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Panorama looking West to North from Quartzite Peak on the Clark Range over much of central Yosemite, including Mt Starr King, Half Dome, Clouds Rest, Cathedral Peak, the Cathedral Range, and Mt Dana. California, Sierra Nevada Mountains,Yosemite, Quartzite Peak. Off the John Muir Trail near Mile 000.
From the lower slopes of Maol Chean-dearg. An Ruadh-Stac is a Corbett and is composed almost entirely of Cambrian quartzite.
A vista panorâmica sobre o vale do Rio Ceira, observada a partir dos Passadiços do Cerro da Candosa, em Vila Nova do Ceira, Góis, revela uma paisagem moldada por fragas quartzíticas que formam a crista que se estende até à Serra do Buçaco. Este percurso pedonal, inaugurado em 2022 e com cerca de 650 metros, proporciona uma imersão na geologia e vegetação características da região, incluindo um acesso privilegiado ao desfiladeiro do Cabril do Ceira, conhecido como Portas do Ceira. As aldeias e campos agrícolas dispersos entre encostas florestadas refletem o tradicional povoamento rural da bacia hidrográfica do Mondego. O local está associado à lenda da Senhora da Candosa e é um ponto de interesse para caminhadas, observação da natureza e fotografia, mantendo viva a memória das comunidades locais afetadas pelos incêndios de 2019.
The panoramic view over the Ceira River valley, seen from the Cerro da Candosa walkways in Vila Nova do Ceira, Góis, reveals a landscape shaped by quartzite cliffs that form the ridge extending to the Buçaco Mountains. This footpath, inaugurated in 2022 and approximately 650 meters long, provides an immersion in the geology and vegetation characteristic of the region, including privileged access to the Cabril do Ceira gorge, known as Portas do Ceira. The villages and agricultural fields scattered among forested slopes reflect the traditional rural settlement of the Mondego river basin. The site is associated with the legend of Senhora da Candosa and is a point of interest for hiking, nature observation, and photography, keeping alive the memory of the local communities affected by the 2019 fires.
These peaks are between Glen Carron to the south and Glen Torridon to the north. The Cambrian quartzite of which An Ruadh-Stac is largely formed is so devoid of nutrients (it's almost pure silicon dioxide) that very little grows on it and the mountain is almost entirely bare rock. The same goes for the S spur of Maol Chean-dearg (at far L) but further up (foreground) it's composed of Torridonian sandstone which, when not forming boulder fields like this, can be more vegetated.
This rock formation is one of the most popular sites at Devil's Lake State Park. Formed during the last glacial Ice Age 12,000-16,000 years ago, these pieces of large quartzite are a marvel of nature's engineering.
Devil's Lake State Park
Baraboo, Wisconsin, USA
One of the fantastic rocky landscapes we saw while on the Panorama Route after visiting Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Layered quartzite, just a very short distance west of the Carn a' Gheoidh summit. Carn a' Gheoidh is west of The Cairnwell above Glen Shee.
Not as high as its nearest neighbour (Maol Chean-dearg) but certainly somewhat more intimidating - those glistening quartzite slabs making any ascent look quite improbable. This is one for another day (a dry and sunny one preferably).
Calm water upstream of Hance Rapids, just out of view at left, Grand Canyon, a bit before sunset. The brilliant orange rock across the Colorado River is the Hakatai Shale, a soft layer that's part of the tilted set of layers called the Supergroup. The imposing cliffs above are the hard Shinumo Quartzite. An immense basalt dike cuts through the shale, along with a delicate white one, maybe quartz. The spire on the horizon is the west end of a long ridge extending straight towards the camera, not a free-standing feature like Vishnu Temple. View from our awesome campsite.
Micro-folding in quartzite at the north-east side of Mount Blair, just north of Corrie Vannoch (OS Grid reference 176636). Spotted beside a path on the hillside.
