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Black Point Fissures. These deep, narrow cracks occur on the crest of Black Point, a volcanic cinder cone on the north side of Mono Lake. The cone was formed about 13,000 years ago during an eruption that began beneath Lake Russell, the Pleistocene ancestor of modern-day Mono Lake. These cracks are the result of rapid cooling of the volcanic rocks in the glacially-fed lake. Inyo National Forest. Near Lee Vining, Mono Co., Calif.
Pointe du Toulinguet . Cf www.crozon-bretagne.com/tourisme/decouverte/camaret/point...
Anse de Pen Hat . Dangereuse ! Le tombolo .
Camaret, Presqu'île de Crozon, Finistère, Bretagne, France .
Photographies J-P Leroy, droits réservés .
The Point Pinos Lighthouse in Pacific Grove, California.
Its Third Order Fresnel lens has served as an active aid to maritime navigation since its lamp was first lit in 1855.
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"Bone pointing" is a method of execution used by the Australian Aborigines. It is said to leave no trace, and never fails to kill its victim. The bone used in this curse is either made of either human, kangaroo, emu or even wood.
Before it can be used, the kundela (bone) is charged with a powerful psychic energy in a ritual that is kept secret from women and those who are not tribe members. To be effective, the ritual must be performed faultlessly. The bone is then given to the kurdaitcha, who are the tribe's ritual killers.
These killers then go and hunt (if the person has fled) the condemned. The name, kurdaitcha comes from the slippers they wear while on the hunt. The slippers are made of cockatoo (or emu) feathers and human hair - they virtually leave no footprints. Also, they wear kangaroo hair, which is stuck to their bodies after they coat themselves in human blood and they also don masks of emu feathers. They hunt in pairs or threes and will pursue their quarry for years if necessary, never giving up until the person has been cursed.
The condemned man may live for several days or even weeks. But, he believes so strongly in the curse that has been uttered, that he will surely die.
Truncated expanation courtesy of Wikipedia.
Obviously, a bone that still has a pulse isn't used.
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Landscape 2. this place is a 30 min bike ride from my flat in Wellington... hope this didn't break lockdown :)
On this day last year we were visiting my 83 year old friend Connie who owns a beach front home in Point Roberts Washington which is the American end of the Tsawwassen Peninsula created by the 49th parallel cutting it in half.
Point Bonita Lighthouse, the guardian of the northern tip at the entrance of the Golden Gate, is located at the end of a sharp rocky peninsula that extends into the Pacific Ocean from the Marin Headlands not far from San Francisco, California. This was the third lighthouse built on the West Coast (1854) and the last manned lighthouse in California.
See lighthouse up close at www.flickr.com/photos/greatestpaka/2577815019/
The Scottish Water building with it's pointed roof!
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The Point Betsie Lighthouse was built in 1858 and is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. It marks the southern entrance to the Manitou Passage, and is located just south of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and a bit north of Frankfort, Mi on the west coast of the state. The Lighthouse is owned by Benzie County and has strong volunteer support in its operation, maintenance and renovation.
Ice building up at Point Betsie last month. No light just bitter cold wind. But the ice was spectacular!!
Waiting for the sunset, looking to Point Sur on the Pacific Coast Highway, North of Big Sur, California
Pigeon Point Lighthouse - on Route 1 (Pacific Coast Highway) in California. Having passed this place on numerous occasions, always in the fog, I finally got lucky - and what an amazing sunset I got to see :-)
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The Point Wilson Lighthouse and keeper's quarters at Fort Worden near Port Townsend, Washington.
Built in 1913, its Fourth Order Fresnel lens, and its modern replacement, have aided mariners sailing in and out of the Puget Sound ever since.
That isn't snow on the roof of the keeper's quarters!
I used a KITE to fly the camera.