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Salto de Tequendama, Cundinamarca, Colombia.
This is another view for the hotel and how it was built in the edge of a cliff.
Awesome view!
Côte d'Or
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The Cliffs of Moher are located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland
They rise 120 metres (390 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and reach their maximum height of 214 metres (702 ft) just north of O'Briens Tower.
Loved this place, but sometimes is hard to remeber that I was there. Good thing there is pictures for the times when some nostalgia is needed.
One of very few dandelions at the foot of the cliffs above Llangattock. I think the rest are in my garden/lawn :-(
Looking at part of the riverbank during a leisurely tourist boat trip down the Li River near Guilin in the summer of 1984. Rugged limestone cliffs in the left-background contrast with what might at first glance appear to be a camouflaged Nazi Atlantic Wall gun embrasure c.1944 behind verdant foliage in the right-foreground. But this is an example of how the rock has fractured along straight-line bedding planes, perhaps being undermined water flowing along its foot at some undetermined time in the past. The resulting rubble on which the large fronded trees, bushes and other vegetation are sitting at the base of the cliff appears to show good examples of angular blocks that subsequently have probably fallen directly from the cliffs above. A possible cave and balcony railing(?) are above and to the left of the 'gun position'.
Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate types such as limestone or dolomite. Subterranean rivers, cave systems and extravagant surface deformation due to weathering (all found along the Li River) are examples of some of the features found in karst scenery.
South China Karst, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the world’s most spectacular examples of humid tropical to sub-tropical karst landscapes. It is a serial site spread over the provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and Chongqing and covers 176,228 hectares. It contains the most significant types of karst landforms, including tower karst, pinnacle karst and cone karst formations, along with other spectacular characteristics such as natural bridges, gorges and large cave systems. The Guilin Karst component in Guangxi province is located within Lijiang National Park and contains fenglin (tower) and fengcong (cone) karst formations.
Scanned from a negative.
Steps
The steps to the ruins of the chapel at Tintagel. Now imagine those stairs. make them steeper, cut them in slate into the cliff face (straight down on one side & straight up in the other), and that is what I had to climb to get this photo from above the Ruins of Tintagel Castle :) This is where King Artur was supposed to have grown up, and where he met Merlin... They must have been fit in those days! LOL!
Los Gigantes is a resort town in the Santiago del Teide municipality on the west coast of the Canary Island Tenerife. Its main feature are the giant rock formations, Acantilados de Los Gigantes, that rise from the sea to a height of 500-800 metres (1,640–2,625 ft) after which the town has been named. Los Gigantes means "The Giants".
Nearby to the south are the resorts of Puerto de Santiago and Playa de la Arena. 3 km to the North is the village of Masca which can be reached by boat or car.
The town has a marina surrounded by concrete walls to dampen the effect of the rough seas around the area. A small black sand beach lies between the rocks and the marina. The marina has a boulevard with many restaurants. Close to the harbour is a lido.
The cliffs at Los Gigantes, Acantilados de Los Gigantes in Spanish, are one of the island's major tourist attractions. There are three viewpoints in the village, the main one on main road to towards Tamaimo, another above the sports club and a third on a coastal path around the Hotel Barcelo. The village has many small shops and restaurants servicing the tourists that visit the area, especially on the one way road loop around church and plaza, and also near to the marina and beach.
(Wikipedia)
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Los Gigantes cliffs are quite an awesome and spectacular sight, no matter whether seen and admired from the east (as shown) or the west (Punta de Teno). One may only prefer the latter due to more peaceful and quieter atmosphere...
it's ages since I've been in the cliff lift, probably because it costs £1.25 each way !
East Cliff, Bournemouth 10.06.2014
470m above sea. This is the view from Beinisvørð cliff in Suðuroy. Faroe Islands
See my Photo Book about the Faroe Islands:
See my video taken in the Faroe:
Taken in small valley not far from Reykjavik, Iceland.
I think this place is called Stóri-Hamradalur (it is on the Djúpavatn / Vigdísarvellir road).
The valley is closed in both ends, and in the rainy Icelandic climate one would expect it to be filled with water and be another small lake, but there was no visible surface water anywhere. This is probably due to the extremely porous lava geology of this area, causing most of the water to flow deep underground.
,,,in the Gorges du Doubs (where else??) Funny how many times I've walked past this scene and not been moved to take a photo,,,
Anyway, I was feeling pleased with myself after coming face-to-face with a young chamois on the path (no photo unfortunately as I only had my LF gear with me - which is to wildlife photography what chocolate is to the teapot industry).
Fortunately, this subject wasn't greatly interested in diving for cover as I approached. ;0)