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Lulworth is considered to be one of the most perfectly shaped coves in the World.Its shaped like a Scallop shell. Clays and sands formed the front of the cove which eroded over time allowing the sea to carve out its wonderful shape. The area along the shoreline is formed from Portland Stone, from which cement is made. lots of historic buildings world wide were built from the stone, and it is extremely tough stopping further erosion inward though the cove is widening and the cliffs on the west side are in a dangerous condition. The waves enter the cove radiating out in a circular direction as can be seen in the photo and its this that creates the perfectly symmetrical shape.
It is part of the Jurassic coast and is a World heritage site visited by over a half a million people each year.
I loved the place as it was a real working harbour with proper fishing boats and fishermen mending their nets and getting their boats ready for the morning. The little town is totally unspoiled and I found it charming!
Most photos of Lulworth show the complete shell shape of the cove but they have all been taken from the air as its impossible to view it in its entirety, any other way.
I suppose this photo is a bit more unusual as its not the normal touristy snap which Im not a fan of. I did have to post process it quite a bit as the light was almost gone.Its the best I could do and Ill just leave it as it is.
Its a great place to visit so do go there! Ill certainly be back next year and you could meet me.
I hope you may like my effort and I welcome your input etc.
Hope your week ahead is as special as you are to Flickr.
Thank you,
Pat.
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The stark beauty of the Algarve Sandstone coastline which is sadly eroding very rapidly
Photograph was taken from a cave on the beach which you walk through from another beach
Seven Sisters Sunrise, you can just make out Belle Tout Lighthouse on the cliffs in the distance, this was picked up as one and moved away from the eroding cliff edge.
Rainstorm over the canyons at Grand View Point Overlook, Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah. Grand View Point Overlook is a view point in the Islands In the Sky area of Canyonlands at an elevation of 6,080 feet.
Eroded outcrop on the Lake Mungo lunette colloquially called the Walls of China. Mungo National Park, located in South Western New South Wales, is a part of the Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area. The landscape at the Walls of China site is extremely fragile and hold numerous archeologically significant artefacts and so public access is now limited to those accompanied by a parks ranger or approved guide. NSW, Australia
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Mistaya Canyon in Banff National Park is a scenic gem on the Icefields Parkway. Sculpted by the rushing water of the Mistaya River, which originates from Peyto Lake to the southeast, this deep slot canyon features curvy limestone walls and eroded pothole depressions. One of my many stops along the Icefields Parkway that connects Banff to Jasper NP in Alberta, Canada. Many signs about telling people that there are sheer drop-offs and certain death is imminent. I took quite a few from different angles. It's hard to explain how curvy the gorge is below these falls as it deepens substantially below the frame here. I shot this early in the morning with just a few lingering about. I did manage to capture one gentleman getting out fairly far onto the rocks. Stay Tuned.
♫ Nobody Knows ♫ - The Lumineers
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A gift to the 2.5+ million lost to COVID-19 and their families who struggle each day to look "through the darkness to the dawn."
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When Great Trees Fall
by Maya Angelou
When great trees fall,
rocks on distant hills shudder,
lions hunker down
in tall grasses,
and even elephants
lumber after safety.
When great trees fall
in forests,
small things recoil into silence,
their senses
eroded beyond fear.
When great souls die,
the air around us becomes
light, rare, sterile.
We breathe, briefly.
Our eyes, briefly,
see with
a hurtful clarity.
Our memory, suddenly sharpened,
examines,
gnaws on kind words
unsaid,
promised walks
never taken.
Great souls die and
our reality, bound to
them, takes leave of us.
Our souls,
dependent upon their
nurture,
now shrink, wizened.
Our minds, formed
and informed by their
radiance,
fall away.
We are not so much maddened
as reduced to the unutterable ignorance
of dark, cold
caves.
And when great souls die,
after a period peace blooms,
slowly and always
irregularly. Spaces fill
with a kind of
soothing electric vibration.
Our senses, restored, never
to be the same, whisper to us.
They existed. They existed.
We can be. Be and be
better. For they existed.
Frozen surf and snow from the bomb cyclone.
Cape May Point, New Jersey, USA.
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I love these wave and water worn foreground rocks below the Ogmore cliffs, you can imagine the years of wear and tear that have formed these beautiful shapes. It's a place I never tire of. Two friends lost at sea, is a track by Richmond Fontaine, and is a beautiful title with many meanings!
Beautiful pastels, warm pinks and sherbet colors grace the layered cliffs of Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah. Such warm colors and tranquil shadows, stretching long in the last of the evening sunlight.
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Contemplating the thoughts of great master photographers like Ansel Adams, Galen Rowell, etc. I started to think about what they said about growing in skill and soul. It is very true: the camera does not make the photographer, the photograph makes the photographer.
