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.
Noun. 1. aorta-the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries. arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery-a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.ascending aorta-the ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle.he main artery of the mammalian circulatory system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all the other arteries except the pulmonary artery. aortá¸ literally, something hung, carried; akin to aeirein aeÃ­rein to, lift]. carryâ¢aâ²or, ticâ¢aâ²or, tal. adj