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I visited this magical place at blue hour. I was overwhelmed by this natural wonder and immediately felt an inner calm. To capture my feelings, I took a long exposure of 240 seconds.
The Giant's Causeway comprises about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns as remnants of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about 5 kilometres northeast of the town of Bushmills.
The Giant's Causeway was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that start at the base of the cliff and disappear into the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, but there are some with four, five, seven or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 m high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 m thick in places.
Giant's Causeway, Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland
The Valles Caldera (or Jemez Caldera) is a 13.7-mile-wide (22.0 km) volcanic caldera in the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico. Hot springs, streams, fumaroles, natural gas seeps, and volcanic domes dot the caldera landscape. The highest point in the caldera is Redondo Peak, an 11,254-foot (3,430 m) resurgent lava dome located entirely within the caldera and surrounded by moat-like flows of rhyolitic solidified lavas.
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Tenerife, the lava flowed to the sea in ancient times. Now solidified, the waves and the wind shape it to embrace the moon.
Iceland is dominated by igneous rocks, making up 90% of the rock volume, while only around 10% are sedimentary, with no true metamorphic rock. Most of the igneous deposits are volcanic, originating from magma spewing out onto the surface. A few formations, such as Vestrahorn shown here, are formed from plutonic rock, magma which solidified below the surface. Vestrahorn is also notable for the very long scree slopes which give it some interesting vertical layering. The beaches of Iceland are almost entirely compsed of black sand, with a few exceptions in the northwest. Here the sand is stabilized somewhat by patches of grass that keep the sand from being entirely blown away, forming little hills. (#1)
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There are really three ways to see Hallf Dome: from the west and south entyrances to Yosemite Park; to climb (now with reserveations) to the top, and from the valley floor. I had made reservations in 2015, but I was turned away at the "entrance" (two wire ropes to hang onto) because in the estimation of those who know better, but the times I did the four miles to get to the start, the ranger in charge told me point blank that I couldn't do the climb. And he was right. After 70, my fear of heights (7-8,000 feet) with two wires to hang onto double.
Half Dome did not split in half as many people think, and the very name implies that it might be been. But actually, it was created by erosion. Half Dome is a quartz monzonite batholith at the eastern end of Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. It is a well-known rock formation in the park, named for its distinct shape. One side is a sheer face while the other three sides are smooth and round, making it appear like a dome cut in half. It stands at nearly 8,800 feet above sea level and is composed of quartz monzonite, an igneous rock that solidified several thousand feet within the Earth. At its core are the remains of a magma chamber that cooled slowly and crystallized beneath the Earth's surface. The solidified magma chamber was then exposed and cut in half by erosion, therefore leading to the geographic name Half Dome.
Below are two shots taken a decade apart, and while I like the first the best, to see this monolith from the base is just awe inspiring. By the way, in the over 20 trips including two ten day vacations, I have only gotten clouds once (other than the shot below) and/or that was during my film days. The only disappointing thing about Yosemite (we avoided crowds of tourists and when we couldn't we'd drive through to the eastern entrance every time and starting at Mono Lake.)
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 and a national nature reserve by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in 1987. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named the fourth-greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.
The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although some have four, five, seven, or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres (92 ft) thick in places.
Much of the Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast World Heritage Site is owned and managed by the National Trust. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Northern Ireland, receiving over 998,000 visitors in 2019. Access to the Giant's Causeway is free of charge: it is not necessary to go via the visitor centre, which charges a fee. The remainder of the site is owned by the Crown Estate and several private landowners. Wikipedia
A.k.a. the Valley of the Moon, or Moonscape. In the Cordillera de Sal, the desert mountains to the west of the Atacama Desert in Chile. These mountains are made of seafloor sediments so barely solidified that mineral salts percolate out in some areas and look like snow. If it ever rained here, the whole mountain range would wash away!
Chile, June 2019.
Punakaiki, New Zealand. Punikaiki, New Zealand. The Pancake Rocks were formed 30 million years ago from minute fragments of dead marine creatures and plants landed on the seabed about 2 km below the surface. Immense water pressure caused the fragments to solidify in hard and soft layers. Gradually seismic action lifted the limestone above the seabed. Mildly acidic rain, wind and seawater sculpted the bizarre shapes.
Volcanic dike sorrounded by trees, this is a structure formed by magma rising into elastic cracks and solidifying.
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 and a national nature reserve by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in 1987. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named the fourth-greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.
