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This abandoned house sits high on a hill with an amazing view of every Lake Michigan sunset... it makes you wonder what happened to the family who called it home and why was it left behind?
Infinite view of the far dunes from the Elizabeth look-out tower just before sunset with the 70-200 in DX mode.
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View of the Burbage Valley from Higger Tor. Sony A7II/24-70mm.
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Looking roughly north from the summit of Sgùrr an Airgid. Thankfully when the clouds came down near to the top and reduced visibility to 50 metres or so we were able to follow a path (faintly visible on the right) for the last few hundred metres to the summit, and down again, so didn't need to resort to a compass. But the view would have been superb - we even met a luckier couple who had got there a few tens of minutes earlier and were raving about it.
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~Anhya - Fatpack
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Photografer: Giulio Gonella (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemo38/)
Post Production: Alessandro Silipo
This is the view to the southwest from the overlook at Hakið in Þingvellir National Park in southwest Iceland. Þingvallavatn, the lake in the photo, is the largest natural lake in Iceland. The northern reaches of the lake lie within the National Park. Þingvellir, Iceland’s First National Park, stands out both for its natural beauty and its incredible role in the history of Iceland.
Its history dates from 930 AD when the ancient parliament of the Viking parliament was organized. Þingvellir translated literally means "Assembly Plains”. The Parliament, called The Alþing, met at Þingvellir from 1799 to 1844 even throughout the Icelandic Civil War in the 13th Century. In 1844 the Alþing stopped meeting due to Danish colonialism. The Alþing started meeting again sporadically in 1848 in Reykjavik. It was 1907 before the Alþing started meeting regularly also in Reykjavik. In 1928, just before the 1000 anniversary of the foundation of Alþingi in 1930, the parliament made Þingvellir a National Park. When Iceland declared it independence from Denmark in 1944, the ceremony was held Þingvellir.
While Þingvellir’s cultural and historical heritage draws many visitors, it’s geological history is also fascinating. The park sits on the Mid-Atlantic Rift with its west side on the North American tectonic plate, while east side lies on the Eurasian plate. In Iceland, the rift is above sea-level, and nowhere can you see the edges of both plates as clearly as in Þingvellir. The plates are bounded by a series of cliffs with a rift valley in between. This rift valley forms the main geologic feature in the park.
Þingvallavatn fills the lowest portion of the rift valley and fingers of water from the lake extend up into the faulted fissures on its north side (toward the photographer).The lake covers an area of 84 square kilometers (32 square miles), and reaches a depth of 114 metres (374 feet) at its deepest point. In the photo the Island visible is a cinder cone (volcano) called Sandey that rises above lake level.
One of the fissures can be seen in the foreground on the left side of the photo. These crack form along the bounding faults of the rift valley. About 2000 years ago, basaltic lava erupted from fissures and flowed into the valley. In the center of the photo ropy hardened lava can be seen near the fissure. Geologists call basaltic lava that exhibit a smooth, hummocky, or ropy surface pahoehoe. Volcanoes surround the Þingvellir area and some can be seen on the photo’s distance. The rift has a long eruptive history with the 2000 year old flows being the most recent. However, they may not be the last volcanic flows as the area is still rifting and more volcanic activity is possible. The valley floor is a linear block that has subsided as the valley walls were pulled apart by plate motions. The valley walls are moving apart at a rate of about 7 mm per year. Geologist estimate that during the past 9000 years the valley grew on the order of 70 m. Along with getting deeper, the valley is getting wider. The floor subsides at a rate of about 1 mm per year. Over the last 9,000 years the valley deepen due to subsidence by about 40 m. Rifting within the graben is episodical, with the last major earthquake activity occurring in 1789. During the 1789 earthquakes the graben floor subsided 1-2 m.
References:
icelandroadguide.com/items/hakid/
guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/jorunnsg/ingvellir-...
notendur.hi.is/oi/geology_of_thingvellir.htm
www.thingvellir.is/en/history-nature/history/
icelandmag.is/article/9-essential-things-know-about-thing...
That's Tintagel castle in the centre background, where according to legend, King Arthur was born. Instead of visiting the castle ruin on the peninsula, we preferred doing some coastal hiking which offered plenty of stunning views across the coastline. A picnic not far from this viewpoint naturally included Cornish pasties!
This view is rendered unrealistic by the lack of ice and snow. Usually in this bay in southern Finland there is ice and snow in February. This year, things have been different. What might the future be like?
View of two pieces of CCC Legacy in Gooseberry Falls State Park - a stone and log picnic table and Ladyslipper Lodge (originally the Kitchen Shelter).
The CCC had a work camp here and their historic handiwork can be seen throughout the park.
Gooseberry Falls State Park is located in Castle Danger, north of Two Harbors, Minnesota. It is one of Minnesota's most popular state parks.