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Distorted Reflections of the fisher-boats in Kalk Bay Harbour. Have a look at more of these interesting abstracts on my blog: www.oneundonly.blogspot.com and enjoy the weekend ahead...
Had a coincidence yesterday (December 1, 2020). I joined a Facebook group called West Texas Rocks early in the morning. As soon as my membership was approved, I asked the members a million questions about painted rocks. At lunchtime, I stepped outside the Citizens Tower building where I work and found this awesome painted rock! I registered it with the group as soon as I could.
I noticed this heart-shaped rock in a field of yellow balsamroot and blue lupine wildflowers in Columbia Hills State Park.
Someone painted a little rock into a ladybug and left it outside their home near the sidewalk. A little splotch of happiness and cheer on our walk today.
This photo is a record photo of a Rock Wren; at least that is what it should be based on it's song and what others have suggested to me what it should be. It was just too far for my lens to reach to achieve a decent photo. So we get a tiny blob on a nice sunny day sitting on a pile of rocks.
Another beautiful day in Canyon Country - Snow Canyon State Park, Utah
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Bratz Girlz Really Rock! RC 1962 Corvette with Meygan - Toys R Us Exclusive
Definitely one of my FAVORITE Bratz cars, if not my favorite! It's so detailed and realistic, as the majority of Bratz vehicles are. Before this incarnation, the mold also appeared on one of the Bratz Movie Starz cars, marking the first time MGA ever released an officially-licensed vehicle for the Bratz ^_^ I'd love to see it recycled as much as some of the other cars have been. I remember GM was like shutting down or something when it came out :o
I bought the set at Toys R Us the day after Christmas in 2008 with Jason (Then we went back that night and I got the jet with Dana LOL). This car, along with the two ghetto World Convertible Cruisers, was the last Bratz vehicle until 2010 I believe. I remember all throughout 2009, my TRU had tons of the set stacked up, then one day they all disappeared without a trace :P I'm waiting to see if they'll eventually resurface the way Spring Break Yas did last weekend lol. Anyways, this set is surprisingly rare, with most Bratz fans apparently not believing it actually exists, so I thought I'd upload a shot of the car :) You can catch the included Meygan doll in the 9th cycle of BNDM too ;p
As we were traveling southward on US-191, I suggested we drive to Looking Glass Rock, even though it wasn't on "The Plan" (it was a moment of weakness). Judging by the name and descriptions I had read, I thought it would be interesting. Jim drove down the dirt road until we could see a large rock formation in the distance. As we approached it, we couldn’t help but wonder why this rock would attract attention (see comment below). Disappointed, we were ready to turn around but Jim decided to go a bit farther to get a look at the other side. We were glad he did because there, only visible from behind, was a hole completely through the rock. With the evening sun on the back side and dark clouds in the opposite direction, the rock appeared a brilliant orange.
This one really shows up in light box.
f/8, ISO 100, 11mm, 252 sec. (very long exposure ... still ... not long enough ;)
Currumbin Rock | Currumbin Beach | Gold Coast | Queensland | Australia
"With A Little Help From My Friends"
Rock Legends Cruise VIII - Facebook Group Photo 2020 - At Sea
This shot was taken for the Rock Legends Cruise VIII Facebook Page photo/banner. How do you get 100+ people to pose and smile? Like this! LOL All passengers were invited to attend (and be in it) and we were the 100+ that showed up! It was early morning after breakfast and before the very first concert of the day at 10:00 AM on the main pool-deck stage behind us. (Laura and I are at the bottom left corner). Photo was taken by the ship's photographer and down-loaded from their website with their permission. Glad we were a part of it. It was a lot of fun! Rock-On...My Classic Rock Family!
