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Today Sean and I went down to Big Sur.....on our way down the coast our first stop was Point Lobos State Park....we walked a couple of the trails....I think I could easily spend whole day there....when we first arrived there was quite a bit of morning fog...but during our time on the second trail, the fog lifted....I think I must have uttered the words beautiful and gorgeous hundreds of times today....
The above is another collaboration...photo by me, post processing by Sean. (thanks Sean!)
Taken in Point Lobos State Park, California
Penguin Point is an exhibit inhabited by African penguins (,em>Spheniscus demersus). Though most people are familiar with the penguin species native to Antarctica, these are native to South Africa and Namibia.
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"A much-photographed Tomales Bay icon, the derelict fishing boat the Point Reyes, was severely damaged by a mysterious fire early Monday morning, and comments from angry Inverness residents are burning up social media over the loss of this beloved local landmark."
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"Following overland tests at Salisbury Plain during March 1897, on May 13, the Italian born and recently British based inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system, Guglielmo Marconi, assisted by George Kemp (who was a Cardiff based Post Office engineer) transmitted and received the first wireless signals over open sea from Lavernock Point to Flat Holm island. The very first message transmitted in morse code was "ARE YOU READY". This was immediately followed by "CAN YOU HEAR ME" to which the reply was "YES LOUD AND CLEAR".
The initial tests were so successful over the three and a third mile (6 kilometres) stretch of water that it was quickly decided to relocate the telegraph equipment from Flat Holm to Brean Down Fort, near Weston Super Mare increasing the distance to nearly ten miles (16 kilometres) from the Lavernock Point transmitter.
Following these successful trials, Marconi subsequently vested his new patent rights in his 'Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company'.
On the point in the late 1860s Lavernock Fort gun battery was built by the Royal Commission and completed in 1870, with three 7" muzzle loading cannons to protect the channel approaches to Cardiff and Bristol shipyards during the short lived war between Britain and France that followed the French Revolution. Sometime before 1895 the gun battery was reinforced with a fourth cannon only for all four guns to be replaced eight years later by two rapid fire six inch former naval guns in 1903. A two unit searchlight battery was added during the Second World War. Today the remaining main section of the gun battery has been listed as an Ancient Monument, which includes the gun emplacements, director-rangefinder observation position, crew and officers quarters."
''Ho sentito che hanno rubato un aereo,oggi. Di un po', sei stato tu? Perchè l'hai fatto?' '
''..per alzarmi da terra''
Grass, Point Lobos. Point Lobos State Reserve, California. April 26, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
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A thick carpet of spring grass at Point Lobos State Reserve, California.
(More of my Point Lobos photographs)
As I hiked through the pine forest in the southern part of the Point Lobos State Reserve on a foggy day during the last weekend of April the spring grasses and wildflowers (and poison oak!) were growing everywhere. I had stopped to photograph a scene of pines with a meadow containing yellow flowers when I spotted one large clump of very green grass that had been blown or otherwise pushed into this interesting pattern.
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This is a shot I hadn't got around to from a recent night photography workshop I too in San Francisco. Seems there was a moonlight tour of the Point Bonita Lighthouse this night and access (which is normally denied and blocked by a tunnel and iron gate) to the bridge out to the light was open.
The moon had not quite risen yet so I snapped a few "for fun shots" while waiting. I love shooting slihouettes at desk into the sunset. The trails that appear and disappear into the setting pinks and oranges is a neat phenomenon to me.
The bridge here leads out over the water...a rocky craggy surf crashing below it. This light house has been around for quite some time. It has aided thousands of ships into San Francisco Bay. Inspite of its helpfulness over 150 ships have still sunk and been crushed against the nasty rocks leading into the bay.
This was taken @:
f/8
120 secs
ISO 100
Focal Length: 17mm (Canon 17-40 L)
I know it doesn't look too perpendicular with the lens distortion in this shot but it's quite beautiful and unique.... a little fortress against the elements.
