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Lower Punch Bowl Falls in the columbia River Gorge.
A little something for Waterfall Wednesday . Stay dry, have a nice day.
Delaware Ave, Toronto ON 17 Sep 2022
Rock, Paper, Funk plays the Delaware Street Festival, after a 2-year pandemic hiatus
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as Golden Rock) is a well-known Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Burma. It is a small pagoda (7.3 metres (24 ft) built on the top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees. According to legend, the Golden Rock itself is precariously perched on a strand of the Buddha's hair. The balancing rock seems to defy gravity, as it perpetually appears to be on the verge of rolling down the hill. The rock and the pagoda are at the top of Mt. Kyaiktiyo. It is the third most important Buddhist pilgrimage site in Burma after the Shwedagon Pagoda and the Mahamuni Pagoda. A glimpse of the "gravity defying" Golden Rock is believed to be enough of an inspiration for any person to turn to Buddhism.
The legend associated with the pagoda is that the Buddha, on one of his many visits, gave a strand of his hair to Taik Tha, a hermit. The hermit, who had tucked it in the tuft of his hair safely, in turn gave the strand to the king, with the wish that the hair be enshrined in a boulder shaped like the hermit's head. The king had inherited supernatural powers from his father Zawgyi, a proficient alchemist), and his mother, a naga serpent dragon princess. They found the rock at the bottom of the sea. With the help of the Thagyamin, the king of Tawadeintha Heaven in Buddhist cosmology, found the perfect place at Kyaiktiyo for locating the golden rock and built a pagoda, where the strand was enshrined. It is this strand of hair that, according to the legend, prevents the rock from tumbling down the hill. The boat, which was used to transport the rock, turned into a stone. This is also worshiped by pilgrims at a location about 300 metres (980 ft) from the golden rock. It is known as the Kyaukthanban Pagoda or stupa (literal meaning: stone boat stupa).
Legends also mention that pilgrims undertaking the pilgrimage by trekking from the Kinpun base camp three times consecutively in a year will be blessed with wealth and recognition.
Fort Perch Rock is a former defence installation situated at the mouth of Liverpool Bay in New Brighton. Built in the 1820s to defend the Port of Liverpool, its function has changed from defensive, to tourist attraction and museum.
The country of Monaco’s main focal point is the mighty walls of the Rock of Monaco that surround the old village of Monaco-Ville, the historical quarter. These walls can be seen from almost every location within the tiny country from the mountain side to the harbors and the land in between. You can see this wonderful view from the Jardin Exotique de Monaco.
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The Rock Gardens are a bit lacking in colour at the moment, but I did come across these bright pink flowers. Not sure what they are though - any clever Flickrers know their name? It may be weigela.
May 1976. Rock Island 48727 was photographed at Leetsdale, Pennsylvania on Conrail. These cars were refurbished from many different roads, this one in particular was from the New York Central and received basic Rock Island lettering.
Newspaper Rock are Petroglyphs or images that have been cared into the surface of desert rock. Desert varnish, the dark color of sandstone provided a high contrast canvas for the native American to etch their stories and experiences.
Petroglyph Panel
Bears Ears National Monument
National Conservation Lands
A B&W rework of a shot from 2013 along the trail to Chute du Diable in Parc National du Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.
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My daughter Gaia loves playing this game ... probably because she always wins. I thought I was being strategic and clever by choosing 'rock' every time but she worked that out in an instant and kept 'papering' me. So now I won't play. So grown up.
couple of hours out today when the sun broke through ,got this nicely posing wagtail .also trying out my newly acquired MKii 1.4tc
seems to work quiet well in all fairness any mistakes are more me than the gear .
This is the view from the Fallen Rock overlook which is the fourth scenic overlook along Rim Rock Drive at Colorado National Monument. I'm confident that you can easily spot the "Fallen Rock which is a striking example of how giant slabs of sandstone break loose from the cliff wall and slide down to rest on the debris slope below-all without falling over. Look closely and you can see the Kayenta Formation caprock on top of Fallen Rock. That tells us that it used to be connected to the mesa top and has slid down more than 100 feet (30 meters). It is likely that Fallen Rock slid thousands of years ago." This is more useful information I found in the Rim Rock Drive Geology pamphlet. I love this view as it shows the large size of the Grand Mesa in the far distance. The Grand Mesa is the largest flat-topped mountain in the entire world.
Located high on the Colorado Plateau near Grand Junction, the Colorado National Monument was established in 1911 and is managed by the National Park Service.
It's the start of a Rock and Drill concert! You know it'll be great because the background has what looks like a hurricane icon. Look to the right of the guitar to find it.
Just returned from a wonderful trip to South Africa where I had the absolute pleasure of guiding the photographical game-drives for a group of very special people at Marataba Game Reserve in South Africa.
Those of you that know me a bit longer here on Flickr, know that I simply can't resist a Lilac Breasted Roller. Especially not when it flies against the backdrop of the beautiful Waterberg Mountains..
So there's rock, and a Roller..
Canon 1D Mark IV, Canon 500mm f4
ISO 640, 1/3200s, f4,0
Our ranger guide told us this sandstone outcrop was called "Sacrifice Rock". We thought someone had been sacrificed there in the past. It turned out that was just the park rangers' imagination when they got bored in the field.
I had the pleasure of doing my first senior photo shoot with this "rock star"!! He was just amazing. We hit so many cool spots and he rocked them all!!!
Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada
In late spring we took a trip to see four national parks in and around Utah. Our first stop was in Nevada's Valley of Fire State Park. To learn more about our trip and see more photos, check out my post Las Vegas to Kanab, Utah Via Valley of Fire on my blog Batteredsuitcase.net
After two days of teasing, a Black Phoebe finally settles down and poses for pictures on day three of the 2015 Rock Art Foundation's Dolan Falls Weekend on the Devils River near Loma Alta, Texas.