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Nature has endowed the relief of this vast rock formation with incredible colors. In Spanish, the Valle del Arcoiris means "Valley of the Rainbow", a name worthy of this grandiose landscape of red, white, yellow and brown cliffs standing out against the blue sky. This emblematic site of San Pedro de Atacama attracts visitors from all over the world to admire its splendid colors.
In a city surrounded by dramatic terrain, Moon Valley is a showpiece of the region. Tall, tan-coloured pinnacles rise up from the eroded hillside, creating a maze of otherworldly geological formations.
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Would you like your mind to be blown away by world class scenery? Do you believe your own eyes? Do you see what I see? The chimney? The clouds?
Early in the morning, the clouds create phenomenal patterns which can be perceived as clouds blown up through the chimney!!! You can experience it yourself while visiting Courthouse Towers, Arches National Park, in Utah.
Santiago Island has the biggest and longest lava flow, which is located in Sullivan Bay. Geologically speaking, this island is one of the most beautiful and unbelievable formations. The vast basaltic landscape performs smooth and unbroken surfaces with undulations and nods formed by the fluid lava that created the sculpture. It is located on the central west of the archipelago and is formed by two overlapping volcanoes. It is the 4th biggest of the Galapagos archipelago.
En las Bardenas Reales no está permitido fotografiar de noche. Esta imagen fue tomada sobre las once de la mañana.
El aspecto de hora azul se ha conseguido mediante procesado digital.
Las Bardenas Reales de Navarra son una superficie extraterrestre fabricada en la Tierra por la conjunción de un terreno compuesto por arcillas, yesos y areniscas, que se extienden a lo largo y ancho de 42.000 hectáreas por el Sureste de Navarra y tres términos municipales de Aragón.
El agua y el viento han hecho, a lo largo de los siglos, que esa superficie rugosa, redondeada, con formaciones y surcos que parecen gigantescas venas, hayan ido conformando un paisaje que nos recuerde invariablemente el aspecto de las imágenes que hemos ido conociendo de la luna, Marte y otros planetas del sistema solar a los que el hombre ha ido enviando sucesivas expediciones, para fotografiarlos y conocer sus características físico-químicas.
Sabía desde hacía muchos años que experimentaría sensaciones peculiares cuando lograse visitar ese lugar... Y no me defraudó.
Si existe en la mente humana algo parecido al sentimiento de "soledad cósmica", esas dos palabras puestas una junto a la otra son las más precisas que se me ocurren para definir cómo me sentí durante el tiempo que pasé allí.
Pero hubo más.
Me sentí tan impelido a recorrer caminos y más caminos que, cuando llegó el momento, confieso que me costó salir de allí. Y no porque me hubiese perdido, sino porque alguna fuerza que desconozco me empujaba a quedarme y seguir recorriéndolos.
En ningún momento exerimenté ninguna sensación parecida al miedo, pero sí estuve permenentemente imbuido en una especie de seguridad de que estaba recorriendo una tierra "viva", que en algunos momentos me dio la impresión de estar en un casi imperceptible movimiento.
Contaré más anécdotas de aquellas dos jornadas en próximas imágenes... Y volveré allí, SEGURO!!!
Música recomendada: "The Song of the Wind". Santana.
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Arches National Park is located on the Colorado River 4 miles north of Moab, Utah.
Here now a colour version of Dynjandi waterfall (Dynjandi meaning "The Thundering One) in Iceland's Westfjords which is actually a series of waterfalls and only the largest, upper part is named Dynjandi. Due to the perspective there are only two falls visible but there are seveal other smaller ones in between. All of them together provide a drop of the water of over 100 metres.
Iceland lies upon two tectonic plates, the American and the Mid-Atlantic one and those plates are moving creating a rift zone where they are drifting apart from each other. The position of that rift zone within Iceland has moved over the passage of millions of years. The mountain you see is Vatnsdalsfjall (the Lake Valley Mountain) located in Northwest Iceland where once that rift zone was located about 7 million years ago. The tall mountains you see are geological features that were folded up through the rift zone while the small hills in Vatnsdalur are not related to a old rift, but were formed in a huge rockslide down the sides of the mountains towering the valley. A very interesting and beautiful place to visit. (thanks for the information goes to Daníel Freyr Jónsson)
Happy Fence Friday!
Formado con las aguas del río Alberche, discurre por los municipios avileños de El Tiemblo, El Barraco y Navaluenga.
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When you hike in Arches National Park you can meet lot's of hikers, all kinds of them, from all over the world. What I did not expect was to find a hiking tree, right! Hiking tree! Just look at it! It's so fascinating!
River Skjálfandafljót rushing along its very picturesque canyon right after plunging down 30 metres creating Godafoss waterfall. The whole setting is so utterly beautiful, it is definitely worth not just photographing the waterfall but to hike a bit along this river which has created a formidable landscape since the last ice age.
The river Skjálfandafljót after dropping down into this gorge, forming the Godafoss, continues its turbulent way through wild Icelandic Highlands. Here a capture from early May.
Another panorama, just for You! It is an amazing place for hikers and photographers!!!! Enjoy it! Thanks for all views, faves and comments!
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We recently spent our vacation at Grundy Lake Provincial Park in Canada. The view from our canoe trip was awesome!!!!
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Today, I’m taking you to an absolutely stunning place to visit, to see it and experience something that is unlike anywhere else on the earth, so incredibly spectacular, especially when hiking down into the canyon, where history is written in the stone. If you have an occasion, head for several hikes, and I promise, you will not be disappointed! Enjoy this picturesque scene right here!! Utah, the beautiful!
