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The cliff swallows are abundant in this area. The swallows use mud to build these nests on the sides of the rock formations, then lay eggs and rear their young inside. They are active flyers, prolific bug consumers, and have amazing flying skills.
A first hike of the year to Indian Head Cove / Grotto in BPNP. At mid-day, I did not expect conditions to be great for photography and they were not ... even so, I'll always grab a few shots for the record.
We spent a wonderful three hours walking along the cliffs. We started at Longhaven and finished at Slains Castle.
Green Cliff on the North Devon Coast UK
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Albergo Lorelei et Londres Hotel seen on top of the Sorrento Cliffs... with views of Sorrento Coast and Mediterranean Sea - Sorrento, Italy
An eastbound Santa Fe manifest, led by a GP30 and a half-dozen GP35’s, passes two Southern Pacific SD9’s on a work train at Cliff. Caliente is visible over the cab of the lead unit. All of the GP30’s and GP35’s running on the Santa Fe at that time took me back to my days watching the Reading Company a decade earlier. Those two models were the backbone of the Reading’s second-generation road power. I checked an old calendar, and this was taken on a Thursday.
A series of images captured at RSPB Bempton Cliffs Yorkshire. A true haven for nesting Gannets and Puffins with the cliff faces heavily populated with nesting pairs. Several of the nests containing young but at this stage a little early to fledge. A really great day out and worth a visit to support the RSPB and take some great photographs.
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(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Good light allows us to see the details.
A quote from Cornell Labs:
Most Cliff Swallows in North America have whitish foreheads; however, birds from the Mexican population (which extends into the southwest U.S.) have dark chestnut foreheads.
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The Aberystwyth Cliff Railway / Rheilffordd y Graig opened on 1 August 1896. It is a 778 feet (237 m) long funicular railway in Aberystwyth and is the second longest funicular railway in the British Isles, after the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Since November 1987, the Aberystwyth Cliff Railway has been a Grade II listed structure.
The Cliff Railway was developed as an element of Constitution Hill, a Victorian business venture by the Aberystwyth Improvement Company in the 1890s. The funicular took visitors to the top of the hill, where attractions such as a camera obscura were established. The cliff railway was originally a water balance system, but it was electrified during 1921
The cliff railway was originally a cable-drawn balanced system moving a pair of cars, with a maximum capacity of 30 passengers, permanently connected via a continuous cable.[1] When opened, it operated using a water balance system, which used a Worthington Corporation compound steam engine water pump housed in the lower station to move water to the upper station. Each passenger car had a tank in their chassis that could hold 4 tonnes of water. Water was added to the tank of the top car, which descended under gravity, hauling the lighter lower car on the parallel track to the top station.
The railway is straight, ascending about 430 feet (130 m) over a horizontal distance of 778 feet (237 m), a maximum gradient of more than 1:2 (50 per cent). The gauge is 4 ft 8 in (1,422 mm), slightly narrower than standard gauge, and laid on timber sleepers.
In 1921, the railway was electrified using a 41 kW ATB AG [de] Morley DC motor. In 1934, after changes to the town’s electricity supply, a mercury arc rectifier and transformer were installed in the lower station to provide a 440V DC power output. The cars are moved using a high-tensile steel cable attached to both vehicles. It passes around a drum, mounted on a vertical axis between the tracks at the top. The motor drives the drum controlled by an automated cut-off which stops the motor and the cars when required.
The sun is shining but the sky is mainly gray on this stormy day without much rain near Point Bonita at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Note the broken piers where lifeboats used to be launched to save ships in trouble.
The cliffs on the southwestern edge of the Eyjafjöll (Island Mountains) are seen on a beautiful morning from across the marshes on the Markarfljót delta along the road to Landeyjahöfn in South Iceland. The Markarfljót is a might river that carries glacial metwater and sediments. The delta floodplain has been enlarged by jökulhlaups which are a type of flash flood of glacial meltwater triggered volcanic activity beneath one of the glaciers. The cliffs in the distance are home to numerous waterfalls.
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).
In the photo: Gannets arrive on mass to gather nesting material.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffs_of_Moher
The Cliffs of Moher (Irish: Aillte an Mhothair) are sea cliffs located at the southwestern edge of the Burren region in County Clare, Ireland. They run for about 14 kilometres. At their southern end, they rise 120 metres (390 ft) above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag's Head, and, eight kilometres to the north, they reach their maximum height of 214 metres (702 ft) just north of O'Brien's Tower, a round stone tower near the midpoint of the cliffs, built in 1835 by Sir Cornelius O'Brien, then continue at lower heights. The closest settlements are Liscannor (6 km south) and Doolin (7 km north).
From the cliffs, and from atop the tower, visitors can see the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, the Maumturks and Twelve Pins mountain ranges to the north in County Galway, and Loop Head to the south. The cliffs rank among the most visited tourist sites in Ireland, with around 1.5 million visits per annum.
Here's another monastery of Meteora, sitting alone atop the rocky spires. It was fascinating how they seemed to just grow out of the rocks, as if they were just a part of the natural landscape.
The high cliffs at Greenglade, Nadgee Park Reserve, Far South Coast NSW Australia. This beach and picnic area accessible by a rough dirt track after turning off at Wonboyn. Ordinary car perhaps okay but many potholes and better in AWD, especially after rain. Good for the stomach muscles!