The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although some have four, five, seven, or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres (92 ft) thick in places.
Much of the Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast World Heritage Site is owned and managed by the National Trust. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Northern Ireland, receiving over 998,000 visitors in 2019. Access to the Giant's Causeway is free of charge: it is not necessary to go via the visitor centre, which charges a fee. The remainder of the site is owned by the Crown Estate and several private landowners. Wikipedia
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la végétation luxuriante a laisse place à un paysage lunaire, qui frappe par l’absence de vie animale et végétale. Une épaisse fumée blanche sort du cratère et se dissipe au gré du vent. Ce sont les solfatares, ces fumerolles chargées de dioxyde de soufre et d’acide chlorhydrique fortement irritantesSe munir du masque à gaz ou, à défaut, un foulard humide pour se prémunir des émanations de soufre
La descente dans la soufrière n’est plus formellement interdite(comme lors de notre passage ,)
Des hommes, tels de véritables forçats, s’astreignent à extraire des blocs de soufre de plusieurs kilos, au milieu des fumerolles irrespirables. Des canalisations en métal emprisonnent et refroidissent une partie de ces vapeurs de soufre qui se cristallisent progressivement pour se solidifier définitivement à la sortie de ces longs tuyaux et ainsi être extraites. Chaussés pour la plupart de simples bottes en caoutchouc et avec une étoffe ou un chiffon dans la bouche en guise de masque, ces mineurs de l’extrême remplissent des paniers avec ces blocs, les remontent à la surface du cratère puis redescendent dans la vallée pour finalement les faire peser et en tirer un salaire
.Si on y arrive avant le lever du soleil, on peut observer d’étranges coulées de lave bleue qui semblent ruisseler sur les flancs du cratère. Il s’agit en fait de soufre à l’état gazeux, qui s’enflamme au contact de l’air, offrant ainsi un spectacle totalement surréaliste, Garanti sans trucage !
(d'après doc Bali authentique qui organisait notre circuit )
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The lush vegetation has given way to a lunar landscape, strikingly devoid of animal and plant life. Thick white smoke emerges from the crater and dissipates with the wind. These are the solfataras, fumaroles charged with sulphur dioxide and hydrochloric acid, which are highly irritating. Take a gas mask or, failing that, a wet scarf to protect yourself from the sulphur fumes.
Descending into the sulphur pit is no longer formally forbidden (as it was when we visited, )
Men, like real slave labourers, are forced to extract blocks of sulphur weighing several kilos, in the middle of unbreathable fumaroles. Metal pipes trap and cool part of the sulphur vapours, which gradually crystallise and solidify at the end of the long pipes, so that they can be extracted. Mostly wearing simple rubber boots and with a cloth or rag in their mouths as a mask, these extreme miners fill baskets with these blocks, bring them to the surface of the crater and then go back down into the valley to finally have them weighed and earn a salary.
If you get there before sunrise, you can see strange blue lava flows that seem to trickle down the sides of the crater. It is in fact sulphur in a gaseous state, which ignites on contact with the air, offering a totally surreal spectacle, guaranteed without any trickery!
(according to the authentic Bali doc who organised our tour)
Gloopy, drippy lava making up part of the Lace Curtain on Pahvant Butte.
Pahvant Butte is a volcanic butte formed by a dormant volcano in the west-central portion of Utah. It is located in the Sevier Desert in the Pahvant Valley. This part of Utah was once covered by a huge inland freshwater sea known as Lake Bonneville. Pahvant Butte volcano erupted under the icy waters of the lake causing the hot lava to solidify in the interesting "drip" formations forming the Lace Curtain. Millard County, Utah.
To see more of this weird and interesting bit of Utah geology check out my album here: www.flickr.com/photos/19779889@N00/albums/721576836971395...
The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 and a national nature reserve by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in 1987. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named the fourth-greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.
The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although some have four, five, seven, or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres (92 ft) thick in places.
Much of the Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast World Heritage Site is owned and managed by the National Trust. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Northern Ireland, receiving over 998,000 visitors in 2019. Access to the Giant's Causeway is free of charge: it is not necessary to go via the visitor centre, which charges a fee. The remainder of the site is owned by the Crown Estate and several private landowners. Wikipedia
Radiometric age determinations of the minette establish that these volcanic rocks solidified about 27 million years ago. Shiprock is in the northeastern part of the Navajo Volcanic Field - a field that includes intrusions and flows of minette and other unusual igneous rocks that formed about 25 million years ago.
