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The geological formation is known as the Petit Portal... photographed at the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Lake Superior Michigan.
The processing inspired by the TMI group challenge "In the Style of ... the HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL"
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Landscape Arch is the longest of the many natural rock arches located in the Arches National Park in Utah, United States. The arch is among many in the area known as Devil's Garden in the north area of the park.
The Natural Arch and Bridge Society (NABS) now considers the Landscape Arch to be the fifth longest natural arch in the world
Arches National Park, Moab, United States
September 2016
The "Narrows" are upstream from the main Zion Canyon, where the walls squeeze to slot canyon dimensions: 1,500 feet tall and as narrow as 30 feet wide in places. In these spots, the water flows from wall to wall so hiking it involves a lot of wading through the Virgin River
Zion National Park, Utah
United States
September 2016
The Courthouse Towers is a collection of tall stone columns located in Arches National Park.
This valley is the Park Avenue Trail, one of the first major attractions within Arches National Park. It is a one-mile trail that follows the bottom of a canyon at the feet of some of the park’s gigantic and well-known monoliths.
Arches National Park, Moab, United States
September 2016
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View of Monument Valley in Utah. Route 163 from 13 miles north of the Arizona–Utah border.
Typical photograph of this beautiful place at sunset.
Monument Valley, Utah, United States
September 2016
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When you get to a place like this, you can just stand, sit and enjoy the view.
These are the moments when you are able to feel your inner self. Total mindfulness.
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Ensimismado
Cuando llegas a un lugar como este, solo puedes pararte, sentarte y disfrutar de la vista.
Estos son los momentos en los que eres capaz de sentir tu yo más interior. Mindfulness total.
San Juan River, Utah, United States
September 2016
Light and shadow at the Grand Canyon, pictured here from the South Rim near to the start of the Bright Angel Trailhead.
Located in Arizona, Grand Canyon National Park encompasses 277 miles (446 km) of the Colorado River and adjacent uplands. The park is home to much of the immense Grand Canyon; a mile (1.6 km) deep, and up to 18 miles (29 km) wide. Layered bands of colorful rock reveal millions of years of geologic history. Grand Canyon is unmatched in the incomparable vistas it offers visitors from the rim.
September 2016
This place in Zion National Park is called The Narrows.
Zion Canyon is a deep and narrow gorge in southwestern Utah, United States, carved by the North Fork of the Virgin River. This river cut a narrow slot canyon through the Navajo Sandstone Formation
Zion National Park, Utah
United States
September 2016
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Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southwestern Utah in the United States. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon is a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks.
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
United States
September 2016
Båtsfjord, Norway.
An interbedded multicoloured series of violet and green mudstone, grey and pink sandstone, yellow
grey dolomite and grey limestone is extensively ex
posed in coastal cliffs in the western part of the Pers
fjorden syncline. Crinkled (?)algal lamination, desiccation cracks, 'birds eve' structures,
intraformational breccias, ripple cross-lamination,
(?)tepee structures, etc. may be observed. Shrinkage
cracks deformed by compaction, and sealed with calcite, are a widespread structure.
A sweeping panorama of Valle in Telemark, stitched from five drone shots and captured with a telephoto lens. Wisps of fog linger in the folds of the mountains and drift across the valley floor, softening the rugged contours of the Norwegian landscape. This serene view reveals the quiet rhythm of Setesdal, where winter’s breath meets the muted tones of early daylight.
Fun Fact I
Valle is the administrative center of Setesdal, a valley known for its rich cultural heritage and traditional crafts. The surrounding mountains are popular for hiking and skiing, offering dramatic vistas like this one—especially when fog creates a natural veil over the scenery.
Fun fact II:
Valle sits along one of Norway’s historic north–south travel corridors, used for centuries by traders and pilgrims moving between the coast and the high mountain plateaus.
Monument Valley meaning valley of the rocks. It is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes. It is located on the Arizona–Utah border, near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163.
This photograph is taken from a viewpoint which is located at the entrance of the park. It is a classic photograph of this fantastic place.
