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We'll leave the Cataract Gorge behind with this shot of some rock climbers. The Dolerite rock from the Jurassic era is a great face to climb. There are plenty of cracks to place pitons in and the rock is also very hard. This group of climbers from a local climbing club were enjoying a late afternoon on one of the rock faces. I should say though that about another 20 metres below the rocks in this photograph is the South Esk River.
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An important symbol of Australia. But very often photographed always fascinating. For the Aborigines is the rock of the greatest spiritual significance and an important witness of the creation story. Because of the iron content in the rock stone shimmers always ruddy and changed his tone particularly dramatic with the rising and setting sun. The rock consists of sedimentary rock, which is harder than the immediate layers. Over the millennia, lifted the area and was pulled down at the same time by wind, water and temperature erosion. What remained was the rock. For experts it is a genuine monolith, some geologists as no monolith, since only the tip of an underground base can be seen.
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*For those of you outside of the UK who don't know what 'rock' is, it's a type of stick-shaped boiled sugar confectionery! :-)
This is an abstract minimalist photo of a rock on Martinique Beach that has been dampened by a wave. I have rotated the image to the vertical.
This is a close-up photo of a coastal rock. I love the minimalist diagonal composition that has been found in the framing.
Visitors to the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula are rewarded with a view of Percé Rock, one of the world's largest natural arches.
In the midst of a falling down house, a rocking chair sits. Might be some kind of metaphor for troubled times in our lives.
A few more photos to come as we walked around the lake whilst we were walking in the Sunshine Meadows region of the Rocky Mountains.
Rock pillars in the Cataract Gorge, just a short walk away from the city centre of Launceston in the north of Tasmania, Australia. The gorge features several similar rock formations, which are popular climbing spots.
Camera: Canon PowerShot G12.
Edited with GIMP.
Floating Rock, The Narrows, Zion National Park, UT.
The 'Holy Grail' for me on this trip to Utah - at last I managed to hike all the way to Floating Rock.
It actually didn't look that interesting as I approached from downstream, but once I was on the upstream side the light was wonderful.
The rock that this lighthouse sits on is a very dangerous rock to shipping it is only exposed at low tide. The lighthouses on the calf were built in a way to show where this rock is situated. Later it was decided to build a lighthouse on it. Completed in 1874, the 44-metre-high tower is constructed of tapered granite and was designed by David and Thomas Stevenson. It was manned for many years and converted to manual in 1961 after a fire.
My grandfather was stationed here during the WW2.
Quite well camouflaged.
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Another rock (with little orange colour) in the reserve "Piekło" ("Hell") in Poland :)
The Rocks "Piekło" (Hell Rocks) near Niekłań is the inanimate nature reserve, located in the Stęporków commune. The reserve was established in 1959 to protect interesting sandstone formations caused by wind erosion. It covers an area of over 6 ha of mixed forest with a predominance of 200-year-old pines and oaks, but the greatest value of the reserve are picturesque rocks carved by erosive processes in Triassic and Lower Jurassic sandstones. On a length of several hundred meters, there is a series of monadnocks, taking unusual shapes, such as rock mushrooms, chimneys or pulpits. Their height reaches in height from 2 to 8 m. Fantastic forms and their dark color were probably the reason for many legends and names. The reserve is also a concentration of rich flora and fauna.
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Kolejna skałka (z lekko pomarańczowym odcieniem) w rezerwacie "Piekło" pod Niekłaniem :)
Rezerwat "Piekło" położony jest na wschód od Niekłania Wielkiego, w gminie Stąporków. Został utworzony w 1959 r. w celu zachowania osobliwych form skalnych. Obejmuje powierzchnię ponad 6 ha lasu mieszanego z przewagą 200-letnich sosen i dębów, jednak największą wartość rezerwatu stanowią malownicze skałki wyrzeźbione przez procesy erozyjne w triasowych i dolnojurajskich piaskowcach. Skałki tworzą dwa oddzielne skupiska: wschodnie i zachodnie. Na długości kilkuset metrów znajduje się ciąg ostańców, przybierających nietypowe kształty, takie jak grzyby skalne, kominy czy kazalnice, osiągające wysokość od 2 do 8 m. Fantastyczne formy i ich ciemne zabarwienie były prawdopodobnie powodem powstania wielu legend oraz nazwy. Rezerwat jest skupiskiem bogatej flory i fauny. W skalnych szczelinach prawdopodobnie przetrwało stanowisko bardzo rzadkiej paproci zanokcicy północnej (Asplenium septentrionale) - reliktu klimatu polodowcowego. "Skałki Piekło pod Niekłaniem" uznane są za najpiękniejszy rezerwat przyrody nieożywionej w województwie świętokrzyskim.
Bow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. It is so called because it resembles the tip of a fiddle bow. It is composed of Quartzite, a metamorphic rock which was originally quartz sandstone
A colorful locomotive consist leads Burlington Northern Santa Fe HKCKPAS westbound through Rock Creek between Bonita and Clinton, Montana, over MRL’s Third Subdivision on October 15, 2000. MRL No. 301, a former Clinchfield/CSX SD45-2 leads the train. Trailing are BN SD60M No. 9214, BNSF GP39M No. 2876, former Santa Fe SD45-2 No. 6471 and GE B40-8 No. 8616. The empty grade between the train and the Clark Fork is Milwaukee Road’s Pacific Extension right-of-way. For 35 years until 2018, Rock Creek was popular in some circles for its annual ‘Testicle Festival’ known as ‘Testy Fest’ each summer at the Rock Creek Lodge, that featured a wild celebration surrounding music, beer and consumption of ‘Rocky Mountain Oysters.’ Their advertising once stated, “You’ll have a ball! If you miss it, you’re nuts!”