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This photo shows Lac du Diable, located in the Vallée des Merveilles within Mercantour National Park. The lake is situated at high altitude, surrounded by rocky terrain and steep mountain slopes. The water had a distinct green color at the time of capture, likely due to mineral content or algae presence, contrasting with the surrounding rocks and sparse alpine vegetation. The landscape features large boulders, jagged peaks, and grassy patches typical of subalpine environments. The weather was clear, with good visibility and minimal cloud cover.
View from the Capitol Reef Scenic Drive, a 10-mile-long paved road providing access to unpaved spur roads and to popular trailheads.
A hidden gem known for its stunning geological features and rich history, Capitol Reef was established in 1971 and covers nearly 242,000 acres. It is famous for the Waterpocket Fold, a nearly 100-mile warp in the Earth's crust. This unique geological feature creates a dramatic landscape of colorful canyons, ridges, buttes, and monoliths.
The park is open year-round and home to a variety of wildlife, including mule deer, coyotes and over 200 species of birds. Evidence of human habitation in the area dates to 700 AD and the park preserves petroglyphs and other artifacts from that period. Numerous scenic drives and 200 miles of marked trails showcase the park’s breathtaking landscapes, and it is an International Dark Sky Park, making it an excellent location for stargazing.
[Sources: Wikipedia, NPS.gov, and Earthtrekkers.com]
Interesting toadstool rock formation along the Toadstools trail - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
Located in Elsworth County, are the strangely shaped rock formations known as 'Mushroom Rock', In 1965, Mushroom Rock State Park was created to help protect these unique geological features.
Processed in Photoshop.
I have just discovered this picture made it to explore for 25 July. Yay. Thanks.
This picture was taken at Giants Causeway, a World Heritage Site in Co Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Converted into black and white in photoshop and tweaked to increase contrast and create a vignette.
Jotunheimen, Norway - August 24, 2013: Female hiker - with a backpack, baseball cap, red jacket, athletic tights and hiking boots - viewed from a distance - on a rocky hiking trail - under a moody sky - in Jotunheimen National Park in the summer.
Just thought I would throw in an image from a recent visit to Palo Duro Canyon. This was taken about an hour before the "supermoon" rise of a couple weeks ago.
Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment, located in the Texas Panhandle near the city of Amarillo, Texas. As the second largest canyon in the United States, it is roughly 120 mi long and has an average width of 6.2 mi, but reaches a width of 20 mi at places. Its depth is around 820 ft, but in some locations it can increase up to 997 ft. Palo Duro Canyon has been named "The Grand Canyon of Texas" both for its size and for its dramatic geological features, including the multicolored layers of rock and steep mesa walls similar to those in the Grand Canyon.
Interesting toadstool rock formation along the Toadstools trail - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
One of the Buttertubs Potholes, located beside the road between Simonstone, near Hawes in Wensleydale and Thwaite in Swaledale.
They range from between 20ft and 80ft in depth, sheer drops like the inside of a chimney.
Red Rock and Sandstone formations along the Toadstools trail in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah
Panum Crater. This small volcanic cone is the northernmost and youngest of a chain of 30 craters aligned along a fissure extending more than 10 miles. The fissure is probably one of the faults in the Sierra Nevada system. Panum is a nearly perfect rhyolitic plug-dome volcano, comprised of a cone of tuff, pumice and ash with a central plug of obsidian, formed during an eruption about 600 years ago. Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve. Near Lee Vining, Mono Co., Calif.
Jotunheimen, Norway - August 25, 2013: A hiker (male senior citizen) on hiking trail passes a small waterfall near Fondsbu on the outskirts of Jotunheimen National Park
Interesting toadstool rock formation along the Toadstools trail - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
Mead Stream Area: here we find a major geological feature...a layer of iridium in the rock, evidence of a massive astroid impact at the Yucatan Peninsular some 65 million years ago which mayhave caused the extinction of dinosaurs.
Located in alpine reserve in the Inland Kaikoura ranges, Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku, (2885m) is the sacred mountain of the Kurahaupo tribes of Marlborough. The story of its origins dates back to AD825, when two chiefs, Makautere and Tapuae-o-Uenuku, were searching for food-gathering places along the Kaikoura coast and inland. The Waiau-Toa and Waiau-Uwha Rivers reminded Tapuae-o-Uenuku of the tears of his wife, left behind in Hawaiki. The mountain near where the two rivers meet during the spring thaw, bears the chief's name.
New Zealand's Most famous Mountaineer Remembered his first Mountain
Throughout his life Hillary remembered the first mountain he climbed, the 9,645-foot Mount Tapuaenuku -- Tappy as he called it -- in Marlborough on New Zealand's South Island. He scaled it solo over three days in 1944, while in training camp with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II.
