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Everything changes... This may be one of the hardest lessons of life for beings who, by nature, resist change. In the virtual world, where people, places and things come and go in the blink of an eye, permanence truly is a fleeting concept.
The mighty light at Black Basalt Beach shines no more. For more than three years it stood tall as the distinctive landmark of one of Second Life's most beautiful and best loved places. Gone but not forgotten, the lost sims of SL live on in our hearts and minds. Like all things wonderful, the impact these places had on us becomes part of who we are. Few places in the virtual world have had as big an impact on as many residents as Black Basalt, and for this we should all be grateful and strive to carry this tradition forward, for it is what makes Second Life truly unique and special.
Thank you Rose, for the things you do in all the wonderful ways you do. ♥
Black Basalt Beach closes tomorrow October 16th .
There is a time in life that change can be good ...it can open new doors all you have to do is take a step forward.
Last day: Black Basalt Beach
Pt Sierra Nevada in far background. Lovely cloudy-bright day, perfect for flower photography. Almost no wind! The rectangular sea-cave (left center) is new this year.
This cliff-face represents a perfect geological history of this part of the coast. The youngest gravels (on top) are from the recent Ice Ages. The older, layered gravels rest on the dark bedrock of the Franciscan Complex, all ultimately altered basalt. A quick refresher: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan_Complex
The geomorphology of this retreating bluff-face is pretty cool too. Life is persistent, even when those poor plants are headed for a salt-water death in the next wet winter!
Santiago Island has the biggest and longest lava flow, which is located in Sullivan Bay. Geologically speaking, this island is one of the most beautiful and unbelievable formations. The vast basaltic landscape performs smooth and unbroken surfaces with undulations and nods formed by the fluid lava that created the sculpture. It is located on the central west of the archipelago and is formed by two overlapping volcanoes. It is the 4th biggest of the Galapagos archipelago.
Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon. More than 90% of all volcanic rock on Earth is basalt. Rapid-cooling, fine-grained basalt is chemically equivalent to slow-cooling, coarse-grained gabbro. The eruption of basalt lava is observed by geologists at about 20 volcanoes per year. Basalt is also an important rock type on other planetary bodies in the Solar System. For example, the bulk of the plains of Venus, which cover ~80% of the surface, are basaltic; the lunar maria are plains of flood-basaltic lava flows; and basalt is a common rock on the surface of Mars.
Molten basalt lava has a low viscosity due to its relatively low silica content (between 45% and 52%), resulting in rapidly moving lava flows that can spread over great areas before cooling and solidifying. Flood basalts are thick sequences of many such flows that can cover hundreds of thousands of square kilometres and constitute the most voluminous of all volcanic formations.
Basaltic magmas within Earth are thought to originate from the upper mantle. The chemistry of basalts thus provides clues to processes deep in Earth's interio.
Il nuraghe (1.600 -1300 a.C.) si trova a poco più di un km in linea d’aria a nord-est dell’abitato di Pozzomaggiore. Per accedere occorre percorrere una breve stradina che si diparte da un parcheggio realizzato a fianco alla strada statale 292. Archeologicamente il nuraghe conserva integra la tholos e si caratterizza dall’impiego di materiale di costruzione bicroma: basalto e calcare bianco.
The Giants causeway in County Antrim on the North coast of N.Ireland is a spectacular sight to behold always amazed to see it every time I go up to this World Heritage Site
La cascade abrite un des trésors de l'Aubrac : une petite grotte, dont le spectaculaire plafond est formé d'imposants orgues basaltiques. Cette grotte aurait été le refuge de brigands dans des temps anciens.
Located on the Snaefellsnes peninsula, the small hamlet of Arnarstapi is the gateway to the magnificent Snaefellsnesjökull National Park. It's also an ideal place to watch the thousands of birds that live and nest on the impressive coastal cliffs that make up one of Iceland's most beautiful landscapes.
The world famous Rhapsody climb.
