changing over time choose any
place that is special to you whether it's your backyard neighborhood or national park have fun
we want to see what you come up with so share your creations by snail mail email dm or hashtag
you