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Remnants of German fortifications from the WWII era are still found on top of the hills to the right.
Taken during a full moon near Blacks Beach. One of my earliest on Flickr, but I've never quite reached the same level in Explore.
The other day I found a large flock of Cliff Swallows building nests. Today I got to watch them gather mud for their nests.
I had to use my truck as a blind and waited while they came and left. Just before I moved into place I saw a Merlin take a run at them.
Shot was taken with the Colby Brown Photography filterkit, by Formatt Hitech Filters, using a Prostop IRND 6 and a 0.6 SE grad.
Processing was done in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop.
The Cliffs of Moher are Ireland's most visited natural attraction. The cliffs are located along the Atlantic coast of County Clare in West Ireland. The highest point is about 702 feet and is near the O'Brien tower seen in the distance here. The cliffs are undergoing coastal erosion. The waves crashing against the base cause the upper cliff face to collapse into the sea. Sea caves then form at the base of the cliffs and eventually turn into "sea stacks". The great sea stack(called Branaunmore) seen here, just to the left of the cliffs, stands about 250 feet tall. The rocks of these cliffs were formed over 300 million years ago. Look familiar? This location has been in numerous films, including "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince"
Through the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Congress designated the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area (NCA) in Washington County, Utah “to conserve, protect, and enhance …the ecological, scenic, wildlife, recreational, cultural, historical, natural, educational, and scientific resources” of public lands in the NCA.
The Colorado Plateau, Great Basin Desert, and Mojave Desert overlap in Washington County. In this transition zone, unusual plant and animal species have evolved, including the dwarf bearclaw-poppy and Shivwits milk-vetch, small native plants that grow nowhere else on earth. The hot, arid Mojave Desert provides habitat for diverse wildlife, such as kit fox, Gambel’s quail, and the Mojave Desert tortoise. This native tortoise is listed under the Endangered Species Act and is at risk of extinction due to habitat loss and other factors. The newly-designated Red Mountain and Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness areas are also within this NCA. Here, hikers, backpackers, and equestrians can enjoy scenic vistas, solitude, and natural quiet, just a few miles drive from local communities.
More than 130 miles of non-motorized recreation trails (hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trail riding) are available for public use in the NCA. The Red Cliffs Recreation Area offers camping and day use areas, in a developed site where fees are collected. All motorized vehicle travel, including Off-Highway Vehicles, is limited to designated roads in the NCA. No motorized or mechanized vehicle travel is allowed in the Red Mountain and Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness areas, without special authorization from BLM.
Learn more about the NCA and plan your visit: www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/st__george/blm_special_areas/nati...
Photo: Bob Wick, BLM-California
Three Cliffs Bay, otherwise known as Three Cliff Bay, is a bay on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The bay takes its name from the three sea cliffs that jut out into the bay. Pennard Pill, a large stream, flows into the sea in the middle of the bay. The first bay that you can see in the foreground of this photograph is called Pobbles.