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Shiprock, New Mexico
Navajo Nation
Dec 2016
This stoneware sculpture captures form in dynamic motion while testing the limits of ceramic technique.The result is an organic shape that seems to defy gravity and solidify movement.The core of the sculpture is sansd-glazed and covered with a matter white slip,which is reminiscent in color and texture of the stalactites found in the limestone caves of Akiyoshi Plateau in Yamaguchi Prefecture where the artist was born
Down below where the columns are is the entrance into the museum.Shot from the Mezzanine Gallery level.
I think this picture may need a bit of an explanation in order to see what's going on.
This is a telephoto shoot of Fagradalsfjalls' crater, currently erupting on the Reykjanes peninsula in Iceland. In the foreground there are a couple of freshly solidified lava fields and the last layer in the background is the erupting crater.
The picture was taken at twilight - to me that's the best time to watch the volcano as you have a good contrast between the "very" warm colors from the eruption and the colder colors of the falling night.
Anyway, this was taken on the evening of the 24th of July 2021. I chose a slightly lower shutter speed for this shot in order to blur the smoke from the crater just a little bit, to retain some impression of movement without burring it out completely.
This eruption is one of the most amazing things I have seen, so much so I have visited the eruption site three times over my two weeks stay in Iceland..so there will be quite a few more Volcano shots coming.
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"Il vetro si trova infatti in natura. Si forma quando la sabbia di quarzo si scioglie in seguito a un forte innalzamento della temperatura e la massa fusa si raffredda successivamente. Un «fluido solidificato», questo è il vetro. [...]
A partire dal XI secolo, Venezia diventò il centro dell’arte vetraria nel mondo occidentale. E’ soprattutto nella produzione e lavorazione del cristallo puro per le bottiglie che i mastri vetrai, i cosiddetti «phioleri di Murano», raggiunsero un livello di maestria ineguagliato e perfezionarono lo stile di quella che sarebbe poi diventata la raffinata arte rinascimentale nella tradizione vetraria veneziana."
"Glass is in fact found in nature. It is formed when quartz sand melts following a sharp rise in temperature and the molten mass subsequently cools. A "solidified fluid", this is glass. [...]
Starting from the 11th century, Venice became the center of glass art in the Western world. It is above all in the production and processing of pure crystal for bottles that the master glassmakers, the so-called "Murano phioleri", reached an unmatched level of mastery and perfected the style of what would later become the refined Renaissance art in the Venetian glassmaking tradition."
Basalt columns stand like a fortress on the black sand beach at Vik. These columns form when basaltic lava is cooled rapidly, and as the lava solidifies, vertical cracks are formed by the stress of the rock’s cooling and contracting. The growth of the fractures, or joints, are perpendicular to the surface of the flow, and as they continue to grow, they form a closely-spaced regular array of columns or polygonal prisms. This process is called columnar jointing. The individual prisms can have 3 to 8 sides. Examples of this can be scene all over Iceland. In the U.S. The Devils Postpile in Mammoth California has a great example of this also. You could easily spend an hour just photographing these rocks ... I did. Vik, Iceland, April 2021
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The Giant's Causeway (Irish: Clochán an Aifir) is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 and a national nature reserve by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in 1987. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named the fourth-greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.
The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although some have four, five, seven, or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres (92 ft) thick in places.
Much of the Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast World Heritage Site is owned and managed by the National Trust. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Northern Ireland, receiving over 998,000 visitors in 2019. Access to the Giant's Causeway is free of charge: it is not necessary to go via the visitor centre, which charges a fee. The remainder of the site is owned by the Crown Estate and several private landowners.
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Tataki :
Tataki is an earthen floor which is made by mixing lime and water, then beating and solidifying it.
This is the private farmhouse of the Konno family who served as Kimoiri, the chief of the village in Edo period.
This house was built in 1769 and the family lived in it until 1992 when they donated it to the Tohoku History Museum.
Now this house is opened as the part of the museum.
I introduce some phoos.
三和土（たたき）
この住宅は江戸時代に村の肝いりであった今野家住宅です。
1769年に建てられ、199年に東北歴史博物館に寄贈されるまで住まいとして使用されていました。
今は、博物館の一部として公開されています。
写真を紹介していきます。
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I learned that Pahoehoe lava Is generally lava flowing in a stream over a partly solidified surface creating creases and wrinkles in the hot lava that create rope like structures.
