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The Witcher 3 // 5K / Reshade Custom SFX / Tweak settings (grass density, foliage, Shadoww distance) / Jim2Point0 CT (FreeCamera, Timestop, FOV, TimeDay)
...One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express,
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
~ Lord Byron
She Walks In Beauty
Bottom Creek Gorge Preserve, location of Bent Mountain Falls - the second tallest waterfall in Virginia. I hope you're ready for quite a few "Walk in the Woods" photos.
"One of the headwater streams of the South Fork of the Roanoke River, Bottom Creek is a powerful mountain stream that forms a stair-step series of broad-basin waterfalls known as The Kettles.
It's a hotbed for rare aquatic species, providing critical habitat for four native species of fish: the orangefin madtom, the bigeye jumprock, the riverweed darter and the Roanoke darter. It also contains approximately 10% of all fish species known from Virginia, including native brook trout. (Fishing is not permitted in the preserve.)
A half-acre shale barren provides habitat for the globally rare chestnut lipfern. Formerly known only from north-central Mexico to the southwestern United States, this lipfern occurs in isolated patches in southwestern Virginia and eastern West Virginia.
An old-growth hemlock forest rising from the north side of the creek remained largely untouched due to its inaccessibility. A mix of forest and field covers the rest of the preserve.
Mixed hardwood stands of tulip poplar, maple, oak and hickory are complemented by several meadows and dense rhododendron thickets in ravines."
(www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/places-we-p...)
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This is the first waterfall that you come to on the Four Waterfalls walk in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Very worth a visit if your in the area but take sturdy boots!!
Long Trail
Piney Knoll Conservation Area
Orono, Maine.
Right at the end of my little dead-end street, maybe 500 feet from my door, is the entrance to the Piney Knoll Conservation Area. At only ~76 acres, it packs a wide variety of terrain and trails in, and is a beautiful walk at dusk.
"This 57-acre parcel along the Penobscot River was bought from Diamond Occidental Forest, Inc. by the OLT in 1991 with money donated by Bangor Hydro as part of a mitigation plan for the Basin Mills Dam proposal, which was later abandoned. It is the former site of a Native American settlement. In later years, a ferry line traversed here. Peter’s Field, located between Vinal Stream and the railroad tracks, is mowed annually to preserve habitat. In 2007, the OLT received an Audubon Society grant to establish a forestry management plan here. This is an excellent bird-watching site (e.g. eagles, ducks, redpolls) and local wildlife include deer, red fox, snowshoe hares, coyotes, and wild turkeys. In 2011, OLT purchased an area known as “the bubble” and land that connected it to the original preserve. Trail access is at Colburn Drive, Marsh Lane, and Orchard Trails (at Treat Falls). In addition, the Ridge Trail connects the end of Penobscot Street with the entry from Park Street (US Route 2). Trails connect via UMaine’s trail system (Trail #11)."
(oronolandtrust.org/lands-trails-maps/piney-knoll-conserva...)
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On a recent holiday in Hervey Bay, Queensland spotted this lone figure and his two dogs on the beach.
I love to walk in the midst of trees! Aspen trees are especially unique with their shimmery gold leaves and trunks with character. The markings are strikingly different on each tree and I find it fascinating to walk through them and observe their different personalities!
A fall afternoon at Johnson's Woods in Orrville, Ohio.
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