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Goat Rock Beach off of Highway 1 near Bodega Bay, CA.
Went on a little drive, and ended up just driving out towards the coast and stopping here to hike around, then climbed down a little cliff to a beach that I had pretty much to myself the entire time.
I've come across some attractive rocks when down in Cornwall, my favourite being the green marbled 'Serpentine' that seems to be particulary extensive around the Lizard Peninsular. This rock looks amazing when polished and many of the shops carry items made from its highly polished form.
This year I came across a rock type I've never seen before near St Michael's Mount at Marazion. After doing a little research, I am almost certain it is a rock type known as Blueschist. It is formed under very high temperatures and its blue colour comes from the presence of the predominant minerals glaucophane and lawsonite. Unlike the aforementioned Serpentine, I have only seen it in its natural state, so I don't know whether it can be polished.
2011 was a pretty busy year for me. So busy, in fact, that I didn't even get around to editing or posting all my photos from 2010!! Going through the archives I found this little gem. A "behind the scenes" shot of fellow photographer and pal, Del Higgins, shooting Spider Rock at Canyon De Chelly in Chinle, Arizona.
One of the most amazing places I've ever been. It holds such an amazing energy, and one should never leave this place feeling depleted. I will be going through the archives and posting some more photos like this soon...Happy New Year, everyone!!
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Bare Rock was our destination for the walk. Cloud was coming in a bit but managed to get a couple of photos with some sun.
Also a photo taken from the same place in 1990.
Main Range National Park, Queensland.
A wider view of the strange rock formations at the top of Malham cove. Malham is situated within the Yorkshire dales national park. Which is around 30miles or 48km north of Leeds.
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I'm thinking I'm going to start to learn a new sport.
Is 59 too old for this?
Rock gypsum (gyprock)
Sedimentary rocks form by the solidification of loose sediments. Loose sediments become hard rocks by the processes of deposition, burial, compaction, dewatering, and cementation.
There are three categories of sedimentary rocks:
1) Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks form by the solidification of sediments produced by weathering & erosion of any previously existing rocks.
2) Biogenic sedimentary rocks form by the solidification of sediments that were once-living organisms (plants, animals, micro-organisms).
3) Chemical sedimentary rocks form by the solidification of sediments formed by inorganic chemical reactions. Most sedimentary rocks have a clastic texture, but some are crystalline.
Rock gypsum (a.k.a. gyprock) is a chemical sedimentary rock. It is an example of an evaporite - it forms by the evaporation of water (usually seawater) and the precipitation of dissolved minerals. Rock salt & rock gypsum often occur together in evaporitic successions. Rock gypsum is composed of the mineral gypsum (CaSO4·2H2O - hydrous calcium sulfate). Heating of gypsum or rock gypsum drives off the water, leaving only calcium sulfate behind (the mineral anhydrite). Adding water to anhydrite results in the formation of gypsum again.
Rock gypsum, unlike rock salt, does not have a salty taste, and is softer (H = 2) - it can be scratched with a fingernail. Rock gypsum’s color is often a mottled whitish-light grayish-light brownish. It is usually microcrystalline and powdery looking (it’s much finer-grained than typical rock salt deposits). Rock gypsum superficially resembles chalk. Chalk is calcitic, and so will bubble in acid - rock gypsum does not bubble in acid. Rock gypsum samples vary from extremely friable to moderately solid.
OK, I apologize for the primative photo stitching, but it was the best I could come up with under the circumstances. It was very overcast and drizzling, and, being Kansas, very windy too. And I guess appropriate since this is the most primitive contraption I think I've ever seen on a railroad. I was amazed to find it still standing. The wind was whistling through it so hard I expected those dishes to take off like frisbees. A signal bungalow with angle iron welded on top to hold the dishes, and wooden poles holding up the reflectors. What I want to know is how did it work in winter? Those dishes would have stayed full of ice and snow. I was also amazed that it was still connected to the power grid. I was tempted to move that breaker box lever up to "on" just to see what would happen, but chickened out.
