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Today, to Canterbury Hospital early for the next in a series of MRi scans and then from here we are off to do an autumnal coastal walk and a bit-of-birding!
This Peregrine falcon was diving from the cliffside near Point Reyes Lighthouse in Inverness, California.
The statue of James Cook on Whitby's West Cliff. Sandsend is in the backround with a lively sea in between.
Glowing red cliffs at Point Addis beach sunset. The tide was too high for Point Roadknight. (Explored)
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Took this picture at 6pm, after the sun has gone down. Sunset wasnt too bad here, but the cliff itself is just a magnificant piece of art, the color of the ocean was just beautiful as well! So i thought of taking photo of the cliff together with the moving water by using a slower shutter speed, i even used pl filter n tripod to help the picture look better.
Visitors can be seen walking along the Almannagjá Gorge in Þingvellir National Park in southwest Iceland. The cliff walls towering over them consist of stacks of numerous, successive basalt flows. Each layer in the stack is an individual lava lobe.
The entire Þingvellir region is located in a rift valley created by the drifting apart of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. The tectonic plates are drifting in opposite directions at the rate of 7 mm (0.276 in) annually. Almannagjá lies along the North American plate on the west side of the valley. It measures 7.7 km long and 64 m wide at its maximum. The gorge’s cliffs lie along a fault with a maximum throw of 30-40 m. Geologists believe the Þingvellir faults (fissures) to be the surface expressions of deeply rooted normal faults. Basalt cooled from lava flows that erupted out of near by fissures about 2,000 years ago. On the right side of the photo, the volcanic mountain, Ármannsfell, is visible on the horizon.
This unique geology became the backdrop for some of Iceland's most important political and cultural events. Iceland’s settlement by The Norse began with the arrival of Ingólfur Arnarson in 874. Historians refer to the next 56 years, as ‘The Settlement Period’. Driven away from a newly united Norway under King Harald Fairhair, settlers from many different clans settled all around the island’s shores. Though the new arrivals shared an ancestral home, religion and language, difference sprang up because each clan had its own leaders and customs. Violence broke out from time to time between these clans both over their beliefs and for the limited resources their new island had to offer. In order to address these issues the people decided to hold a general assembly with members from each clan.
A man called Grímur Geitskör was given the tasks of gathering representatives from each clan and finding a suitable meeting location. As Geitskör was searching for a location, a man who owned a sheltered piece of land accessible from all corners of the country was convicted of murder, and his property turned public. This sheltered place was in the rift valley at Þingvellir. People from all over Iceland could reach the assembly place with no more than seventeen days of traveling. In 930 AD, over thirty ruling chiefs met for the first time at Þingvellir to discuss law on the island and to create a Viking commonwealth. This meeting and all the ones that followed took place with the cliffs of Almannagjá as a back drop.
Þingvellir translated literally means "Assembly Plains”. The Parliament, called The Alþing, met at Þingvellir from 930 to 1798 AD. Many important historic and cultural events occurred here while Parliment was in session which makes it one of the most imporant places in Icelandic History. In 1799 the Alþing stopped meeting due to Danish colonialism. The Alþing started meeting again sporadically in 1848 in Reykjavik. It was 1907 before the Alþing started meeting regularly also in Reykjavik. In 1928, just before the 1000 anniversary of the foundation of Alþingi in 1930, the parliament made Þingvellir a National Park. When Iceland declared it independence from Denmark in 1944, the ceremony was held at Þingvellir. Today, hundreds of thousands visit Þingvellir National Park every year and most of those visitors walk the Almannagjá.
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notendur.hi.is/oi/geology_of_thingvellir.htm
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I found the cliff walk quite scary -- and I'm not usually afraid of heights. But I seem to be getting more so as I get older. I did it anyway! And the views were worth it.
This is at First in Switzerland, above the town of Grindelwald. The peaks across the valley are the Wetterhorn, 3692 m (12,113 ft), and the Schreckhorn, 4,078 m (13,379 ft); the glacier between is the Upper Grindelwald Glacier.
The White Cliffs of Dover gleam in the afternoon sun.
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La scogliera di Dingli.
