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'Cliffs of Moher Panorama'
Panorama created by stitching 5 photos together using Canon's PhotoStitich utility.
Attempting to photograph these swallow in flight is the exact opposite of relaxing - it's frustrating work!
Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park, a World Heritage Site.
I was visiting this place during winter and they close that area during this time, So I could only get to the vantage point near Sun Temple.
The Cliffs of Moher range for 8 kilometres along the western seaboard of County Clare, at the highest point the cliffs are 214m high. Down below is the mighty Atlantic Ocean. To appreciate this scale more fully, view this image in full screen and you’ll see a tiny man walking along the top of the nearest cliff.
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This popular swimming hole gets more than it's fair share of displays of bravery as individuals, couples, and groups leap from the cliff into the deep waters below. the drop is about 30 feet. Maybe a little more.
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.
A lovely walk along a cliff path leads to the wreck of a crane ship and a rather spectacular light show. Was difficult to hold the highlights and shadows.
My cousins stand on the cliff on the far side and I try to direct them from across the creek, but judging by the cursing and the yelling at the campsite I think the camper heard me better than my cousins did.
Through the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Congress designated the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area (NCA) in Washington County, Utah “to conserve, protect, and enhance …the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, educational, and scientific resources” of public lands in the NCA.
The Colorado Plateau, Great Basin Desert, and Mojave Desert overlap in Washington County. In this transition zone, unusual plant and animal species have evolved, including the dwarf bearclaw-poppy and Shivwits milk-vetch, small native plants that grow nowhere else on earth. The hot, arid Mojave Desert provides habitat for diverse wildlife, such as kit fox, Gambel’s quail, and the Mojave Desert tortoise. This native tortoise is listed under the Endangered Species Act and is at risk of extinction due to habitat loss and other factors. The newly-designated Red Mountain and Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness areas are also within this NCA. Here, hikers, backpackers, and equestrians can enjoy scenic vistas, solitude, and natural quiet, just a few miles drive from local communities.
More than 130 miles of non-motorized recreation trails (hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trail riding) are available for public use in the NCA. The Red Cliffs Recreation Area offers camping and day use areas, in a developed site where fees are collected. All motorized vehicle travel, including Off-Highway Vehicles, is limited to designated roads in the NCA. No motorized or mechanized vehicle travel is allowed in the Red Mountain and Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness areas, without special authorization from BLM.
Learn more about the NCA and plan your visit: www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/st__george/blm_special_areas/nati...
Photo: Bob Wick, BLM-California
A small section of the cliffs along the Great Australian Bight.
The Great Australian Bight is a place of wilderness and natural beauty on the coastline of South and Western Australia. Its iconic curve has the longest line of sea cliffs in the world, stretching hundreds of kilometres and reaching up to 60 metres high.
The popularity of Bude as a seaside resort dates from Victorian times. In the 19th Century it was notorious for its wreckers, who plundered the ships that came to grief off the coast - more than 80 between 1824 and 1874.
In 1823 the Bude Canal was dug to carry beach sand - used as a fertiliser - 20 miles inland to Launceston and for exporting local produce. It was this waterway that brought development to the town. The canal is now used for pleasure-boating and fishing.
The town overlooks a wide bay of hard golden sand flanked by spectacular cliffs and protected by a breakwater. There is a seawater swimming pool under Summerleaze Downs which means safety for swimmers even at low tide. Crooklets and Summerleaze beaches have extensive flat sands when the tide is out and these Atlantic-pounded beaches have been described by Australian surfers as the "Bondi of Britain."