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A White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) perched on a rock near a lake at Ston Eiland (Stone Island) in Brokopondo, Suriname.
Punakaiki is the gateway to the dramatic limestone country of the Paparoa National Park. It lies halfway between Greymouth and Westport on one of the most spectacular coastal highways in New Zealand.
The Pancake Rocks that Punakaiki is famous for, are limestone formations that began forming 30 million years ago, when lime-rich fragments of dead marine creatures were deposited on the seabed, then overlaid by weaker layers of soft mud and clay.
The seabed was raised above sealevel by earthquakes to form the coastal cliffs and coastline. The sea, wind and rain have since etched out the soft layers to form the unusual rock formations we see today.
When conditions are right, heavy ocean swells thunder into the caverns beneath the rocks and huge water spouts blast skywards through the blowholes in a truly spectacular sight.
A view of the Hopewell Rocks in The Hopewell Rocks Ocean tidal Exploration Site on the Bay of Fundy Hopewell Cape New Brunswick Canada
Near the summit of Mither Tap on Bennachie (pronounced Benna-Hee) the craggy rocks are buried in winter snow.
Devonian rock folding, Slichowice, Kielce, Poland,
Devonian Period, in geologic time, an interval of the Paleozoic Era that follows the Silurian Period and precedes the Carboniferous Period, spanning between about 419.2 million and 358.9 million years ago. The Devonian Period is sometimes called the “Age of Fishes” because of the diverse, abundant, and, in some cases, bizarre types of these creatures that swam Devonian seas. Forests and the coiled shell-bearing marine organisms known as ammonites first appeared early in the Devonian. Late in the period the first four-legged amphibians appeared, indicating the colonization of land by vertebrates.
Returning from Coruisk, classic view of the Cuillin spanning from Gars-bheinn left to Sgurr na Stri right
For me, it's the tree that gives this landscape shot perspective. Everything in this environment is larger than life, while the colours are both rich and confronting.
Here is an extract from my Journal of September 10th:
"At Kulala Camp, the manager greeted me, took me through an induction and showed me to a room with impossibly steep steps up to my “tent”. He saw my problem with the steps and said he’d find me a better room. While he did this, Ruby (my guide) took me on my first official game drive. On this drive we saw very few animals, Ruby was more interested to tell me about the geological history of the landscape. We stopped, she gathered up rocks and gave me the most comprehensive geology lesson of my life. We were indeed in an ancient landscape dating back to the dawn of time on Earth.
Ruby drove to a rise on the side of a vast hill of giant rocks where she laid out drinks and nibbles while we watched the sun set accompanied by the sounds of Barking Geckos calling to each other. We each had plenty to share and tell the other, and Ruby was uncommonly impressed at my having three cameras. Ruby was not only a tour guide and geologist, she was also a budding photographer who wanted to hone her skills on my cameras. It soon became evident that she knew nothing about composition, had no idea of focus but she had a keen admiration for my zoom lens.
She asked what activities might interest me, especially as a Swiss couple were taking a hot air balloon ride the next morning. I said I’d like to do the same, or take one of four sight seeing flights that were available. Ruby said it was too late to organize flights for the next day, and besides, she would take me to Sousousvlei tomorrow morning. She would get details and costs of the flight options for me during dinner.
That evening all the guests, except four who chose not to mingle, were seated together at a long table in the outside dining area. I was seated between a Swiss woman and an American man, with an English woman named Clair opposite. Clair and I were solo travellers and we hit it off from the moment we met. Such a beautiful intelligent and well travelled woman with a marvellous sense of adventure; we were destined to be great friends.
For me it was an early night, I had lost 8 hours on my flight from Australia. Ruby wanted me fed and watered for a 7 o’clock start the next morning. As promised, Ruby had details of the flight options, all prices were for two, regardless of one person flying. I would also have to pay Ruby’s wages for the day because she would have to take me to the airfield and wait there for me to return. I said I’d think about it overnight."
Old Harry Rocks are three chalk formations, including a stack and a stump, located at Handfast Point, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, southern England. They mark the most eastern point of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Such a wonderful place to explore and take pictures.
Just amazing to look at the rocks and think at all of the effort that went in into building something there.