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Along the Upper Salmon River at low tide, Alma, New Brunswick, Canada. Alma is the Gateway to Fundy National Park.
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.
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.
Interesting toadstool rock formation along the Toadstools trail - Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
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.
Red Rock and Sandstone formations along the Toadstools trail in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah
A mountain cairn with the snow dusted Langdale Pikes in the background
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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 --Tappyas 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.
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.
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.
At first sight it looks like a broom but is in fact green ephedra (ephedra viridis) which is more closely related to pines and juniper.
Molesworth Station.
Molesworth is the source of the Clarence, Wairau and Acheron Rivers.
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.
The fluted Pillars of Hercules near Cerberus Rock in the Hagen Canyon area of Red Rock State Park, California. Date: 2012-04-01.
Semi-alpine river meadows of blue wild flowers, 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)
Waterpocket fold, Capitol Reef, Utah.
37°53'44.24"N
111° 1'52.82"W
on the way to Hawaii-- but the year is imprinted wrong!
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.
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.
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)
The morning sky changes bright colors over the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, in Chicago, Illinois. (5002)
Finally got round to processing a couple more shots that I took of this marvelous place.
© Andrew Fuller. This image remains the property of Andrew Fuller, and as such, may not be used or reproduced in any form, in part or in whole, without my prior, express permission.
Scenes photographed at Gunga Din site in the Alabama Hills. Camera Committee leaders, L to R: John Boyle, Alison Boyle, Allan Der.
Date: February 5, 2011.
Deep morning shadows....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."
Early morning light on Molesworth Station.
Molesworth is the source of the Clarence, Wairau and Acheron Rivers.
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.
Doing a bit of archive work, and stumbled upon a few shots from my Tesselated Pavement shoot. Thought I'd share these with you. I hope you like them.
A tessellated pavement is a rare erosional feature formed in flat-lying sedimentary rock formations that occurs on some ocean shores. It is so named because the rock has fractured into regular rectangular blocks that appear like tiles, or tessellations. The cracks (or joints) were formed when the rock fractured through the action of stress on the Earth's crust and were subsequently modified by sand and wave action.
The Tessellated Pavement at Eaglehawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula consists of two types of formations, a pan formation, and a loaf formation.
The pan formation is a series of concave depressions in the rock, and typically forms further away from the seashore. As a result, this part of the pavement dries out more at low tide, and allows salt crystals to develop further, resulting in salt forming on the surface, and eroding the surface more quickly than at the joints. As a result, the surface of the "pans" erodes more quickly, while the joints erode more slowly, resulting in the concave pan.
The loaf formations occur on the parts of the pavement closer to the seashore, and as a result, are immersed in water for longer. These parts of the pavement do not dry out as much, reducing the level of salt crystallisation. Water carries abrasive sand, and the water is typically channelled through the joints, resulting in the joints eroding faster than the rest of the pavement, resulting in loaf-like structures protruding.
© Andrew Fuller. This image remains the property of Andrew Fuller, and as such, may not be used or reproduced in any form, in part or in whole, without my prior, express permission.
Molesworth Station.
Molesworth is the source of the Clarence, Wairau and Acheron Rivers.
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.
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."