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We went to the legendary Lick Observatory located on Mt. Hamilton high above the Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. It was a special night for photographers. Located in the larger dome of the main observatory building, the Great Lick refractor is 57 feet long, 4 feet in diameter, and weighs over 25,000 lbs (12 tons). Once the telescope was in place, the lights went out, and all that was left was dark glowing red. The entire scene is captured through a 210º fisheye lens, producing a spherical and immersive effect.
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shot with an olympus om-d e-m10 mark ii—720nm infrared converted—and an olympus 12mm f/2.0 wide angle lens
Vers la lumière (Col de Santa Lucia, Cap Corse, août 2025)
This photo was taken during a stay of about a week in Cap Corse. Being alone allowed me to organize the stay very freely, both in terms of the place of residence and the itineraries. The Santa Lucia Pass is a narrow crossing point that connects the west coast to the east coast of Cap Corse. The road is paved.
This photo highlights the silhouette of this pine tree growing beautifully on a very steep rocky slope of the pass as a source of inspiration when living conditions are difficult.
Sean ripping through the fresh snow on a bluebird morning at Taos Ski Valley. I knew some snow had fallen overnight, I didn't realize it would be this good though!
This image is included in 4 galleries:- 1) "INTERPHOTO * TOP FLICKR 2021" curated by Gianfranco Marzetti, 2) "Favourite Landscapes" by MK Hardy, 3) "Most Outstanding Landscapes in the World" by mark doyle and 4) "Light Show Begins" by JCareyPhotoGallery.
Located northeast of Hobart on Tasmania's Freycinet Peninsula, Wineglass Bay is one of the famous beautiful beaches of the world. It is often assumed to be called 'wineglass' due to the circular shape of a glass and the clear water contained within, but it has also been suggested the name came from the colour of blood and guts resulting from previous whaling activities.
For about 20 years in the early 1800’s, the southern corner of Wineglass Bay housed a thriving whaling station. Whalers predominantly hunted the Southern Right, Humpback and Sperm Whales as well as the Australian Fur Seal. When the whaling stations operated here, the water in the bay would turn red with the slaughtered creatures' blood. A gruesome tale, the water in the bay is said to have been crimson with the blood of the slaughtered whales, such that it appeared as a glass of full bodied red wine. While the whaling lasted less than 2 decades, the name has endured.
I got to the Wineglass Bay Viewing Platform at about 6:30 pm on November 5, 2019. The clouds were thick and the sky looked greying and dull. Around 7:40 pm, the clouds started to lift and streaks of light shone through from the west. In a very short time the whole atmosphere appeared to be invigorated. This was taken 1.5 minutes after the earlier posting. Sunset colours were now just past the peak. Hazards Lagoon is to the right of the Wineglass Beach, and further right is a glimpse of Promise Bay. Reflections on the water surface were intoxicatingly beautiful. I was all by myself.
(Explored: Nov 14, 2021 #77 )
This image is included in 2 galleries :- 1) "Landscape" curated by Sahan Mendis and 2) "Universal Landscape (vol.2)" by ReNato '59.
Lake Louise, also called Lake of the Little Fishes by the Stoney Nakota First Nations people, is a glacial lake within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. The village of Lake Louise is on the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1), which is 57 knots (106 km/h; 66 mph) west of Banff, Alberta. The emerald color of the water comes from rock flour carried into the lake by melt-water from the glaciers that overlook the lake. The lake has a surface of 0.8 km2 (0.31 sq mi) and is drained through the 3 km long Louise Creek into the Bow River. Moraine Lake and Lake Agnes are also accessible from Lake Louise.
Lake Louise was originally named "Emerald Lake". In 1884 the name was changed, naming it after the daughter of Queen Victoria, Princess Louise Caroline Alberta. (Wikipedia)
This was taken on a fine summer morning: the light was soft and it was windless. In the middle is Mount Fairview (2745m), named for the view from its summit. Upper Victoria Glacier is on the right.
