This is not a particle accelerator

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The other day we went hiking at the Almaden Quicksilver County Park in San Jose, California. It's an extensive park with many trails, and not many people. There is also a ghost town, called English Town, built to house miners. Quicksilver, aka mercury was mined from 1847 to 1976. The mines were highly important during the California Gold Rush, since mercury was used to extract gold from ore. There is a lonely mine cart and some mining equipment left at the entrance of the park.

 

I processed a photographic and a paintery HDR photo from three RAW exposures, merged them selectively, and carefully adjusted the curves and color balance. I welcome and appreciate your critical feedback.

 

-- ƒ/3.5, 16 mm, 1/60 sec, ISO 100, Sony A6000, SEL-P1650, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC4352_3_4_hdr3pho1pai5g.jpg

-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

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