The Rosette Rock, Organ Pipes National Park : Summer morning . . .
It took me 5 visits to find the right sunlight angle to showcase the face of the rosette.
The Rosette Rock is a radial array of basalt columns. It can be seen about 500 metres (1,600 ft) upstream (Jacksons Creek) of the Organ Pipes and is an overhanging rock on the northern bank of the stream. It is also an outcrop of basalt but with a radial array of columns akin to the spokes of a giant wheel. Its formation is attributed to the cooling of "a pocket of lava, probably in a spherical cave formed from an earlier lava flow".
This was taken on a Summer's morning. The radial array was sidelit and many shadows were cast upon it from the foliage of a tall gum tree close to it. A few attempts to photograph this formation had not been successful during previous autumn and winter visits.
The Organ Pipes National Park, abbreviated as OPNP, is a national park located in the Central region of Victoria, Australia. The 121-hectare (300-acre) protected area was established with the focus on conservation of the native flora and fauna, and preservation of the geological features in the Jacksons Creek, a part of the Maribyrnong valley, north-west of Melbourne. It is situated in a deep gorge in the grassy, basalt Keilor plains.
The Rosette Rock, Organ Pipes National Park : Summer morning . . .
It took me 5 visits to find the right sunlight angle to showcase the face of the rosette.
The Rosette Rock is a radial array of basalt columns. It can be seen about 500 metres (1,600 ft) upstream (Jacksons Creek) of the Organ Pipes and is an overhanging rock on the northern bank of the stream. It is also an outcrop of basalt but with a radial array of columns akin to the spokes of a giant wheel. Its formation is attributed to the cooling of "a pocket of lava, probably in a spherical cave formed from an earlier lava flow".
This was taken on a Summer's morning. The radial array was sidelit and many shadows were cast upon it from the foliage of a tall gum tree close to it. A few attempts to photograph this formation had not been successful during previous autumn and winter visits.
The Organ Pipes National Park, abbreviated as OPNP, is a national park located in the Central region of Victoria, Australia. The 121-hectare (300-acre) protected area was established with the focus on conservation of the native flora and fauna, and preservation of the geological features in the Jacksons Creek, a part of the Maribyrnong valley, north-west of Melbourne. It is situated in a deep gorge in the grassy, basalt Keilor plains.