I look back at my early photos. Even with such great equipment as my Canon EOS, I can tell the quality of the compositions have improved, mostly by gaining inspiration from other great photographers like you on Flickr. What an awesome journey! :)
"You don’t take a photograph, you make it." - Ansel Adams
"A lot of people think that when you have grand scenery, such as you have in Yosemite, that photography must be easy." - Galen Rowell
"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs." - Ansel Adams
"Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph." - Matt Hardy
"It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators." - Ansel Adams
The heavily eroded anticline is in the lower half of the picture running at an about 30 degree angle from left to right. The Quail Creek Reservoir is located in the center of the anticline, with two ridges of upper triassic Shinarump formation casting a dark shadow and extending to the lower right. The cross section of the anticline extends all the way to the left border (Navajo formation) and past the Sand Hollow reservoir at right (also Navajo formation). The light gray band above Sand Hollow reservoir is the Hurricane fault scarp that stretches across the entire picture and continues in the the Kanarra anticline (bent layers) near the left border. This scarp is in the lower Permian
Fossil dunes are hardened sand dunes shaped uniquely by desert wind . Though it looks hard these are breakable sandstones which changes its shapes very slowly unlike normal sand dunes. Normal sand dunes moves and changes shapes frequently according to wind. Fossil Funes @ Abu Dhabi
6:52 Impermanence
This is Cochrane where we've lived for the past 5 years.
The Rockies started to form out of marshland 120 million years ago and all the time weather and glaciers erode them - they are changing always.
It's believed native Canadians used this area as a summer camp for at least 4000 years - every time I look out of the window I understand why they called them the Shining Mountains, and if you squint a little I think you can imagine this land as it was then. The hamlet of Cochrane became a village in 1903 after a ranch was established in 1881. Now we're nearly 23,000 people and still growing. I love where I live and I hope that's permanent :) Though, who knows?
Oh, and this is my first attempt at stitching a panorama in LR, the images looked a lot sharper before they were merged.
An area in Gold Butte National Monument holds fantastically eroded red sandstone. I think this one looks like a dog with a pups gamboling around.
In the Valley of the Ten Peaks, the gorgeous turquoise waters of Moraine Lake display their incredible blue hues from the refraction of light on rock flour; silt that has eroded from the nearby glaciers.
This is a pretty old pic. You can't get this shot now, it's all covered up with yuccas in front of it (you can just see them moving in from the right). What's left of a wall at the old cannery in Alviso, California.
The waves at La Jolla Cove Slowly eat away at the sand stone, structures of yesteryear slowly fade from the landscape and memory. La Jolla Cove, La Jolla, California.
This view is from the Chief Joseph Highway south of Crandall, Wyoming. This view is looking up Clark's Fork Valley. The peaks in the center are Pilot Peak, elevation 11,522 feet (3,512 m), on the left and Index Peak, elevation 10,709 feet (3,264 m) on the right. Geologically, Pilot and Index Peaks are glacial horns that are created as multiple glaciers erode away at the same mountain. The classic example is the Matterhorn in the Alps. Burned trees from a forest fire can be seen on the hillside to the left side of the photo.
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A wet day gives me a chance to look back at a few shots from earlier this month. This one was from a day with a big sea running and beautiful low afternoon sun. It's always fun experimenting with when to take the shot and for how long. Castles is by Damien Jurado.
Reflecting about the year 2017 and this is probably a 57 Chevy BelAire which makes it 60 years old now.
Rocky shore below Georgina Point Lighthouse. Mayne Island, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, BC, Canada
Dinosaur National Monument is known for, of course, an incredible array of dinosaur fossils. And we were also impressed with the beautiful and dramatic landscapes including canyons carved by the Green River.
From the monument's website:
Geologists call the process of canyon formation downcutting. Downcutting occurs as a river carves out a canyon or valley, cutting down into the earth and eroding away rock.
At Dinosaur National Monument, canyon walls reveal textbook examples of folded and faulted rocks formed during the past two billion years. Many of the 23 rock layers exposed within the monument are visible only in the river canyons. Without the slow, persistent downcutting of the Green River, these impressive, colorful rock layers would lie buried deep beneath the Earth's surface.
The Smoky Mountain Road traverses a highly eroded landscape north of Lake Powell.
Happy Saturated Saturday!
In the midst of high, lonesome country stretch several valleys of bizarre eroded rock formations known as Valles de Rocas. These strangely shaped badlands are great for a wander and snapping some photos.
From the dusty village of Alota nearby, it’s a three-hour jostle to Uyuni through a string of ‘authentic villages’, the most picturesque of which is Culpina K, which has colorful little houses and a cafe.