Nella parte occidentale dell’isola di Malta, nei pressi del villaggio di Dingli, vi si trova una scogliera bianca alta alcune decine di metri. Viste dalla parte terrestre, si possono ammirare i terrazzamenti che degradano verso la scogliera, con quest’ultima fare capolino a difesa della costa maltese. Inutile dire che i tramonti sono mozzafiato!
Dingli Cliffs.
On the Western side of Malta’s island, near the village of Dingli, there are the white cliffs descending into the sea for several tens of meters. Seen from the land, you can admire the terraced fields that degrade towards the cliffs, which peak out as a natural defense of the Maltese coast line. Useless to say that sunsets are breathtaking!
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View from the cliff walk at Ballybunnion with Co. Clare in the distance. Fulmar, Black Guillemots & Razorbills nest on the rocky ledges & Chough are frequently seen feeding in the short grass.
A pod of around 100 Bottlenose Dolphins inhabit the ocean around these cliffs & the Shannon estuary off to the right. I saw a 4 or 5 dolphins quite close into the beach when I was there on Sunday.
The headland at Cwm Nash, a great place with nesting fulmars, coughs raven and peregrine. Steam appeared to be rising from the cliff top, due to the cloud formation.
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The west coast of Iglesiente on Sardina is between Masua and Buggerru and is perhaps the most unknown part of Sardinia. It is a series of rock formations, fjords and high cliffs. Among white calcareous cliffs, the inlet of Cala Domestica delights the eyes of the spectator with a beach covered in fine sand mixed with gravel, with rocks dotted all around, as well as being hemmed in by dunes punctuated by rich scented vegetation in stark chromatic contrast with the unbelievable blue of the sea. The beach is found in a mining zone, and therefore on view, are the ruins of the buildings associated with the nearby mines; the stores or the depositories of the minerals to be embarked, but also tunnels that lead to the so-called Caletta, a reserved and very intimate beach, in which the mouth of a stream is found. In front, on the calcareous peninsula that looks to the south, the view is dominated by a solitary Spanish tower. We hike along the coastline of between Masua and Buggerru. www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=5951123. The area is particularly loved by scuba fishing enthusiasts or simply by those wishing to take a dip in its uncontaminated waters, perhaps with a mask and flippers to discover the treasures that are hidden below the waterline.
The beach of Cala Domestica - Spiaggia di Cala Domestica - is located on the diverse south-western coast of Sardinia. Cala Domestica is situated in what used to be a mining area, and some ruins of the mining buildings are still visible. A tunnel lead to the so-called Caletta, a reserved and very intimate beach. We swim to this Caletta beach from the main beach. Samantha enjoys a dip in the uncontaminated waters.
Het eiland Sardinië ligt pal ten zuiden van het eiland Corsica, ten westen van de Laars van Italië. Na Sicilië het grootste eiland in de Middellandse Zee. Maar liefst een lengte van 270 kilometers. Sardinië is geen Italië. De bewoners zijn rustiger én gereserveerder, het landschap is soms bijna Afrikaans, en ik zie geen extravagantie, zelfs niet in de meest luxe resorts. Een heerlijk en rustig eiland. Prachtige stranden en ruige bergen. De westkust van Iglesiente ligt tussen Masua en Buggerru en is misschien wel het mooiste onbekende stuk van Sardinië Cala Domestica is een grote inham met een andstrand en mooie rotsformaties. Via een rotspad kun je een oude toren Torre Spagnola bereiken. Vanaf deze kant heb je ook een mooi uitzicht op de inham aan de overkant met prachtige rotsformaties. Aan de overkant bevindt zich een tunnel die leidt naar een intiem en klein zandstrandje Caletta. Wij zwemmen vanaf het grote strand naar dit kleine strandje. Samantha geniet van een duik in het mooie heldere water. Het kan ook het start of eindpunt zijn voor je wandeling langs de mooie kust tussen Masua en Buggerru. www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=5951123
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Dettifoss is the largest waterfall in Europe, and it's truly an amazing experience to clamber right up to the top and watch/hear the thundering cascade. I couldn't quite maneuver well enough to get a visually compelling view of the torrent, but the view downstream as the sun rose over the gorge was pretty awesome too.