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The Saltburn Cliff Railway opened in 1883, it connects the pier with the town. It's two carriages operate by pumping water up to the top carriage, when it is heavy enough it travels down the 120 foot drop to the bottom station, pulling the lighter carriage from the bottom up. When it reaches the bottom the whole process is repeated.
Cliff Maloney speaking at the 2015 International Students for Liberty Conference at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.
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.
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Photo: Bob Wick, BLM California
The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland's top Visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O'Brien's Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South. The Cliffs of Moher take their name from a ruined promontory fort “Mothar” which was demolished during the Napoleonic wars to make room for a signal tower.
The Cliffs of Moher are home to one of the major colonies of cliff nesting seabirds in Ireland. The area was designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA) for Birds under the EU Birds Directive in 1986 and as a Refuge for Fauna in 1988. Included within the designated site are the cliffs, the cliff-top maritime grassland and heath, and a 200 metre zone of open water, directly in front of the cliffs to protect part of the birds' feeding area. The designation covers 200 hectares and highlights the area's importance for wildlife.
This series of brackets was taken at the base of 40 steps looking out towards the ocean in Newport, RI
The cliffs of Aldeyarfoss are an extraordinary place for Arctic River Beauty to flourish, as this perennial herb usually grows on snowmelt-flooded gravel bars and scree.
A small herd of Bighorn Mountain Sheep Ewes and their young make their way up the steep rock cliffs where they are safe from most predators.Bighorn sheep typically inhabit alpine meadows, grassy mountain slopes and foothills near rugged, rocky cliffs and bluffs. Bighorn sheep cannot move though deep snow, so they prefer drier slopes where the annual snowfall is less than about sixty inches a year. A bighorn’s winter range usually lies 2,500-5,000 feet in elevation, while its summer range is tends to be 6,000-8,500 feet. Besides being highly susceptible to to certain diseases carried by domestic sheep such as scabies and pneumonia; additional mortality occurs as a result of accidents involving rocks falling and or falling off cliffs (a hazard of living in steep, rugged terrain). Bighorns are well adapted to climbing steep terrain where they seek cover from predators. Predation primarily occurs with lambs which are hunted by coyotes, bobcats, lynxes and golden eagles. Bighorn sheep of all ages are threatened by wolves, bears and especially cougars, which are perhaps best equipped with the agility to predate in uneven, rocky habitats.They are considered good indicators of land health because the species is sensitive to many human-induced environmental problems. In addition to their aesthetic value, bighorn sheep are considered desirable game animals by hunters.
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”Taken on Sept 13/12 at 6:14pm between Cranbrook B.C. and Waterton National Park, Alberta, Canada.Camera, Canon 7DLens, Canon EF 100-400mm L IS USM lens.Taken at 1/2000’s at f/10, 170 mm, iso 800, man white bal.No cropping, edited in Lightroom 4.2