On the southwest corner of the San Joaquin Valley the Temblor Range and the San Emigdio Mountains which are part of the Transverse Range come together forming a rounded “wall” of cliffs and steep slopes. The San Andres fault system passes through this corner “wall”. Eroded Miocene(?) sandstone and conglomerate form cliffs along the Santiago Creek Drainage as part the “wall”. The San Andres fault runs in the drainage between the forested ridge and the barren ridge at the top of the photo. This photo was taken from the road that runs along the rim of the cliffs, Hudson Ranch Road in Los Padres National Forest. At this spot the road follows near the Kern-Ventura County Line. This photo was taken from Ventura County but the cliffs lie in Kern County. The name of the road can be a bit confusing. For years the road was known as Cerro Nordeste Road for the peak just to the south. A few years ago the road name was changed by Kern County to Hudson Ranch Road. The road was not named for one of the famous ranches named Hudson in California but at the request of a resident family.

Bemton Cliffs

Ireland, Atlantic, coast. Black and white, monochrome, grayscale.

Cliff near Beer in Devon

Imagine you’re the one to discover these ancient dwellings in Southwest Colorado . . . Spruce Tree House is one of the largest cliff dwelling villages discovered at Mesa Verde, with 130 rooms and 8 kivas.

On a miserable but beautiful stormy day in Clare.

The flowers in foreground are likely Halichrysum Italicum.

Kidney Vetch & Thrift (Sea Pink) flowering on the cliff top at Baginbun head. Continuing my 100 Flowers 2017 project

Approach them slowly.

You will be consumed.

Mark your steps and

Mind yourself as you climb.

The wind will bow you.

They will tune you

And you will sing

Low, mournful, aching melodies

Drowning in emotion, come to the edge.

They are not comforting.

This is brutal majesty.

This is where the mighty Atlantic

Explodes into the walls of Ireland.

This is where you will know

You have a soul.

Irland

This photograph taken at the rear of Sewerby Hall (also known as Sewerby House) looking towards Flamborough The hall is a Grade I listed Georgian country house set in 50 acres of landscaped gardens in the village of Sewerby, 2 miles (3.2 km) from the seaside town of Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

Flamborough Head is a promontory, 8 miles long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs.

von oben mit Nebel

Irland

The fragile National Landmark clay cliffs on the coast of Aquinnah in Martha's Vineyard.

Three cliffs bay is a beach at low tide, and a series of beaches at high tide, on the Gower peninsula, South Wales. The bay is named after the three limestone cliffs that surround it; this view is from one of those cliffs.

Saw these cliffs lit up by the setting sun and an intense rainbow after a storm as we were driving along I-40.

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Some of the stunning scenic walks to be had in South Wales

Yosemite Park

Molokai, Hawai'i

Red Cliffs, Dawn. © Copyright 2023 G Dan Mitchell.

Red Cliffs, in dawn light, in front of Death Valley and distant desert mountains.

During my January visit to Death Valley National Park I ended up exploring this scene over a period of several days. My ability to travel more widely in the park was limited by storm-related road closures, so I took a closer look that usual at areas nearer the main attractions of the park. The first time I was in this area I missed the good light, but saw the potential, so I returned during that day later on to scout it more thoroughly. (That led to a lovely, solitary hike up a long wash that doesn’t seem to get many visitors.) I went back for the third time on this morning, arriving well before sunrise and photographing until the light became less compelling.

There’s a whole lot of “Death Valley stuff” in this photograph. The foreground includes some of the eroded badlands terrain or multi-colored soils. Above this a band of rugged red cliffs catches the day’s first direct sunlight. Further in the distance immense salt flats are still in shadow, and near the limits of visibility another big mountain range rises in the atmospheric haze.

G Dan Mitchell is a California photographer and visual opportunist. His book, “California’s Fall Color: A Photographer’s Guide to Autumn in the Sierra” is available from Heyday Books, Amazon, and directly from G Dan Mitchell.

Cliff chipmunk with cheeks packed to capacity. Photographed at Eric Gofreed's wildlife sanctuary. Sedono, Arizona, USA, November 2022

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Panoramica desde el Cap de Creus

Lent Zeiss Batis

North Cornwall near Padstow on a blustery day.

Hoodoos in the sunlight in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, American Southwest

Taken with the Canon 5DSR

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View south from Red Cliff at Yuraygir National Park, NSW, Australia

Some rock formations on the cliffs of the north west ridge from Bheinn Fhada shot from Meall a Bhealaich enroute from A Ghlas- Bheinn. Would later walk over these on the descent from .Meall an Fhuarain Mhoir.

Crater Lake National Park, Oregon

To me, the contrasting rock layers in the cliff on the left of this shot look a bit like a face. What do you think? The small island is known as the "Phantom Ship."

Getting ready to roost as dark changes to light. !/20 F4 iso 6400