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"This means something. This is important." — If you're familiar with that famous movie line from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" then you'll remember Richard Dreyfus carving a vision of something out of mashed potatoes. The vision, of course, was Devils Tower. While this isn't a shot of a well-sculpted potato heap, it's definitely the real Devils Tower in Wyoming.
Devils Tower is an eroded laccolith in the Black Hills of Wyoming. A laccolith forms when molten magma forces its way into a rock formation, then cools and hardens. As the surrounding rock erodes away over time, the hardened former magma remains. The streaked surface of Devils Tower reflects the polygonal shaped fractures (columnar joints) that formed as magma contracted as it cooled and hardened. Devils Tower rises 1,267 feet above the nearby Belle Fourche River and according to the National Park Service, the summit is roughly the size of a football field. Photo credit: Alex Demas, USGS.
You can learn more about Devils Tower National Monument at: www.nps.gov/deto/.
An early morning view of the eroded rocks along the San Rafael Swell in Utah.
It was very early when I captured this, well before sunrise. The ISO was at 16000! Denoise made this possible.
Tamron SP AF 60mm 2.0 Di II LD IF Macro.
A comment to admins with nature groups on Flickr, if this ain´t Nature, NOTHING is Nature !!! I think some of you are much too narrow minded.
Abstract of the water erosion, powerful torrents wearing the rocks.The fallen leaf won't stay there long.
Time is on the side the elements that are eroding this mountain. Even solid rock can not endure forever.
This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and SMC PENTAX 67 1:4 45mm lens with a Zenza Bronica 82mm L 1A filter using Fuji 160NS film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
Bourke's Luck Potholes.
Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Chittaranjan locomotive works manufactured 32901 ED ( ERODE ) now AJJ WAG-9hc exiting Sattelite goods terminal , Whitefield with BLC CONCOR WAGONS
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This sandstone formation is located at Mile Marker 123 on Utah Highway 24, about 10 miles north of Hanksville.
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A World War II hexagonal pillbox.
A pillbox is a type of blockhouse, or concrete dug-in guard post, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons. It is in effect a trench firing step hardened to protect against small-arms fire and grenades and raised to improve the field of fire.
The origin of the term is disputed. It has been widely assumed to be a jocular reference to the perceived similarity of the fortifications to the cylindrical and hexagonal boxes in which medical pills were once sold; also, the first German concrete pillboxes discovered by the Allies in Belgium were so small and light that they were easily tilted or turned upside down by the nearby explosion of even medium (240mm) shells.However, it seems more likely that it originally alluded to pillar boxes, with a comparison being drawn between the loophole on the pillbox and the letter-slot on the pillar box.
The term is found in print in The Times on 2 August 1917, following the beginning of the Third Battle of Ypres; and in The Scotsman on 17 September 1917, following the German withdrawal onto the Hindenburg Line. Other unpublished occurrences have been found in war diaries and similar documents of about the same date; and in one instance, as "Pillar Box", as early as March 1916. (Wik)
we’d had so much rain over christmas, big gullies were washing out parts of the road — thankfully still passable!
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 Twelve Apostles are a collection of natural limestone stacks standing just off shore in the Port Campbell National Park, on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction. Originally the site was called the Sow and Piglets. The name was changed in the 1950s to the more majestic "The Twelve Apostles" to lure more visitors even though there were only nine left.
ST. MARYS RIDGE, WISCONSINAerial of farmland in southwest Wisconsin near the Mississippi River, south of La Crosse. Farms surrounded by clouds along the ridges of the rich Loess bluffs along the Mississippi River. This photo is available for publication. Please contact me via Flickr Mail.
I wanted a different perspective whilst shooting sunset at the 12 Apostles, so I whipped out the 8mm fish-eye and attempted to capture the whole "eroded" scene.
I think I managed something a little different.
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The rocks off the coast of Portknockie in Morayshire, Scotland, often get some beating from the waves. When a northerly wind kicks in, like the one on Boxing Day 2017, you really can see why the Moray coastline is so broken and beaten up. This does make it somewhat of a seascape photographer's dream.
Finished day 2 of my Everglades workshop. Pretty tired but I figured I would throw this up before bed. In the Land of the Sleeping Rainbows still. Have a good one everybody.
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Sights like this in the Bentonite Hills make me think it is eroding rapidly, and would not likely last for millions of years. I took a hike through the hills just before sunset on Sept 9th. The color beds are parallel over a wide area.
The Bentonite Hills are on the Hartnet road into the Cathedral Valley area of Capitol Reef National Park, but are outside the park boundary. The road goes right by the badlands, so you can hike into them easily.
A Valentines Day dog walk capture documenting our town councils response to natural processes. Important note on the Ice Shelf - its extending "the shore" at least 40 or so feet into the lake. Be safe!
Geiranger is a small tourist village in Sunnmøre region of Møre og Romsdal county in the western part of Norway. It lies in Stranda Municipality at the head of the Geirangerfjorden, which is a branch of the large Storfjorden. The nearest city is Ålesund. Geiranger is home to some of the most spectacular scenery in the world, and has been named the best travel destination in Scandinavia by Lonely Planet. Since 2005, the Geirangerfjord area has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Seven Sisters waterfall is located just west of Geiranger. Norwegian County Road 63 passes through the village. Geiranger Church is the main church for the village and surrounding area.
Geiranger is under constant threat from the mountain Åkerneset which could erode into the fjord. A collapse could cause a tsunami that could destroy downtown Geiranger.