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Tragically I am moving so I could not retrieve this charming portrait from the rubbish. I did think about hanging it up for my tenants but they are foreign and may be scared by Sir Cliff's greatness.
A gentle looking, medium-sized gull with a small yellow bill and a dark eye. It has a grey back and is white underneath. Its legs are short and black. In flight the black wing-tips show no white, unlike other gulls, and look as if they have been 'dipped in ink'. The population is declining in some areas, perhaps due to a shortage of sandeels. After breeding birds move out into the Atlantic where they spend the winter.
Bempton Cliffs June 18th 2017
It's hard to miss an eruption of Cliff Geyser in Black Sand Basin. Eruptions often occur just a few minutes after the previous one. Unlike many other geysers, Cliff erupts when the crater is empty, and stops when it is full. Active periods are fun to watch, as Cliff pumps jets of water 20 to 40 feet into the air in rapid-fire bursts, sending waves of water over its geyserite "cliff" into Iron Creek.
An RSPB reserve, Bempton Cliffs, on the Yorkshire Coast attracts half a million seabirds each year to raise their chicks. Other wildlife calls the reserve home too.
An RSPB reserve, Bempton Cliffs, on the Yorkshire Coast attracts half a million seabirds each year to raise their chicks. Other wildlife calls the reserve home too.
The hard chalk cliffs at Bempton rise are relatively resistant to erosion and offer lots of sheltered headlands and crevices for nesting birds. The cliffs run about 10 km from Flamborough Head north towards Filey and are over 100 metres (330 ft) high at points.
The morning after extreme weather Dagmar on the Norwegian west coast
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 16-85 f/3.5-5.6G ED VR @ 55mm
Exposure: 1/50 sec @ ƒ5.3, ISO 400
C&C are always welcome.
The Cliffs are 702 feet high at the highest point and range for nearly 5 miles over the Atlantic Ocean.
From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South.
They are home to one of the major colonies of cliff nesting seabirds in Ireland. The area was designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA) for Birds under the EU Birds Directive in 1986 and as a Refuge for Fauna in 1988.
Early a.m. near Point Bonita Lighthouse in Marin. This is one very steep cliff - you can see the black beach straight down. I was shooting long exposures by myself in the dark here and the gusts of wind made me get low and grab some iceplant on a few occasions.
Anasazi cliff homes.
Location: Mesa Verde National Park (outside of Cortez, Colorado).
Ancestral Puebloans
Remains of the original settler's house, Cliff Dwellers, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. In 1920 Blanche and Bill Russell established a small trading post at Cliff Dwellers, after crossing the Colorado River at Lees Ferry. The remains of their original home is now occupied only by rattlesnakes and the occasional rodents, although souvenir sellers find it a lucrative spot to set up a stand. For many years it served as a restaurant, bar, and gas station, serving ranch hands driving cattle to the Arizona Plateau, and travellers heading to and from Navajo Bridge near Lees Ferry, the only crossing of the Colorado River for many miles. In the 1950's a new lodge was opened a few miles down the road, and the old Cliff Dwellers settlement was left to decay gradually while travellers along Route 89 stop to marvel at the huge boulders that form part of the building.
I found this information from this website: www.lensandbrushes.com/Vermillion Cliffs.htm So, thanks to them for the interesting story.
The view across Brandy Bay to Gad Cliff as the mist draws in. Access to this whole area is limited and it aches to be explored!
Both these shots were taken from the same spot as the earlier photo the power of this little zoom is amazing. There used to be a footpath down to these steps not sure I'd like to try now....
Here's a close view of the towering sandstone cliffs that grace the Wisconsin shoreline of Lake Superior. I love the layers of red and burnt orange that create those beautiful patterns in the rock! Soft sunlight falling on this rock face added to its vibrant hues...
Small particles of red sand from these rocks produce varying degrees of orange and yellow colors to some of the frozen ice formations...
www.nps.gov/apis/naturescience/caves.htm
On March 3, 2014, I had the delight of visiting the Ice Caves of northern Wisconsin.
The Apostle Islands Ice Caves have made national and international news this winter because of the rare opportunity to walk onto frozen Lake Superior and hike the mile to the caves on the shoreline. This happens every six to ten years or so, depending on the temperatures and their duration, making it safe to walk onto Lake Superior.