Federal Building and United States Courthouse, 400 South Phillips Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The U.S. Government purchased a two-lot parcel dedicated to the construction of a Federal building on July 22, 1891. South Dakota's first senator, Richard Pettigrew, introduced a bill to fund the structure, recommending that native Sioux quartzite be used for its construction. Willoughby J. Edbrooke, Supervising Architect of the Treasury and architect for the original portion of the building, designed it to house a post office on the entry level and a courthouse on the second floor. Originally constructed between 1892 and 1895, this Romanesque building was expanded in 1911 and again in 1931. Since its construction, the federal building has been a landmark in the downtown area, where it occupies most of an entire city block. In May 1995, the Centennial Observance of the building was held to celebrate 100 years of service to the federal government. During the celebration, the building was rededicated and a historical marker, provided by the Minnehaha County Historical Society, was unveiled. At the same time, the building was officially renamed as the U.S. Courthouse. Historic memorabilia, photographs, and art were displayed throughout the building. The building is still in use as a federal courthouse, being the seat of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. The structure is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park has been noted for its otherworldly appearance since ancient times, and the landscape has served as the backdrop for works of art across the centuries. Within the scenic area can be found more than 3,000 quartzite sandstone columns, carved by water and wind erosion across millions of years.
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This upstanding Wisconsinite, Wisconsin's Rib Mountain, is a 4-miles-long (6.4 km long) quartzite ridge that was uncovered over many millions of years by erosion of the softer material (syenite) in which it was embedded. Rib Mountain stands 670 feet (204 meters) above surrounding terrain, and the western edge of the city of Wausau abuts the mountain's ESE base.
A vista panorâmica sobre o vale do Rio Ceira, observada a partir dos Passadiços do Cerro da Candosa, em Vila Nova do Ceira, Góis, revela uma paisagem moldada por fragas quartzíticas que formam a crista que se estende até à Serra do Buçaco. Este percurso pedonal, inaugurado em 2022 e com cerca de 650 metros, proporciona uma imersão na geologia e vegetação características da região, incluindo um acesso privilegiado ao desfiladeiro do Cabril do Ceira, conhecido como Portas do Ceira. As aldeias e campos agrícolas dispersos entre encostas florestadas refletem o tradicional povoamento rural da bacia hidrográfica do Mondego. O local está associado à lenda da Senhora da Candosa e é um ponto de interesse para caminhadas, observação da natureza e fotografia, mantendo viva a memória das comunidades locais afetadas pelos incêndios de 2019.
The panoramic view over the Ceira River valley, seen from the Cerro da Candosa walkways in Vila Nova do Ceira, Góis, reveals a landscape shaped by quartzite cliffs that form the ridge extending to the Buçaco Mountains. This footpath, inaugurated in 2022 and approximately 650 meters long, provides an immersion in the geology and vegetation characteristic of the region, including privileged access to the Cabril do Ceira gorge, known as Portas do Ceira. The villages and agricultural fields scattered among forested slopes reflect the traditional rural settlement of the Mondego river basin. The site is associated with the legend of Senhora da Candosa and is a point of interest for hiking, nature observation, and photography, keeping alive the memory of the local communities affected by the 2019 fires.
Liathach from Na Rathanan, Beinn Alligin.
Note the light upper layer of quartzite on top of the older Torridonian sandstone.
The Torridonian sandstone is a staggering 1000 to 800 million years old.
There is a large age gap between the Torridonian sandstone and the quartzite. The dividing line between the two rock layers is called an unconformity by geologists.
Walkers heading towards Mullach nan Coirean from Stob Ban in the Mamores. The backdrop is the huge quartzite scree slopes of Sgurr a' Mhaim.
Castle Mountain is a mountain located within Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies, approximately half-way between Banff and Lake Louise. It is the easternmost mountain of the Main Ranges in the Bow Valley and sits astride the Castle Mountain Fault which has thrust older sedimentary and metamorphic rocks forming the upper part of the mountain over the younger rocks forming its base. The mountain's castellated, or castle-like, appearance is a result of erosive processes acting at different rates on the peak's alternating layers of softer shale and harder limestone, dolomite and quartzite. (source: wikipedia)
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one of the many spiky quartzite tors that form the summit ridge of the Stiperstones.
