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Sunset from Cliff Tops on Mount LeConte in the Great Smoky Mountains.
Tuesday night before Thanksgiving 2006
Somehow theses didn't make it onto my stream when I took them back in 2013!
Situated on the South West Coast Path on the English Riviera, the Babbacombe Cliff Railway runs from Babbacombe Downs to Oddicombe Beach.
The railway was built in 1926, and the track is 720ft long.
In 1941, the railway closed due to wartime restrictions and the beach sealed off. The line did not reopen until 29th June 1951.
Now fully refurbished, passengers travel in the new carriages resplendent in the near as possible original maroon and cream colours embellished with Torbay's coat of arms on either side of the centre panels.
#104 Edge(s) 112 pictures in 2012
Had an early start this morning with a visit to Durdle Door, the light was A-MAZ-ING!
Here is where I spend most of my afternoons... It's my own "health spa" as I go through my natural healing program.
I still keep many photos of Ireland. This is my last trip in 2016.
Walking on the coast is sometimes very difficult: the wind blows at a speed of 40 km/h carrying cold and water.
Walking with a wind like that is not easy and the face freezes with your hands, looking for shelter in your pockets.
fotografiert ca. 29. Oktober 1997 in Dover , Großbritannien
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"Die Kreidefelsen von Dover sind Klippen, die einen Teil der britischen Küstenlinie formen und auf die Straße von Dover und Frankreich hinausschauen. Sie sind Teil des North Downs-Hügelzuges. Die Front der Klippen, die bis zu 106 Meter hoch ist, verdankt ihr beeindruckendes Aussehen ihrer Zusammensetzung aus Kalk (purem weißem Kalziumkarbonat), durchsetzt mit schwarzem Feuerstein. Die Klippen verlaufen östlich und westlich der Stadt Dover im County Kent, einem alten und noch immer bedeutsamen englischen Hafen.
Die Kreidefelsen haben einen großen Symbolwert für Großbritannien, da sie am schmalsten Teil des Ärmelkanals Kontinentaleuropa zugewandt sind – dort, wo in der Vergangenheit Invasionen drohten und gegen die die Klippen einen symbolischen Schutz darstellen. Da die Überquerung des Kanals bei Dover vor dem Aufkommen des Luftverkehrs die beste Möglichkeit war, auf den Kontinent zu gelangen, bildet die weiße Linie der Klippen Reisenden auch die erste bzw. letzte Ansicht auf das Vereinigte Königreich." Quelle und weitere Informationen: Wikipedia: Kreidefelsen von Dover
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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