(Explored: Aug 16, 2022 #25)
This was taken near Cape Bruny Lighthouse. These beautiful hexagonal hexagonal basalt columns were well appreciated under a direct sun, from a distance across Courts Bay. The turquoise water was a bonus.
Bruny Island is a 362-square-kilometre island located off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island is separated from the Tasmanian mainland by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, and its east coast lies within the Tasman Sea. Storm Bay is located to the island's northeast. Both the island and the channel are named after French explorer Bruni d'Entrecasteaux. Its traditional Aboriginal name is lunawanna-allonah, which survives as the name of two island settlements, Alonnah and Lunawanna.
(explored Nov 13, 2020 #112)
This image is included in 2 galleries:- 1) "landscape vol 8" curated by Jean-paul Vancoppenolle and 2) "Foto 2022 - 1" by Jaroslav Kuhtreiber.
The Pinnacles are located at the tip of Cape Woolamai, Phillip Island. About 360 million years ago, molten rock forced its way up from the earth's core. It cooled very slowly beneath the ground, forming the pinkish brown granite which is Cape Woolamai's foundation. The granite was exposed as the mountains above wore down due to weathering and wave action. The granite extends down to an unknown depth below sea level. The Pinnacles we now see are the result of cracks which formed as the rock was cooling and shrinking. They have been further sculptured by rain and wave action.
The texture of the formation is beautifully appreciated in the warm morning sun. The blue sea beyond and to the left is Bass Strait.
Phillip Island, also known as Corriong or Millowl in the Boonwurrung language, is an Australian island about 140 km south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria. The island is named after Governor Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales, by explorer and seaman George Bass, who sailed in an open whale boat, arriving from Sydney on 5 January 1798.
Phillip Island forms a natural breakwater for the shallow waters of the Western Port. It is 26 km long and 9 km wide, with an area of about 100 km2. It has 97 km of coastline and is part of the Bass Coast Shire.
( Explored: Jan 22, 2022 #237 )
Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake in the Cradle Mountain - Lake St Clair National Park Tasmania. Marions Lookout to the right and the much photographed boathouse on the edge of the lake below it.
The mountain is of columnar Jurassic Dolerite which sits on a thin bench of Permian conglomerate - clearly visible at the eastern end under Little Horn. The whole shebang is then separated by the 'great unconformity' from the massive Precambrian quartzite bedrock that forms the majority of the landscape here.
The Precambrian deposit reveals some of the oldest exposed rocks on the planet at ~1.4 billion years old and connects Tasmania geologically to the bottom of the Grand Canyon in the US :-)
Cradle Mountain experienced both sheet and glacial erosion in the Pleistocene Age leaving Dove Lake remaining as a remnant glacial lake but also Lake Wills (unseen) which sits as a hanging lake on that bench under the western peak.
Single frame of a beautiful day in the middle of winter.
Nikon Z6, Nikkor 24-70/4 Z, 1/200th sec at f/13, ISO 200.
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This image is included in 3 galleries :- 1) "Stunning Images" curated by anandamoy chatterji, 2) "ASIE & OCÉANIE T1" by alainmichot93 and 3 ) "Paesaggi 12" by Stefano Bacci .
About 77km from Hobart, just south of the narrow isthmus at Eaglehawk Neck, the east coast of the Tasman Peninsula there are several easy-to-reach wonders, including Tasmans Arch and Devils Kitchen. Tasmans Arch is a tall natural bridge in the sea cliffs This geological feature probably started as a sea cave, then a tunnel, and developed into its modern form after the collapse of the cave roof. It is one of several such coastal landforms in the Tasman National Park that have developed in the Permian-age siltstone.
(Explored: Jul 14, 2020 #163)
This image is included in 4 galleries :- 1) "Mère Nature" curated by Jacques Bonicel, 2) "US South West 3" by try...error, 3) "Spectacular landscapes and seascapes - Volume V" by Foxy Liz and 4) "Fantastic Fantasy" by Philippe Ampe.