The interesting moment of the photograph is that at sunset, the shadow of the tower on the left is projected on the tower in the middle; achieving the effect of a hand with a separate finger.
Of course, when you go to take this photograph it will not be an easy task. You will find thousands of tourists who want to take a selfie.
In fact, if you look closely, you will see some shadows of some legs on the rock in the foreground on the right. These, I could no longer remove.
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Monument Valley que significa valle de las rocas. Es una región de la meseta de Colorado caracterizada por un grupo de vastas colinas de arenisca. Está ubicado en la frontera entre Arizona y Utah, cerca del área de Four Corners. El valle se encuentra dentro del rango de la Reserva de la Nación Navajo y es accesible desde la U.S. Highway 163.
Esta fotografía está tomada desde un mirador que está situado a la entrada del parque. Es una fotografía clásica de este fantástico lugar.
La gracia del momento de la fotografía, es que en el momento del ocaso, la sombra de la torre situada a la izquierda se proyecta sobre la torre del medio; consiguiendo el efecto de una mano con un dedo separado.
Por supuesto, cuando vayáis a hacer esta fotografía no será tarea fácil. Os encontrareis miles de turistas que querrán hacerse un selfie. Si os fijais bien vereis unas sombras de unas piernas en la roca del primer plano situada a la derecha. Estas, ya no las podía quitar.
Monument Valley, Utah, United States
September 2016
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Hoodoo
A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney, or earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badland. Hoodoos typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements. They generally form within sedimentary rock and volcanic rock formations.
Hoodoos are found mainly in the desert in dry, hot areas. In common usage, the difference between hoodoos and pinnacles (or spires) is that hoodoos have a variable thickness often described as having a "totem pole-shaped body". A spire, however, has a smoother profile or uniform thickness that tapers from the ground upward.
Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
United States
September 2016
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southwestern Utah in the United States. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon is a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks.
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
United States
September 2016
Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
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Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southwestern Utah in the United States. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon is a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks.
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
United States
September 2016
I'm setting up a folder specially for my pics of the fascinating area in Turkey known as Cappadocia. It is world famous for its natural geological formations, the most well known being the "fairy chimneys" at Pasabag, and the daily hot-air balloon rides. Although entirely natural in origins, there are many old man-made cave dwellings, churches and networks of tunnels as high/deep as 11 storeys carved out from some of the strange looking hills and terrain. Some of these man-made caves have been recently converted into boutique hotels and restaurants while most of them are left empty and unused. The biggest and tallest hill with those dwellings from days gone by is shown in this pic and is called the Uchisar Castle.
It's really amazing, don't you think?
Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona, USA
West and East Mitten Buttes (also known collectively as The Mittens) are two distinctive geological features found within the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park in northeast Navajo County, Arizona.
When viewed from the south, the buttes appear to be two gigantic mittens with their thumbs facing inwards.
The two buttes are about 0.6 miles (0.97 km) from the Arizona–Utah state line and West Mitten Butte is 1.1 miles (1.8 km) northeast of the park headquarters.
The summit of West Mitten Butte is 6,176 feet (1,882 m) and East Mitten Butte is 6,226 feet (1,898 m) in elevation.
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I decided to look at my digital archives, to recover and reprocess some old straight-out-of the point and shoot camera jpgs.
I'll post one picture every thursday, with the motto "Great places, bad cameras"
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Ho deciso di dare un'occhiata nei miei archivi digitali, recuperando e rielaborando vecchie foto dei miei viaggi riprese con fotocamere "Point and shoot".
Cercherò di postarne una ogni giovedì, all'insegna del motto "Great places, bad cameras"
Hiking between two glaciers and a volcano.
It is one of the most beautiful hiking trails in the country and a great destination for people into photography.
The Fimmvörðuháls (five-cairn trail) route is about 25km long including 1000m of climbing. It is the area between the Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull glaciers in the south of Iceland.
