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Here's to you Harmon👍👍...in honor of my photography buddy who hiked Chimneytop Gap in the Jocassee Gorges with me for over 10 miles across the ridgelines last Saturday morning...Today, as a birthday present to myself, I flagged the old trail to the foot of Pinnacle Falls, a ridgeline hike that launches up and across an old logging road for 1/3 of a mile then drops 621 feet down a switchback trail, (adorned with fallen hemlock trees and washouts) to the foot of this massive waterfall!...How she roars!...and in such a sublime setting! This waterfall has two viewing areas from the original trail and two separate viewing platforms reached from two different trails at different elevations from the other side of the creek... More photos to come!
The canyon walls near Lookout Point have eroded into a series of castle-like pinnacles along the North Rim of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The canyon walls are made up of rhyolite (Volcanic rock) that has been altered by hudrothermal activity (Hot sptings). Alteration of the rock gives the canyon its beautiful colors.
Trona Railway SD40T-2 2005 continues the southward climb out of the Searles Valley as it passes through the Trona Pinnacles.
The Trona Pinnacles dominate the landscape as southbound Trona loads creep through the desert. This move has engines on each end, not the usual occurrence for this operation. Although they were primarily in place for a switching move along the line, they also provided helper power on the hill coming into Searles - what a great sound!
After a very overcast day, I thought that the sunset would be a fizzer at the Pinnacles but at the last minute the sky lit up. Way too bright towards the sun but a brilliant double rainbow opposite. A quick change to 14mm Samyang and turning to the west et voila! All handheld as the rainbow and light didn't last very long.
The Pinnacles were only discovered in 1967 (at least to the majority of non-indigenous Australians). No one is really clear about how they came to be but it is a very large area with rocks sticking up from the sand. Wikipedia mentions 3 theories....
Starting a series on some of the sights enjoyed in The Badlands of South Dakota.
The Pinnacles Overlook offers sweeping views of the jagged natural formations and wildlife in the Badlands. Perfect for a high view spot, the overlook is located at the highest point along the Badlands Loop Road near the Pinnacles Entrance. On clear days the Black Hills can be seen to the NW.
Enjoy your Sunday!
Second trip to the Pinnacles this year, and this is one of two panoramas I captured. I wasn’t expecting the zodiacal light to stand out so clearly with all that galactic glow around it. Initially planned to shoot the sky pano with a shorter focal length for extra resolution, but after a long night (and a 2-hour drive still ahead), I opted for the usual 24mm focal length and still ended up with a 4GB image 😐
Nikon D5500 (Modded), Nikon D5200
Samyang 24mm f/1.4
Star Adventurer 2i
Hoya UV/IR Cut
The desert wind is blowing very hard and can almost deafen out the sound of a Trona eastbound as they come up to the pinnacles. After this the train would descend into the valley where their destination lies at the end of the line.
One of the pinnacles catching first light with some vineyards and orchards below.
Peshastin Pinnacles State Park features sandstone slabs and spires in a desert environment with views of the surrounding orchards, Enchantment Range, and Wenatchee Valley. Park activities include rock climbing, hiking, birdwatching, and wildlife viewing.
Largely used as a climbing park, Peshastin Pinnacles also makes an ideal stop on Highway 2 to stretch your legs, or as a destination during a visit to Leavenworth, Wenatchee, Cashmere or Chelan.
Enjoy your Sunday!
More from my trip out west earlier this year.... This image didn't catch my eye in a first or second pass through, but it started to grow on me. It was a grey'ish blue moody sky and desert browns, but with a conversion to B&W, I liked it much better. The Trona Pinnacles are an other-worldly like place, walking among and sleeping at the foot of those spires is a pretty neat experience. If you're in the Death Valley area, it's a nice overnight camping (primitive) excursion. Sorry for the lack of engagement/posting over here...I think it's just become that time of year and hard to stay engaged in anything for too long. I hope everyone has a great Friday and upcoming weekend!
Running four up front and two in the middle, a heavy train is fighting up and away from The Pinnacles as they claw for Searles Jct.