Upper Antelope Canyon, about 200m long, is a slot canyon in the American Southwest. It is on Navajo land east of Page, Arizona. Antelope Canyon includes two separate, scenic slot canyon sections, referred to individually as "Upper Antelope Canyon" or "The Crack" Antelope Canyon "or" The Corkscrew ". The Navajo name for Upper Antelope Canyon is Tsé bighánílíní, which means 'the place where water runs through rocks'. Lower Antelope Canyon is Hazdistazí (called "Hasdestwazi" by the Navajo Parks and Recreation Department), or 'spiral rock arches'. Both are in the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation.
Antelope Canyon's winding walls were carved by fast flowing flash flood waters. The floods carried abrasive sand, rocks logs and other debris picked up by the sudden torrents. Over millenia, these floods sculpted natural corridors through the soft sandstone. (sourced from internet)
This is a hand-held HDR. It is called "Heart of the Canyon" according to our local guide Eddie. It is pertinent to dedicate this image to lovers across the world on St. Valentine's Day.
(Not explored)
This image was taken last fall and was recently published in a 2019 calendar flyer for my local MP (Member of Parliament). Thank you for your appreciation, Gail
At The Beach...
From the archives.
Taken several years ago at Jack Darling Park. A strum was brewing and we had only a few minutes before the storm rolled in to get some shots.
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This image is included in a gallery "lugares increibles" curated by BYKTOR-f.d.
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in south western Utah. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheatres along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The red, orange, and white colours of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. Bryce sits at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park. The rim at Bryce varies from 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m). The Bryce Canyon area was settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1850s and was named after Ebenezer Bryce, who homesteaded in the area in 1874. The area around Bryce Canyon became a National Monument in 1923 and was designated as a National Park in 1928. The park covers 35,835 acres (55.992 sq mi; 14,502 ha; 145.02 km2) and receives substantially fewer visitors than Zion National Park (nearly 4.3 million in 2016) or Grand Canyon National Park (nearly 6 million in 2016), largely due to Bryce's more remote location. (Sourced from Internet)
This was taken at Bryce Point (8300 ft above sea level).
This image is included in 5 galleries :- 1) "Places I Have Seen" curated by JimP (in Sarnia), 2) "Nature #8" by Kathy (kfocean01), 3) "World in Focus G20" by dave hangover, 4) "Australia in Focus" by dave hangover and 5) "LUGARES INCREIBLES volumen 2" by byktor -f.d..
The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of Port Campbell National Park. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction. Currently there are eight apostles left but the name remains significant and spectacular especially in the Australian tourism industry. The apostles were formed by erosion: the harsh and extreme weather conditions from the South Ocean gradually eroded the soft limestone to form caves in the cliffs, which then became arches, which in turn collapsed; leaving rock stacks up to 45metres high. The site was known as the Sow and Piglets until 1922 (Muttonbird Island, near Loch Ard Gorge, was the Sow, and the smaller rock stacks were the Piglets); after which it was renamed to The Apostles for tourism purposes. The formation eventually became known as the Twelve Apostles.
(not explored)
This image is included in a gallery "Photo Gallery" curated by Ryan Miller.
London Bridge is a well known, hollowed out sea stack that can be viewed from a lookout at the end of London Bridge Road, Portsea, Mornington Peninsula. On either side of London Bridge are two high tide platform beaches, backed by 30 to 40 m high calcarenite bluffs and fronted by continuous inter-tidal rock flats, with reefs further offshore. Waves average 1.7 m on the outer reefs, with their height at the beach depending on the tide. The narrow sand beaches are awash at high tide, but fronted by exposed rock flats at low tide. It is located approximately 60 km (37 mi) south of the Melbourne CBD, on the opposite side of Port Phillip Bay. (Sourced from internet)
Looking beyond the horizon is Bass Strait.