The starting point is normally by the fabulous and famous waterfall Skógafoss, and ends in the beautiful green valley Thorsmork.
Iceland. September 2015.
Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
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Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
Delicate Arch is a 16 m freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park, near Moab in Grand County, Utah, United States.
The arch is the most widely recognized landmark in Arches National Park.
Because of its distinctive shape, the arch was known as "the Chaps" and "the Schoolmarm's Bloomers" by local cowboys.
Without a doubt, it is one of the most photographed arches of this great park and the sunsets are especially crowded by photographers and tourists from all over the world. This is really quite a spectacle of great beauty.
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Delicate Arch es un arco natural independiente de 16 m ubicado en el Parque Nacional Arches, cerca de Moab, en el condado de Grand, Utah, Estados Unidos.
El arco es el hito más ampliamente reconocido en el Parque Nacional Arches.
Debido a su forma distintiva, el arco era conocido como "los Chaps" y "los Bloomers de Schoolmarm" por los vaqueros locales.
Sin duda, es uno de los arcos más fotografiados de este gran parque y las puestas de sol son especialmente concurridas por fotógrafos y turistas de todo el mundo.
El conjunto es realmente un espectaculo de gran belleza.
Arches National Park, Moab, United States
September 2016
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Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
WESTWORLD es el nombre de una sensacional serie de HBO, catalogada como distópica: término opuesto a utopía.
Fuera de términos literarios, este escenario es del parque nacional de Canyonlands, en Utah, Estados Unidos.
Este escenario ha sido el marco de diferentes películas, como Thelma y Louise.
El parque nacional de Canyonlands está representado por un relieve lleno de color que se ha erosionado en incontables cañones, mesas y buttes (cuellos volcánicos) por el río Colorado y sus afluentes, como el río Verde. Los ríos dividen el parque en cuatro zonas: 'the Island in the Sky', 'the Needles', 'the Maze' y los ríos. Los cuatro comparten una atmósfera desértica, pero cada uno tiene sus propias características.
Esta imagen está hecha desde 'the Island in the Sky' y lo que vemos son los meandros del Río Verde.
El escenario en conjunto me recuerda mucho a la serie 'WestWorld' por eso la he titulado así.
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WESTWORLD is the name of a sensational HBO series, cataloged as dystopian: a term opposite to utopia.
Outside of literary terms, this landscape is from Canyonlands National Park in Utah, United States.
This place has been the setting for different films, such as Thelma and Louise.
The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. The park is divided into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the combined rivers.
This image is made from 'the Island in the Sky' and you can see the meanders of the Green River.
The stage as a whole reminds me a lot of the series 'WestWorld' that's why I have titled it that way.
The Island in the Sky
Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah, United States
September 2016
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southwestern Utah in the United States. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon is a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks.
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
United States
September 2016
Esta frase está sacada de una entrevista que le hicieron a Pau Donés mientras le plantaba cara a la enfermedad que se lo llevó por delante:
"-¿Tienes miedo del futuro o prefieres vivir el presente y tirar para delante?
No quiero que mi presente sea el tiempo que pierdo pensando en el futuro, porque el futuro no existe. Vivir es urgente, así que vivamos el “ya”. Desde siempre vivo el presente con la mayor intensidad posible. En el libro (50 PALOS) hay un capítulo donde lo cuento bien."
Muchas veces no somos conscientes de lo que tenemos hasta que lo perdemos.
Vivamos la vida y disfrutemosla intensamente.
Mesa Arch
Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah, United States
September 2016
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The blue hour is the period of twilight when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon and residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade, which differs from the one visible during most of a clear day, which is caused by Rayleigh scattering.
The blue hour occurs when the Sun is far enough below the horizon so that the sunlight's blue wavelengths dominate due to the Chappuis absorption caused by ozone. Since the term is colloquial, it lacks an official definition similar to dawn, dusk, and the three stages of twilight. Rather, it refers to a state of natural lighting that usually occurs around the nautical stage of the twilight period (at dawn or dusk).
