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Continuing with day 1 in Cornwall photography adventure.
A wet, dreary and very windy afternoon at the Rock. I struggled for composition and angle at this location, and the fact I had been awake for 30 hours at this point I was starting to flag.
It wasnt till I got home and started looking at other images from this location online that I released there is a much better shot to be hand a few meters to my right and behind me as you look at this.... dam! .
Its my own fault I never research the locations I shoot, just turn up with no idea! - and it shows.... sometimes
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I was too young, and Rock Island was just out of reach, for me to have photographed the railroad in its last days. I sure wish I could have, but only saw bits and pieces of it as the years wore on. A family vacation was winding down when we drove through Council Bluffs to discover a string of old Rock Island equipment in storage at now-owner Union Pacific. Among the line of locomotives that will likely never turn another wheel was uniquely-attired Rock Island GP40 No. 4710. This colorful engine deserved a frame of Kodachrome, even though the light was wrong and we were still trying to make a few more miles toward home. With the blue overspray behind the cab, and white rear steps, it appears to be a hood replacement with an older red sister. Or maybe only the cab, nose and pilots needed repainting after a wreck repair. Anyone really know?
The Rock Island ceased to exist 40 years ago today, at midnight on March 31, 1980.
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With a span of 154 feet, Mantle Rock has the longest span of any arch or natural bridge east of the Rocky Mountains. It also is the location of a very sad part of American history. It is on the Trail of Tears, the route the Cherokee took during their forced relocation from North Carolina to Oklahoma. During the winter of 1838-39, they stayed here where many perished.
There are some nice views of Cathedral Rock on the trail leading to it that give various foreground options to a photographer. Sedona, Arizona, USA, November 2022
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Our friend, Zuma threads thru Tunnel Rock
Cambrian quartzite beside the Mountain Trail in Beinn Eighe NNR. The "pipes", a little under 1 cm in diameter, are fossils of worm burrows from about 500 million years ago, here seen in cross section.
The quartzite was originally laid down as sandstone but metamorphosed by heat and pressure deep under the Earth's surface, losing the "grain" of the sandstone but not, in this instance, the fossils. A similar process is responsible for turning limestone into marble and, while chemically different, quartzite and marble can look quite similar, especially when the former doesn't contain fossils.
Very little plant life grows where quartzite is exposed as, being largely pure silicon dioxide, it doesn't break down to useful nutrients when it weathers, resulting in large areas of greyish-white exposed rock and scree, as illustrated on a large scale on Beinn Eighe itself, Foinaven and a number of other mountains in Scotland.
Many thanks as always to everyone who takes the time to look, like and comment on my pictures it is very much appreciated.
We had a day in March called Rocka sockaredagen.Rock your socks..Learn more about World Down Syndrome Day which is celebrated on March 21 (since this is a Saturday we start on Friday. Then schools and workplaces can join in):
Percé Rock is a huge sheer rock formation in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in Québec, Canada, off Percé Bay. Percé Rock is one of the world's largest natural arches located in water. (source: wikipedia)
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IANR MABU slides on Marble Rock, Iowa just a few minutes before sunrise behind a pair of F40M-3Fs sandwiching two road slugs.
5 more snow bunting shots from today . still got loads to plough through as well .. filled my boots after a depressing few months
Here's something I found in my vault - hope you like it!!!
Taken quite a while ago during a spectacular sunrise visit to Caves Beach, NSW; Australia.
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Sunset didn't quite happen as I would have hoped yesterday. It looked as if it was going to light up but was instead, much more subdued but still created some wonderful soft, pastel colours. The activity in the waves was still enough to create an image with interest though. I don't know why I have never noticed this composition before now, having spent many hours down at this location. I love finding shapes and patterns in nature that just work. This is the coastline of Portknockie in Morayshire, Scotland.
The Pinnacle rock a massive quartzite rock that reaches some 30 metres in height.
Panorama route, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
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Something I never thought I would see on the Mississippi Delta Railroad, wind mill trains... And my FIRST wind mill train at that. But here we are in 2023, a few years after Rock Island Rail took over operations, and these guys have turned it into a completely different railroad.
