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A view of the Hopewell Rocks in The Hopewell Rocks Ocean tidal Exploration Site on the Bay of Fundy Hopewell Cape New Brunswick Canada
This was taken at Victoria, Canada. The ships, the mountains and the rocks form a peaceful and harmony scene.
Tungeneset, Senja, Norway.
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Beautiful evening waiting for the sun to set and when it did the whole sky lit up with tremendous colours What a beautiful place
The City of Rocks State Park encompasses a one square mile area in the scenic Chihuahuan desert region of southwestern New Mexico at an elevation of 5,200 feet. The “city” is a geologic formation made up of large, sculptured rock columns, or pinnacles, rising as high as 40 feet and separated by paths or lanes resembling city streets. These rocks were formed about 35 million years ago when a very large volcano erupted. Erosion over millions of years slowly formed the sculptured columns seen today.
Most of the rock formations are in the valley below, but there are a few up on a hill.
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Devonian rock folding, Slichowice, Kielce, Poland,
Devonian Period, in geologic time, an interval of the Paleozoic Era that follows the Silurian Period and precedes the Carboniferous Period, spanning between about 419.2 million and 358.9 million years ago. The Devonian Period is sometimes called the “Age of Fishes” because of the diverse, abundant, and, in some cases, bizarre types of these creatures that swam Devonian seas. Forests and the coiled shell-bearing marine organisms known as ammonites first appeared early in the Devonian. Late in the period the first four-legged amphibians appeared, indicating the colonization of land by vertebrates.
Wood, rocks, and weeds are all that's left to see at the abandoned Burleigh Murray Ranch near Half Moon Bay. However, they're worth the mile long trek to get out to see them if you're interested in the history of ranching along the San Mateo County Coast. I've been here several times and never once run into another person, so you can definitely get some peace and quiet during your visit.
Half Moon Bay CA
Lower Antelope Canyon, Page, AZ. Some of the wonderful wave patterns in the sandstone. Handheld - thank goodness for image stabilization, I don't have steady hands.
Hamlet of Quaglietta with it's picturesque Medieval castle, build upon rock outcropping that makes a most brilliant natural defense. Village is of neolithic origin due to settlement findings in the area, as well as a Roman garrison based by the ruins of a nearby aqueduct, that once feed the town from springs in the nearby mountains.
For me, it's the tree that gives this landscape shot perspective. Everything in this environment is larger than life, while the colours are both rich and confronting.
Here is an extract from my Journal of September 10th:
"At Kulala Camp, the manager greeted me, took me through an induction and showed me to a room with impossibly steep steps up to my “tent”. He saw my problem with the steps and said he’d find me a better room. While he did this, Ruby (my guide) took me on my first official game drive. On this drive we saw very few animals, Ruby was more interested to tell me about the geological history of the landscape. We stopped, she gathered up rocks and gave me the most comprehensive geology lesson of my life. We were indeed in an ancient landscape dating back to the dawn of time on Earth.
Ruby drove to a rise on the side of a vast hill of giant rocks where she laid out drinks and nibbles while we watched the sun set accompanied by the sounds of Barking Geckos calling to each other. We each had plenty to share and tell the other, and Ruby was uncommonly impressed at my having three cameras. Ruby was not only a tour guide and geologist, she was also a budding photographer who wanted to hone her skills on my cameras. It soon became evident that she knew nothing about composition, had no idea of focus but she had a keen admiration for my zoom lens.
She asked what activities might interest me, especially as a Swiss couple were taking a hot air balloon ride the next morning. I said I’d like to do the same, or take one of four sight seeing flights that were available. Ruby said it was too late to organize flights for the next day, and besides, she would take me to Sousousvlei tomorrow morning. She would get details and costs of the flight options for me during dinner.
That evening all the guests, except four who chose not to mingle, were seated together at a long table in the outside dining area. I was seated between a Swiss woman and an American man, with an English woman named Clair opposite. Clair and I were solo travellers and we hit it off from the moment we met. Such a beautiful intelligent and well travelled woman with a marvellous sense of adventure; we were destined to be great friends.
For me it was an early night, I had lost 8 hours on my flight from Australia. Ruby wanted me fed and watered for a 7 o’clock start the next morning. As promised, Ruby had details of the flight options, all prices were for two, regardless of one person flying. I would also have to pay Ruby’s wages for the day because she would have to take me to the airfield and wait there for me to return. I said I’d think about it overnight."
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 eastern point of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.