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The Black Sand Beach in Vik, iceland with a view of the Three Trolls. This is on the Ring Road. #Iceland #BlackSandBeach #Vik #SouthCoast #ThreeTrolls
Fascinating basalt shapes in the Hálsanefshellir Cave on the Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach near Vik I Myrdal in south Iceland.
Well, these pictures were mostly taken on the walk from there to Hellnar.
Two are from the way from Búðir zu Arnarstapi.
Ancient Volcanic Activity Created This Dramatic Coastline in Northern Ireland. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBARpgnYKvU
Calcite Springs along the bank of the Yellowstone River.
1Jul2015
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Le Giant's Causeway est situé sur la Causeway Coast, comté d'Antrim, Irlande du Nord, Royaume-Uni.
À 3 km au nord de la ville de Bushmills, le Giant's Causeway ou la Chaussée des Géants forme une spectaculaire masse en nid d'abeilles formée de 40 000 colonnes de basalte de 30 à 60 cm de large, allant jusqu'à 13 m de haut, parfaitement ajustées presque hexagonales (entre 4 à 10 faces) nées d'éruptions volcaniques il y a 60 millions d'années.
L'ensemble, érodé par l'action de la mer, évoque un pavage qui débute de la base de la falaise et disparait dans la mer. Les colonnes sont visibles sur l'estran mais aussi dans la falaise haute de 28 mètres, qui constitue la bordure du plateau d'Antrim.
Bien que connue par la population locale, la Chaussée des Géants resta inconnue du grand public jusqu'en 1693, année où Sir Richard Bulkeley, membre du Trinity College de Dublin présenta à la Royal Society de Londres un article s'intéressant au site. Celui-ci est aujourd'hui inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO depuis 1986 (WHL- 369bis).
Le site a inspiré une légende.
Selon celle-ci, deux géants ennemis vivaient de chaque côté de la mer, l'un en Écosse, appelé Benandonner, et l'autre en Irlande, nommé Fionn Mac Cumhaill. Le géant écossais parlait de son rival irlandais comme d'une personne négligée et froussarde jusqu'au jour où celui-ci, piqué au vif, dit à l'Écossais de venir se battre pour lui prouver qu'il était le plus fort ! Mais comment franchir la mer ? L'Irlandais jeta des pierres dans l'eau pour construire un chemin praticable, une « chaussée » entre l'Écosse et l'Irlande. Mais quand il vit approcher son adversaire, l'Irlandais fut pris de panique car il était beaucoup plus petit que son adversaire ! Il courut demander conseil à sa femme, qui eut juste le temps de le déguiser en bébé avant l'arrivée du géant écossais. À ce dernier, elle présenta son « fils », qui n'était autre que son mari déguisé. Le géant écossais, voyant la taille de ce « bébé », prit peur. Affolé à l'idée de la taille du père et par conséquent de sa puissance, il prit ses jambes à son cou et s'en retourna dans ses terres d'Écosse en prenant soin de démonter la chaussée pour que l'Irlandais ne risque pas de rejoindre son île. Tiré de fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauss%C3%A9e_des_G%C3%A9ants
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The Reynisdrangar sea stacks at Vik, Iceland. Legend holds that the basalt stacks were formed when two trolls misjudged sunrise while terrorizing a ship, turning them to stone needles for eternity.
Well, actually this is near a place called Arnarstapi but I wasn't paying full attention and so my mind formed words I knew. The big plus is, that now I won't forget the place name.
"Today Arnarstapi is still a somewhat busy harbour during the summer months serving private fishing and recreational vessels as well with its maintained docks that were renewed in 2002. Being a popular destination of tourists in summer, Arnarstapi is today a thriving centre for local tourism activities where there is a variety of natural and culinary attractions as well and a cluster of second homes are located in and around the village. There is much beauty to be found in nearby attractions, and an old horse trail past Neðstavatn is now a popular hiking trail across the lava and along the beach between Arnarstapi and Hellnar. This walk is about one hour. The lava field is called Hellnahraun, and its coast where at its westernmost edge can be found the ancient small village of Hellnar is a natural preserve. Along the coast there are some unique rock formations to be seen." (Wikipedia)
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.
Gerduberg's lava flowed in the Tertier era. The columns are 14 meters at their highest and around 1-1,5 meters wide. Gerduberg is listed as a natural heritage.