Natural Bridges State Beach is named for the naturally occurring mudstone bridges that were carved by the Pacific Ocean into cliffs that jutted out into the sea. The arches formed over a million years ago when a combination of silt, clay and diatoms were solidified into a mixture of stone that formed the three original arches of the beach.
A Ópera Estatal de Viena (Wiener Staatsoper), localizada na Ringstraße, é um emblemático exemplo da arquitetura neorrenascentista, construída entre 1861 e 1869. Inaugurada com a presença do Imperador Francisco José, a sua programação começou com a apresentação de "Don Giovanni", de Mozart. O edifício, que inclui elementos clássicos e decorativos, alberga a Orquestra Filarmónica de Viena e o prestigiado Baile da Ópera. Em primeiro plano, destaca-se a fonte "Brunnen der Musik", criada pelo escultor Josef Gasser em 1869, que simboliza a música, dança e alegria através das suas esculturas alegóricas. A ópera sofreu danos significativos durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, sendo restaurada e reaberta em 1955, solidificando o seu status como um dos principais teatros de ópera do mundo e um importante marco cultural da cidade.
The Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper), located on the Ringstraße, is an emblematic example of neo-Renaissance architecture, built between 1861 and 1869. Inaugurated in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph, its program began with the presentation of Mozart's "Don Giovanni". The building, which includes classical and decorative elements, is home to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and the prestigious Opera Ball. In the foreground, the fountain "Brunnen der Musik", created by sculptor Josef Gasser in 1869, symbolizes music, dance and joy through its allegorical sculptures. The opera house suffered significant damage during World War II, and was restored and reopened in 1955, solidifying its status as one of the world's leading opera houses and an important cultural landmark in the city.
The modern image of Santa Claus, as we commonly see him today, was significantly influenced by Coca-Cola's marketing campaigns. Coca-Cola's role began in the 1930s when the company hired artist Haddon Sundblom to create illustrations of Santa Claus for their Christmas advertisements. Sundblom's depictions, which showed Santa in a red and white suit (colors that matched Coca-Cola's branding), helped to solidify the modern image of Santa Claus in the public consciousness. These advertisements were widely distributed and had a significant impact on how Santa Claus is perceived today.
This modern Santa promoting Coca-Cola is in Macey's Grocery in Orem, Utah.
At 2.8km above sea level the turquoise lake in the crater of Mt Ijen is truly spectacular. If it wasn't the most acidic body of water on the planet you'd be tempted to take a dip.
The poisonous gas spewing from the vents beside the lake not only creates a dreamy ambience but also solidifies as pure sulphur. This creates a lucrative opportunity for the locals; a day of mining in the deadly clouds can earn them almost $10USD!
I went down to the vents to mine myself some nuggets of (admittedly pocket-sized) hot sulphur. It was all fun & games 'til the wind changed direction. After a few lung-incinerating minutes in a white-out I found my gas mask and worked out how to use it!
It is impossible to describe what it is like to stand at the foot of this volcanic pipe next to these Teide's daisies (Argyranthemum tenerifae) which is an endemic species of Tenerife. The magma solidified and formed La Catedral (656 ft), which is the highest rock formation of all Los Roques. On the background, we can also see the peak of Teide (12,188 ft), the highest peak in Spain and the third largest volcano on the planet. I hope you like this sunset next to La Catedral and these beautiful Teide's daisies.
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Tsé Bit' a'í is a rock formation rising nearly 1,800 feet (550 m) above the high-desert plain on the Navajo Nation and in San Juan County, New Mexico, about 12 miles southwest of the town of Shiprock, which is named for the peak. Governed by the Navajo Nation, the formation is in the Four Corners region and plays a significant role in Navajo religion, mythology and tradition. It is located in the center of the Ancient Pueblo People or Ancestral Puebloan civilization, a prehistoric Native American culture of the Southwest United States often referred to as the Anasazi. Tsé Bit' a'í is a point of interest for rock climbers and photographers and has been featured in several film productions and novels. It is the most prominent landmark in northwestern New Mexico.
