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This is a shot of "Devils Bridge" at Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria. People jump off of the bridge into the River Lune, this has now been made illegal following some fatal instances. I hope you like the shot. Please let me know if you do. Thanks and have a great weekend , Graham.
Here's some more information about the bridge:
Dating from around 1370 and constructed of fine gritstone ashlar. It has three spans, the western two measuring 54.75 feet (16.69 m) each and the eastern one 29 feet (8.8 m). The piers are hexagonal, measuring 60 feet (18 m) around.
A great flood will easily reach the base of the arches and run over the tops of the cutwaters. In common with many bridges of the same name, legend holds that the Devil appeared to an old woman, promising to build a bridge in exchange for the first soul to cross over it. When the bridge was finished, the woman threw bread over the bridge and her dog chased after it, thereby outwitting the Devil. Several large stones in the surrounding area, including the Great Stone of Fourstones, are ascribed to the Devil's purse-strings bursting open as he ferried masonry to build it.
Back in January, IC2466, the last remaining active "blue devil" made a few trips north along the old IC on CN G889. We'd figured it wouldn't be visible in daylight, though we'd later learn we were wrong, so my buddy and I shot it deep into the night, even though that's not such an easy task.
We finished our night far later than we should have, when G889 parked up at Tolono in the siding. The newly re-installed SafeTran signals, moved closer to the road last year, cast off quite the eerie red glow on the roadbed and locomotive alike. Turned a blue devil into more of a... normal devil, I guess. Call it a red one, for fun. A neat look anyway!
IC2466 was built as an LMS unit, sold to the CN after a few years of shared CN/CR leasing, and put into the IC number range. The last I heard of its whereabouts was that it was stored in Markham, though it may well be on its way to scrap by now.
Taken on a hiking trip. Here is a link to some more info on Devil's Lake -
www.devilslakewisconsin.com/information-center/learning/w...
EXPLORED!
Take Devil's Staircase trekking and enjoy the breathtaking views of the Southern Plains. This famous route is a 14km long trail of sharp zig-zag twists that are extremely steep and difficult, but quite thrilling to travel.
Devils Bridge - Teufelsbrücke on mount Gotthard, Switzerland
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"Buachaille Etive Mor"
A great way to enjoy the magnificent Glen Coe is a hike over the Devils Staircase, a route that follows the old military road that once headed to Fort William. The trail is part of the West Highland Way and is a good walk for the less experienced and families. The Devils Staircase was given the name by the 400 soldiers who battled horrendous conditions to build it in the 17th century.
Devils Bridge is a short walk from the Verandah in the St Philip Parish of Antigua. It has been formed by the sea eroding the rock from beneath creating an opening. It is said that people walking across the bridge have been caught out by the high splash coming through the opening hence its name.
Here's a little something a couple friends and I took last night. This is Devils Doorway at Devils Lake Wisconsin. It's about a mile hike, basically straight up to get here. It was hot and humid but well worth the trip and effort. I weighed my camera bag today and it weigh 33.5 lbs. I thought I was packing light too...guess not so much. LOL
Gear used:
Lit by a single Lume Cube with a Light-House and a warming gel camera left.
Canon 6D Mark II
Irix 15mm Firefly
13 sec
f/2.4
ISO6400
Lume Cubes can be found here: lumecube.idevaffiliate.com/211.html
Devils Tower National Monument
Wyoming
Another version tells that two Sioux boys wandered far from their village when Mato the bear, a huge creature that had claws the size of tipi poles, spotted them, and wanted to eat them for breakfast. He was almost upon them when the boys prayed to Wakan Tanka the Creator to help them. They rose up on a huge rock, while Mato tried to get up from every side, leaving huge scratch marks as he did. Finally, he sauntered off, disappointed and discouraged. The bear came to rest east of the Black Hills at what is now Bear Butte. Wanblee, the eagle, helped the boys off the rock and back to their village.
Devils Kitchen is located east of Greybull Wyoming on the edge of the Shell Creek Valley. The varicolored, Early Cretaceous Cloverly Formation is exposed in the Kitchen inside the eroded center of a upfold or anticline called the Shell Creek Dome. Devils Kitchen is known for its badlands topography where soft, layered sedimentary rocks like sandstone, siltstone, shale and claystone get eroded into spires, towers and fanciful shapes. In this semiarid environment there is sparse vegetation and little soil development on these rock outcrops. Erosion caused by flash flooding from occasional thunderstorms carves this landscape with an assist from the other usual physical and chemical agents that weather and weaken the rock. The floor of "the Kitchen" is characterized by mounds of weathered claystone; silstone and shale.
One of the huge 'Devil's Arrows', Boroughbridge. There may have been five of these gritstone menhirs at the site originally. Now only three survive. They appear to have been placed to align with the southernmost summer moonrise.
Devils Tower National Monument located in northeastern Wyoming bathed in late evening light. A really cool and unique geological formation, it was formed by an igneous intrusion that uplifted the overlaying sedimentary rock layers. Well worth the visit if you are making a trip through the area. This place is also sacred to the native tribes that inhabit the area, as is evidenced by the hundreds of prayer cloths they have placed around the base of the structure.
Devils Garden, ein kleines Tal mit Sandsteinfiguren, nahe Escalante, Utah, an der Hole In The Rock Road gelegen.
This little chap is AWESOME };0)>
Caged in an old church (until next week) Lucifer in all his gory glory!
the main body is only 1 metre on length and the wings are huge.
Paul Fryer, Let There Be Light at Holy Trintiy Church NW1 until 21st October.
If you have gothy tastes you'll LOVE this, it really is cool
Very grainy as i shot at 1600 iso... hate flash
Pilosella aurantiaca
Click for more information about this flower;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilosella_aurantiaca
Explore, Juny 3 2009. Best position; #253
Took a road trip up north of us for a little day hiking. It was one of our few sunny days of late and there was a lot of color around the lake. We even spotted a flock of Cedar Waxwings picking berries off the trees! It certainly got crowded as the day wore on. Could be the last warm day we have for a while. Snow in the forecast!!!!!