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Crystal Geyser erupts an average of once per day without any schedule, so seeing it erupt is pure luck. When I visited two people had camped there for 15 hours and hadn't seen anything.
My intent was not the eruption (that would have been a bonus) but more the landscape and the mineral landscape that has formed around the site.
No son muchos los datos que se poseen de esta antigua fundición, ubicada en el paraje de Piedrallana, al norte de Villaricos, muy cercana a otra fábrica: la Invencible. Se cree que fue construida sobre 1870, cesando su actividad nada más comenzar el siglo XX, al disminuir notablemente la producción de las minas de Sierra Almagrera.
Hacia 1883, Santa Ana fue adquirida por José Soler Gómez, conocido exportador de minerales de plomo de la zona, lo que para algún autor significa que la fundición mantuvo un ritmo de producción continuo, sin grandes altibajos, habiéndose estimado en unas 30 toneladas diarias el mineral que era llevado para su tratamiento a la fábrica, llegándose a consumir anualmente 3600 toneladas de coque y hulla llegados en buques desde Inglaterra....
Laguna Colorade - Bolivia.
The different colours white, yellow and green are caused by different minerals in the water. The red is from algae.
The Cordillera de la Sal was formed millions of years ago. It was an ancient lake, whose bottom was raised by the same movements of the earth's coast that gave rise to the Andes Mountains. Molded over time by the rain, wind and sun of the Atacama Desert, its final form as we know it today has a great variety of natural sculptures, different types of stratifications and colorations varied by the mineral diversity of the place.
These desolate landscapes, completely dry and without vegetation, remain nevertheless fascinating and give us an image of the early Earth.
ƒ/4.5 24 mm 1/800s ISO 320
Lens: TS-E 24mm f/3.5 L (click to see all my photos with this lens)
Altitude 2850m - Morning light 7:13
The sun begins to rise on the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma at the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, Texas.
The wonders of Mammoth Hot Springs always amaze me. I wondered what the water source was, never knew it traveled that far:
"Terrace Mountain at Mammoth Hot Springs is the largest known carbonate-depositing spring in the world. It was created over thousands of years as hot water from the spring cooled and deposited calcium carbonate (over two tons flow into Mammoth each day in a solution). Because of the huge amount of geothermal vents, travertine flourishes.
The hot water that feeds Mammoth comes from Norris Geyser Basin after traveling underground via a fault line that runs through limestone and roughly parallel to the Norris-to-Mammoth road."
Have a most wonderful weekend!
Tara Salt Flat is located at an altitude of 4 300 m within Los Flamencos National Reserve, near the border point where Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina meet. Tara is set on the crater of Vilama Volcano and it has a rich ecosystem that houses several flora and fauna species.
Unfortunately, going back through my photo archives, I can't recall where I took this, or what the rock is / minerals are. Any geologists out there who can help me identify this? Thanks. Whatever it is, I find it to be astoundingly beautiful and wondrous. (Hence my wondering....) ;-)
Real Astillero de Guarnizo: Cargadero de Mineral de hierro desde donde salía los barcos para Altos Hornos de Vizcaya.
Another shot from the Fairy Pools last Autumn up on the Isle of Skye.
I am sort of mesmerised by the backcloth of this shot. I have always been captivated by Mountains and spent a lot of time amongst them. My most abiding past memory is standing on the summit of Mt Blanc at 6.50am watching the sun come up over France and Italy and lingering there taking it all in!
The Black Cuillin pose a special challenge with their rugged precipices and the rapidly changing climate being on the extreme Western edge of Scotland and open to the Atlantic winds. The brooding craggy pyramid of Sgurr an Fheadain sits directly behind this cascade and the clouds shroud the surrounding crags. I keep returning to these shots, partly because of lockdown and partly because this was a gorgeous day to be out photographing waterfalls in such a wonderful landscape. Can't wait to get back at some point!
240 shots from my home stacked and processed with pipp + Autostakert! + Registax + Photoshop.
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240 fotos tomadas desde mi casa, apiladas y procesadas con PIPP + Autostakkert! + Registax + Photoshop.
The mineral green geothermally heated waters of the Roman Bath reflect the 18th century buildings & sky above. Located in Bath, UK, these hot springs contain 42 minerals including sodium, calcium, chloride, sulphate, bicarbonate, magnesium, silicon, & iron. From ancient times they were considered to be healing & many pilgrims came to make use of them.
Photographed at Mineral Ridge
Date: 23rd November 2016
Sim Rating: Moderate
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