Utah

Its getting dark, and the light leaves the valley.

Sandstone Ocean. sandstone formations resembling waves in rough seas, colorful sandstone inside the lower antelope slot canyon near page, Arizona

Arizona

One of the many section of the Mira de Aire caves, the largest in Portugal. With 11km of extension.

This section carved by an underground river sometimes during heavy rains can be flooded.

This is two of the upper lakes in Plitvice Lakes National Park (Plitvicka Jezera Nacionaini Park), Croatia (Hrvatske).

With 16 named lakes and many smaller lakes and pools, this unique river system was created by natural processes. Due to the high mineral content of the water, dams formed that create the lakes as they travel down a steep valley and gorge. There are 12 upper lakes, 4 lower lakes and thousands of waterfalls many of which are spectacular. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Arizona

And a Haiku in thanks for your comments and views. Cheers.

Weary 'Greenland sailors'

Bleeding into the blue

Of reflected azure skies.

During the height of the iceberg season last year it was a great time for captures. Near St.John's, NL.

The 7 distinct colours are red, brown, violet, green, blue, purple and yellow. (The photo only shows part of the dunes).

Unique to this dunes, situated in Chamarel (Mauritius), is that the colours never mix. No matter how hard it rains or blows, the colour of the layers does not change. Geologists are not yet sure how this coloured earth in Mauritius continues to sort itself by colour. They also don't know how the colours came about, but it is thought that it has to do with the cooling (at different temperatures) of the volcanic rock.

Reportedly there is no site like this anywhere else in the world.

Horsetail Fall...hope to see this again

This is the Big Waterfall (Veliki Slap) in Plitvice Lakes National Park (Plitvicka Jezera Nacionaini Park, Croatia (Hrvatske).

With 16 named lakes and many smaller lakes and pools, this unique river system was created by natural processes. Due to the high mineral content of the water, dams formed that create the lakes as they travel down a steep valley and gorge. There are 12 upper lakes, 4 lower lakes and thousands of waterfalls many of which are spectacular. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Blue Caves are one of the island most famous natural attractions ......enjoy :)

Panoramic of Flamborough cliffs and bay

Cloudless sunset today with visible sunspots

This was quite a blustery afternoon on the Withernsea coastline with the wind whipping spray off the waves of the incoming tide

Desperately missing visits to the east coast. Views like this will hopefully be back with me soon

A wonderful view of Virga being lit by the setting sun

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Hopefully will be able to visit these shores again very soon. It is the month that the camp site opens up

Through the branches at silica country park

Lovely sunlight at the pond

After a grey, wet day there was a small patch of light at sunset

After a mainly dry, sunny intervals type of a day, suddenly late afternoon it began to become very overcast and dark, resulting in this totally unexpected hail shower, short but sweet

Interesting cloud formations looking west across the Trent Valley this afternoon.

This is made from 16 images stitched together with minimal crop

The golden heart of Little Finland alias Hobgoblins Playground just after sunrise ... I actually wanted to have uploaded yesterday for Valentine's Day😉

Das goldene Herz von Little Finland alias Hobgoblins Playground kurz nach Sonnenaufgang...wollte ich eigentlich gestern zum Valentinstag hochgeladen haben😉

Danke für deinen Besuch! Thanks for visiting!

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Kingsway nature Reserve

Brief visit to Silica nature reserve, birches have turned but still 2 or 3 weeks to the rich reds to show

Utah is famous for its iconic landscapes, and many people flock to the national and state parks. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) manages nearly 22.8 million acres (9,226,840 hectares) of public lands in Utah, representing about 42 percent of the state!

I love to explore that 42 percent and find small hidden gems that are unique.

GPS is not the exact spot of the shot.

Obligatory winter woodland walk tree canopy

Longest stretch of trees at Silica Country Park

Selwicks bay at the base of the vicinity of Flamborough Head lighthouse

A rain storm cloud moving out to the North Sea from Filey

98% illuminated Moon rising at the horizon hence the orange appearance due to the earths atmosphere

Beautiful colour at sunset

Pre sunrise at a local pond

It seems such a long time since I have seen cloud with interest, hoping for more to come

Tree taken against the sky at the blue hour

Storm clouds forming which resulted in a fantastic thunderstorm

Hornsea incoming tide dancing over the groynes

Spotted this as I was leaving the Woods, never seen so many lower limbs on a tree

A full sun halo developed at midday with our steelworks in the foreground.

The sun is getting higher in the sky now as before only half halos have been visible because of the low sun

A delightful weekend on the east coast of the uk with family, allowing a couple of hours for some photography.

This exposure is from Withernsea at the towers, quite a few long exposures were taken as the tide rose presenting different compositions. I make no apologies for this ;)

Sunset last gave me the pleasure of seeing the phenomenon called the green flash (the bit at the top of the sun)

I’ve tried many times in the past to see this but failed.

One off the photo bucket list 😀

A small gap on the horizon enabled me to image the setting sun behind the Peak District

My interpretation...taken near dusk. This little bit of rocky heaven is actually a relatively unremarkable part of the spectacularly convoluted Canyonlands area that has been carved out by frequent flooding into the Colorado River. But after looking twice twice, it caught my imagination...I realized that in other contexts this hardly discernible scene would be a knockout. So I wanted to make that happen.