I'd climbed a decent mountain at last he said later. Like all good mountaineers before him, Hillary had no special insight into that quintessential question: Why climb? I can't give you any fresh answers to why a man climbs mountains. The majority still go just to climb them.
Semi-alpine river meadows of Molesworth Station. Conservation, farming and recreation go hand in hand at Molesworth, New Zealand's largest farm. The 180,787 hectare station runs the country's biggest herd of beef cattle, numbering up to 10,000. (Dept. of Conservation NZ)
A geologist's or rock-hound's paradise... A history of glaciation can be read in the landscape of terminal and lateral moraines, glacial outwash plains, hanging valleys and waterfalls, cirque basins, tarns and arêtes.
Several major active faultlines transect the property causing mountain uplift and more recently triggering landslides and rockfalls.
Muzzle Station, one of the mosted isolated farms in New Zealand is on the western side of the Clarence River.
Located in alpine reserve in the Inland Kaikoura ranges, Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku,(2885m) is the sacred mountain of the Kurahaupo tribes of Marlborough. The story of its origins dates back to AD825, when two chiefs, Makautere and Tapuae-o-Uenuku, were searching for food-gathering places along the Kaikoura coast and inland. The Waiau-Toa and Waiau-Uwha Rivers reminded Tapuae-o-Uenuku of the tears of his wife, left behind in Hawaiki. The mountain near where the two rivers meet during the spring thaw, bears the chief's name.
New Zealand's Most famous Mountaineer Remembered his first Mountain
Throughout his life Hillary remembered the first mountain he climbed, the 9,645-foot Mount Tapuaenuku -- Tappy as he called it -- in Marlborough on New Zealand's South Island. He scaled it solo over three days in 1944, while in training camp with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II.
I'd climbed a decent mountain at last he said later. Like all good mountaineers before him, Hillary had no special insight into that quintessential question: Why climb? I can't give you any fresh answers to why a man climbs mountains. The majority still go just to climb them.
Mead Stream Area: here we find a major geological feature...a layer of iridium in the rock, evidence of a massive astroid impact at the Yucatan Peninsular some 65 million years ago which mayhave caused the extinction of dinosaurs.
During our cruise of Loch Dunvegan, Skye, I took this shot of some natural arches in the cliffs. I converted to b&w to highlight the textures and detail in the rock.
I struggled to get this image to look straight, and although it seemed straight on processing, looking at it again now, I'm not 100% convinced!
View from Jam campsite. Located in alpine reserve in the Inland Kaikoura ranges, Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku,(2885m) is the sacred mountain of the Kurahaupo tribes of Marlborough. The story of its origins dates back to AD825, when two chiefs, Makautere and Tapuae-o-Uenuku, were searching for food-gathering places along the Kaikoura coast and inland. The Waiau-Toa and Waiau-Uwha Rivers reminded Tapuae-o-Uenuku of the tears of his wife, left behind in Hawaiki. The mountain near where the two rivers meet during the spring thaw, bears the chief's name.
New Zealand's Most famous Mountaineer Remembered his first Mountain
Throughout his life Hillary remembered the first mountain he climbed, the 9,645-foot Mount Tapuaenuku -- Tappy as he called it -- in Marlborough on New Zealand's South Island. He scaled it solo over three days in 1944, while in training camp with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II.
I'd climbed a decent mountain at last he said later. Like all good mountaineers before him, Hillary had no special insight into that quintessential question: Why climb? I can't give you any fresh answers to why a man climbs mountains. The majority still go just to climb them.
Located in alpine reserve in the Inland Kaikoura ranges, Mount Tapuae-o-Uenuku,(2885m) is the sacred mountain of the Kurahaupo tribes of Marlborough. The story of its origins dates back to AD825, when two chiefs, Makautere and Tapuae-o-Uenuku, were searching for food-gathering places along the Kaikoura coast and inland. The Waiau-Toa and Waiau-Uwha Rivers reminded Tapuae-o-Uenuku of the tears of his wife, left behind in Hawaiki. The mountain near where the two rivers meet during the spring thaw, bears the chief's name.
New Zealand's Most famous Mountaineer Remembered his first Mountain
Throughout his life Hillary remembered the first mountain he climbed, the 9,645-foot Mount Tapuaenuku -- Tappy as he called it -- in Marlborough on New Zealand's South Island. He scaled it solo over three days in 1944, while in training camp with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during World War II.
I'd climbed a decent mountain at last he said later. Like all good mountaineers before him, Hillary had no special insight into that quintessential question: Why climb? I can't give you any fresh answers to why a man climbs mountains. The majority still go just to climb them.
Mead Stream Area: here we find a major geological feature...a layer of iridium in the rock, evidence of a massive astroid impact at the Yucatan Peninsular some 65 million years ago which mayhave caused the extinction of dinosaurs.