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La hora azul es el período del crepúsculo en el que el Sol se encuentra a una profundidad significativa por debajo del horizonte y la luz solar indirecta residual adquiere un tono predominantemente azul, que difiere del que se ve durante la mayor parte de un día despejado, que es causado por la dispersión de Rayleigh.
La hora azul ocurre cuando el Sol está lo suficientemente por debajo del horizonte para que dominen las longitudes de onda azules de la luz solar debido a la absorción de Chappuis causada por el ozono. Dado que el término es coloquial, carece de una definición oficial similar a amanecer, anochecer y las tres etapas del crepúsculo. Más bien, se refiere a un estado de iluminación natural que generalmente ocurre alrededor de la etapa náutica del período crepuscular (al amanecer o al atardecer).
Monument Valley, Utah, United States
September 2016
Captured as a full 360° drone panorama above Öyfossen in Valle, Setesdal, this scene reveals the Otra river carving its way through dense boreal forest, farmland, and rugged valley walls. Roads, water, and wilderness intertwine here, illustrating how human passage has followed the river’s course for centuries through southern Norway’s interior.
Fun fact: The Otra is Norway’s 8th-longest river, stretching over 245 km, and has historically been a vital transport route for timber floated downstream from Setesdal to the coast.
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Kodachrome Basin is a state park of Utah, USA. It is situated 5,800 feet above sea level, 12 miles south of Utah Route 12, and 20 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon National Park. If you want to get away from crowds, head to it for a short visit. If you are an amateur photographer like me, you will really love it. Standing at the point on the Angel's Palace Trail was a real highlight of our trip. The view from the top was spectacular and clouds played a big role that day, as we got there late in the day, perfect time for pictures before it started to get really dark. We could see most of Kodachrome. The picture I took, is one of the prettiest ones, I have from the trip, just because of the way the threatening dark blue sky looked against the pipes and other rock formations. The rocks and formations here are very different than anything we'd see so far.
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.
Western (genre)
Western is a genre of fiction set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the Western United States, which is styled the "Old West". Its stories commonly center on the life of a nomadic cowboy or gunfighter armed with a revolver and a rifle who rides a horse. Cowboys and gunslingers typically wear Stetson hats, neckerchief bandannas, vests, spurs, cowboy boots, and buckskins. Recurring characters include the aforementioned cowboys, Native Americans, Spaniards, Mexicans, bandits, lawmen, bounty hunters, outlaws, gamblers, soldiers, and settlers.
Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid, desolate landscape of deserts and mountains. Often, the vast landscape plays an important role, presenting a "mythic vision of the plains and deserts of the American West."
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El wéstern o películas del Oeste es un género de ficción ambientado principalmente en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX en el oeste de los Estados Unidos, que se conoce como el "Viejo Oeste". Sus historias generalmente se centran en la vida de un vaquero nómada o pistolero armado con un revólver y un rifle que monta a caballo. Los vaqueros y los pistoleros suelen usar sombreros Stetson, pañuelos de pañuelo, chalecos, espuelas, botas de vaquero y pieles de ante. Los personajes recurrentes incluyen los vaqueros, nativos americanos, españoles, mexicanos, bandidos, hombres de la ley, cazarrecompensas, forajidos, jugadores, soldados y colonos.
Los westerns a menudo enfatizan la dureza del desierto y con frecuencia establecen la acción en un paisaje árido y desolado de desiertos y montañas. A menudo, el vasto paisaje juega un papel importante, presentando una "visión mítica de las llanuras y desiertos del oeste americano".
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The Fimmvörðuháls Hiking Trail is a hiking between two glaciers and a volcano.
It is one of the most beautiful hiking trails in the country and a great destination for people into photography.
The Fimmvörðuháls (five-cairn trail) route is about 25km long including 1000m of climbing. It is the area between the Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull glaciers in the south of Iceland.
The starting point is normally by the fabulous and famous waterfall Skógafoss, and ends in the beautiful green valley Thorsmork.
Iceland. September 2015.