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Sunrise at the basin in Death Valley.
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... as seen from Cable Bridge. The area around Cardiff Docks was once referred to as Bae Teigr - Tiger Bay - because of how rough a neighbourhood it was supposed to be. By the time of the First World War, Cardiff Docks were moving nearly 10 million tons of coal per year from the Welsh mines to the rest of Britain and the world. These peaceful new developments are less than 20 years old, part of the complete redesign of Cardiff Bay at the turn of the Century. How times have changed...
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Yellowstone National Park
Midway Geyser Basin
Prismatic Spring
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The Basin Stone is a natural weathered outcrop of millstone grit high up on Walsden Moor and is within Langfield Common. It has a distinctive anvil shape, or giant stone mushroom, but its name comes from the fact that it has a small basin in its top that usually holds water. It is a locally famous historic site that has been used as a natural pulpit by itinerant preachers like John Wesley, as well as for other large political gatherings , most famously a large Chartist meeting on 18th August 1842.
It is now a remote spot situated on high moorland with views down to Todmorden and Walsden below.
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The view across the glacially carved North Saint Vrain Creek drainage, looking up to Mount Meeker (13,916' /4,242 m), Longs Peak (14,259' / 4346 m), and Pagoda Peak (‎11120' / 3389 m), emerging from the clouds on a beautiful fall afternoon.
Badwater Basin is an endorheic basin in Death Valley National Park, Death Valley, Inyo County, California, noted as the lowest point in North America, with a depth of 282 ft (86 m) below sea level.
At the edge of the basin, where water is not always present at the surface, repeated freeze–thaw and evaporation cycles gradually push the thin salt crust into hexagonal honeycomb shapes.
We are just back from Death Valley, will share more images in the coming days.
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© Melissa Post 2020
Said to be the largest rock basin on Dartmoor this naturally eroded feature is on top of Kestor Rock (a tor that does not carry tor in the name). Whe climbed up as part of a fantastic circular hike around Scorhill and Gidleigh on North Eastern Dartmoor. We first spotted some smaller basins and thought that those were the one mentioned before almost falling into that incredible well! As with many Darmoor locations this basin also comes along with plenty of legends. Druids possibly used the basin for sacrificial rituals....
For those interested, I made a video of the entire walk:
Although it was not far away, this Broad-billed Motmot was perched quietly among vegetation (typical of members of the family) and it was by seeing the characteristic side-to-side movement of the tail that I located it. This individual was on the grounds of the Los Amigos Biological Station on the Rio Madre de Dios in the Amazon Basin in lowland southeastern Peru. [That spot also had the similar but larger Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii), which I did not manage to photograph.]
On the Tuesday after Labor Day 2022, the Columbia Basin ran a turn from Warden north to serve customers in the Wheeler area. The CBRW has an impressive fleet of SD9's in this attractive red, black, and white scheme. The 651 leading this train was previously on the MRL and EJ&E. They were working pretty good with this train coming up a short grade in the Atwood area about halfway between Warden and Wheeler.
A boardwalk (with low fencing) leads over small pools of water to the salt flats which cover almost 200 square miles. Badwater Basin is the lowest point in North America at 282 feet below sea level. The Panamint Range rises several miles in the distance with Telescope Peak at 11,049 elevation.
Happy Fence Friday!
© Darlene Bushue 2019
Came in early from the park one evening and decided to take a drive out the Chief Joseph Highway outside of Cooke City, which is also known as Sunlight Basin. Besides being a beautiful drive, it's also a popular spot to see a variety of wildlife, including moose, bear, and bighorn sheep. We didn't come across anything other than deer along our drive but sure enjoyed the views along the way. It rained much of the time, but the clouds parted just long enough to let a little sunshine through on this scene.
Happy Hump Day!!!
The Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest geyser basin in the park and is located near the northwest edge of Yellowstone Caldera near Norris Junction and on the intersection of three major faults. The Norris-Mammoth Corridor is a fault that runs from Norris north through Mammoth to the Gardiner, Montana, area. The Hebgen Lake fault runs from northwest of West Yellowstone, Montana, to Norris. This fault experienced an earthquake in 1959 that measured 7.4 on the Richter scale (sources vary on exact magnitude between 7.1 and 7.8; see 1959 Yellowstone earthquake). Norris Geyser Basin is so hot and dynamic because these two faults intersect with the ring fracture zone that resulted from the creation of the Yellowstone Caldera of 640,000 years ago.
Named for the milky color of the water from the minerals deposited here (siliceous sinter or geyserite) Procelain Basin is the fastest changing area in Norris Geyser Basin (but that means deposits accumulating less than one inch per century!) Fun to visit in the winter but looking forward to the gates to open from West Yellowstone next month.