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The most dramatic lighthouse setting I've ever visited is Split Rock in Minnesota. Sitting atop a 130 foot tall cliff that juts out into Lake Superior, the light was deemed necessary after the gales of November, 1909 destroyed countless ships on the Big Lake, including at least two at this location. This is one of the best restored lights that you will ever find. The huge original 2nd Order Fresnel lens is still in place, though the light has been decommissioned. All three of the keepers quarters are in prime shape and you can visit the head keeper's house, maybe even getting a hot baked cookie from the original stove in it. The light is located along Hwy 61, made famous by a native Minnesotan, and is part of a state park. One neat thing is they fire up the giant light every November in memory of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, though the Fitz went down way east of here by White Fish Point in Michigan, another great place to visit. If you love the Great Lakes, or the boats that ply their waters, or lighthouses, both places will give you goosebumps.
This photo of the famous Split Rock lighthouse was taken during the Minnesota state shutdown. Luckily I had brought my bike so I could ride into the park. We had to park along highway 61 and ride in. It was a pretty nice bike ride down to the rocks, problem was, I had to ride back up. It was worth the extra exercise.
This macro photo of a tiny (maybe half an inch across) Split gill fungus, growing on a fallen log, goes back to 18th October 2010. Came across it the other day - just not getting time to go through all the photos I've taken more recently. Taken at Maclean Pond, off Elbow Falls Trail.
Just came across this beautiful video of Bald Eagles flying, on YouTube. Have been watching and waiting for the youngest of the two Hornby Island Eagles to fledge, but it looks like young "David" (as he has been named) is going to be waiting just a little longer - maybe tomorrow? What a character this young branchling is, lol. Superb footage from BBC and KPBS of American and European Eagles. Music by Abba.
Split [split] (italienisch Spalato, entstanden aus griechisch ἀσπάλαθος, aspálathos) ist die zweitgrößte Stadt Kroatiens. Sie ist die größte Stadt Südkroatiens und gilt daher im Volksmund als „Hauptstadt Dalmatiens“, ohne dass ihr dieser Status je offiziell zugesprochen wurde. Die Stadt ist Verwaltungssitz der Gespanschaft Split-Dalmatien (kroatisch Splitsko-dalmatinska županija), die den zentralen Teil Dalmatiens umfasst. Split zählte 2011 etwa 167.000 Einwohner.[1] Dies entsprach 3,885 Prozent der gesamten Bevölkerung Kroatiens.[2]
Split ist eine bedeutende Hafenstadt und Sitz der katholischen Erzdiözese Split-Makarska. In Split befindet sich zudem die Universität Split. Die Ursprünge der Stadt sind auf den Diokletianspalast zurückzuführen. Die Innenstadt von Split mitsamt dem Diokletianspalast wurde 1979 von der UNESCO zum Weltkulturerbe erklärt.
Just a quick upload since I'm on the move. This afternoon I've hicked about the Bodanrück near Radolfzell to test my new hiking equipment in the level country before I take it to the Alps. Looking forward to hike again, when the snow is (soon) hopefully gone.
It was typical April weather. A lot of rain showers coming down, as in this picture. A few minutes later I stood in a heavy rain shower which you can see on the right. But of course it was worth it :)
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Split Apple Rock, Tasman, New Zealand
This is a (short) long exposure shot of Split Apple Rock, which is located just south of the Abel Tasman National Park, between Kaiteretere and Marahau. After a 10 minutes walk down through some bush you come out to a long stretch of deserted golden sand, with the unmistakable Split Apple Rock sitting just off shore.
We arrived just after sunset (which meant it was dark when had to walk back up through the bush!) to a incoming tide and a calm sea. If you look closely you can see that the rock is used as a perch for the local Shag's (Cormorants), and there are a few perching in the trees as well.
Natrona County, Wyoming
"The Sweetwater Valley contains three distinctive granite landmarks: Independence Rock, Devil’s Gate and Split Rock. The last of these, Split Rock, with its unforgettable gunsight notch, was visible to emigrants for two days or more as they approached and then left it behind them.
Some emigrants on the Oregon, California and Mormon trails—all one road at this point—found this landmark in the Rattlesnake Range a useful navigational tool as they made their way west up the Sweetwater. “[Y]esterday,” Joseph Middleton wrote in 1849, “from the time we started we steered to this cliff with a steadiness that was astonishing, never deviating from it more than the needle does from the north pole, excepting once for a short time—I think this cleft or rent or chasm is very conspicuously seen from the Devil’s Gate, which I think is 11 miles from here; and I think it is still at least 6 or 8 miles ahead. …”
Rising some 1,000 feet above the sagebrush prairie, Split Rock aimed westbound emigrants directly at South Pass, still more than 75 miles away. The relatively gentle landscape offered them a short, but much needed, respite in their long journey.
Emigrants were struck by the rock’s beauty, too. “The picture was worthy the pencil of an artist,” William Carter wrote late in 1857. “Our camp was near what is called the Split in the Rock, a remarkable cleft in the top of the mountain which can be seen at a great distance in either direction.”
Split Rock Station is located a short distance west of Split Rock between Cranner Rock and the south bank of the Sweetwater River in what is now a hay meadow. In the early 1860s, the site served as a Pony Express station, stage station and telegraph station.
Diarist Henry Herr reported that, in 1862, 50 soldiers from the 6th Ohio Regiment were encamped here to protect the emigrants. A crude log structure and pole corral that were part of the station are now part of a private ranch homesite." (wyohistory.org)