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I’ve been in and out of town lately and haven’t gone out for any photography in awhile. There was an incoming storm that I was hoping would bring some nice shooting conditions with it. This morning I got up at 5:15 to check the weather. It looked good so I headed off to West Cliff. I tend to look for reasons I shouldn’t go when it comes to sunrise shoots. It’s going to be too clear, too overcast, the tides are wrong and so on. Luckily today I was unable to come up with any. The sunrise turned out to be well worth waking up early.
Looking out the window this evening it looked like it was pretty decent. I didn’t go out again though. It was dinner time and I was hungry. Hopefully I didn’t miss anything too spectacular.
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Obsidian Cliff is a culturally and geologically fascinating formation. It was born from cooled lava that flowed from the last major volcanic eruption from Yellowstone's caldera some 180,000 years ago. Obsidian is an exceptionally strong but "chippable" material that performs outstandingly when crafted into knives, spear points, and even modern surgical instruments. The indigenous peoples of North America were well aware of this rich source of obsidian dating back many millennia, and implements made from it have been found in archaeological sites east of the Mississippi and into Canada, indicating its importance as a commodity to North America's earliest peoples.
Non sò perchè ma a vedere questa foto mi è venuta voglia di farne un'hdr..
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From Wikipedia:
"Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancestral Puebloans is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in the southwestern corner of Colorado, in the Southwestern United States.
Tree-ring dating indicates that construction and refurbishing of Cliff Palace was continuous approximately from 1190 CE through 1260 CE, although the major portion of the building was done within a 20-year time span. The Ancestral Pueblo that constructed this cliff dwelling and the others like it at Mesa Verde were driven to these defensible positions by "increasing competition amidst changing climatic conditions". Cliff Palace was abandoned by 1300, and while debate remains as to the causes of this, some believe that a series of megadroughts interrupting food production systems is the main cause. Cliff Palace was rediscovered in 1888 by Richard Wetherill and Charlie Mason while out looking for stray cattle."
From wikipedia:
The Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region. The cliff dwelling and park are in the southwestern corner of Colorado, in the Southwestern United States.
The Cliff Palace contains 23 kivas (round sunken rooms of ceremonial importance), and 200 rooms. One kiva, in the center of the ruin, is at a point where the entire structure is partitioned by a series of walls with no doorways or other access portals. The walls of this kiva were plastered with one color on one side and a different color on the opposing side.
The site was inhabited in the 13th century and was abandoned by the year 1300.
Photo taken with zoom lens from the Sun Point viewpoint.
The cliffs along the south of Land's End is simply amazing with golden yellow rocks extending straight from the sea and topped with "tor" like rocks above.
This is a 5-shot panorama and I am quite happy how it came out considering all the wind and spray.
Although the way along the cliffs between Los Genoveses and Monsul in the Cabo de Gata national park was tricky in places, there were also plenty of spots to relax and enjoys the views.
A secluded cove on the Pacific coastline of Russia, south of Vladivostok. Summer flowers and green meadows contrast the ruggedness of the cliffs and the rippling cerulean cleft of the water.
Das Mayon Cliff liegt in der Nähe von Lands End, ein wunderbarer Weg führt von Sennen Cove über die Klippen nach Lands End!
The road winding around the Sea Cliff Bridge.
The Sea Cliff Bridge is a balanced cantilever bridge located in the northern Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia.
The Sea Cliff Bridge replaced a section of Lawrence Hargrave Drive that was permanently closed in August 2003 due to regular rock falls.
The bridge was officially opened by NSW Premier Morris Iemma at a 'ribbon cutting' ceremony on 11 December 2005, and The Sea Cliff Bridge was named by 11 Year old schoolgirl following a naming competition opened to local primary school students
Victorian Central Tramway in Scarborough, England, a historic cliff railway that connects the town center with the South Bay.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - I woke up early to catch the sunrise at this overlook near Freeze Out Point. There weren't any colorful clouds, but the cliffs glowed gold.