Further info.. www.lighthouse.net.au/lIGhtS/NSW/Point Perpendicular/Pt Perpendicular.htm
An old granite quarry is now filled with (fresh) water at the North East corner of Cape Ann, Halibut Point. The rocks in the center slope gently on the other side to the Atlantic Ocean, and on the horizon if you zoom in, you can see the coasts of New Hampshire and Maine.
Rockport, Massachusetts, Cape Ann - USA
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Chanonry Point is [4] one of the best spots in the UK to view Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus from the land. The dolphins are often visible off Chanonry point, particularly on an incoming tide when they play and fish in the strong currents. Other wildlife, including porpoises and grey seals, can also regularly be spotted. European otters Lutra lutra are occasional visitors.
Point Richmond is a nice little quaint area in Richmond ca, it almost feels like a small north east town in maine or mass.
Saturday, 10th March 2012; Ngati Whatua o Kaipara "rahui" protest ceremony at Pouto Point, a tiny settlement located at the lowest point on the North Head of the Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand. Local Maori have placed the rahui, or ban, on any use of the area and are vowing to do whatever it takes to stop the underwater power turbine development, following concerns over the threat it places upon the harbour's natural habitats and resources.
A NIWA study has found that up to 98 percent of snapper on the west coast of the North Island had spent some of their formative years in the Kaipara Harbour, (the second largest natural harbour in the World).
Pouto Point is approximately one hours drive directly South from the regional town of Dargaville and just over three hours drive North from Auckland City. Interestingly, the Northern part of the Kaipara falls outside the domain of the Auckland Super City control, where the power turbine development application was denied and thus prohibited. However, the Northland Regional Council agreed to the application, and 200 underwater turbines will be installed in the Kaipara Harbour entrance, only a few hundred metres North of the "dotted line on the map" between the Super City and that of Northland Region.
Brown Pelican about to splash down. I gave him an 8.5 because he went a little beyond vertical on entry.
Toronto city’s oldest landmark. With its light grey brick exterior and bright red door and roof, Gibraltar Point Lighthouse sits invitingly atop a small slope in the midst of tall trees, a sharp contrast to the ghastly tale of murder that’s believed to have occurred within its walls.
Hurst Point Lighthouse has been operational since 1867, where it guides vessels through the hazardous western approaches to the Solent, indicating the line of approach through the Needles Channel. it was automated in 1923.
Gallions Point Marina, facing in from the Thames at Gallions Reach.
Cross-processed eight-years expired Kodak Ektachrome EPR64 transparency film, re-rated at 50ISO, shot on a Nikon F-801 with a Nikkor 35-70mm f3.3-4.5 AF zoom with lens hood, processed in C41 at Asda in the evening and scanned on an Epson 4490 later in the night.
Nash Point Lighthouse
Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan CF61 - Wales, UK
Nash Point, between Barry and Porthcawl on the Glamorgan Heritage Coast has two lighthouse towers. These were built in 1832 and were sited exactly 1000 feet apart being originally used to assist navigators to avoid the Nash Sandbank, a notorious shipping hazard. The lower west light was later dismantled leaving just the tower; the east light remains in use. The lighthouse was the last one to be manned in Wales, being automated in 1998.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - Fog fills the valley on a humid summer morning. The sunlight was hidden behind an approaching thunderstorm. Right by this view at Indian Point are a couple backcountry campsites. This would make an amazing view to wake up to, especially in the fall.
There was some nice wave action on the Pacific Ocean while we were exploring at Point Lobos in April, 2010. Fortunately, it was much calmer than on the preceding day, when the wind almost blew me away.
This Western vacation was a year ago, and I am reliving the trip by posting various photos on the
one-year anniversary of the day they were taken. I can only wish I were actually here again.
Splash Point is an important landmark on Worthing’s promenade. Thanks to a grant of £500,000 from CABE’s Sea Change Programme, £180,000 from Worthing Borough Council and £70,000 from The West Sussex Public Service Board, the space has been transformed into a beautiful public space with a grove of trees, water feature, performance space, new seating and lighting and access to the beach. The space was designed by Craft:Pegg, winners of an international design competition whose vision for the area has now become a reality.