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Thousands of seabirds breed on the chalk cliffs near Bempton. The RSPB manages a reserve there where one can observe gannets, puffins, guillemots, razorbills, fulmars, and kittiwakes during the breeding season, as well as other types of birds.
The cliffs at Newhaven in common with those towards Saltdean and Eastbourne are unstable yet beautiful in their own rights. Just don't walk too close to the edge!
When you look closely, you can see the cliffs are riven with cracks and fissures, and it is only a latter of time before there is another cliff fall.
The Red Cliff near Keitum in the sunset
Sony Alpha 900
Konica Minolta 17-35mm f2.8-4 @35mm
Developed in Lightroom 3.6
In a somewhat remote location within Gila Wilderness area of southwestern New Mexico are the mysterious Gila Cliff Dwellings.
The alcoves within this mountain canyon are natural features; the canyon was created by thousands of years of undercutting by a meandering creek which ate away at the Gila Conglomerate rock. Additional erosional processes created the alcoves seen here.
Although the archaeological record has been difficult to piece together, it is thought that native peoples of the region periodically used these alcoves and other sites in the region beginning in the 6th century. The structures built within the alcoves were built by the Tularosa Mogollon in the late 13th century.
Their tenure was short-lived, however. By the beginning of the 14th century, the Mogollon abandoned the cliffs and migrated to other parts of the greater region. They are thought to have joined and assimilated with the pueblo cultures that developed in the northwestern part of New Mexico and along the middle Rio Grande valley.
This is an oldie (from 2005), but it always reminds me of the alternative occupations out there.
Mazatlan has a few cliff divers who leap from an old observation post along the boardwalk. This gentleman would collect donations from tourists who where staring in horror at what he was about to do. He then climbs up the rock wall, and proceeds to dive about 40 feet into 8 feet of water at low tide. As you can see from the picture, he has to leap out a pretty good distance to avoid hitting the rocks below. Even then, he barely clears them.
There are no second chances to get it right in his profession.
1:10pm - We stopped at Sheepeater Cliff for a short picnic with the chipmunks. (We ate apples, not sheep.)
Compare to the new sign nineteen years later: www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/49789124201/
This was taken in 1996 during a trip across the Southwest with my father. Tour groups were going through the ruins, but I was able to time the shutter on this one for a time when no one was walking through. It was taken with the same setup as Cliff Palace B&W with an exposure twice as long.
Bender 4x5, Fujinon 150mm, Fuji Velvia 50