It's Friday Morning July 7th, 2023 and Rock Island Rail is taking one of several wind mill trains from the Canadian National interchange at Swan Lake up to Vestas Transload Terminal in Clarksdale, MS. This train being all wind mill towers.
Former BNSF SD38P, (now Rock Island) #1555 lead the first part of the journey from Swan Lake to Sumner, from there Rock Island GP38 #4373 was added to take the train the rest of the way to Clarksdale.
Here the train is seen passing through Albin, MS.
As of 2025, Rock Island Rail no longer operates the Mississippi Delta Railroad.
Iowa Interstate's eastbound CBBI-28 crosses the Government Bridge onto the Rock Island Arsenal while snow falls.
December 29, 2017.
Steps in Mooloolaba beach at high tide. I had been panning to go back to this location for a while as I really like that rock and was wishing for a better sunrise but it was a bit overcast. The long exposure was able to capture some of the limited colours displayed.
You have all heard of elephant rock, camel back, and chimney rock. May I present to you Turtle Rock. One can only guess how this configuration came about. My guess is the bolder on top (shell) fell on the long lean rock (neck and head). Its a puzzle I will leave for the geologist to figure out. One of the pleasures of hiking is applying meaning to scenes on the trail.
I think the neck would make a great seat to eat lunch on. Its flat like a chair bottom, and the ground is just the right distance to comfortably rest your feet, like a chair.
The lichen growing on the rock makes the shell look like a jacket worn by a race car driver. Maybe this turtle belongs to a lost breed of racing turtles.
The lighthouse at New Brighton on the Wirral, tides out and the sun is not.
New Brighton Lighthouse (also known as Perch Rock Lighthouse and called Black Rock Lighthouse in the 19th century) is a decommissioned lighthouse situated at the confluence of the River Mersey and Liverpool Bay on an outcrop off New Brighton known locally as Perch Rock. Together with its neighbour, the Napoleonic era Fort Perch Rock, it is one of the Wirral's best known landmarks.
The name comes from a Perch; a timber tripod supporting a lantern first erected in 1683 as a crude beacon to allow shipping to pass the rock safely. As the Port of Liverpool developed in the Nineteenth Century the perch was deemed inadequate as it required constant maintenance and only produced a limited light. Construction of the present tower began in 1827 by Tomkinson & Company using blocks of interlocking Anglesey granite using dovetail joints and marble dowels. It was designed to use many of the same construction techniques used in the building of John Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse 70 years earlier.[4] Modelled on the trunk of an oak tree, it is a free standing white painted tower with a red iron lantern. It is 29 m (95 ft) tall. It was first lit in 1830 and displayed two white flashes followed by a red flash every minute; the light-source was thirty Argand lamps, mounted on a three-sided revolving array (ten lamps on each side, with red glass mounted in front of one side). There were also three bells mounted under the gallery to serve as a fog signal; they were tolled by the same clockwork mechanism that caused the lamps to revolve.
The lighthouse was in continuous use until decommissioned in October 1973 having been superseded by modern navigational technology. Although the lighting apparatus and fog bell have been removed, the lighthouse is very well preserved and retains many features lost on other disused lighthouses. It was restored and repainted in 2001 when an LED lightsource was installed which flashed the names of those lost at sea; including all the 1,517 victims of the sinking of the Titanic. At low tide, it is possible to walk to the base of the tower, but a 25-foot ladder is needed to reach the doorway. The lighthouse is privately owned and maintained by the Kingham family, and is a Grade II* listed building.
Another plan to illuminate the lantern using LEDs and solar panels was achieved with a grant from the Coastal Revival and New Brighton Coastal Community Team (NBCCT) and has been operating (albeit only to be seen from land) since 2015. The new light replicates the old characteristic of two white flashes followed by a red flash.
I've been exploring the coastal areas around Wellington, New Zealand to find interesting compositions to photograph under the night sky. Earlier this month I came across this rock pool which aligned perfectly with the rising Milky Way. Access to the pool over the rocks was difficult, but it was worth the effort to set this shot up.