Hiking the Organ Pipes Track on the upper slopes of Mount Wellington (Kunanyi) near Hobart, Tasmania. The cliff of basalt columns known as the Organ Pipes is the most distinctive feature of the mountain.
Camera: Ricoh KR-10 Super.
Lens: ?
Fujichrome slide film.
Scanner: Nikon LS-5000 (by jetzt-digital).
Edited with GIMP.
A shot taken one November morning back in 2018 during a trip to Skye with my brother on his first visit. This is looking north near Creag an Leima over the stacks towards Harris on the horizon.
Das Hessische Kegelspiel ist eine Anordnung kegelförmiger Vulkanberge im nordwestlichen, flachsten Teil der Rhön in Osthessen, Deutschland. Die beeindruckende Ansammlung von Vulkankegeln liegt in den Landkreisen Hersfeld-Rotenburg und Fulda im Nordwestteil der Kuppenrhön östlich von Eiterfeld und südlich von Schenklengsfeld.
Der Kern dieser Kuppen, die wegen ihrer Gleichförmigkeit und der Anzahl der Berge Hessisches Kegelspiel genannt werden, besteht aus zumeist hexagonalen Basaltsäulen, die beim Abkühlen der Lava entstanden.
The Hessian Skittles (German: Hessisches Kegelspiel) are a group of nine extinct volcanoes in the northwestern and lowest part of the Rhön Mountains in East Hesse, Germany. This striking collection of domed hills or kuppen is located in the counties of Hersfeld-Rotenburg and Fulda in the northwestern part of the Kuppen Rhön east of Eiterfeld and south of Schenklengsfeld.
The heart of these kuppen, that were called the Hessian Skittles thanks to their similar shape and number, consists mainly of basalt columns), that were formed as the lava cooled off.
This beautiful waterfall is Svartifoss in Skaftafell National Park in Southern Iceland. The basalt columns like wind pipes make you feel like you are in some kind of chamber.
The iconic Hálsanefshellir Cave at Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach on the South Coast of Iceland. This breathtaking archway is carved directly into a massive wall of spectacular hexagonal basalt columns, a stunning testament to the slow, cooling force of volcanic lava. The contrast of the vibrant green cliffs against the dark volcanic sand and moody sky is pure magic.
On our trip to Iona, the tour boat also passed by Staffa (an island of basalt columns, home to Fingal's Cave); normally the boat lands and there is some time to explore--as you can probably tell, the sea wasn't cooperating that day. The boat ride was so much fun, and they got as as close to the island as was safe. This view is as we left Staffa and headed on to Iona.
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! :)
It feels like the horizon is off, but if you check the ocean, it's not. The basalt lava columns lean out towards the sea. Vik, Iceland, April 2021
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The day before our flight over the river deltas, we spent the night at the Skaftafell campsite since it is located close to the terminal. After a hot shower in the nice facilities and a quick dinner, we took a look at our map and found that the famous Svartifoss is very close to the campsite. Further research then revealed that the trail to the waterfall actually starts right behind the campsite.
So we set our alarms early, but didn’t manage to get up and missed the sunrise. Nevertheless, after a short hike we were the first to get there, but the sun was already illuminating a larger part of the basalt columns to the left of the waterfall. I therefore searched for more intimate compositions and got really excited by this formation of straight and slightly inclined stone columns. Not only their formation got me excited, but also the shimmering bluish color of the stones that were soaked by the spray from the waterfall. And on top of that, a few plants growing through the cracked basalt added a really nice accent of color and provided a beautiful color contrast. So even though I didn’t get the “classic” image, I’m really happy with this more abstract one. I hope you like it too!
Dverghamrar (Dwarves' Cliffs) in SE-Iceland are a protected rock formation of columnar basalt. There are more spectacular places of basalt columns - formed by slowly cooling lava or magma - but the ones of Dverghamrar do indeed look like huts made by some invisible creatures. It makes for a lovely stop, right by the side of Iceland's Ring Road.
Formed by volcanic action, these amazing Basalt Columns rise up to the sky. They are so perfectly formed and fascinating to see. Porto Santo, Portugal
Icelandic sheep at Kálfshamarsvík - it seemed to be a little bit surprised by the two tourists on this rainy day