Rock Legends Cruise VIII ~ Feb. 27 - March 2, 2020
Independence of the Seas ~ Royal Caribbean Line
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Fort Lauderdale - Fort Lauderdale (Five Days at Sea)
Twenty-four bands ~ Five Day Party ~ three stages
Concerts all day-and-night from 10AM to 2:30AM
2020 Bands: Roger Daltrey - Roger Hodgson - Robby Krieger
Nancy Wilson - UFO - Uriah Heep - Don Felder - Elvin Bishop
Sebastian Bach - Mark Farner - Atlanta Rhythm Section
The Immediate Family - The Artimus Pyle Band - Wet Willie
Head East - Gary Hoey - Angel - Larkin Poe - Two Wolf - Goose
Brandon "Taz" Niederauer - Steve Rogers - Cour Supreme
*Rock Legends 2020 - Video Sampler
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Nw7CqZ4VE
*All proceeds from all the Rock Legends Cruises go to NAHA :
Native American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization
dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities
to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, U.S.A.
Rock Legends VII (Feb 2019) Cruise Video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pIMWuGq2WI&feature=youtu.be&...
*2020 Rock Legends Cruise VIII slide-show:
"And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make"
A winter sunset in Orleans, MA off Cape Cod Bay.
Created with three standard sized photos in Photoshop CS3. Best seen large.
Granite was quarried from this hole in the early 20th century to provide building material for the growing St Louis situated about 70 miles to the northeast. It's now part of the Elephant Rock State Park in Missouri
"I've got a load of rock ova here. Whaddya want me to do wit' it? I ain't got all day!" Who knew CS figs spoke in a clichéd Brooklyn accent?
Morro Rock is a volcanic plug in Morro Bay, California. This was shot from a distance with the 55-210 mm zoom lens' biggest end. The weather was rainy and windy on the entire coast.
When people ask me what these are, I tell them dinosaur poop. Not really. There are several locations in Kansas where one can find these rock formations. But Rock City has the most.
Physical characteristics[edit]
The large spherical boulders in Rock City are giant calcite-cemented concretions, typically called "cannonball concretions" because of their shape. They range in diameter from 3 to 6 meters (10 to 20 feet) with the average diameter being 3.6 meters (12 feet). These concretions lie 2 to 8 meters (6.6 to 26 feet) apart.[8] Similar giant calcite-cemented concretions have also been found in a quartzite quarry within Lincoln County and in exposures of the similar age sandstones in Utah and Wyoming.[8][9]
These boulders consist of well-sorted, medium-grained sandstone, which is tightly cemented by calcite. The sandstone consists of more than 95 percent quartz sand. About 20 percent of the original sandstone, mostly feldspar grains, has been replaced by the calcite. Pyrite, which is now oxidized to goethite, occurs within the calcite cement of these concretions as microscopic crystals and very small, knobby concretions. The pyrite concretions typically are about 30 cm (1 foot) in diameter. Also, included within these calcite concretions are smaller calcite concretions, which have been engulfed by the growth of the larger concretions.[8]
The host rock, which contained these spherical boulders, consists of well-sorted, medium-grained, highly porous, and friable sandstone. Being only weakly indurated by small amounts of iron oxide, sometimes seen as Liesegang rings (banding) at Rock City, it is considerably softer and very much more easily eroded than the calcite concretions. The sand comprising it accumulated within a river channel, which is part of the Dakota Sandstone, which accumulated within a low-lying coastal plain. Differential cementation and later erosion of cross-bedding inherited from the riverine sand, in which these concretions occur, created the "ornamentation", which these concretions exhibit.[8]
In the past, the origin of the spherical boulders found at Rock City had been erroneously interpreted as glacial boulders, corals, concretionary masses of limestone, and normal erosional remnants of sandstone. Shaffer[5] was the first person to recognize them as calcite-cemented concretions. From a detailed examination of the mineralogy of these concretions and the carbon and oxygen isotopes of the calcite cement comprising them, McBride and others[8] concluded that they formed as the result of diffusion of calcium through and precipitation of calcite within the sandstone containing them after being deeply buried. The carbon and calcium comprising these concretions came either from marine limestone, shells, anhydrite, or some combination of these in addition to bicarbonate derived from oxidized methane from strata outside of, but hydrologically connected to, the Dakota Sandstone. After the formation of the concretions, differential erosion of the considerably softer sandstone surrounding them exposed as free-standing boulders.[8]
Out shooting Gibraltar rock with the fancy new Irix 15mm f2.4 lens
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