Tsé Bit' a'í is composed of fractured volcanic breccia and black dikes of igneous rock called "minette". It is the erosional remnant of the throat of a volcano, and the volcanic breccia formed in a diatreme. The exposed rock probably was originally formed 2,500-3000 feet below the earth's surface, but it was exposed after millions of years of erosion. Wall-like sheets of minette, known as dikes, radiate away from the central formation. Radiometric age determinations of the minette establish that these volcanic rocks solidified about 27 million years ago. Tsé Bit' a'í is in the northeastern part of the Navajo Volcanic Field; the field includes intrusions and flows of minette and other unusual igneous rocks that formed about 25 million years ago. Agathla, also called El Capitan, is another prominent volcanic neck of this field.
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The Giant's Causeway is an area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption, part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province active in the region during the Paleogene period. It is located in County Antrim on the north coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986 and a national nature reserve by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland in 1987. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times readers, the Giant's Causeway was named the fourth-greatest natural wonder in the United Kingdom.
The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although some have four, five, seven, or eight sides. The tallest are approximately 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres (92 ft) thick in places.
You hold your breath when you see him! This raw and great monument looking at Skagen in Vardø. You see vardo-drakkar-025the remains of a Viking ship, a dinosaur and a whale in the pose of the sky. He guards Bussesundet and show the way so that people at sea can continue to find their way to Vardø. In your imagination do you see he comes roaring up from the raging sea. Skim runs while he climbs up the mountain on Skagen then solidify in its awesome splendor. The population of Vardø he presses to his breast, has made him a landmark. The name is «Drakkar».
Designed and built by young wood craftsmen from Arkhangelsk. /kf
The photograph captures the grand staircase of Pasadena City Hall, an architectural gem completed in 1927 as part of the City Beautiful movement. Designed by John Bakewell and Arthur Brown Jr., the building reflects a stunning blend of Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival styles, inspired by 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture. The staircase, with its elegant balustrades, intricate detailing, and symmetrical curves, serves as a focal point leading up to the majestic dome, which stands at 206 feet. This historic landmark has been a symbol of Pasadena’s civic pride and has appeared in numerous films and TV shows, further solidifying its place in cultural history.
Mullaghmore, Kilnaboy, County Clare, Ireland
This curious looking mountain is made from solid limestone & stands 180 meters high. It’s hard to imagine but this was all at the bottom of a warm tropical sea 350 million of years ago! 😱 This grey limestone mountain was created by millions of years of sediments & organic material sinking from the ocean's surface then solidifying into rock limestone over the ages.
Due to tectonic plate movement in our earth’s crust, this ancient seabed was pushed upwards into the sky! Nature slowly eroded away & smoothed this ancient seabed into these beautifully curved layers of rock, which today is known as The Burren National Park.
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The Glass House Mountains in Queensland, Australia.
A shot from 2014.
The iconic peak in the centre is Mount Coonowrin (377m), currently a restricted access area.
"The Glass House Mountains are a cluster of thirteen hills that rise abruptly from the coastal plain on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The highest hill is Mount Beerwah at 556 metres above sea level, but the most identifiable of all the hills is Mount Tibrogargan which from certain angles bears a resemblance to a face staring east towards the ocean. The Glass House Mountains are located near Beerburrum State Forest and Steve Irwin Way. From Brisbane, the mountains can be reached by following the Bruce Highway north and taking the Glass House Mountains tourist drive turn-off onto Steve Irwin Way. The trip is about one hour from Brisbane. The Volcanic peaks of the Glass House Mountains rise dramatically from the surrounding Sunshine Coast landscape. They were formed by intrusive plugs, remnants of volcanic activity that occurred 26-27 million years ago. Molten rock filled small vents or intruded as bodies beneath the surface and solidified into land rocks. Millions of years of erosion have removed the surrounding exteriors of volcanic cores and softer sandstone rock.
Whilst the traditional names for the hills themselves are very old, the term 'Glasshouse Mountains' was given more recently by explorer Lieutenant James Cook on 17 May 1770. The peaks reminded him of the glass furnaces in his home county of Yorkshire. Matthew Flinders explored the area and climbed Mount Beerburrum after sailing along Pumicestone Passage in 1799."
"Be depressed, discouraged and disappointed at failure and the disheartening effects of ignorance, greed, corruption and bad politics — but never give up.”
– Marjory Stoneman Douglas
How’s your week been? I know I know. Yet another incident of mass shooting; two in a week, actually. Yet again, a few more innocent people dead. All quite plaintive, ain’t it? Ah well, it didn’t happen to me or my family. Dang, it didn’t even happen in my city. Do I really have to care, dude? The dictionary says, ‘numb’ means ‘deprived of the power of sensation’, or, ‘ deprive of feeling or responsiveness’. O don’t you get me wrong! I sense a plenty good! I sense, it makes sense to be numb now; actually, it’s pretty dumb not to be numb.
