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A natural ice formation along a small stream. Kind of looks like a bird sculpture with a base to stand on. Northeast PA, February 27, 2016.
Lenticular Cloud Formations in the western sky seen from Hale village near Liverpool UK, most likely forming over the North Wales mountaines.
Geological formations in Watkins Glen State Park. Located in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, these were formed by glacial movement during the last Ice Age.
Blue Canyon is really a fantastic place. It is composed of sandstone, carved and eroded by thousands of years of water and wind.
The feature of the sandstone that makes this site so special is the degree of contrast between the chocolate brown and white layers. The brown layers are quite smooth, while the white layers seem to be almost corrugated.
We (Walter, John, and I) planned this trip when we heard that a flicker friend of ours from Italy (Federica) and her nephew (Francesco) were going to visit the Southwest and wanted to see Blue Canyon. Well, it was a no-brainer, and we decided we would all meet in a nearby town and visit this location together.
Since my brother John had visited it on a previous occasion, we knew how to get there, but we had a number of problems -- the worst one being a flooded wash just before the actual location. The water was a couple of feet deep, thirty or forty feet wide, and quite swift, preventing our crossing the wash. We ended up having to drive another couple of hours to come to the site from the other side. Turns out, it was well worth it for all concerned...
In recent years the red arrows have visited the Bristol Balloon Fiesta and we get a ring side seat in our dining room!
A spinifex (Triodia sp.) hummock in front of an outcrop of the Winton formation, photographed west of Winton, Queensland.
Plongez en immersion au cœur de la FI 50, qui forme les futurs sapeurs-pompiers professionnels du département
Didn't get any photos at the Remembrance Service today, not even of me in my kilt and uniform shirt. Been a busy weekend as I was in charge at the Beaver/Cub sleepover. Had a nap this afternoon after getting back and heard the geese heading over. It's definitely Autumn now....
www.letsgosago.net/2011/09/samar-biri-rock-formation
Biri Rock Formations, Biri, Samar,
Plongez en immersion au cœur de la FI 50, qui forme les futurs sapeurs-pompiers professionnels du département
Plongez en immersion au cœur de la FI 50, qui forme les futurs sapeurs-pompiers professionnels du département
Fimmvörðuháls, Iceland. 26.06.2011.
Þórsmörk in South Iceland. Read about Þórsmörk here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3rsm%C3%B6rk
About this hike:
I try to hike every time I come home to Iceland in the summertime. This time I hiked with my friend Bolli Pétur who is a priest in North-Iceland. We hiked the famous route Fimmvörðuháls which starts in Skógar and ends in Þórsmörk (you can also do it the other way round).
We decided to do it in two days instead of the usual one day and stayed in a hut between the glaciers (Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull). The hut, Fimmvörðuskáli, lies only few hundreds meters away from a recent eruption in Fimmvörðuháls and on one site you have Eyjafjallajökull which recently erupted and on the other site you have Mýrdalsjökull with the infamous volcano Katla which is predicted to erupt very soon. I admit that I didn´t sleep much that night..... ;)
You can see the route explained in this picture of mine: www.flickr.com/photos/sigfus/6225915030/
About Fimmvörðuháls:
Fimmvörðuháls is the area between the glaciers Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull in southern Iceland. The route between Skógar and Thórsmörk goes through this pass and is one of the most popular walking routes in Iceland, despite being 22km long and involving 1000m of climbing. At Fimmvörðuháls there is a modern comfortable mountain hut owned by Útivist, one of the Icelandic hiking associations. Also nearby there is an older, less equipped hut called Baldvinsskáli. The route from Skógar is particularly beautiful as numerous waterfalls are passed along the way. The route is only accessible between mid-June and late-August. On the night of 16 May 1970, three travellers died on the mountain pass in a snowstorm.
Read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fimmv%C3%B6r%C3%B0uh%C3%A1ls