View allAll Photos Tagged Basalt
Taken almost directly across the canyon from the previous photo. I like how these columns look, bent, then solidified.
Three shot panorama auto-stitched in Lightroom.
The falls are quite beautiful, and it's a treacherous climb down to the bottom if you feel so inclined. I'm sure it's beautiful from the bottom down there, but after Iceland I may be ruined on waterfalls for some time to come.
Close by there is a great place for hotsprings, and bathing. Also close by Crater lake. A must stop by spot if you're in there area as it's a quick jaunt, and quite lovely. Although the trail might be slightly challenging for older or less able folk.
Horizontal stack of basalt columns offshore near the village of Arnarstapi, along Iceland's volcanic Snæfellsnes Peninsula.
Aldeyjarfoss waterfall at the north of Sprengisandur sands in the northern part of the Icelandic Highlands, N-Iceland.
A gorgeous day spent driving around, photographing and getting into adventures with my friend Lára.
The first time I had gone to Svartifoss I barely remembered it. Once we arrived I understood why: Svartifoss really is the most overrated waterfall in Iceland. And the worst thing, we had to walk three kilometers uphill. She barely complained. But I'm sure she will forget about Svartifoss, like me years ago.
At the harbor in Stykkishólmur. There are stairs to the top, but we didn't have the time or inclination this trip, as it was quite cold and windy during our wait for the ferry to the Westfjords.
Harpa is a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. The opening concert was held on May 4, 2011. The building features a distinctive colored glass facade inspired by the basalt landscape of Iceland.
Thought I would go ahead and try my hand at adding textures to this photo. Also added a simple 2px border. I used the Grunge v texture created by struckdumb.deviantart.com/
Please provide a critique as this is my first time at using textures. Thank you! :)
Columnar basalt in Hljóðaklettar North Iceland. It can create an amazing pattern and in this case it has weathered in a strange way.
This is the rock is visible at the top of the cliffs at Kalae on the Island of Hawaii. Basalt with holes or vesicules making up to 50% of the rock is called vesicular basalt. (When the vesicles are over half the volume of a specimen, it is called scoria.) These textures forms when dissolved gases come out of solution and form bubbles as the magma decompresses at the surface. Some gas escapes yet other gas bubbles get trapped in the lava as it quickly hardens. The holes are left by the traped gases.
EXPLORE: Highest position: 114 on Thursday, December 24, 2015
Night view of Hallgrímskirkja, the largest church in Iceland.
Big Stopper, sturdy tripod and gloves required. It was a windy July night after all.
"Hallgrímskirkja, church of Hallgrímur, is a Lutheran (Church of Iceland) parish church in Reykjavík, Iceland. At 73 metres, it is the largest church in Iceland and the sixth tallest architectural structure in Iceland.
State Architect Guðjón Samúelsson's design of the church was commissioned in 1937. He is said to have designed it to resemble the basalt lava flows of Iceland's landscape. It took 38 years to build the church. Construction work began in 1945 and ended in 1986, the landmark tower being completed long before the church's actual completion."
At 70 mph and several weeks of flooding these rocks are what remain of the 14,500 year old Bonneville Flood.
I often use my iPone for a few back-up pics and I'm pretty happy with the shots I got in Iceland even though mine's not the latest nor greatest iPhone.
At the Svartifoss the Stórilækur falls over a rock ledge framed by basalt pillars like organ pipes. At the foot of the waterfall were some debris of these basalt columns, on which the falling water pours
I had headed out to find each trees and photograph them in the evening light. Well most of the larch in the area had been cut for lumber and the clouds and wind rolled in so I had to look for something else. I had seen this canyon on google earth but didn't really know where it was. As I was driving the forest service roads I noted a steep drop to my right and decided to check it out and boy! I'm glad I did.
The canyon is mostly bare rock with only a few bushes and trees in the very bottom. Needless to say I had the place to myself.
2 cottonwood trees struggle to survive deep in a canyon of solid basalt rock.
These seastacks are volcanic plugs of basalt. They were created when magma hardened within a vent on an active volcano.
The surrounding lands are steeped in folklore: farmers have never made use of the fields around the Lóndrangar basalt cliffs due to the elves that are rumoured to live there.