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Another photo I took last Sunday as we enjoyed a sunny break from the wet and windy weather these past few weeks. The low tide revealed some boulders in the sand which served as a bit of foreground interest for my composition. I'm currently a big fan of taking photos directly against the sun as you can tell ;-)
The Smugglers' Cove is reached by an old tunnel through the cliffs which might or might not have been used by smugglers in the past! arrr!
Yesterday, we enjoyed some sunny hours in Sidmouth, one of our favourite coastal destinations in Devon. The first destination is always the lovely pebble beach at Jacob's Ladder with the impressive red cliffs at the end. There have been some dramatic landslides recently - those rocks in the foreground must be from one of those events. I kept my distance to the cliff face and did not linger around for too long!!
Sand dunes with scattered scrub covering them near Uluru (Ayres Rock) in Central Australia. The redness is due to iron oxide in the sand, which is a feature of the "Red Centre" and indeed most of inland Australia. This scene was my first view of the "Red Centre" .
Regno Unito, Kent, Maunsell Forts, Estate 2022
I Maunsell Forts sono torri armate costruite negli estuari del Tamigi e del Mersey durante la seconda guerra mondiale per aiutare a difendere il Regno Unito. Erano gestiti come forti dell'esercito e della marina e prendevano il nome dal loro progettista, Guy Maunsell. I forti furono dismessi alla fine degli anni '50 e successivamente utilizzati per altre attività, inclusa la trasmissione radiofonica pirata. Uno dei forti è gestito dal non riconosciuto Principato di Sealand; le barche visitano occasionalmente i forti rimanenti e un consorzio chiamato Project Redsands sta progettando di conservare il forte situato a Red Sands. I forti sono apparsi nel video musicale del 1984 per la canzone "A Sort of Homecoming", del gruppo musicale pop irlandese U2.
The Maunsell Forts are armed towers built in the Thames and Mersey estuaries during the Second World War to help defend the United Kingdom. They were operated as army and navy forts, and named after their designer, Guy Maunsell. The forts were decommissioned in the late 1950s and later used for other activities including pirate radio broadcasting. One of the forts is managed by the unrecognised Principality of Sealand; boats visit the remaining forts occasionally, and a consortium called Project Redsands is planning to conserve the fort situated at Red Sands. The forts appeared in the 1984 music video for the song "A Sort of Homecoming", by the Irish pop music band U2.
The sun was just starting to fade away over the rim of the valley causing the soft light to enhance the mittens and other formations.
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That's Teignmouth pier - unfortunately it seems like much of the pier will be demolished in the near future because no financial support to do the necessary reconstruction could be found. A shame really as this is one of the landmarks of the South Devon coast!
Another shot taken at lovely secluded Maidencombe beach. There's some nice red cliffs on one end with plenty of opportunities to take some seascape photos!
I know that the horizon is slightly tilted but straightening it would crop off a lot of the nice wave below so I left it..
There are seven towers in the Red Sands group, at the mouth of the Thames Estuary. These towers were previously connected by metal grate walk-ways. In 1959 consideration was given to refloating the Red Sands Fort and bringing the towers ashore, but the costs were prohibitive. In the early 21st century there were threats that the fort could be demolished so a group called Project Redsands was formed to try and preserve the fort. It is the only fort that could be accessed safely from a platform in between the legs of the tower to the right for a long time, but not anymore. Only Urbexers visit the towers sometimes, of course not just legally.
Four towers carried QF 3.75 inch guns arranged in a semicircle ahead of the control centre and accommodation, a tower to the rear of the control centre mounted Bofors 40 mm guns, while the seventh tower, set to one side of the gun towers and further out, was the searchlight tower.
Saw these extremely tiny spores or mushrooms in the red sand after a rain. Didn't last long, almost too small to see.
Taken at Burntcoat Head Park, which is located in Hants County, along the Fundy Coast in Nova Scotia, Canada.
This particular part of the Bay of Fundy has the highest measured tide within the Bay of Fundy. The Bay of Fundy it self experiences the highest tides in the world.
Yesterday, we spend some quality time at Shaldon once again. We watched a bloke fishing at one end of the beach - he suddently pulled out a shark!!! Ok,...it was a small one (probably a dogfish) but nevertheless... Thankfully he threw it back in!
It was such a beautiful day yesterday! No wind, and it was around plus 5c along this stretch of the Fundy coast!
The tide was just about meeting up with us when we were walking back, far from the cliffs we had to ascend before exiting.
Taken at Burntcoat Head Park, which is located in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Unfortunately no happy ending for this fella, it was dead on arrival. Probably not long after I photographed it, a gull was happy for the maritime meal!
A shot taken many years ago from aboard the PS Waverley, have recently revisited the original file and spent some time on a B&W edit.
It's been a while since we were at the coast, we somehow gravitated more towards Dartmoor hikes in recent months. So it was about time that we got back and we enjoyed a nice picnic and some vitamin D from the sun exposure. The water was surprisingly warm too!
From our Sunday trip to Dawlish. This is the beach where we found all those pieces of polished green glass from the previous upload. It's a nice bit of rugged coastline. Dawlish is known for the railway passing just at the shoreline and there are spectacular images of waves crashing over the passing trains. One of the railway tunnels can be seen in the background. There are some nice sea stacks lining that bit of coast, some of which can also be seen in the background.
Can see heron, owls, hawks, geese and migrating birds, turtles and snakes. A small reservoir is near by,
I am always amazed at how different the same flower can appear depending on where it is growing. This little flower, rarely seen in the desert, blooms close to the ground while when found in the higher regions it grows much taller. Such a pretty little thing.
I believe it is it is a version of Penstemon or Beards Tongue.
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