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Cliffs in "The Narrows"
Information about "The Narrows" and "Lover's Leap":
The Cumberland Narrows is a compact notched valley, or water gap, that Wills Creek has carved into Wills and Haystack mountains in western Maryland in the United States. The National Highway (Route 40) and numerous railroad lines pass through this steep, narrow, and rocky river valley on the edge of Cumberland, Maryland.
On the northeast side of Wills Mountain, sits a rocky outcropping known as Lover's Leap. The name comes from a Native American Romeo and Juliet legend. The tale tells how a jilted lover met his end by jumping off this ledge. Today, the rocks high above the water provide one of the most breathtaking views in the Allegheny Mountains. Lover's leap has been frequently romanticized by postcard pictures of this valley. The most famous post cards were taken by George Steward in 1950 and published in the 1953 book, U.S. 40.
Lover's leap is 1,652 feet (504 m) above sea level and made up of oddly squared projectories of rock, from its top, all the way down to the National Highway (U.S. Rte. 40) below. The City of Cumberland and the surrounding states of Pennsylvania and West Virginia may be seen from this point. Further, it is known that the air currents whipping up and around are so strong, that a climber cannot be heard from the top once over the lip, nor can be easily seen due to the projected rock angles.
Information obtained at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Narrows
When I arrived at my lovely surprise host in Kennedy bay, I told them, that I plan to go "New chums beach" after having a cupa with them. The host replied "Unfortunately, you should have driven their before you come here. You have to drive a bit back now, will take you 45 minutes, plus then 45 minutes walk. Good thing, you have obviously heaps of money for petrol. For us it takes only 10 minutes on the boat.", Hmmm I thought and replied "A boat trip would be way nicer ;-)". Chat, chat, chat, then the kind host offered me to take us all their on his boat "Yeah, here we go".
The boat trip was of course way more relaxing then driving, especially when I was solely a passenger ;-)
New chums beach was not too impressive, "just" a big long white beach. Lucky I didn't drive and walk there. Way more interesting I found the things on the way, the hot coffee ;-) the umbrellas and all the beautiful views.
This is made from 1 HDR converted twice, one to bring out the sky with a colour curve boost and the base image with a soft colour curve boost. Merged with a pretty much black and white layermask. Finally a bit of vibrance.
This is somewhere between Kennedy bay and New Chum beach
Another from the beach, but this time with a bit of HDR involved. I didn't manage to capture the size of this cliff however. At 10mm, there is a lot of cliff here, but you just don't see it in the photo. Need someone climbing next time I guess.
Images used in HDR range from 1/4000 to 1/125th at ISO 100, f5.6, 10mm.
Many years ago Cliff worked on the Apache Software Foundation. On a business trip while contemplating the impact of Martin Luther King Cliff decided to change direction and focus in his life.
Cliff formed a non-profit (www.literacybridge.org/) and decided to tackle poverty in Northern Ghana were millions live well below the poverty line on less than a $1 a day. Cliff created a Talking Book (when your poor you are often illiterate) that allowed him to reach villagers with messages designed to improve lives with farming techniques and save lives with basic health procedures.
Years later he has partnered with UNICEF and is impacting 1000s of lives. Farmers increase yields and win national Ghana farmer recognition awards and families spend 6 hours a week listening to messages on the Talking Book.
You should consider donating to his great cause.
Le Scogliere di Moher (Aillte an Mhothair, che significa "scogliere della rovina", in gaelico irlandese e, spesso non tradotto, Cliffs of Moher in inglese) sono impressionanti e suggestive scogliere a picco sul mare situate vicino al villaggio di Doolin sulla costa occidentale del Clare, contea della Repubblica d'Irlanda. Meta turistica celebre in tutto il mondo, è uno dei luoghi piĂ¹ visitati dell'isola d'Irlanda. Il punto piĂ¹ alto delle scogliere, che sono lunghe circa otto chilometri, raggiunge i 214 metri d'altezza sull'Oceano Atlantico, mentre la propaggine piĂ¹ meridionale, Hag's Head ("Capo Hag") scende a 120 metri.
Nonostante siano un luogo altamente turistico e ben attrezzato con centro visitatori e parcheggio gestito dalla Shannon Heritage (che gestisce anche la torre O'Brien, un piccolo edificio su una parte della scogliera), ci sono numerosi sentieri non chiusi che entrano in proprietĂ private e che passano spesso sul precipizio, regolarmente battuti dai visitatori nonostante sia formalmente vietato.
Le scogliere sono situate sulla parte nord-occidentale della costa del Clare, in piena Irlanda occidentale. Possono essere raggiunte via automobile da Galway percorrendo la strada del Burren che passa per Lisdoonvarna fino a Doolin e di lì la stradina panoramica, dato che il villaggio è poco prima delle falesie, oppure dalla strada proveniente da Liscannor (da cui arrivano le strade principali da Ennis e Kilkee).
During my time in San Diego visiting my sister, we visited Sunset Cliffs. I went back a few times by myself to sit. What a lovely place. We also loved the Little Lion Cafe close by for a killer breakfast.
Felix Krowinski, Sr. Collection, Project Papers, Black Mountain College Collection, Western Regional Archives, Asheville, NC.
Felix Krowinski was a BMC student (and avid photographer). Although I am currently confirming the dates during which he attended BMC, I am sure he was there during the 1947-48 school year as well as fall 1948.
The Cliffs of Moher are sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. The closest settlements are Liscannor (6 km south) and Doolin (7 km north).
Dutch postcard, no. 139. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Collection: Geoffrey Donaldson Institute.
American singer and voice actor Clifton A. 'Cliff' Edwards (1895-1971) was known as 'Ukelele Ike'. He enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early '30s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes. He had a number-one hit with 'Singin' In The Rain' in 1929 and is best known as the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940).
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