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Poike, the oldest volcano:
The Poike volcano was the first piece of land that emerged from the sea and, together with subsequent volcanic eruptions, formed the present territory of Easter Island. Its somewhat remote and isolated location and its difficult access make Poike a little-visited place. However, this mysterious territory contains secret corners and ancient legends that invite to discover it calmly and to know better the past of the island.
Poike, the first volcano on the island:
The name of Poike, usually translated by “hill”, seems to come from the Rapanui expression “Po” (night); “ike” (break) which means “place where the night breaks” because it is the first place on the island that receives the first rays of the rising sun.
Indeed, the Poike is located at the eastern end of Easter Island, and is the oldest of the three main volcanoes on the island, next to the Rano Kau and the Ma’unga Terevaka, which originated their formation. It is estimated that this first eruptive center emerged from the sea about 3 million years ago creating the so-called Poike Peninsula, although its activity was maintained until about 300 thousand years ago. Originally this peninsula was an island but later it was joined to the main body of the island, by lava flows coming from the Terevaka and other nearby volcanic centers.
The Poike is now an inactive volcano with a fairly symmetrical cone shape. The main crater has a circular shape and by its resemblance to a halo of sun or moon was called Pua Katiki, although in another version its name would mean “hill that serves to monitor the cattle.” Unlike other craters, this is totally dry and measures around 150 meters in diameter and about 10 meters deep. Inside a small eucalyptus forest grows that crowns the summit like a leafy green plume visible from afar.
From Pua Katiki, where the Poike reaches a maximum height of 460 meters, a wide plain of gentle slope is observed. which covers an area of about 4.5 km from east to west and 3.5 km from north to south. This large area, almost exclusively covered by a type of grass called here hoi (Sporobolus indicus), ends abruptly on 100-meter-high coastal cliffs formed by the continuous erosion of the sea on the Poike peninsula.
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For some unknown reason, during the period of construction of the large statues, considered the golden age of the island, it is believed that the inhabitants of the Poike peninsula remained separate from the others and hardly participated in the work of carving in the quarries of Rano Raraku.
One proof of its isolation is that only two of the statues found in the Poike are made of the lapilli tuff of the Rano Raraku, while the rest of the statues were made of the white trachyte coming from the Poike deposits.
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21km northeast of Hanga Roa.
When I discovered these grandiose trees, which thrive on bare rock in the middle of the river, during my hike through the beautiful Triebtal in Saxony, I was immediately hooked.
However, I was on the other side of the river at the time and I just couldn't get an appealing composition from there.
So I walked back another kilometer to the next bridge in the hope that the other perspective would bring the breakthrough. I think it was worth it.
Of course, a higher position would have been even better. However, that could not be set up.
Als ich bei meiner Wanderung durchs wunderschöne Triebtal in Sachsen diese grandiosen Bäume entdeckte, die Mitten im Fluß auf nacktem Fels gedeihen, war ich sofort Feuer und Flamme.
Allerdings befand ich mich zu diesem Zeitpunkt auf der anderen Seite des Flusses und es ist mir von dort einfach keine ansprechende Komposition gelungen.
Also bin ich nochmal einen Kilometer zurück bis zur nächsten Brücke gelaufen in der Hoffnung, dass die andere Perspektive den Durchbruch bringt. Ich denke, das hat sich gelohnt.
Eine höhere Position wäre natürlich noch besser gewesen. Das lies sich jedoch nicht einrichten.
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Janjehli had a lot to offer to nature lovers and admirers of beauty. It had rained the whole day and it was at night that I clicked this shot of a beautiful yellow rose bud with a hint of red on its petals and another totally unopened bud covered in droplets of rain water with a pitch dark background where the buds are looking so well defined and so pretty giving the tiniest detail of the buds and the stem!
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Happisburgh (pronounced "Haysbro") lighthouse.
Happisburgh Lighthouse is the oldest working light in East Anglia, and the only independently run lighthouse in Great Britain.
Built in 1790, orginally one of a pair – the tower is 85ft tall and the lantern is 134ft above sea level. The ‘low light’ which was discontinued in 1883 was 20ft lower and the pair formed leading lights marking safe passage around the southern end of the treacherous Haisborough Sands.