In the almost surreal atmosphere of the day fading away, two of the Aiguilles d'Arves (Aiguille Centrale 3.513 m and Aiguille Méridionale 3.514 m) still capture the very last rays of the setting sun.
A sublime and majestic spectacle... purely Gothic.
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Bartolome Island, Galapagos
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This is the view of the pinnacle that I was able to get during an RSPB cruise along the coast from Bridlington.
An interesting geological formation at Crater Lake National Park on the outer flank of the volcano.
How were the pinnacles formed? During the Ice Age, glaciers made valleys through Godfrey Glen and Annie Creek canyons. When Mount Mazama erupted, the valleys were filled with hot pumice and ash. When the lava stopped moving, gas rose upwards through it, making ash into solid rock. Over the years, streams have carved narrow canyons into the soft ashen landscape, exposing the old gas vents into spires.
Source and more info on the Pinnacles Trail: www.hikeoregon.net/the-pinnacles.html
Been awhile since I posted a black and white shot. I like to mix it up from time to time.
A view from near the top of Mt. Rainier's Pinnacle Trail.
I posted this image earlier in technicolor but thought it worked well in monochrome as well. Coior version in comments.
Hope your week is off to a wonderful start.
I'm thinking bird on the top of the tower is probably a Clark's nutcracker. Here is the full size image.
This is an edited version of an earlier posting that was recently awarded in my local camera club selfie competition. It's my type of selfie...nothing up close and personal here :-)
The sunset against the Chinook cloud had reached the pinnacle of it's color. Sitting on the bank of the river was an excellent vantage point to take in the spectacle.
Explore #89, thanks
This photo was shot at Trona Pinnacles, California last weekend. I was really amazed by its landscape at night when Milkyway was showing up around 11 PM. It was my best shot for night. I really enjoyed with a group of people taking shots that night there.
The Trona Pinnacles are a geological feature in the California Desert National Conservation Area. The landscape consists of more than 500 tufa spires, some as high as 140 ft, rising from the bed of the now dry Searles Lake. At one point during the Pleistocene, the area was under 640 feet of water without an outlet to the sea. The water became salty and mineral laden. Fresh water springs releasing into the lake formed the tufa spires.
Pinnacles National Park, California
A print comparison using this image and Hahnemühle papers is available on my blog:
Rising from the bottom of what was once an ancient lakebed, the Trona Pinnacles represent one of the most unique geologic landscapes in the California Desert. Over 500 of these tufa (or calcium carbonate spires) are spread out over a 14 square mile area across the Searles Lake basin. These features range in size from small-coral like boulders to several that top out at over 140 feet tall.
The Pinnacles were formed between 10,000 and 100,000 years ago when Searles Lake formed a link in a chain of interconnected lakes flowing from the Owens Valley to Death Valley. At one point during the Pleistocene, the area was under 640 feet of water.
Tufa towers are tall columns of calcium carbonate (limestone) that form below lake level through chemical reaction of spring water coming up from the floor of the lake with saline lake water.
The Pinnacle Rock is a massive quartzite rock that erupts from the earth’s surface and reaches some 30 metres in height. It is a freestanding rock that towers over the dense indigenous forest of Driekop Gorge in a dramatic display of nature’s quirks and the unique splendour of South Africa. It is littered with stunning, brightly-coloured aloes that not only add to the appeal amongst the local birds and insect species, but also make for extra beautiful photographs of the rock and its surrounds.
Graskop
Mpumalanga Province
South Africa
Late afternoon at the Trona Pinnacles. Rising from the bottom of what was once an ancient lake, the Trona Pinnacles represent one of the most unique geologic landscapes in the California Desert. Over 500 of these tufa (or calcium carbonate spires) are spread out over a 14 square mile area across the Searles Lake basin. These features range in size from small-coral like boulders to several that top out at over 140 feet tall.
The Pinnacles were formed between 10,000 and 100,000 years ago when Searles Lake formed a link in a chain of interconnected lakes flowing from the Owens Valley to Death Valley. At one point during the Pleistocene, the area was under 640 feet of water. The spires were formed when under water springs rose in alkaline lake water.