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* A second shot from Spurn Point this time looking inland. Spurn is well known as somewhere to see fantastic sunsets . However this evening it was not that spectacular but still rather enjoyable to see . This was taken looking across the Humber estuary towards the East Yorkshire “ mainland “ . There is not a lot of water in the shot just some very wet mudbanks .
If you are interested in the area there is a description of Spurn Point in the text of my previous post
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Novigrad na Dobri castle (14th ct.), Croatia
(trying to achieve a moody film look by manipulating curves, levels and colors from the RAW file)
Isn't it just like Heaven
When You walk into the room
There's not a thing that's hidden
When every eye is on You
Can't get enough of Your presence
It's the perfect point of view
Isn't it just like, just like
Just like Heaven?
Hmm, come a little closer, stay a little longer
Hmm, I can't get enough of You
Hmm, come a little closer, stay a little longer
Hmm, I can't get enough of You
Doesn't it sound like Heaven
When You're singing over me
There's not a voice more constant
Your melodies, they never cease
Here I will stand in Your presence
In my true identity
Doesn't it sound like, yeah, it sounds like
Just like Heaven
Standing above the badlands which overlook the salt flat floor of Death Valley with the Panamint Mountain range in the background. Truly a spectacular place to behold in person. There are a few hikers cresting one of the ridges on the badlands which I thought gave such amazing scale to the whole frame. This is a must stop when in this National Park. A short hike up to this point gives 360 degree views of such a rugged landscape. I can't imagine being here during the summer months where the record highest temperature of 134 degrees Fahrenheit is the record for hottest place on Earth back in 1913. In retrospect, I wish I would have done this hike.
As childeren
we were fascinated
by magic,
as adults we
fear love,
at what point
did we forget
they are the same
thing?
- J.R. Rouge
DEW POINT
The dew point is the temperature at which dew would form assuming all other conditions remained the same. The dew point is a function of the air temperature and humidy. The dew point temperature can never be higher than the air temperature. If the dew point temp and air temp are the same, than the humidity must be 100%.
* Given that Spurn Point is relatively close to Hull I guess it's surprising I do not go there often. It is the oddest and wildest part of East Yorkshire with huge skies. However I find it too desolate to really enjoy, though some of my friends who are serious birders love it . This shot was taken on the narrowest parts of the spit. On the left hand side is the North Sea and on the right the waters of the Humber estuary . The little wooden cabin is a shelter in case a high tide cuts you off from the mainland which is not uncommon. You can see the lighthouse which is about four miles further along the spit.
Its a hard place to describe so I will borrow some text from the Yorkshire wildlife trust .
From the Yorkshire wildlife trust website
Spurn Point (or Spurn Head as it is also known) is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary. It is over 3 miles long, almost half the width of the estuary at that point, and as little as 50 yards wide in places. The southernmost tip is known as Spurn Head or Spurn Point and is the home to an RNLI lifeboat station and disused lighthouse. It forms part of the civil parish of Easington.
Spurn Head covers 280 acres above high water and 450 acres of foreshore. It has been owned since 1960 by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and is a designated National Nature Reserve, Heritage Coast and is part of the Humber Flats, Marshes and Coast Special Protection Area.
The peninsula is made up from sand and shingle as well as Boulder Clay eroded from the Holderness coastline washed down the coastline from Flamborough Head. Material is washed down the coast by longshore drift and accumulates to form the long, narrow embankment in the sheltered waters inside the mouth of the Humber estuary. It is maintained by plants, especially Marram grass . Waves carry material along the peninsula to the tip, continually extending it; as this action stretches the peninsula it also narrows it to the extent that the sea can cut across it in severe weather. When the sea cuts across it permanently, everything beyond the breach is swept away, only to eventually reform as a new spit pointing further south. This cycle of destruction and reconstruction occurs approximately every 250 years. The now crumbling defences will not be replaced and the spit will continue to move westwards at a rate of 2 metres per year, keeping pace with the coastal erosion further north.
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Colony of Sea lions on Pelican Point, Walvis Bay, Namibia.
The Pelican Point Lighthouse overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, on a unique stretch of land, a long sandbar at Walvis Bay.
Jutting out into the Pacific Ocean from the spectacular Big Sur Coast, the Point Sur Lighthouse stands as a silent sentinel to a by-gone era.
Point Sur, a National Historic Landmark, is the only complete turn-of-the-century light station open to the public in California.
From 1899 until 1974, families lived and worked in the buildings atop Point Sur. Today the place is a ghost town.
The unique stone lighthouse still guides ships with its light, though it is now totally automated.
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Glacier's Grinnell Point framed with autumn gold.
Fall is coming, hurray. Been a hot, smoky summer. Looking forward to a few good photo safaris when the colors are turning and the wildlife is on the move.
Thanks for taking a look. Always appreciated.
Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Shortly after shooting the lighthouse posted before this, and after the sun had set, I was shooting some long exposures on the water and looked up and saw this amazing sky. It only lasted a few minutes but it was one of the best I've ever seen.
Hexagonal in shape, Gibraltar Point Lighthouse was built of limestone from the Queenston Quarry near Niagara River and originally stood sixteen metres (fifty-two feet) tall, until it was raised nine metres (thirty-feet) in 1832 to a total height of twenty-five metres (eight-two feet). No light was shown from the lighthouse from May 30 until nearly the end of June in 1932 while the lighthouse was being modified.
John P. Rademuller was hired as the first keeper of the lighthouse, and he served until he met a tragic end, as reported in the January 14, 1815 edition of theYork Gazette:
Died on the evening of the 2nd of January, J.P. Rademuller, keeper of the lighthouse on Gibraltar Point. From circumstances, there is moral proof of his having been murdered. If the horrid crime admits of aggravation when the inoffensive and benevolent character of the unfortunate sufferer are considered, his murder will be pronounced most barbarous and inhuman. The parties lost with him are the proposed perpetrators and are in prison.
Three months later, the Gazette reported, “No conviction of the supposed murderers of the late J.P. Rademuller.” Though the details of what happened that night in January 1815 have been lost, legend has it that soldiers from the York garrison visited Gibraltar Point that night to obtain beer from Keeper Rademuller. Some accounts say the keeper refused to sell to the soldiers, and others claim he overcharged them, but all agree that the soldiers became enraged, killed the keeper, and disposed of his body.
... at Pemaquid Point. A great sunset there while we visited. Ms. Krach purchased two 'to be used' metal prints from a company through Living Social I think. This shot may be one that I get done in metal (aluminum).
“Regarder le monde, ce n’est pas juste s’asseoir sur un banc et le couvrir des yeux ; c’est aussi y pénétrer, s’y promener, en faire le tour.”
Chris Ware
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There comes a time around sunrise and sunset where the quality of light transforms the ordinary to the extraordinary ....this is one of those moments. - Wellington Pt Brisbane Australia
Went out on this lovely winter evening ... feeling more like Spring with temperatures near 60 degrees F. Of course they are calling for potential measurable snow again by Friday here ... we'll see.
Been wanting to take some captures at the relatively new park along Middle River, called Wilson Point Park. Nice boardwalk along the river, with some neat structures around too. Had some fun with them here in the blue hour.