Taken a few weeks ago whilst hunting down trig point number 7
One of the resurrected locomotives of BDZ Cargo is seen with a train of quartzite from Sliven to Pirdop
Morven summit view looking west towards Small Mount. Small Mount is formed off white quartzite unlike the conglomerate of the higher Morven.
Arkle is a magnificent quartzite mountain in the far North West of Scotland, seen from the slopes of neighbouring Ben Stack.
Rhoscolyn lies in the south western corner of Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales, looking out into the Irish Sea. The defining feature of the landscape here is the dramatic, rocky coastline were there are numerous inlets and coves.
Anglesey is an important study area for some of the most ancient rocks on our planet and Rhoscolyn is one of the island's finest geological locations. It offers a spectacular display of complex, folded rocks which were old long before the mountains of Snowdonia even existed. Anglesey has long been, and continues to be, the focus of much interest, world-wide, by research scientists and students alike.
Liathach from Na Rathanan, Beinn Alligin.
Note the light upper layer of quartzite on top of the older Torridonian sandstone.
The Torridonian sandstone is a staggering 1000 to 800 million years old.
There is a large age gap between the Torridonian sandstone and the Cambrian quartzite. The dividing line between the two rock layers is called a unconformity by geologists.
View of some of the Twelve Pins, seen from the side of the N59 road near the village of Moyard in the Connemara region, County Galway, Ireland
Some background information:
The Twelve Pins resp. Twelve Bens, also called the Benna Beola, is a mountain range of mostly sharp-peaked quartzite summits and ridges in the Connemara National Park in the Irish County Galway. The widest definition of the range includes the Garraun Complex to the north as well as several isolated peaks to the west. The highest peak is Benbaun at 729 metres (2,392 feet).
The Twelve Pins range is a core massif of 22 peaks above 100 metres (330 feet) in elevation. To the north of this core massif lies the separate subsidiary massif of the Garraun Complex with nine more peaks around Garraun. To the west of the core massif lies seven other isolated or subsidiary "outlier" peaks, thus giving a total of 38 Bens with an elevation above 100 metres.
While the Bens are not as high as those of the ranges in County Kerry (e.g. MacGillycuddy's Reeks and the Mountains of the Dingle Peninsula), their rocky peaks and ridges contrast with the surrounding sea-level landscape and give the range an imposing feel. Unlike Kerry, there are no mountain-passes in the Connemara region.
The range is bounded by the Inagh Valley and the R344 road to the east, while the N59 road (or the "Clifden Road"), circles and bounds the core massif and most of its outliers from the southerly, westerly and northerly directions. The Garraun Complex lies to the north of the N59 road at Kylemore Lough.
The 22 peaks in the core massif of the Twelve Pins range naturally split into three sections: 1) the twelve Southern Pins, which form a horseshoe around the Glencoaghan Valley, and include seven major as well as five subsidiary Bens, 2) the seven Central Pins, which sit along a large east-west ridge with Benbaun at its centre and include four major Bens and three subsidiary Bens, and 3) the three Northern Pins, whih lie on the small massif of the major Ben of Benbrack with one major Ben and two subsidiary Bens.
The entire Twelve Bens range (including the Garraun Complex) is a Special Area of Conservation, as selected for ist wide range of habitats and species. It is described as being "one of the largest and most varied sites of conservation interest in Ireland". The range is popular with hill walkers, fell runners, and rock climbers. A very serious undertaking is the 28-kilometre-long (17-miles-long) "Twelve Bens Challenge", climbing all Twelve Pins in a single 24-hour day.
