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This cliff swallow was looking rather lost when I photographed him one chilly morning at Point Pelee.
Everytime I go to Hocking Hills I never have time to stop at Cantwell Cliffs, usually I am out of time or completley wore out. So today I decided to go to Cantwell Cliffs, Rock House, and Rock Bridge. Well I didn't make it to Rock Bridge today but I plan on going after the next rain. There was still some snow at the bottom of the falls. This is the first time I have seen these falls run the way they were today, I'm sure it was do to the recent rain we just had.
Cantwell Cliffs is one of six natural areas located at Hocking Hills State Park. It's also the farthest north, a fact that keeps many visitors away. Those who do make the effort to visit Cantwell Cliffs will see a reddish-brown sandstone cliff shaped like a giant horseshoe that towers 150 feet over the gorge below. A one-mile trail leads hikers to Lookout Point on the east rim, where they're rewarded with a striking view of the cliff and a rock shelter. Along the way, visitors to Cantwell Cliffs will come across inclines and descents, slump rocks (large boulders) on the valley floor, a recess cave and an especially narrow passage nicknamed "Fat Woman's Squeeze." Although it's relatively short, the Cantwell Cliffs hiking trail can be a challenging way to spend an hour and a half. During springtime, wildflowers dot the area.
On Monhegan Island off the coast of Maine. The cliffs in the distance are called "White Head"--perhaps because someone thought they resembled a pustulant pimple? In any case, Monhegan Island is small rocky island that one can reach only by boat (or I suppose parachute). Its cliffs on the eastern side are the highest ocean cliffs in Maine--which might make them the highest on the US east coast? It's a great place to spend a few hours, though next time (if there is a next time), I'll spend a couple of days there. Note that in the far distance, you can just make out three other islands (on the horizon between the cliffs and the tree at the right). That's one thing Maine has plenty of--Islands! As best as I can figure, they would be (from left to right) Metinic, Matinicus, and Ragged Islands, which are between ten and 20 miles distant (16 and 32 km). A long cold swim!
The walk around the rim of Kings Canyon affords exceptional views. The colours at sunset are amazing. Kings Canyon is in Watarrka National Park in central Australia. North East of Uluru.
View towards Xaqqa Cliffs on the coastline at Siġġiewi, Malta. These cliffs are up to 68 meter high and very important breeding grounds for birds.
Photo was taken from the cliffs at Ġebel Ciantar and even from this distance I could hear the sound of thousands of birds!
Located on the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument includes the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness. The Monument borders Kaibab National Forest to the west and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to the east.
This remote and unspoiled, 280,000-acre Monument is a geologic treasure, containing a variety of diverse landscapes from the Paria Plateau, Vermilion Cliffs, Coyote Buttes, and Paria Canyon. Elevations range from 3,100 to 7,100 feet.
Visitors will enjoy scenic views of towering cliffs and deep canyons. Paria Canyon offers an outstanding three to five day wilderness backpacking experience. The colorful swirls of cross-bedded sandstone in Coyote Buttes are an international hiking destination. There are also opportunities to view wildlife, including California condors. There are two developed campgrounds just outside the Monument: Stateline and White House. Dispersed camping is allowed outside the wilderness area in previously disturbed areas.
A permit is required for hiking in Coyote Buttes North (the Wave), Coyote Buttes South, and for overnight trips within Paria Canyon.
Learn more at: www.blm.gov/az/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/natmon/vermil...
Photo: Bob Wick, BLM California
Sacramento Delta, Northern California
No memory of posting this before. Taken back in August 12th of 2007. I bet it was a hot summer day on the delta.
This sign screamed, "Somebody, clean me!"
Dutch postcard, no. 139. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.
American singer and voice actor Clifton A. 'Cliff' Edwards (1895-1971) was known as 'Ukelele Ike'. He enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early '30s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with 'Singin' In The Rain' in 1929 and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940).
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Vueltas harbour. It didn't take much to make it a selective b/w, grey as it was.
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This 80ft cliff was cut by the Murk Esk river below - a tributary of the Esk. It comprises of densly packed shales rich with fossils of shells and interlaced with seams of ironstone. Above the cliffs is the village of Grosmont. Within the cliffs a vast labyrinth of tunnels remain from the ironstone mining.