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Early spring on the Minnesota River near Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
It's almost a hundred miles from home, but this is one of my most favorite places! This is a sub-channel of the Minnesota River - possibly even a man-made channel. If you look on the map, it takes a shortcut between two bends in the main channel. There is evidence that there was once a mill of some sort on the other side of the bridge from here.
The rocks in this area are some of the oldest exposed rocks in the world, estimated to be some 3.6 billion years old. They were gouged out over the millennia by the Minnesota River's "grandpa", Glacial River Warren.
On the other side of the bridge that I am standing on to take this shot, you can walk up on a rocky bluff and see cactus (yes cactus growing in Minnesota - click HERE to see it!)
Just north of here is the Minnesota Valley Scenic Byway which is one of the prettiest drives you could ever hope to take. This photo was shot near the section between Morton and Granite Falls. It's a dirt road (in good shape, though) so the vehicle will get a little dusty, but if you're ever in the area, it's well worth it!
Along the way you'll see beautiful panoramas of the river valley, wetlands, farmland, woodlands, lots of ancient bedrock, and several historic sites that were key places in the U.S./Dakota war of 1862 (formerly known as the Sioux Uprising). It's a trip worth taking!
Similar composition I took on a more brighter morning (see below in the comments), but this is also for those in the somber mood. The lighting and clouds here helped put me at ease while on vacation trying to forget all the worries in the world.
Pemaquid, Maine
View of the Mediterranean from high above the rocks near the Luminy University in Marseille.
Damn, if I knew where this university was located 25 years ago, I might have chosen to study there rather than Grenoble or Strasbourg, but we didn't have internet back in 1992.
The university buildings are in a lovely setting among a pine forest near trails that lead to breathtaking cliffs and beautiful coves (calanques), a world away from the eye shattering ugliness of Marseille public housing of gargantuan Soviet style apartments which make the city look like Novosibirsk-sur-Mer.
And WHY IS FLICKR SO SLOW LATELY? AGAIN??
There are so many facets to White Pocket. This is another composition from a recent trip. I tried to use the lines in the rocks to pull you into the image.
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Some amazing blue water around the island Capri, and in some of the "Grottos" (Caves). On this particular day the water was too choppy and we were unable to enter the actual grottos. That to me is just a good excuse to go back : ) We did have a great jump in the sea and swim off the boat!
Caroline and myself have enjoyed some lovely walks at the beach at Folkestone. The unseasonal weather has made some great back drops there.
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Twilight pastel hues of Big Sur gateway.
11 panel 210 degree pano. Colors you never see in Big Sur can be revealed
Yesterday morning I went up to Old Harry Rocks near Studland in Dorset for sunrise with my friend Scott. Despite the weather report giving clear skies we arrived to a thick bank of low cloud snuffing out any chance of seeing the sun. It was a bit disappointing but at least there was some drama in the cloud formations.
Old Harry Rocks are three chalk formations, including a stack and a stump, located at Handfast Point, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, southern England. They mark the most easterly point of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.