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Jutting out into the Pacific Ocean from the spectacular Big Sur Coast, the Point Sur Lighthouse stands as a silent sentinel to a by-gone era.
Point Sur, a National Historic Landmark, is the only complete turn-of-the-century light station open to the public in California.
From 1899 until 1974, families lived and worked in the buildings atop Point Sur. Today the place is a ghost town.
The unique stone lighthouse still guides ships with its light, though it is now totally automated.
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Pointe aux épinettes
Parc national du Bic
Le Bic (Rimouski), Québec
Le parc national du Bic est situé dans l'estuaire maritime du Saint-Laurent. Ses caps, baies, anses, îles et montagnes en font depuis toujours sa fierté.
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© Guylaine Bégin. L'utilisation sans ma permission est illégale.
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Pointe aux épinettes
Bic National Park
Le Bic (Rimouski), Quebec
Located in the St. Lawrence Estuary, Parc national du Bic proudly showcases its capes, bays, coves, islands, and mountains.
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© Guylaine Bégin. Use without permission is illegal.
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Shortly after shooting the lighthouse posted before this, and after the sun had set, I was shooting some long exposures on the water and looked up and saw this amazing sky. It only lasted a few minutes but it was one of the best I've ever seen.
The first peoples in Cape Naturaliste were the Wardandi Aboriginals, who called it "Kwirreejeenungup", meaning "the place with the beautiful view". In 1801, the French navigator Nicolas Baudin stopped here on 30 May during his exploration of Australia. The French were mapping the coast of New Holland (Australia). Baudin named the bay they found Geographe Bay, after his flagship, Géographe. Later, the cape was named after the expedition's second ship, Naturaliste.
This was a lot of fun. I experimented with ICM, 9 stop ND and a 10 second shutter. I pointed the camera towards the sun and had it burn in for about 1 second then panned the camera. I played with fast and slow pans. This was the one pic the struck me.
Dead Horse Point State Park is a state park of Utah in the United States, featuring a dramatic overlook of the Colorado River and Canyonlands National Park. The park covers 5,362 acres (2,170 ha) of high desert at an altitude of 5,900 feet (1,800 m).
Welcome to Shelly Point, tucked near the end of Beaumaris Beach from my previous post. I know you will want to try & count the number of shells on this part of the beach, so while you are at it, I'll keep myself amused with bad shell puns.
Shell we begin? 🐚
This shellfishly named stretch of beach left me thoroughly shell-shocked. I came for sand, but it must’ve been on vacayshell, replaced entirely by a million nautical nuggets in full clam_our, an army of calcium keepsakes.
It was a shell-ebration of ocean treasures. From conch-querors to scallop-stars, the entire mollusk mafia was out in force, clearly trying to mussel their way in.
Each step was a crunchy, dance across the shellscape, a total clam-ity for bare feet! Fortunately, I was shell-f sufficient and had joggers on.
There were shelltastic spirals, bivalve bonanzas, cockle clusters, barnacle bling and seashore sequins. It wasn’t just a beach walk, it was a shell-athon, and by the end I was left in absolute "shuck and awe".
How did you go? How many did you count? ;)
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Waterscape 48/100 in 2025
Morning walk to Silver Point from Cannon Beach, Oregon. Jockey Cap can be seen beyond the tidal pools.
Ardwell Point in the Rhins of Galloway, looking across the North Channel to Ireland. It was across this sea that the Hiberno-Norse Gall-Ghaedheil came to Galloway, over 1000 years ago.
An image during blue hour at Cobbolds Point, Felixstowe. Conditions were pretty bland and missed the higher tide.
Spent an absolutely brilliant full day touring the lighthouses on Anglesey with great friend Mark Twiglet yesterday, starting at Penmon point for sunrise, which didnt deliver, but the high tide and stormy sky more than made up for it. A truly fab way to finish the year.
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Bass Point is a headland in Australia on the New South Wales south coast. The point was named by Matthew Flinders in around 1800, after his friend and fellow explorer George Bass. Wikipedia.
One of the most popular and iconic scenes in Yellowstone, with the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River flowing thru the chasm it's water's created.
"Many people think that this was the spot where famous artist Thomas Moran painted to inspire Congress in 1872. Yellowstone Park photographer F. Jay Haynes thought the same thing. He mistakenly named the overlook in his 1890 guidebook and on his hand-colored postcards.
However, Moran's paintings were actually created at the north rim overlook named Moran Point by the first Hayden Survey in the 1870s. There is more confusion here - Moran Point is also called Lookout Point, Mount Lookout, Lookout Rock, and Prospect Point. On current day official park maps, it's called Lookout Point."
yellowstonepark.com
Regardless of how it was named this is still one of the finest views in the park. And many artist's paint and photographer's shoot from this ideal viewpoint.
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
The layers and shadows out on this Utah landscape was amazing to take in. If you can ever get out there and check out Muley Point, it is well worth it. Hope to get back here one day for a sunrise or sunset.
The lighthouse at this site was constructed in 1870. The brick-and-mortar tower included ornate iron balcony supports and a large keeper residence with enough space to house several families.
Panorama of Zabriskie point at sunrise (Death Valley National Park). Assemblage de 5 photos horizontales avec LR6.
Long exposure capture of the Point Wilson Lighthouse. The lighthouse's lanterns were first lit on December 15, 1879. The current lighthouse was completed in 1914.The lighthouse was automated in 1976 and is monitored by the Coast Guard.
Morning golden hour at Yaki Point. Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA, March 2023
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Cloch Point and Cloch Lighthouse between Inverkip and Gourock overlooking the Firth of Clyde and looking over to the lovely Cowal Peninsula.
A location that has always been a favourite place since I was young.
The lighthouse was designed by Thomas Smith and Robert Stevenson and completed in 1797.
The main square in from of the Notre-Dame where one can see the zero point of the roads of France, that is to say the kilometric point 0 of the roads leaving the capital, which is used as a reference for the calculation of the distances with the other cities of France.
The Dames Point Bridge (officially the Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. The main span is 1,300 feet (396.2 m), and is 175 feet (53.3 m) high. Opened in March 10, 1989.
The bridge was designed by HNTB Corporation and RS&H, Inc. The Massman Construction Company built the bridge.
Took a ride south yesterday and visited here for abit. Not the ice like last winter. It was like 18* and the wind was RAW off Lake MI.