Reprinted courtesy of the Wilderness Society from The Living Wilderness, March 1980. In the history of American conservation, few have worked as long and as effectively to preserve wilderness and to articulate the âwilderness ideaâ as Ansel Adams.n a letter to Ansel in 1938 Stieglitz said, âIt is good for me to know that there is Ansel Adams loose somewhere in the world of ours.â Lovers of photography were not the only ones glad to have Ansel Adams loose in this world. Lovers of wilderness echoed this feeling.
The ascending aorta is the first part of the aorta, and begins at the aortic valve-located obliquely just to the left of the midline at the level of the the third intercostal space.he ascending aorta is the first part of the aorta, and begins at the aortic valve-located obliquely just to the left of the midline at the level of the the third intercostal space.
The abdominal aorta is the largest artery in the abdominal cavity. As part of the aorta, it is a direct continuation of the descending aorta (of the thorax).tructure [edit]. The abdominal aorta begins at the level of the diaphragm, crossing it via the aortic hiatus, technically behind the diaphragm, at the vertebral level of T12. It travels down the posterior wall of the abdomen, anterior to the vertebral column.