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.The Blue Grotto in Malta is possibly the most scenic spot on the island. It blends natural caves with the bluest of blue water and can be experienced from a distance as well as up close.
Location: Kings Domain, near the Royal Botanical Gardens This feature, funded by public subscription, encompasses stonewalls and pathways in a leafy glade and fernery. It provides a tranquil setting within the Kings Domain. Water cascades through a series of features into a cement grotto, then flows into a series of circular pools. When the water feature is running, bridges and pathways provide meandering walkways around the pools.
The less visited Southeast part of Malta is home to some of the islands’ most extraordinary sites, which should definitely make it onto the ‘must-see’ list of any foreign visitor. One of these locations is none other than the magnificent Blue Grotto.
This popular site attracts over 100,000 visitors per year, with tourists flocking here to see the amazing grotto via local boat trips. It’s also an extremely popular diving and snorkelling spot, with very clear, clean and deep waters.
The most distinctive feature of Grotto Geyser is its cone, which is over six feet high , has one section missing and includes several calcified trees, giving the appearance of a ring of pinnacles surrounding the vent, all usually partly obscured by steam. The geyser was one of the first seven in the basin to be given an official name, in 1870. Eruptions of Grotto Geyser last between one hour and one day, separated by around eight hours. The height is usually not great, around ten feet, but the spectacle is made more impressive by the elegant cone. The vent is surrounded by shallow pools and intricate sinter formations.
Hot spring in the Upper Geyser Basin of Yellowstone National Park.
Rose Grotto is a creative version of a macro photograph of a rose. It was made both in Photoshop and in Ultra Fractal 6, with the waves being made with a mathematical formula called 'Complete Lake'
Yes, I am back to waterfalls. This is one of my favorite falls in the Smokies, it is on the Trillium Gap Trail that leads to Mt. Leconte. Below is one of the Black Bears we saw on the trail to tho summit.
Yellowstone's Upper Geyser Basin Grotto Geyser.
Grotto Geyser is perhaps the most unusual of Yellowstone’s geysers. Geologists believe that hundreds (or thousands) of years ago, Grotto Geyser emerged in a stand of dead or dying trees and, through time, deposited layer upon layer of siliceous sinter (silica) over the stumps and branches.
You can get a feel for it's size with the approaching hikers on the right adding some scale.
Another angle on this special geyser in the comments.
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The Grotto, commissioned by Henry Hoare and built by Henry Flitcroft, was constructed in 1748. It is a large domed rocky chamber with anterooms lined with flint, pebbles and tufa.
There are no shells here. The stones, some possibly volcanic, were brought over to England from Italy.
Grottos were popular in Italian Renaissance gardens as places of retreat from summer heat.
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The Grotto is a cave with a natural pool of clear blue water and Indian Head Cove is a scenic inlet located next to the Grotto. This is an excellent place to hike. This time of year, there are not many people around the trails.
Grotta di Lord Byron and that's Doria Castle in the upper-right of the image.
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The Rosh HaNikra grottoes are cavernous tunnels formed by sea action on the soft chalk rock. The total length is some 200 meters. They branch off in various directions with some interconnecting segments.
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The Grottos is a trail off Independence Pass outside of Aspen, Colorado. Beautiful place. Used a 9-stop ND filter to get some blur on this cascade in the mid-day light.
Kuskovo was the summer country house and estate of the Sheremetev family.
Built in the mid-18th century
Grotto in summer :
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View from the Cliff Path Walking Trail at Voëlklip towards the Grotto Beach, a few moments before sunset
What was once a window with a view is now a grotto that sees to the needs of the street. If you have something leave it, if you need something take it.
Grotto Geyser erupting along the Upper Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. Really cool! I watched this thing spew out water and steam for about 30 minutes. The rock formation on the right almost looks like a man with a moustache and hat resting with his head propped up, facing to the left. Or maybe it was those geyser fumes that has me imagining things!
We attempted to travel through Grotto Canyon. Helpful people installed a ladder at the first major drop. Unfortunately, they did not put a ladder at the next drop, so we didn't get very far.
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The grotto at Painshill Park was built between 1760 and 1769 and is decorated with naturalistic crystals and limestone formations. It fell into disrepair in the 1940s and was finally restored between 2012 and 2013 using paintings from 1770 as a guide
Not really a grotto, but, in cold winter, the sylvan feel of Crooked Creek and its surroundings exuded Arcadian seclusion. We tarried awhile.
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Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area
DeKalb County (Stonecrest), Georgia, USA.
26 January 2023.
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These icicles were a small part of a massive group hanging over a natural grotto formed from groundwater seeps and surface runoff.
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Grotto Geyser est un geyser de type « fontaine » situé dans le Upper Geyser Basin dans le parc national de Yellowstone aux États-Unis.
Grotto est également le nom porté par le groupe de geysers qui comprend Grotto Fountain Geyser, South Grotto Fountain Geyser, Indicator Spring, Spa Geyser et Rocket Geyser.
Grotto entre en éruption environ toutes les 8 heures. L'intervalle entre les éruptions est plus long après une éruption plus longue. Les éruptions font environ 3,0 m de haut et peuvent durer entre 1 heure et plus de 10 heures, bien qu'il y ait déjà eu des éruptions qui ont duré plus de 26 heures.
Ses éruptions sont généralement précédées d'une éruption de Grotto Fountain Geyser. Après une courte éruption, qui dure entre 1 et 2 heures, Rocket a généralement une éruption majeure. Environ les trois quarts des éruptions de Grotto sont courtes. Grotto et Rocket entrent ensemble en éruption. Quand les éruptions de Grotto sont longues, c'est-à-dire entre 6 et 12 heures, c'est Spa au lieu de Rocket qui entre en éruption
D'après diapositive de juillet 1985.
Dungeon Provincial Park is home to The Dungeon, which is a natural rock formation where over many, many years waves had carved out two sea caves next to each other. Eventually, the rock got eroded away so much that the 'roof' of the caves collapsed, exposing the beautiful archway that you see today.