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An absolutely stunning place to visit, see and experience. It's unlike anywhere else on the earth, so incredibly spectacular, and full of colours and history written in the stone. We spent 5 days here, and I wish we had more time for all the picturesque sites to visit here!! It's a hard work for a photographer at this place, as you get the rush to see it all at the best time of a day!!! Lot's of driving back and forth to see it all. :)
Nature has endowed the relief of this vast rock formation with incredible colors. In Spanish, the Valle del Arcoiris means "Valley of the Rainbow", a name worthy of this grandiose landscape of red, white, yellow and brown cliffs standing out against the blue sky. This emblematic site of San Pedro de Atacama attracts visitors from all over the world to admire its splendid colors.
Jökulsárgljúfur river canyon in Central-North Iceland is a magnificent example of the raw creatve powers of our planet. The entire canyon displays the most stunning structures of columnar basalt at an incredible expense of landscape. It was created by the joint work of Earth folding up an entiremountain range and the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river grinding its path through it. At one ramification of this canyon there is Dettifoss, supposedly Europe's most powerful waterfall and at another end is Selfoss, another superb example of Icelandic waterfalls.
rockface along the canyon formed by the river Skjálfandafljót after forming the amazing Goðafoss in Iceland's Highlands. The canyon is formed by incredible bands of torn and twisted columnar basalt which makes the whole scenario even more interesting and beautiful.
Happy Textural Tuesday!
Nature has endowed the relief of this vast rock formation with incredible colors. In Spanish, the Valle del Arcoiris means "Valley of the Rainbow", a name worthy of this grandiose landscape of red, white, yellow and brown cliffs standing out against the blue sky. This emblematic site of San Pedro de Atacama attracts visitors from all over the world to admire its splendid colors.
If you are in Las Vegas, don't miss out on this absolutely photo perfect day trip. Takes about an hour of drive from Vegas and you will never regret it. This park has many bizarre rock formations than any of the other parks I visited. The scenery is untouched over thousands of years. Petroglyphs left on rock wall by civilizations long ago. The colours of the different walls of the canyons and mountains is striking in contrast. Take many pictures, as you will probably never see such sights like this again. This area offers some of the most amazing scenery glowing with an unusually bright crimson color, where vivid colors are splashed on the oldest rock formations. Enjoy it!
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Camping backcountry at Clear Lake is a real delight. It pleases you with magnificent views of the lake. It is a great spot to put in your canoe, go for a paddle, and to get that shot. Enjoy it!
Thanks for your views, favs and comments.
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Nature has endowed the relief of this vast rock formation with incredible colors. In Spanish, the Valle del Arcoiris means "Valley of the Rainbow", a name worthy of this grandiose landscape of red, white, yellow and brown cliffs standing out against the blue sky. This emblematic site of San Pedro de Atacama attracts visitors from all over the world to admire its splendid colors.
A ¾ of a mile hike leads you through beautiful sandstone, to a natural phenomenon in the desert, the Fire Wave. This area offers some of the most amazing scenery glowing with an unusually bright crimson color, where vivid colors are splashed on the oldest rock formations. I was pleasantly surprised and captivated by its pristine beauty, peaceful surroundings, and picturesque landscape. Enjoy it!
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Nature has endowed the relief of this vast rock formation with incredible colors. In Spanish, the Valle del Arcoiris means "Valley of the Rainbow", a name worthy of this grandiose landscape of red, white, yellow and brown cliffs standing out against the blue sky. This emblematic site of San Pedro de Atacama attracts visitors from all over the world to admire its splendid colors.
Pakana Monks is a geological formation nearby Salar de Tara, in the Atacama desert, actually a mass of volcanic rock.
Nature has endowed the relief of this vast rock formation with incredible colors. In Spanish, the Valle del Arcoiris means "Valley of the Rainbow", a name worthy of this grandiose landscape of red, white, yellow and brown cliffs standing out against the blue sky. This emblematic site of San Pedro de Atacama attracts visitors from all over the world to admire its splendid colors.
mountain range along Snaefellsnes peninsula in Northwest Iceland. Their structures are unbelievably interesting and beautiful.
The scenic roads and panoramas in the Valley of Fire State Park, NV, are spectacular. We drove through the park, down deep valleys and up again, through rocky hills, walls and gorges, to experience these breathtaking views.
“The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.”
(J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring)
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Nature has endowed the relief of this vast rock formation with incredible colors. In Spanish, the Valle del Arcoiris means "Valley of the Rainbow", a name worthy of this grandiose landscape of red, white, yellow and brown cliffs standing out against the blue sky. This emblematic site of San Pedro de Atacama attracts visitors from all over the world to admire its splendid colors.
Colorado Springs is amazing with its natural landscapes beauty. Graden of the God is in the outskirts of Colorado Springs and can be seen on the way to Pike Peaks. This place is filled with people, constantly. I wanted a tribute photo to this place without any people or as little as it can be in the photos. I waited patiently for the right time and then I was able to take few photos.
Garden of the Gods is home to a plethora of geological and ecological rarities that make the park a prime site for nature lovers.
The garden's red rock formations were created during a geological upheaval along a natural fault line millions of years ago. Archaeological evidence shows that prehistoric people visited Garden of the Gods about 1330 BC. At about 250 BC, Native American people camped in the park; they are believed to have been attracted to wildlife and plant life in the area and used overhangs created by the rocks for shelter. Many native peoples have reported a connection to Garden of the Gods, including Apache, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Lakota, Pawnee, Shoshone, and Ute people.
Nature has endowed the relief of this vast rock formation with incredible colors. In Spanish, the Valle del Arcoiris means "Valley of the Rainbow", a name worthy of this grandiose landscape of red, white, yellow and brown cliffs standing out against the blue sky. This emblematic site of San Pedro de Atacama attracts visitors from all over the world to admire its splendid colors.