View of Cheat Lake, from the Raven Rock overlook.
Coopers Rock State Forest, West Virginia (Nov 10, 2013
A chap sat on a rock in Cheddar Gorge on a lovely midwinter afternoon yesterday, listening - I know, you can't hear it, a picture can only convey so much - to something I think was Bob Seger. I normally frown upon people playing their music in such lovely spots - headphones exist, why not use them? - but this chap seemed so at one with the place I hadn't the heart to grumble. So instead I grabbed a quick shot of him sitting there, doing his thing, in a lovely spot on a lovely afternoon.
Ayers Rock is one of the most enduring images of Australia.
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It is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjatjara and Yankunytjatjara, the Aboriginal people of the area. It has many springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings. Uluru is listed as a World Heritage Site. [more]
Rock Branch, GA (Elbert County) Copyright 2010 D. Nelson
Today I drove to Ruckersville, GA, a few miles east of Elberton. I always wanted to explore that area and my friends Evan and Steven were here recently and both suggested I should go. So I did.
I don't have GPS so I still look at maps - internet and topo - to find places. I thought I had this one figured out but to make sure I stopped in Elberton to ask directions. I followed them and after a lot of driving on winding roads hugging Lake Russell I ended up in Middleton - which was not anywhere near Ruckersville. Curved back to Elberton, where I had a nice talk with Mr. Sanders who runs a litte automotive shop. That story is coming up later. He gave me directions which send me around Elberton twice (I may have misunderstood them). I asked a resident who said she's lived here forever and knows Ruckersville is just 6 miles from here but shamefully admitted she's never been there and does not know how to get there (it turned out to be a straight 6 miles from her house). I asked yet another local who made it very clear I was not to stray from the road he put me on, no matter how tempting it may be, and I will make it to Ruckersville. All four locals said "Ruckersville? There's nothing there but an old store! You will miss it going through." Well, I won't, being on the lookout for this old gas station, which Steven and Evan tagged as "Ruckersville". Bad, bad boys! ;)
When I arrived in Ruckersville, this sign was nowhere to be seen. I drove through the community twice, then took every side road. No sign, but I now know Ruckersville like my back pocket and do not at all consider it a speck on the map. Anyway, at that point I had looked for the sign too long to give up. MilkaWay does not give up easily. I acknowledged my defeat, swallowed my pride and called Steven who thankfully returned my call right away (after I lost the signal - again, not a good place to break down, and this was my Buggy's test drive - will I ever learn?). Turns out the sign was 8 miles further down the road, just short of the South Carolina state line. In a place called Rock Branch.
Thank you Steven for all your help! One funny moment was when you said "just look it up on the net" - easy to do with an iPhone. I think I need one. Or at least GPS. I love flipping the big paper map but it's not always very helpful.
My photo ratio for this day was way off. On a photo trip I usually yield approx. 1 photo per mile driven.Today, I came home with 50 for 200 miles driven. Kinda low on the MilkaWay Harvest Indicator (MHI).
Seen on Brean Beach on a wonderful sunny winter afternoon, lovely soft lighting added to this super little bird
I tried my hand at 8-wide for the first time-well, my first actual attempt, I should say. I ended up doing the hood 4-wide with a plate on each side because 6 was too wide, four wasnt wide enough, and I could never get a 5-wide hood to look decent enough for me. It has room for both the battery box and an IR receiver for PF
Rock Dove
The Rock Dove (doves and pigeons) In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the "pigeon".Wild Rock Doves are pale grey with two black bars on each wing, although domestic and feral pigeons are very variable in colour and pattern. There are few visible differences between males and females. Habitats include various open and semi-open environments. Cliffs and rock ledges are used for roosting and breeding in the wild.
Challenging heights of the nature…
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Image photographed in January 2014 compared with photograph of similar area as it appeared in the publicity brochure, “The Waters of Health and Happiness – the book of the White Rock Baths, Hastings”, published by Hastings Corporation White Rock Baths Committee c.1933.
Part of Hastings Library’s local studies collection.
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