Pinnacles National Monument
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Bartolomé Island is named after Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, an English naval lieutenant who participated in Darwin's voyage on the Beagle. The island is located to the east of Santiago Island. The eastern part of the island consists of volcanic cones, while the western part is a peninsula with several rock formations, including Pinnacle Rock, a steep volcanic rock.
A late night capture of the Milky Way in Trona Pinnacles.
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Trona Pinnacles: the unusual landscape consists of more than 500 tufa spires, some as high as 140 feet, rising from the bed of the Searles Dry Lake basin (California)
Never noticed this cave on my prior visits. Looks like a mining exploration that yielded nothing. Makes for good foreground though!
I climbed back up here again a few days ago , but with no camera, so had to dig into the files to find & rejig these shots ( 2 shots blended in LR ) - The Pinnacles Coromandel Ranges
One of the most popular amateur climbing mountains in the Phoenix area lies northeast of the metro area.Pinnacle Peak offers a "moderate" difficulty climb,though this climber only made it halfway...hiking shoes are definitely needed! LOL
An isolated sandstone pinnacle called Charlie's Garden, lies off the coast at Colleywell Bay.
The garden was at one point much larger and was cultivated by Mr Charles Dockwray, who grew potatoes and veg there.
Sadly erosion has now left the garden, a mere sandstone pinnacle, surrounded by the sea
Looking out over Pinnacle Cove walking through the Allan Memorial Grove at Point Lobos State Reserve, California.
The Pinnacles Desert is located just out of Cervantes, Western Australia in the Nambung National Park. An absolutely amazing landscape. The afternoon that we visited the wind was howling making it very unpleasant to to out of the car to take photographs, but, it all adds to the experience. In case you were wondering, the sand really is that colour.
The Pinnacles, remains of hot ash and pumice, form tall spires above Wheeler Creek
Crater Lake National Park,
Oregon
The Trona Pinnacles were formed in a former lake bed in the Searles Basin. The pinnacles are tufa spires that vary in size and shape, some rising 140 feet.
Looking out over the Valleys and Mountains of California from the High Peaks Trail in Pinnacles National Park
The Trona Pinnacles were formed long ago in a massive lake that once covered this area. The Pinnacles are tufa created by the reaction of spring water released into briny water of the former lake.
One more shot from Pinnacles National Park in the snow. This shows that the snow had already melted off the rocky cliffs in the distance.
At Pinnacles National Park, California, USA
It is not a difficult trail to get to this place. The trail itself is also quite interesting, as you have to go through several dark caves/tunnels! Better to bring a light with you.
Does anyone else start planning their next holiday the day they get back from the previous one? Me too.
The Pinnacles are limestone formations within Nambung National Park, near the town of Cervantes, Western Australia. The area contains thousands of weathered limestone pillars. Some of the tallest pinnacles reach heights of up to 3.5 m above the yellow sand base.. Amazing to think the raw material for the limestone of the Pinnacles came from seashells in an earlier era that was rich in marine life. The local Aboriginal community believes that the Pinnacles are fossilized ghosts, how cool is that! I want to visit again at nighttime, that would be magical. Being part of a dark sky reserve and so remote, it has some of the darkest skies in Australia. The nighttime vista must look incredibly alien & amazing.
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PS - does this rock look like a rhino's head ?
The history of the “pinnacles” began about 7,700 years ago when the eruptions of Mt. Mazama were reaching their climax. Torrents of red-hot, gas-charged pumice poured down Mazama’s slopes at speeds of up to 100 mph (160 kph). On top of this came a flow of heavier rocks called scoria. These glowing avalanches flooded downslope for many miles, leaving deep deposits in their wake.
Temperatures in the deposits may have exceeded 750 degrees Fahrenheit (400 degrees Celsius). Plumes of vapors appeared, as gases escaped from the settling rocks through vents called fumaroles. Minerals in the gasses combined with extreme heat, welded the sides of the fumaroles in the shape of slender cones. Since then, streams have eroded the canyon through the deposits, exposing the cones. Many of these fossil fumaroles are hollow.
Out for a hike on a dreary day at the Putangirua Pinnacles, Cape Pailliser.
The Pinnacles are a tightly packed cluster of ancient gravel spires in a forest park. The 'badlands erosion' of Putangirua Pinnacles is a spectacular landscape feature attracting many visitors to the southern Wairarapa.
When the Aorangi Range was an island, 7 to 9 million years ago, screes poured gravels onto the coast, much as they do today around Cape Palliser. The Putangirua Stream has exposed this ancient layer of gravels to the erosive forces of rain and floods. Where cemented silts or rocks within the gravel beds prove more resistant than the underlying sediments, spectacular individual pinnacles or “hoodoos” are formed.
The eerie scenes in The Return of the King as Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli ride along the Dimholt Road to meet the Army of the Dead were filmed against the surreal backdrop of the Pinnacles.
The Trona Pinnacles were formed in Searles Lake 10,000 to 100,000 years ago as freshwater Springs interacted with the lake water building towers of calcium carbonate. Today the pinnacles are slowly eroding away.
Just a general view of the pinnacles at The Storr, the tallest being The Old Man of Storr. Not my best shot from here but more to come.
Here's to you Harmon👍👍...in honor of my photography buddy who hiked Chimneytop Gap in the Jocassee Gorges with me for over 10 miles across the ridgelines last Saturday morning...Today, as a birthday present to myself, I flagged the old trail to the foot of Pinnacle Falls, a ridgeline hike that launches up and across an old logging road for 1/3 of a mile then drops 621 feet down a switchback trail, (adorned with fallen hemlock trees and washouts) to the foot of this massive waterfall!...How she roars!...and in such a sublime setting! This waterfall has two viewing areas from the original trail and two separate viewing platforms reached from two different trails at different elevations from the other side of the creek... More photos to come!
It's only an exceptionally average photograph but I thought this pano gives a good sense of the Trona Pinnacles area. With some friends heading out to the Death Valley area in the next few months I figured I'd get this one posted for their reference...
The canyon walls near Lookout Point have eroded into a series of castle-like pinnacles along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The canyon walls are made up of rhyolite (Volcanic rock) that has been altered by hudrothermal activity (Hot sptings). Alteration of the rock gives the canyon its beautiful colors.
Hiking in Pinnacles National Park, California. Serene view from Bear Gulch Reservoir. Follow me on Instagram www.instagram.com/normfoxphotography/