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A gabbroic anorthosite with calcium-rich anorthite. Chlorite in groundmass, replacing olivine, providing greenish hues. Black crystals of augite pyroxene, some with embedded <0.5mm garnets. Minor amounts of Epidote. Brown staining due to iron-oxides. Presumably formed in Soledad Canyon as part of the intrusive San Gabriel Mountains Anorthosite Complex, age ~1200 Ma, possibly Bear Canyon leucogabbro area specifically. Found as float in area identified as Saugus Formation/Mint Canyon Formation, Los Angeles County.
Eroded granite islands and duck trails scattered across the blue waters of Watson Lake.
- Prescott, Arizona
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This is the view from the top ... one of the most dramatic, and accessible, waterfalls in the Adirondacks. Image made before sunrise. Click for the HiRez goodness.
See more from this area in the Adirondacks Album.
In the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona, is Finger Rock, seen here just below the center of the photo. My wife and I hikes up 1,500 feet (nearly 500 meters), but didn't make it to the ridge. Along the way the clouds put on a show for us.
Alice's first time at the Beach and she LOVED it!
With no reason that makes sense to mere humans, she suddenly stopped and started digging till she uncovered a rock. Then she took a hold of it and ran like the wind! Sweet freedom!!
What a great way to spend my 39th Birthday :)
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You'd need dynamite before you could see how these saguaros live, as they're growing through rock, not soil.
Saguaros have a tap root that extends down about 2 & 1/2 feet. It looks like that second saguaro must be about that high above the ground. They also have an extensive root system that's only about 4-6 inches deep; those roots radiate away from the saguaro for a distance roughly equal to its height. That's not very far for these two, which I'd guess are no more than 6-8' tall. Their roots must be located mostly within the rock, at least according to the general rule.
Luckily for these saguaros, rock itself is not "rock solid". I'd guess the main (if not sole) water source for these two is what seeps through the porous rock and is eventually captured by the roots.
You've gotta be tough to survive in the desert.
Seen while hiking the Phoneline Trail in Sabino Canyon, Tucson.
Rock Sphere grinding. This is a three axis rock grinder. The idea is that all three motors rotate at varying speeds. Each motor has a steel grinder at the end. Each grinder is impregnated with diamonds. The person here is adding more grit abrasive. This process takes a long time. Sometimes it take over two or three days of continuous grinding to finish a sphere. Once polished, they are beautiful specimens.
Taken with a Canon AE-1 Program with a 50mm f/1.8 lens. Kodak Tri-x 400 film expired in 2009. Developed in D-76 1-1 at 24C for 7.75m with standard agitation. Scanned with an Epson V500.
Kilt Rock waterfall, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Another dynamic "land escape", don't you think? Check Red.
Cascada de Kilt Rock en la Isla de Skye, Escocia.
This beach at Kilve on the Somerset coast has amazing rock formations both on the cliffs and on the beach itself... and there's more of those infamous pebbles.
This 0.7 mile (1.2 km) rather challenging hiking trail leads up to the saddle between the peaks of Cathedral Rock in Sedona, Arizona.
Shaman Rock at Olkhon Island
The indigenous Buryats believe the island to be a spiritual place, and on the western coast, close to Khuzhir, is Baikal's most famous landmark, the Shamanka, or Shaman's Rock. Natives believe that Burkhan, a modern religious cult figure of the Altai peoples, lives in the cave in this rock. The rock is one of nine Asian Most Sacred Places.
Rock Legends Cruise V - Facebook Photo - January 20th, 2017:
This shot was taken for the Rock Legends Cruise V 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 before breakfast and before the very first concert of the day at 10:00 AM on the main pool-deck stage behind us. (I am standing behind my wife Laura in the tangerine top at the bottom-left corner). This photo was taken by the ship's photographer with a fish-eye lens and down-loaded from their website with their permission. Was fun! Glad we were a part of it.
Independence of the Seas - Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Independence_of_the_Seas
This fifteen-deck ship, built in 2008, can easily accommodate 4,370 passengers and is served by 1,360 crew. She is 1,112 feet long, 184 feet wide, and typically cruises at 24.9 mph. The vessel operates from Fort Lauderdale, Florida during the Fall & Winter months & Southampton, England during the Spring and Summer months. Cost: $828 Million.
Rock Legends Cruise V - January 19th-23rd, 2017
Independence of the Seas - Royal Caribbean Line
Fort Lauderdale - Cozumel, Mexico - Ft. Lauderdale
Twenty-one bands - sixty-three concerts - four stages
(one more shot of this great group photo in the comments)
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The 2017 Bands: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, REO Speedwagan, Credence Clearwater Revisited, Thin Lizzy and Black Star Riders,
Don Felder (Eagles), The Marshall Tucker Band, John Mayall,
Todd Rundgren, Mark Farner (Grand Funk), Nazareth, April Wine,
The Kentucky Headhunters, Rick Derringer, Paul Barrere and
Fred Tackett (Little Feat), The Weight Band, The Artimus Pyle Band (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Gary Hoey, Carolyn Wonderland, Two Wolf,
Pink Talking Fish (Pink Floyd) - [We are booked on RLC VI 2018!!
Different each year! Signed so far: Sammy Hagar-Bad Company]
It’s An Addiction ~ Tutorial Challenge #24
Created for Marcus Ranum Challenge #83
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This rock formation juts out of the high plains desert of Central Oregon. The Native American people used to use this area for shelter from the harsh elements of the high plains.