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For the last 800 years, lime has been mined here.
But 63 million years ago, it was a giant coral reef at the bottom of an ocean.
If you bring a hammer and chisel, you can find shells, shark teeth, sea crocodile teeth and more.
It was "only" 3 million years after the great meteor strike that killed the dinosaurs, but life on earth flourished again. There is a geomuseum on site that tells about nature at that time.
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Cape Verde is not really for people who like to portray birds. It is for hiking. But in Ponta do Sol I did see some birds near the sea like the Turnstone, the Whimbrel and this bird the Western Reef Heron. A bird I hadn't seen before who was fishing near the rough ocean, running around to catch fish, not really bothered by my presence.
So i spent several hours and several days at this place which is situated near the harbor. That was another interesting place for observing. The fishing boats came in every morning, and a great part of the male population was buying fish here, and cleaning it on the lava beds in the ocean. The Turnstones (and the cats!) were present to eat the leftovers.
I was very careful stepping on some rocks to get to this pristine section of the desert. The soil there is alive, and takes many years to get to this state ... so not stepping on it is quite important. I really liked this pristine view of the earth there leading into the wall of the Reef there in Utah.
This view was via one of the back dirt roads there in the park.
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Early morning view with some nice moonlight over the scene there in Capitol Reef National Park. The moonlight was so bright this was captured at ISO 800.
Now I really really really enjoy my sleep ins...but its a morning like this that makes you thankful for getting out of bed.
Its a single exposure using a Cokin GND8 and Circ Polarizer. I know that the dark part above the cloud won't be to everyone's cup of tea, but I like how it shows the top parts of the cloud off.
Anyway..its my interpretation. Have a great week everyone
The late afternoon cloudy view made for some interesting scenes there among this amazing Utah landscape. Nature is so amazing to explore.
This point near Bell Buoy Beach in northern Tasmania marks the beginning of a rocky reef. As the name suggests it extends out to sea and along the coast for two miles. It is one of the reasons the Low Head Lighthouse was built to warn shipping.
Basaltic pebbles makeup most of the sediment on the beach at Malarrif, which means "pebble reef" in Icelandic. For centuries the farm at Malarrif was one of the most isolated farms in Iceland. It was the westernmost farm on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula and the nearest settlement to it was the fishing village at Hellnar. The lighthouse here had an important role for Icelandic fishermen for decades as they fished in the rich fishing grounds by the shore. Icelanders fish these same grounds for centuries. The lighthouse was built in 1917 and rebuilt in 1947. The height of the lighthouse is 20 meters, and the light had a range of eighteen miles. The farm and lighthouse is now an important tourist center in Snæfellsjökull National Park.
Reef like a aquarium
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Was lucky that this fellow flew in for a few minutes whilst at Long Reef. Not as sharp as one would like as it was just after sunrise.
My brother took this with his underwater film camera :]
I think it's just a really cool picture, considering that most of the other ones aren't so great.
I just think it's cool how it came from film :], kodak 800ISO actually. haha ya im a loser.
but seriously for such a shitty dinky camera, i like how this came out.
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Sunrise at Long Reef marine reserve this morning.
Low tide at Long Reef exposes a wide flat rock shelf with scattered rocks and residual rock pools