This was taken from Woolamai Surf Beach, Phillip Island, on the way to see The Pinnacles. Looking beyond is Bass Strait. It was a fine summer morning. The waves looked inviting for surfers. The light was soft and warm.
Phillip Island, also known as Corriong or Millowl in the Boonwurrung language, is an Australian island about 140 km south-southeast of Melbourne, Victoria. The island is named after Governor Arthur Phillip, the first Governor of New South Wales, by explorer and seaman George Bass, who sailed in an open whale boat, arriving from Sydney on 5 January 1798.
Phillip Island forms a natural breakwater for the shallow waters of the Western Port. It is 26 km long and 9 km wide, with an area of about 100 km2. It has 97 km of coastline and is part of the Bass Coast Shire.
This image is included in 4 galleries:- 1) "INTERPHOTO * TOP FLICKR 2022" curated by Gianfranco Marzetti, 2) "Rock" by Eden Liu, 3) "Red Rock's & Canyons (2)-->unique landscapes of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado" by Reinhard Link and 4) "Bryce & Zion" by 2lynnehume.
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in south western Utah. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheatres along the eastern side of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. Bryce is distinctive due to geological structures called hoodoos, formed by frost weathering and stream erosion of the river and lake bed sedimentary rocks. The red, orange, and white colours of the rocks provide spectacular views for park visitors. Bryce sits at a much higher elevation than nearby Zion National Park. The rim at Bryce varies from 8,000 to 9,000 feet (2,400 to 2,700 m). The Bryce Canyon area was settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1850s and was named after Ebenezer Bryce, who homesteaded in the area in 1874. The area around Bryce Canyon became a National Monument in 1923 and was designated as a National Park in 1928. The park covers 35,835 acres (55.992 sq mi; 14,502 ha; 145.02 km2) and receives substantially fewer visitors than Zion National Park (nearly 4.3 million in 2016) or Grand Canyon National Park (nearly 6 million in 2016), largely due to Bryce's more remote location. (Sourced from Internet)
This was taken at Bryce Point (8300 ft above sea level). It was a fine morning, and the light was beautiful.
(Explored : Feb 26, 2022 #103)
Samedi après midi (Quartier du Marais, Paris, septembre 2025)
Photograph taken in the Marais district on a car-free street, at a time when the crowd had thinned out, making it possible to take more focused photos.
This image is included in a gallery "Photo Gallery" curated by Ryan Miller.
Located about 77 km from Hobart, it is an easy drive of just over an hour. In geology and geomorphology, a tessellated pavement is a relatively flat rock surface that is subdivided into more or less regular rectangles, blocks approaching rectangles, or irregular or regular polygons by fractures, frequently systematic joints, within the rock. This type of rock pavement bears this name because it is fractured into polygonal blocks that resemble tiles of a mosaic floor, or tessellations.
The most well-known example of a tessellated pavement is the Tessellated Pavement that is found at Lufra, Eaglehawk Neck on the Tasman Peninsula of Tasmania. This tessellated pavement consists of a marine platform on the shore of Pirates Bay, Tasmania. This example consists of two types of formations: a pan formation and a loaf formation.
The pan formation is a series of concave depressions in the rock that typically forms beyond the edge of the seashore. This part of the pavement dries out more at low tide than the portion abutting the seashore, allowing salt crystals to develop further; the surface of the "pans" therefore erodes more quickly than the joints, resulting in increasing concavity.
The loaf formation occurs on the parts of the pavement closer to the seashore, which are immersed in water for longer periods of time. These parts of the pavement do not dry out so much, reducing the level of salt crystallisation. Water, carrying abrasive sand, is typically channelled through the joints, causing them to erode faster than the rest of the pavement, leaving loaf-like structures protruding.
This backlit image here shows a fine example of the loaf-like formation. Looking beyond the horizon is Tasman Sea.