So, while you are willfully deprived of your feelings or sensation (or, not), let me fiddle your senses with the above image. Take a look, ya Sirs and Ma’ams! Such nimble, tiny, transient flowers! They come when spring comes. They bloom as a proxy of life; they’re its celebration, its anthem. It was as if Spring had spilled all its colors in a willful accident. Sadly, I saw folks stepping all over these flowers for their selfies. Snubbed here, ripped there... Aye, these flowers were mangled all over like 'em folks in that Boulder grocery store or that Atlanta massage spa. Beauty ain’t no match for brutality, y’all!
This spring bloom is on top of the steep Table Mountain (can you tell?). They say, this place has some dope geology. I ain’t no geology professor, but in street-speak, I can tell you what happened. Long ago, liquid chocolate fondue-like lava from nearby volcanoes filled up a river valley. Millions of years later, Sierra Nevada mountains uplifted like a well-fed teenager, which eroded softer surroundings from the solidified fondue (latite) and left it looking like an inverted valley. It’s a badass hike up there through brutal switchbacks on a talus slope, but views from the top (including a large manmade reservoir) are cool beans! This volcanic tableland ain’t one of those famous Californian Instagram-spots, but this place knows how to charm instantly.
And jeez, I have to tell y’all about the light. The god-forsaken mid-day light! Not a single cloud up there to save the grace. Everything so bright, boyz, it was painful! I had to pull all freagin’ tricks in the shop to make this foto look little Ms. Pretty. Man, I did so good, didn’t I? Guess, I could be a politician, y’all! Afterall, I can tell tales taller than printed pajamas and turn uglies into tiny winy pretties… ya know? Just as I see them politicians fake it these days on TV about mass shooting and entertain the rest of the world for free. Heh heh!
Before I wrap up, I would like it very much if you paid your finest attention to those little surreptitious mid-day clouds on the top left of the frame. Know what? Few frames later, they were gone! Puff! Evaporated into nothin’, as if their will to exist was as worthless as the thin air they were weaving their dreams on. Potential cut short brutally, man! Aww… That reminds me of those dead people in that spa. And that grocery store.
See-rap, man! I ain’t no good at being numb. You?
Qu’est-ce que la dent de la Rancune ?
Nichée au cœur de la Vallée de Chaudefour, une vallée glacière issue de l’ancien stratovolcan du Sancy, la Dent de la Rancune est un Dyke volcanique dont le sommet culmine à 1493 mètres. Il s’agit en fait d’une remontée magmatique qui a suivi une fissure et qui s’est solidifiée. Puis, avec le temps et l’érosion, les couches géologiques environnantes se sont érodées pour ne laisser intacte que la roche la plus dure : la trachyte. Nous pouvons ainsi voir de nos jours, le résultat de milliers d’années d’érosion de cette vallée glacière. A côté de la Dent de la Rancune se trouvent également deux autres Dyke connus dans la région : la Crête de Coq et l’Aiguille du Moine.
D’où vient le nom Dent de la Rancune ?
D’après les textes ce nom serait à l’initiative du prêtre de Murol : l’abbé Léon Boudal qui, à l’époque, avait entrepris de renommer nombre de lieux de la région pour les rendre plus convenables. Ainsi à l’origine la Dent de la Rancune se serait appeler dans le patois local la Dent de la Rancul à la connotation phallique sans équivoque ou encore le Saut de la Pucelle un peu plus loin qui se retrouva baptisé en Dent du Marais.
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What is the Dent de la Rancune?
Nestled in the heart of the Vallée de Chaudefour, a glacial valley from the ancient Sancy stratovolcano, the Dent de la Rancune is a volcanic Dyke whose summit culminates at 1493 meters. It is in fact a magmatic upwelling that followed a fissure and solidified. Then, with time and erosion, the surrounding geological layers eroded to leave only the hardest rock intact: trachyte. We can thus see today, the result of thousands of years of erosion of this glacial valley. Next to the Dent de la Rancune are also two other Dykes known in the region: the Crête de Coq and the Aiguille du Moine.
Where does the name Dent de la Rancune come from?
