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I had the day off on Wednesday and made an impromptu excursion to a place I'd never been. WTA had it as a level five mile in and out with a waterfall for a payoff. Cool, I'm up for that. I don't know how many miles it was but I think I nearly doubled the five looking at the many beauties of the Little Mashel River. Tough place to photograph due to brush and trees and the narrowest of muddy (I mean quagmire) trails plus it rained most of the time which meant hand held with an umbrella in the left hand over the camera. :-) Once again the pics do nothing to represent the awe inspired here, the place is just magnificent. the roar and wind from the falls right here is indescribable, mostly because, as I'd soon discover, there is a much larger one around the hidden corner.... :-) Have I mentioned how much I love living in a rain forest? :)
Blow this up and climb inside, seriously lots going on in here.
Happy Waterfall Wednesday! Here is a completely unoriginal shot of Lower Yosemite Falls. Regardless, this such an awesome sight to see, and hard to resist when in the valley. Hope you enjoy!
Just out a hot bath when my aurora app sounded... go out in the freezing cold with my camera?? Oh yes indeed!
Mist and clouds rolled down from Upper Neuadd :-) Happy sunrise !!!!
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This was taken from the bridge at the base of the falls, accessed by a short hike up from the parking lot. Raincoats for me and my camera -- the spray was pretty wild! Processed with Nik Silver Efex Pro with antique tones.
In fading light two QJ's work the lower horseshoe in Simingyi blasting east with two perfect plumes.
Bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges gehörte das Dorf Konau hinter dem Elbdeich zum Landkreis Lüneburg, nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg erfolgte wegen der fehlenden Brücke über die Elbe mit entsprechend zu erwartenden Versorgungsschwierigkeiten aus praktischen Gründen im Juli 1945 eine Übergabe an die sowjetische Besatzungszone und daraus folgend die spätere Zugehörigkeit Konaus zur DDR. Durch die Lage im so genannten Schutzstreifen der DDR-Grenze blieb die für die Siedlungsgeschichte an der Elbe typische Marschhufenbebauung im Ort bis heute erhalten. Nach der deutschen Wiedervereinigung wechselte Konau wieder nach Niedersachsen in den Landkreis Lüneburg zurück.
Until the end of the Second World War, the village of Konau, located behind the Elbe dyke, belonged to the Lüneburg district. After the Second World War, due to the lack of a bridge over the Elbe and the associated supply difficulties, it was handed over to the Soviet occupation zone in July 1945 for practical reasons, and Konau subsequently became part of the GDR. Due to its location in the so-called protective strip of the GDR border, the village has retained the typical building style for the history of settlement on the Elbe to this day. After German reunification, Konau returned to Lower Saxony in the Lüneburg district.
The lower cascade of the South Falls at Silver Falls State Park, Marion County, Oregon. The trail offers several viewpoints of this waterfall as you descend, and leads right behind the waterfall. It was late in the day when we made it to the park and the waterfall was completely in the shade, but the sun lit up some fall foliage behind the fall.
This is the lower falls in Letchworth State Park and is definitely just as nice as the middle, just not as tall
A medium-sized dark-backed albatross with pale underwings outlined by a narrow dark border and a dark notch in the armpit. The adult has a whitish head with grayish cheeks that give it a “white-capped” appearance. The gray-green bill has a yellowish tip to both mandibles. Juveniles are grayer on the head with gray bills. The species breeds on islands off Tasmania and New Zealand but disperses widely across the southern Oceans between 15 and 60°S, where it is a frequently encountered pelagic seabird. Similar albatrosses have a dark-tipped (not pale-tipped) lower half to the bill, and Salvin’s Albatross has a pale gray head and Chatham Albatross a slaty-gray head, further differentiating them from White-capped Albatross. Juveniles of these three are very difficult to separate. (eBird)
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By far the most frequently seen albatraoss of our trip. Usually seen gliding effortlessly over the ocean, this one decided to join the fun of our albatross hunt. He is one of the four species that we found that day.
Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand. March 2024.
Roadrunner Birding Tours.
Albatross Encounter.
This primeval scene is beside the Natchez Trace Parkway at mile 122, east of Canton, Mississippi. The National Park Service has provided a nice boardwalk to help the visitor experience this silent and gloomy place. In the lower right a few cypress knees can be seen protruding upward out of the water.
A cypress knee is a distinctive structure forming above the roots of a cypress tree of any of various species of the subfamily Taxodioideae. Their function is unknown, but they are generally seen on trees growing in swamps. Some current hypotheses state that they might help to aerate the tree's roots, create a barrier to catch sediment and reduce erosion, assist in anchoring the tree in the soft and muddy soil, or any combination thereof. (Source: Wikipedia)
Many years ago, the Pearl River flowed here but then changed course. A shallow area was created by the deposition of sediments as the river retreated. During periodic low water, seedlings of water-tolerant cypress and tupelo trees gained a foothold. The trees you see today are a result. Water tupelo and bald cypress trees can live in deep water for long periods. After taking root in the summer when the swamp is nearly dry, the seedlings can stay alive in water deep enough to kill other plants. (Source: www.nps.gov/places/cypress-swamp.htm)
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It was a busy location, and it wasn’t easy getting a spot to shoot from. I finally waited long enough to get this shot.
The Motorman of a trolley at San José History Park, lowering the boom at one end before raising the boom at the other end so he can go back the way he came.
Here's an image from Lower Antelope slot canyon, a truly magical place. The only problem is that it is so magical, that it's overwhelmingly crowded with very limited time to photograph and it somewhat takes the joy out of the experience. There are some other slots in the area, not as magical but also not as crowded. I'm saving more shots from this trip for another time.