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An unexpected and happy find on the west fork of Kanaka Creek in Cliff Falls Park in Maple Ridge. It's approximately 35' high and required scrambling down the rock face with a small rope to make it here.
This is a composite shot taken hand held while panning down as the car dropped. It was made from two shots taken as part of a HDR series, but somewhat corrected for exposure before combining. The combination was made in Photoshop, but I will try other stacking software when I get the chance. The images were taken at Cliff's Amusement Park in Albuquerque.
Santorini, Greece.
May 29 2015.
Family trip to the mediterranean.
Summer vacation.
Santorini (Greek: Σαντορίνη, pronounced [sandoˈrini]), classically Thera (English pronunciation /ˈθɪərə/), and officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα [ˈθira]), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Greece's mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago which bears the same name and is the remnant of a volcanic caldera. It forms the southernmost member of the Cyclades group of islands, with an area of approximately 73 km2 (28 sq mi) and a 2011 census population of 15,550. The municipality of Santorini includes the inhabited islands of Santorini and Therasia and the uninhabited islands of Nea Kameni, Palaia Kameni, Aspronisi, and Christiana. The total land area is 90.623 km2 (34.990 sq mi). Santorini is part of the Thira regional unit.[2]
Santorini is essentially what remains after an enormous volcanic eruption that destroyed the earliest settlements on a formerly single island, and created the current geological caldera. A giant central, rectangular lagoon, which measures about 12 by 7 km (7.5 by 4.3 mi), is surrounded by 300 m (980 ft) high, steep cliffs on three sides. The main island slopes downward to the Aegean Sea. On the fourth side, the lagoon is separated from the sea by another much smaller island called Therasia; the lagoon is connected to the sea in two places, in the northwest and southwest. The depth of the caldera, at 400m, makes it possible for all but the largest ships to anchor anywhere in the protected bay; there is also a fisherman harbour at Vlychada, on the southwestern coast. The island's principal port is Athinias. The capital, Fira, clings to the top of the cliff looking down on the lagoon. The volcanic rocks present from the prior eruptions feature olivine and have a small presence of hornblende.[3]
It is the most active volcanic centre in the South Aegean Volcanic Arc, though what remains today is chiefly a water-filled caldera. The volcanic arc is approximately 500 km (310 mi) long and 20 to 40 km (12 to 25 mi) wide. The region first became volcanically active around 3–4 million years ago, though volcanism on Thera began around 2 million years ago with the extrusion of dacitic lavas from vents around the Akrotiri.
The island is the site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in recorded history: the Minoan eruption (sometimes called the Thera eruption), which occurred some 3,600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization. The eruption left a large caldera surrounded by volcanic ash deposits hundreds of metres deep and may have led indirectly to the collapse of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete, 110 km (68 mi) to the south, through a gigantic tsunami. Another popular theory holds that the Thera eruption is the source of the legend of Atlantis.[4]
Nikon D600 / Nikkor 50mm F1.4ai / Variable ND Filter.
How To Plan a Donut Tour:
maisonbisson.com/blog/post/14453/how-to-plan-a-donut-tour/
Sandee's National Donut Day post:
[ From archives ]
Crater Lake in Oregon is a wonderful place to visit. Its a small national park with a road running all along its rim. Its formed by the collapse of Mt Mazama and the caldera formed holds this deep blue water.
It was first found by a group of gold mine hunters. Reading this info in one of the vista points makes you think what they must have felt when they first climbed the slopes and stood at the rim to see this amazing view.
Crater Lake, Oregon
Sheer limestone cliffs reach down to the sand of broad, flat Motukiekie Beach, revealed only at low tide. The freestanding Motukiekie Rocks are visible in the distance. The beach is north of Greymouth, on the northwest coast of New Zealand's south island.
Kittiwake on cliffs
Inner Farne Islands
Farne Islands Site of Special Scientific Interest
Farne Islands National Nature Reserve
Northumberland
Copyright Natural England/Paul Glendell
2000
As one of Europe’s leading family destinations, this Resort exceeds expectations.
Located atop the dramatic red Algarvian cliffs that overlook the Atlantic Ocean, it affords a privileged position, with views spanning the soft sand beaches, elegant pine forests and abundant indigenous flora.
Where man and nature merge.
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