According to the texts, this name would be at the initiative of the priest of Murol: Abbot Léon Boudal who, at the time, had undertaken to rename a number of places in the region to make them more suitable. Thus, originally the Dent de la Rancune would have been called in the local dialect the Dent de la Rancul with its unequivocal phallic connotation or even the Saut de la Pucelle a little further away which was baptized as Dent du Marais.
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Göreme Historical National Park is a national park in central Turkey. Located in Nevşehir Province, the National Park is located in the volcanic region of Mount Hasan and Mount Erciyes in Central Anatolia, in the vicinity of Ürgüp, Çavuşin and Göreme. The park area consists of plateaus and high hills, dissected by streams and river valleys carved out by the water, the valleys having steeply sloping sides. Part of this rugged area consists of basalt and thick beds of tuff. This solidified soft rock, and has since been overlain by solidified lava which forms a protective capping, eroded over the millennia to form the multi-coloured cliffs, rock towers, pillars, tent rocks and fairy chimney rock formations present in the park.
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Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) is a multipurpose development area in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The area is located around Jalan Ampang, Jalan P. Ramlee, Jalan Binjai, Jalan Kia Peng and Jalan Pinang. There are a number of shopping complexes such as Suria KLCC and Avenue K. There are also hotels within walking distance such as G Tower, Mandarin Oriental, Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur and InterContinental Kuala Lumpur hotel. Designed to be a city within a city, the 100-acre site hosts the tallest twin buildings in the world, a shopping mall, office buildings and several hotels. A public park and a mosque have also been built in the area and open to everyone. The whole project is cooled via district cooling located on the property. Constructed between 1993 and 1998, the Petronas Twin Towers were the tallest buildings in the world from 1 January 1998 to 31 December 2004. Currently, it still holds the record for the tallest twin buildings in the world. It is the headquarters of Petronas, a Fortune 100 state-owned oil company and also the largest company in Southeast Asia. The towers and the mall below were designed by Argentinian born architect César Pelli. Construction started in 1991 and was completed 7 years later, in the midst of Asian Financial Crisis and Reformasi movement. Due to the soil conditions of the site, the buildings were built on one of the deepest foundations in the world. The Building Services engineer contractor was Flack + Kurtz which is currently part of the WSP | Parsons Brinkerhoff Company. The 88-storey towers were built using mostly reinforced concrete, with steel-and-glass facades to resemble Islamic motifs which were intended to reflect the official and majority religion of Malaysia. The cross section of the tower resembles Rub el Hizb, which further solidifies the Islamic motif in the tower design. 19877
This photograph is of the opening into a lava tube, surrounded by lava rock bombs, as found while hiking the Lava Trail in Utah's Snow Canyon State Park.
When lava magma is deep underground, it is under very high pressure. As it moves toward the surface, it carries pieces of molten rock with it, and these are ejected out of vents. These molten blobs cool and solidify in the air and then fall back to earth. Hiking Snow Canyon’s Lava Trail, one will find many of these “lava bombs” on or nearby the hiking paths. And as the magma arrives at the earth’s surface, it breaks apart the cooled crust above it, creating jumbled masses of rock. Many of these rocks are brightly colored, reflecting the high iron oxice content on their surfaces.
Hiking Snow Canyon’s Lava Trail, one may also encounter deep, dark holes. Leading to caves. These are “lava tubes.” When lava flows, surface lava cools and hardens to a solid crust. When the volcanic eruption ends, the lava beneath these crusts drains out, leaving behind a hollow tube. These may remain hidden, but at times the thin surface crust breaks down and one finds a deep hole, surrounded by “lava bombs” of various sizes and colours.
(Notes from “Geology Underfoot in Southern Utah,” by Richard Orndorff, Robert Wider and David Futey.)
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The craggy peaks of the Glass House Mountains tower above the surrounding Sunshine Coast landscape.
The park has significant landscape and conservation values.
Glass House Mountains National Park contains a wide variety of terrain such as rocky peaks and pavements, steep hill slopes, gullies and swampy coastal plains which provide habitat for many different vegetation communities.
The peaks themselves protect montane heath—an uncommon community on the Queensland coast—while heathlands, forest and woodlands are found across the surrounding hills and plains.
These diverse areas, and particularly the rocky pavements of the peaks, are important for biodiversity, providing habitat for twenty plant species of conservation significance.
Discover more about the park’s plants by purchasing a copy of the 'Ranger field guide: Native plants of Glass House Mountains National Park'.
