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On a charter flight in 2007 on the way back from a Grand Canyon rafting trip, I noticed these scalloped cliffs on a mesa in Nevada. I thought it would be interesting to see them up close, but I didn't get around to it until this year, 2021.
Whilst on my Virtual Road trip, I’m staying on the east coast for a bit. Doesn’t matter what the weather, nothing will stop me (well, perhaps the small matter of a pandemic!!..) from a trip to Bempton Cliffs for a spot of bird watching.
These papa (mudstone) cliffs at the North Taranaki Coast
Mudstone indeed. I picked up a round grey stone with a hole right in the middle. took it home and started to clean of the salt water..wow, the whole thing melted aways under the hose, got me really fooled
Coastline at Svörtuloft on the Snæfells peninsula in W-Iceland, a 4 km long stretch of black basalt cliffs, with rich birdlife and often heavy surf.
This shot was taken on the Federation Cliff walkway outside of the area that the tourists normally go.
The Cliffs of Moher (Aillte an Mhothair) located at the south western edge of the Burren region in County Clare.
The bright glow coming from the right hand side of the Evening Sunset which wasn't there long enough to catch many more snaps. Within 5 mins of this shot it lashed down I had to make a dash for cover.
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On the Nikon Workshop I attended over the last few days, Adam Burton, one of the tutors, suggested I try this location, which faces south and was a bit more sheltered from the wind. The light was amazing and I managed to get this shot which I think is my favourite from the workshop.
Cabo Espichel (lit. Cape Espichel) is a cape located to the west of Sesimbra, Portugal. Tourists are drawn there due to breathtaking views of its cliffs facing the Atlantic Ocean.
The location is famous for the a sanctuary complex (lit. Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Cabo Espichel), built extremely close to the edge of the tall cliffs, which includes a church still in use today.
Also famous, are the several dinosaur fossil trackways exposed in some of the now tilted Jurassic strata which form the cape's cliffs. It is said that local superstition interpreted the trackways as the path taken by the Holy Virgin ("Nossa Senhora") when riding a giant mule from the ocean and up the cliffs, which led to the eventual construction of the convent at that location.
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O Cabo Espichel está localizado em Portugal, a ocidente da vila de Sesimbra. É delimitado a sul e oeste pelo oceano Atlântico e a norte pela estrada nacional 379 e Ribeira dos Caixeiros. Na sua extremidade, vislumbra-se, vertiginosa e abissal, a Baía dos Lagosteiros.
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An unknown girl doing some yoga on the Trolltunga (the troll’s tongue) rock. Trolltunga is reached after an 11 km hike where you climb up 1050 m in total. We camped on the cliff and returned the 11 kms the next day.
The rock is sticking out of a cliff at 1200 m above sealevel. It is overlooking Ringedalsvatnet (at app. 465 m above sealevel), a lake in the municipality of Odda in Hordaland county, Norway. The lake below is the main reservoir for a hydroelectric power station in Tyssedal which provides electricity for the power intensive industries in the nearby town of Odda. This explains the clearly visible waterlevel-marks on the lower parts of the mountains surrounding it. The Ringedals dam all the way in the back is 521 m wide and 33 m high and was constructed between 1910 and 1918.
Palo Alto Baylands, California. A juvenile swallow learning how to fly.
Photo-documented with OM Digital Solutions OM-1, ISO 1000, 1/4000s, f/5.6. Olympus M. 300mm F4 lens.
Seeing this up on the cliff, imaging the Native Americans climbing up there on ropes or ladders every day and night as they came up and down into the valley below... It was nothing short of impressive.
They were built and used by the Pre-Columbian Sinagua people, northern cousins of the Hohokam, around 700 AD. It was occupied from approximately 1125-1400 AD, and occupation peaked around 1300 AD.
When European Americans discovered them in the 1860s, they named them for the Aztec emperor Montezuma II, due to mistaken beliefs that the emperor had been connected to their construction. Neither part of the monument's name is correct. The Sinaqua dwelling was abandoned 100 years before Montezuma was born and the Dwellings were not a castle. It was more like a prehistoric high rise apartment complex.
Strange as it may seem, Gorge Dam is 2.5 miles upstream from this powerhouse, which is nestled against a cliff at an angle on one side of the Skagit River.
We must expect early religions to have been animistic - a world view of landscape and seasons alive with force and identity and in dialogue with the living world. Walking past rock formations and cliffs with worlds upon worlds must have been appreciated in vivid ways.
The tide was in and the wind was blowing ferociously creating this foaming sea at Birling Gap as the sun was setting on the last day of 2015
Went to the ocean for magic hour. I don't know where my head was at, but it certainly wasn't on photography.
Came back with virtually nothing
Even though many visions presented themselfs
Takes 55 seconds - powered by water balance system - pets allowed.
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"In several resorts, such as Folkestone and Southend, the cliff railway has had an historical relationship with the town pier. This is especially true in the case of Saltburn, where the railway's close proximity to Saltburn Pier makes it seem almost like an extension. When the pier was constructed in 1869, the high cliff acted a s a barrier between the town and the shoreline, threatening the commercial success of the resort. The original solution was a vertical lift, which remained operational until 1883; it was demolished for the construction of a cliff railway."
Big Bend National Park, Texas - April 2014
Ektar 100 4x5, 210mm lens
1/30th at f22, no filters
These cliffs really tower over your head while standing in the Rio Grande. Here's a video of my Big Bend experience and a little look at life behind the lens: Big Bend National Park Video
We picked a great day to do the Ring of Kerry and take a short detour along the Skellig Ring to see the Kerry Cliffs. The sun was shining, and the blues of the water with bright greens just made these views seem otherworldly. The skies were clear enough that you could see the Skellig Islands. One has a monastery dating back to the 6th century and was used to film Luke Skywalker's home in two recent Star Wars movies.