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Vecchia caserma sotto la Tour Real - Alta Valle Varaita tra Chianale ed il Colle dell'Agnello
Old barracks under the Tour Real - Alta Valle Varaita between Chianale and Agnel Pass
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(North Antrim, Northern Ireland)
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea.
(Psalm 46:1-2)
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This rather short cliff walk is located at First Summit (2,168 m) right above Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland. It is very stable and not dangerous at all.
First and the cliff walk can best be reached by cable car from Grindelwald. The gondola ride takes 25 minutes and offers spectacular views.
Thank you for your visits / comments / faves!
The cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk are famous for their colour bands.
The lowest dark brown layer was laid down in warm shallow seas 70 million years ago. It is 'carstone' made of sand and iron compounds. Local builders use it. The younger much thinner 'red rock' layer above it is chalk coloured with iron pigments. Above that is a thick layer of white chalk.
All contain fossils but frequent rock falls make it dangerous to be too close.
While waiting for the sun to set, we hiked on top of this limestone cliff where I captured Finding Fayette: A Ghost Town in the UP Michigan from an overlook directly across from the townsite.
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"This limestone cliff consists of vertical or near-vertical exposures of bedrock.
Like all of Michigan’s lakeshore cliffs, vegetation cover is sparse but abundant cracks and crevices combined with calcareous conditions result in greater plant diversity and coverage than on most other cliff types. "
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I hope you find this interesting, thank you for your visit!
Hopefully will be able to visit these shores again very soon. It is the month that the camp site opens up
Ballintoy is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Ballintoy is not far from Northern Ireland’s UNESCO-listed Giant’s Causeway, a beautiful formation of 40,000 basalt rocks. Equally beautiful is the nearby coastline, a picturesque blend of basalt cliffs, bright green grassy hills, and multicolored blues of the Northern Atlantic waters below.
Cliffs at the Three Sisters and Elephant rock beach neat Tongaporutu in Taranaki region on the North Island of New Zealand
Morning light catching the spray highlighted against the 100 foot high cliffs at Dunraven Bay near Southerndown on the Heritage Coast in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Die Cliffs of Moher sind die bekanntesten Steilklippen Irlands. Sie liegen an der Südwestküste der irischen Hauptinsel im County Clare nahe den Ortschaften Doolin (nördlich der Klippen) und Liscannor (südlich der Klippen).
Die meist von Pflanzen überwucherten Ruinen eines befestigten Wohnsitzes eines Häuptlings werden in der Provinz Munster, so auch im County Clare, häufig mothar (gesprochen „moher“) genannt. Auf der Klippe nahe Hag’s Head an der Westküste des County Clare stand einst ein solches Steinfort, genannt Moher O’Ruan („O’Ruans zerfallenes Fort“). Diese Landmarke gab den Klippen ihren Namen.
Die Klippen ragen an vielen Stellen nahezu senkrecht aus dem atlantischen Ozean und erstrecken sich über mehr als acht Kilometer. Am Südende, dem Hag’s Head, haben sie eine Höhe von ungefähr 120 m, nördlich des O’Brien’s Tower erreichen sie sogar 214 m.
Der O’Brien’s Tower liegt etwa auf der Hälfte der Uferstrecke und entstand 1835 im Auftrag von Sir Cornellius O’Brien als Wachturm. Bei guter Sicht sind von dort aus die Aran Islands und mitunter auch die Galway Bay zu sehen. Jenseits dieser liegen die Maumturk-Berge in Connemara.
Am Kliff leben fast ausschließlich Vögel; eine Zählung ergab 30.000 Tiere in 30 Arten. Die interessantesten sind die atlantischen Papageientaucher, die in großen Kolonien an isolierten Stellen des Kliffs und auf Goat Island leben. Des Weiteren gibt es Falken, Möwen, Krähenscharben, Trottellummen und Alke.
Quelle: Wikipedia
Siamo nel Parco nazionale di Mesa Verde, nella regione di Montezuma in Colorado. Qui sorgono i resti di antichi insediamenti dei cosidetti Popoli Ancestrali, gli Anasazi. Queste costruzioni risalgono a circa 800 anni fa, ma questi popoli, di cui si sa molto poco, erano già presenti in in questi luoghi dal VI secolo d.c.
I villaggi, costruiti in pietra e fango, erano posizionati in anfratti di roccia che proteggevano dalle intemperie ed erano difficili da espugnare. Abbandonati poi non si sa per quale motivo sono stati riscoperti nel sec. XVI dagli indiani Navajos che li hanno abitati per diversi secoli. Il più scenografico è chiamato Cliff Palace ed è quello raffigurato nella mia foto.
Questo parco è stato dichiarato Patrimonio Mondiale dell'Unesco nel 1978.
"In heaven itself I could ask no more than just a Highland welcome" -Robbie Burns
An Taobh Sear on Skye , Highland Council.
Most of the people on this inner island of the Hebrides are bilingual, fluent in both English and Gaelic. Skye is rich in fairy lore,with fairy pools, fairy glens, an ancient Pictish graveyard,
and an enchanting (true) tale of the Fairy Flag of Dunvegan castle. (which I have seen!)
the story is here: Treat yourself! you won't be disappointed! :)
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