Today the lighthouse is painted white with three red bands, and has a light charcteristic of Fl (3) W 30s (3 white flashes, repeated every 30secs) with a range of 18 miles.
Saved as a working light by the local community, it is maintained and operated entirely by voluntary contributions.
This group of 4 images is from a recent trip to downtown Tacoma, WA as a chaperone for the local high school photography class on a field trip. My main interests as a photographer are Landscape and Wildlife but it was quite enjoyable to visit an urban environment and see life from a different perspective.
I found this location super hard to get a decent photo of. Super harsh bright daylight, the amount of safety barriers and rope, the number of tourists, a tele lens would of been nice. I should of read a bit more research about this location before rocking up... - And on top of that the stench of gasses being emitted from the active terrain is enough to turn any stomach. Def looking forward to having another go at this place in the future.
Still, one of the most surreal and alien looking landscapes I've ever seen!
Located along the Alpine Walking Trail just south of the Falls Creek alpine resort on the Bogong High Plains.
This part of Silica pond at Scunthorpe is pretty much stagnant used only as an overflow from the main pond.Taken with NightCap. Long Exposure mode, 8.81 second exposure, 1/215s shutter speed.
The four-spotted chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata), known in North America as the four-spotted skimmer, is a dragonfly of the family Libellulidae found widely throughout Europe, Asia, and North America.
The adult stage is found between April to early September in the United Kingdom, and from mid-May to mid-August in Ireland. Larvae have a two-year developmental cycle. Adults feed predominantly on mosquitoes, gnats, and midges the larvae feed primarily on other aquatic insect larvae and on tadpoles.
The male is considered to be highly aggressive and will defend a given territory from incursions from other males of the species. The male is known to form preferences for prominent perches and will often return to the same perches around the margins of pools and ponds whilst it patrols for intruders. Males have a favourable view of the sky during perching. They look toward a section of the sky away from the sun, with less radiation but a higher UV and blue-violet saturation. Thus, the fovea of the eyes, which is sensitive to blue and UV radiation, is optimally suited to the detection of flying insects against the blue sky.[3] Both sexes are prolific fliers, and mating takes place in the air, rather than on perches or amongst the vegetation. The female lays her eggs on floating vegetation. They tend to be easier to approach than Broad-bodied Chasers.
Number 5 in this weeks theme for me Isolated Objects. Taken on a sunny but windy beach at Seaford, East Sussex, UK.
A Tule Elk bull, cow and youngster on a foggy morning near the San Luis Reservoir in California.
From the National Park Service:
" The tule elk (Cervus canadensis nannodes) is one of two subspecies of elk native to California. Its numbers were severely reduced in the mid-1800s, primarily due to uncontrolled market hunting and displacement by cattle. By some accounts, fewer than thirty remained in a single herd near Bakersfield in the mid-1870s. A conservation minded cattle rancher named Henry Miller had the foresight to preserve this last isolated group discovered on his ranch in 1874. Until this discovery, tule elk were thought to be extinct. All of the estimated 5,700 tule elk present in twenty-two herds across California (as of 2020) were derived from this small remnant herd, thanks to his initial efforts."
Thanks Henry!
“There are moments when I wish I could roll back the clock and take all the sadness away, but I have the feeling that if I did, the joy would be gone as well.”
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember
Picture captured at the wonderful Wonderland 2.0 SIM
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With a lockdown in place it is against the rules for me to go to places I like to shoot, so I though I would try to create a series called Isolated creativity. The series is not intended to be a diary but a way of documenting thoughts and emotions via photography.
Time can play tricks on us all, particularly when we are anxious, excited, bored or lonely and the massive change in the daily routines of many of us has only made this worst.
So whilst we fill our days with activities it is important that we remember those on their own and contact them, so at least some of their minutes tick by quicker.
February 2019
Going back through old photos again. I do miss having a plan to go out further than just a few miles.
A Farmhouse just off the great ridge near Mam Tor. I would like to think think the residents have only seen a handful of people during the lock down but i doubt it.