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The Scala dei Turchi (Italian: "Stair of the Turks") is a rocky cliff on the coast of Realmonte, near Porto Empedocle, southern Sicily, Italy. It has become a tourist attraction due to its unusual white color, as well as by its mention in Andrea Camilleri's series of detective stories about Commissario Montalbano.
The Scala is formed by marl, a sedimentary rock with a characteristic white color. It lies between two sandy beaches, and is accessed through a limestone rock formation in the shape of a staircase, hence the name. The latter part of the name derives from the frequent raids carried on by Moors.
In August 2007, the municipality of Realmonte applied for the inclusion of the Scala dei Turchi (together with the nearby Roman Villa Aurea) in the UNESCO Heritage List.
The Sonoma Coast has been putting on a show the past week. Monster waves, high tides and beautiful light has made it special, that's for sure. I've been fortunate enough to get out a couple days and enjoy what the Sonoma Coast has been offering. Every time I go out and photograph on the SC, I find myself taking a moment and feeling extremely grateful to be able to enjoy, photograph and experience this place as much as I'm able to because it's home.
Taken at the RSPB nature reserve at Bempton Cliffs.This is a view to the South East towards Flamborough Head.
The hard chalk gives the cliffs their white colour and its resistance to erosion offer lots of sheltered headlands and crevices for nesting birds.The cliffs are over a 100 meters tall in places and offer exceptional views along the Yorkshire coast on a clear day.
And some geology students.
The fascinating geological history of Hallett Cove is traced in its dark Pre-Cambrian rocks which were once under a sea that covered a vast area of South Australia 600 million years ago.
About 500 million years ago the region was squeezed by massive earth movements which folded rocks and formed them into mountain ranges. Such folds are clearly seen at the southern foot of Black Cliff and along the wave cut platform to the north.
RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
Mated pairs of Gannet engage in a “billing” display, a mutual greeting gesture, where the two birds stand breast to breast with their wings spread, and their necks and bills extended vertically, scissoring rapidly with their bills and calling loudly. (Birdlife).
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Cliff Flycatcher presents beautiful rufous colouring, distinctive for the Tyrant Flycatchers family. This species was a lifer for me on my Brazil trip; even though it has a wide range through South America, I had not seen it on previous visits to the continent. (eBird describes it as “widespread though rarely very numerous.”) This bird was seen in the Teresópolis area of Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos in Rio de Janeiro State.
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Bempton is an RSPB Reserve in East Yorkshire - all the hundreds of tiny white dots on the cliff face are Gannets . This is one of the worlds largest Gannet colonies and the streaks over the sea are the non- incubating birds as they fly to and from their nests.
A distant view of Kenidjack Cliff Castle. A definite return to explore this iron Age Fort and the surounding area! A 204sec exposure with a 3stop med grad and a 10stop ND
The base of Bempton cliffs at the end of Filey bay. You can just make out lots of Gannets flying around the cliffs.
Looking north east...
The cliff falling away.... it used to be the coastal footpath... then Chesil beach... Fortuneswell... the marina... Portland harbour and wall... then Weymouth Bay... Weymouth beach and the Jurassic Coast
From Portland north cliff, Dorset - October 2022
The lake was formed due to a massive landslide at Attabad village in Gilgit-Baltistan, 9 miles (14 km) upstream (east) of Karimabad that occurred on January 4, 2010. All type of traffic on KKH to and from China was disconnected. In next few days, Attabad Lake was converted into a dam with 130-200 m depth and 22 km length. If this dam was left to be further filled, it would have resulted into a “Dam burst scenario” and would have been the worst disaster of the world. In case of the dam burst, the flow of water downhill towards Gilgit would have been so massive that most of the bridges and villages astride river Hunza would have been completely washed away.
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Cliff Geyser in Black Sand Basis erupts frequently, sometimes with pretty good intensity. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA, July 2020
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Die Cliffs of Moher sind die bekanntesten Steilklippen Irlands. Sie liegen an der Südwestküste der irischen Hauptinsel im County Clare nahe den Ortschaften Doolin und Liscannor.
Die Klippen ragen an vielen Stellen nahezu senkrecht aus dem atlantischen Ozean und erstrecken sich über mehr als acht Kilometer. Am Südende, dem Hag’s Head, haben sie eine Höhe von ungefähr 120 m, nördlich des O’Brien’s Tower erreichen sie sogar 214 m.
Am 8. Februar 2007 wurde das Besucherzentrum mit befestigten Gehwegen fertiggestellt. Der etwa 200 Meter lange Teil des Besucherwegs, der sich bis zum O’Brien’s Tower erstreckt, wurde aus Sicherheitsgründen seitlich durch bis zu 1,40 Meter hohe Steinplatten begrenzt, so dass die Besucher nicht mehr direkt bis an das Cliff herantreten können. Seitdem ist die Sicht auf die Klippen eingeschränkt.
The Cliffs of Moher are located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland.[2][3] They rise 120 metres (390 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head and reach their maximum height of 214 metres (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, eight kilometres to the north.
RSPB Bempton Cliffs.
Nests are made from seaweed, plants, earth and debris from the sea. The males usually collect the materials. Nests are compact cups typically 30–60 cm (12–24 in) in height. The area which a nest occupies grows throughout the breeding season as the breeding pairs throw their excrement outside the nest. Over years, nests can reach 2m (6+1⁄2 ft) in height. (Wikipedia).
Gannets arrive on mass to gather nesting material.
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Impresionantes siempre mis paseos por los acantilados del parque Natural de la Sierra Helada.
Lovely walks around these impressive local cliffs when I need to dissconect from my daily routines.
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We saw quite a few of these beautiful birds and their song was a frequent soundtrack to our surroundings.
So here is one, having caught it mid-itch
They were common enough, that few people stopped to watch them - but I continue to love "the ordinary birds" and likely will always try to get extraordinary pictures, of 'ordinary birds'.