The Connemara National Park is one of six national parks in Ireland, managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. It is located on the Irish west coast in the northwest of the Connemara region in County Galway. The park was founded and opened to the public in 1980. It features 2,000 ha (4,900 acres) of mountains, bogs, heaths, grasslands and forests. The entrance is situated on the Clifden side of the village of Letterfrack. There are many remnants of human habitation within the park, e.g. a 19th-century graveyard as well as 4,000-year-old megalithic court tombs. Much of the land once used to belong to the Kylemore Abbey estate.
Western blanket bog and heathland are the most common vegetation of the Connemara National Park. The boglands are situated in the wet low lying environments whereas the blanket bog exists within the drier mountain atmosphere. Purple moorgrass is the most bountiful plant, creating colorful landscapes throughout the countryside. Carnivorous plants play an important role in the park's ecosystem, the most common being sundew and butterworts trap. Bogs hold very little nutrients so many plants obtain their energy from the digestion of insects. Other common plants include lousewort, bog cotton, milkwort, bog asphodel, orchids and bog myrtle, with a variety of lichens and mosses.
The Connemara National Park is noted for its diversity of bird life. Common song birds include meadow pipits, skylarks, European stonechats, common chaffinches, European robins and Eurasian wrens. Native birds of prey include the common kestrel and Eurasian sparrowhawk with the merlin and peregrine falcon being seen less frequently. Woodcock, common snipe, common starling, song thrush, mistle thrush, redwing, fieldfare and mountain goat migrate to Connemara during the winter.
Mammals are often difficult to find, but are present nonetheless. Field mice are common in the woodlands, whereas rabbits, foxes, stoats, shrews, and bats at night, are often sighted in the boglands. Red deer once roamed the Connemara but were extirpated from the area approximately 150 years ago. An attempt was made to reintroduce red deer to Connemara and a herd was established within the park. Nowadays, the largest mammal in the park is the Connemara pony.
County Galway is a county in the west of Ireland, taking up the south of the province of Connacht. The traditional county includes the city of Galway, but the city and county are separate local government areas. Currently, the population of the county is more than 276,000. In the west of the county, there are several Irish-speaking areas.
The first inhabitants in the Galway area arrived over 7000 years ago. The county originally comprised several kingdoms and territories which predate the formation of the county. These kingdoms included Aidhne, Uí Maine, Maigh Seóla, Conmhaícne Mara, Soghain and Máenmaige. In 1569, County Galway became an official entity. The region known as Connemara retains a distinct identity within the county, though its boundaries are unclear. Hence, it may account for as much as one third or as little as 20% of the county. Places of interest in Galway are among others the Connemara National Park, Kylemore Abbey and Dunguaire Castle.
Calumet Inn, 104 Main Street West, Pipestone, Minnesota. The Calumet Inn anchors the historic district of downtown Pipestone. The three-story Richardsonian Romanesque hotel was built with light pink jasper quartzite as opposed to the red Sioux quartzite used in most other downtown buildings. The present hotel was built to replace a previous hotel, also three-stories, which was destroyed in an 1886 fire. Like its predecessor, the Calumet Hotel was built to meet a demand which was growing as a result of increased railroad traffic. It opened on Thanksgiving Day 1888 with a guest capacity of 50. It has been enlarged twice, a three-story addition to the south in 1899 differentiated by round rather than square window caps, and fourth story built in 1913, bringing the total number of rooms to 90. Among the various businesses to occupy the first floor and basement of the building were First National Bank and a 14-hole miniature golf course. A fire in 1944 destroyed the floors in the south section, but the hotel was able to reopen the following April. By 1978 it had declined to the point that it was condemned by the State Fire Marshall. After two years of thorough renovation the hotel was again able to open for business.
stiperstones
the Stiperstones ridge is an unusual feature in the Shropshire Hills close to the Welsh Borders. It is renowned for its spiky quartzite tors that stick out of the summit ridge.
It also has an unusually placed trig point, perched precariously on the top of Manstone Rock.
We had some luck with the weather, having spent the first half of the day in thick fog before it finally lifted.