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Reynisfjara, Iceland,2025.
In Icelandic tradition, natural rock formations have long been attributed to petrified trolls. And it’s true: The concept of trolls turned to stone isn’t merely folklore—it’s woven into the very geology of Iceland.
So, let’s see if you can find the faces of petrified trolls. There is a troll face in almost every photograph of this series.
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I heard Mike Huhn calling signals on the Lurgan Branch, brining NS 227 up to Harrisburg. Backlit, and in a Dash 9, I figured I'd go troll under the PA Route 581 bridge and pan him between the pylons.
Hvítserkur is a 15 m high basalt stack along the eastern shore of the Vatnsnes peninsula, in northwest Iceland. The rock has two holes at the base, which give it the appearance of a dragon who is drinking.
Hvítserkur is a 15 meters high cliff that protrudes out of the sea in the western part of the Huna Bay near the coast. The sea erosion has carved holes through its foundations and sculptured it in the unique shape it is today. Some say it is in the shape of a rhino drinking from the sea others see a dinosaur. Legend has it that Hvítserkur was a troll who did not make it back home in time to retreat from the coming daylight and so was turned to stone at sunrise . Hvítserkur translates to white shirt and probably gets its name from white bird guano.
Troll Hunting
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Some photo's taken while out on the fishing grounds see new light of day. Apple box full of photo's.
Norwegian summer nights are long... You have to be patient for the blue hour ;-) This picture is taken on Knutefjell after midnight (at 00:43 AM) towards the north. This is the hour for the trolls and other creatures to awaken!
Not as the Middle-earth of "The Lord of the Rings" but close enough...
Il ponte del Troll
Non è la Terra di Mezzo del "Signore degli Anelli" ma poco ci manca...
Le pont du Troll
Ce n'est pas la Terre du Milieu du "Le Seigneur des Anneaux" mais assez proche...
Troll Wall road Trollstigen Norway
Trollstigen (English: Trolls' Path[1]) is a serpentine mountain road in Rauma Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
A road bridge on 27th Sideroad in Halton Hills. This is a blend of three exposures. My first try with a scene this complicated.
Just down the road from this gateway.
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Immagine che avevo postato tempo fa, ma per un crash del computer e scomparsa anche da flickr......quindi la decisione di postarla di nuovo.
Naturalmente ho perso tutti i commenti e fave, molte di esse erano state anche su Explora (sono incazzato come una iena) :-))))
Image I had posted long ago but for a computer crash and also disappeared from flickr ...... so the decision to post it again.
Of course I lost all the comments and beans, many of them were also on Explora (I'm pissed off like a hyena) :-))))
The brides' garden / Garten der Bräute / Tuin van de bruiden (Sjer Jacobs, Belfeld, Netherlands)
(On loan from the Arcen Palace Gardens, Netherlands / Leihgabe aus den Schlossgärten Arcen, Niederlande)
State Garden Exhibition North Rhine-Westphalia 2020, Kamp-Lintfort, former colliery site
Landesgartenschau Nordrhein-Westfalen 2020, Kamp-Lintfort, ehemaliges Zechengelände
My friend, Jean Thomas, told me of the Troll Bridge she found during her last visit to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. It took a bit of looking but following her directions, my friend and I found it.
It is just off the Little River Trail located in the Elkmont Campground. Its not far down the trail, maybe 100 yards or less. You won't see the bridge but there is a stone chimney in the woods. Go to that and go right and you'll see it in a short distance. Its not big so keep your eyes open.
If the leaves were at peak autumn colors this could make a really nice photo from the other side of the bridge. I used this side to catch the limited amount of color in the distant trees.
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...according to the Urban Dictionary, is the fear of driving over bridges due to the belief that trolls live underneath them.
This hand carved Norwegian troll was captured for Macro Mondays theme: phobia. HMM everyone!
And for the Flickr Lounge Weekly theme: secondary colours
A fisherman putters south of the Philadelphia Harrisburg Pittsburgh Bridge, using his trolling motor to keep in place against the current as he fishes the Susquehanna River. When I saw him working the river I decided to hang out and wait for Norfolk Southern train 747, as it pulled roughly a hundred empty hoppers up to the stop signal at CP Front in Harrisburg. The power was a nice change of pace from the normal pair of late-model AC motors. An SD70, SD90MAC and D9-44CW pulled the train from Roanoke, VA back to Shire Oaks, PA.
A troll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings.
In later Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them.
Trolls are sometimes associated with particular landmarks in Scandinavian folklore, which at times may be explained as formed from a troll exposed to sunlight. Trolls are depicted in a variety of media in modern popular culture. wikipedia
This troll tower is located about 1600m above the sea on the Dalsnibba mountain which offers the highest Fjord viewpoint in Norway. The cruise ships in the background are about 12km away on the Geirangerfjord.
Yes, I know there are better photos from this spectacular view point, but I focused on the troll tower.
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This troll is located up in the UP of Michigan near Germfask. It was built earlier this summer by a danish builder who is building numerous trolls all over the United States. His name is Thomas Dambo. Look him up on Google. He is quite amazing. Being my husband Dave is a full-fledged Dane. He just had to go see one of these trolls that this guy builds. Dave was very impressed. Maggie even liked it.
Just offshore from the Black Beach in Vík í Mýrdal, Iceland, the balsalt rock formations, Reynisdrangar, stick up out of the Atlantic like fingers.
As the folklore goes, these spindly rock formations are actually Trolls frozen in time.
You see, Trolls are night dwellers. They were trying to drag three ships ashore when they were caught in the sunlight and turned to stone.
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One of the things I was missing to visit in Iceland was the Vik beach with the stone trolls in front of it and finally, last summer I was able to visit it with @elenaprphoto .
A place where I could have spent the whole morning looking for different compositions and water textures as there are endless possibilities.
Finally I chose this shot where the big wave coming was about to wet me.
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