Rhapsody is a 35-metre (115 ft) long traditional climbing route up a thin crack on a slightly overhanging vertical basalt rock face on Dumbarton Rock, in Scotland. When Scottish climber Dave MacLeod made the first free ascent in 2006, it became Britain's first-ever E11-graded route, and at the grade of 5.14c (8c+), Rhapsody was the world's hardest traditional route. It set a grade milestone in traditional climbing that stood for over a decade until the ascent of Tribe at grade E11-12 5.14d (9a) in 2019 and of Bon Voyage at grade E12 5.14d (9a) in 2024.
Rhapsody shares the same central crack-line as another notable traditional climbing route called Requiem (the two routes deviate for the last 10 metres near the top as the crack-line peters out). Scottish climber Dave Cuthbertson made the first free ascent of Requiem in 1983, creating Britain's first-ever E8-graded route. With subsequent ascents, the consensus grade settled at E8 6b or 5.13b (8a), and Requiem is now recognized as being one of the world's hardest rock climbing routes—of any format (i.e. traditional or sport climbing)—at the time it was first ascended in 1983.
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Basalt formations near Mt. Baker. This was taken with a 25 second exposure by the light of the moon. Finding the right focus was a challenge. There was not enough light for autofocus and not enough light for me to see clearly for manual focus. I shot a dozen and hoped for the best. The rest were deleted due to the focus issue.
Columnar basalt forms a cliff in the stack of volcanic flows that make up the mountains along the southeastern Mosfellsdalur (Mosfell Valley) in Iceland. These hexagonal columns are bounded by cracks or joints that form during the cooling of a thick basalt flow. Geologist refer to them as cooling joints or columnar joints. Though common in basalt, columnar jointing may occur in many types of volcanic flows as they cool and contract.
In the morning before we drove to Dyrholaey, where we photographed some puffins like the one in my last upload, we wanted to visit the famous black sand beach Reynisfjara with its famous sea stacks and basalt columns. Originally, we thought about getting there to sunrise, but being a bit worn out from our rush through all the sights in the south the previous days, we woke up a little late and decided to have some breakfast since we already missed the sunrise. However, we didn’t want to leave too late as we knew that busses full of people would probably arrive there soon. So we drove to the black sand beach our navigation system suggested, but this was the beach in Vík from which one can also see the famous sea stacks, but not the basalt columns we wanted to photograph, which were a 15-minute drive away around the corner of the huge cliff.
Fortunately, when we arrived at the Reynisfjara parking lot, we were early enough to find a parking spot right away, but there were already quite a few people there (and the buses arrived half an hour later). We first took some images of the famous basalt columns, including some pictures with ourselves in the frame to show the scale, and then walked along the beach towards the famous sea stacks. I really wanted to take some of the classic pictures, but the weather was once again - untypical for Iceland - beautiful with blue skies and harsh sunlight. So we continued our walk and noticed a large basalt column rock formation in front of the cliff. Most of the people were taking pictures of the beach or the cave, but we were both so fascinated by these basalt columns that we spent most of our time trying to find appealing compositions of these rock formations. This image turned out to be one of my favorites because it is very simple, has some nice textures that go pretty well with the dark editing I applied. Funnily enough, not too long ago we watched a video of Micheal Shainblum, who was also recently in Iceland, and it turns out that he shot quite a few images of exactly the same rock formation we also photographed. Even though I’m no Michael Shainblum, I really hope that you like my attempt at capturing this amazing rock formations! :)
One of the beautiful attractions of the Black Desert is Pyramid Mountain, a relief form that shoot up from the ground much like a pyramids out of the desert. The mountain has symmetrical sides and a pointed peak.
This natural pyramid is just a few kilometers away from Bahariya Oasis. Locals call it Magic Mountain because of the way the light plays on the texture and material of the mountain during the different hours of the day. The golden colour of this rock is very attractive, especially in the later afternoon sun.