This area is home to koalas, goannas, echidnas and grey kangaroos.
Many birds such as kookaburras, cockatoos, lorikeets, rosellas and peregrine falcons can also be seen. The glossy black-cockatoo, which is considered vulnerable to extinction, is found in the Glass House Mountains area.
The Glass House Mountains are intrusive plugs—remnants of volcanic activity that occurred approximately 25–27 million years ago.
Molten rock filled small vents or intruded as bodies beneath the surface and solidified into hard rocks—trachyte and rhyolite.
Millions of years of erosion have removed the surrounding exteriors of the volcanic cones and softer sandstone rocks, leaving the magnificent landscape features you see today.
Interesting vertical columns that formed as the volcanic mountains cooled can be seen at Mount Beerwah and Mount Ngungun.
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And here's a wider context view of much of the headland. Lower right provides a view of the generally hexagonal form of the columns; a pattern repeated the world over (eg Ireland's Giant's Causeway) where similar lavas have had the right conditions in which to cool and solidify.
Near the center of this image is a feature known as Kloochman Rock (which looks somewhat like a green pyramid in this photo). It was created millions of years ago when molten volcanic material was pushed up into a crack… which then cooled and solidified. Over millions of years, this hard volcanic material withstood the effects of erosion while the softer material surrounding it eventually eroded away. So, to make a million-year story short… this volcanic material withstood the test of time and today is known as… Kloochman Rock! It is situated in the Wenatchee National Forest (just southeast of Mt. Rainier).
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it was just like the 'good ol' days' just us out on an exploration with no time restraints, nowhere pressing to be, no other people to adjust plans and time and place with. we just went and found the most incredible beach. not sand, pebbles. it's all grass is greener thoughts these days with the truth of reality resting right there with them. the wistful thoughts of past days brought the memory of loneliness too. we adventured alone then because we had no one to adventure with. the gift of these days is the choice to go solo. on this random beach an hour from home friends showed up, without a plan or organization or knowing, solidifying this thought and the grass already green and the day as a gift. my pocket holds a treasure or three for the reminding.
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“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves. ~John Muir
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THIS WAS TAKEN WITH MY 5D MARK II!! Oh gosh I love it.
I kept standing so far back because I was used to my old camera. Oh Crop sensor how I don’t miss you.
Gosh it felt so good to shoot this. Some of you may have known but I have been in such a rut. It’s been tough – the lowest I’ve been in my photo journey. But getting this camera and then taking this shot really solidified happiness and inspiration. I am so ready to take more pictures! I feel free and weightless.
So I used one white fabric in this shot. It was pretty short – obviously photoshopped the flow. But I actually just ran into the sheet to make the dress! It was quite difficult to do in 2 seconds. Some of the outtakes are ridiculous and will never see the public eye. ;)
But also, this will most likely be the last image with my long hair! (I took another last night but I may or may not release it) I am getting it chopped off for Lock of Love tomorrow! It’s going to be crazy and sad but I am so happy to do it. Plus it is time for a change!
Herculaneum is quite different from what one sees in other world centres, brought to light so far, including Pompeii. Largely, this is due its interment by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in AD79. The city was not struck by ashes and lapilli, but by a torrent of mud flooding down from the slopes of the volcano. Having solidified and becoming tough, it constituted for centuries the best possible defence against atmospheric agents and against illegal excavations. This mosaic is among the best examples of what has been preserved.
Dimmuborgir rocks (Kálfastrandavogar)
According to www.edgeofthearctic.is/places-to-see/dimmuborgir/,
"it is believed that during an eruption ~2300 years ago, something blocked the flow of lava causing the formation of a lake of lava. As the lava in the lake had started to solidify the blockage gave way and the molten lava flowed out leaving behind the parts which had solidified. These unique conditions created geological formations which have not been found above water anywhere else in the world."
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Barranco La Guancha is one of the highly eroded ravines that radiate out from the highest point of La Gomera. The island is an extinct volcano: volcanic activity began to lessen 4 million years ago and ceased 2 million years ago. The rocks that stand proud are probably volcanic plugs - conduits through which lava made its way to the surface. The solidified magma is more resistant than the surrounding rocks and has suffered less erosion. As you can see, terraces for agriculture were constructed where practicable on these precipitous slopes. They lie unused today; the farmers abandoned their Gomeran land and most likely emigrated to Tenerife or South America.