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Clara Vale Bridge, one of Wicklow’s oldest surviving stone bridges, spans the Avonmore River in the peaceful Vale of Clara. Surrounded by ancient oak woodland and rural scenery, this 17th‑century structure remains a beautiful example of Irish craftsmanship and a favourite spot for photographers exploring County Wicklow’s hidden landscapes.
O troço do trilho pedestre que conduz à Cascata de Sotillo atravessa um denso bosque autóctone do Parque Natural do Lago de Sanabria e das Serras Segundera e de Porto, no extremo noroeste da província de Zamora, em Castela e Leão. Declarado parque natural em 1978 e ampliado em 2017, este espaço protegido abrange cerca de 32 302 hectares. Alberga o Lago de Sanabria, o maior lago de origem glaciar da Península Ibérica, modelado pela acção dos glaciares quaternários na bacia do rio Tera. A vegetação inclui carvalhos-alvarinhos (Quercus pyrenaica), bétulas, azevinhos e um denso sub-bosque de fetos, favorecidos pela humidade e pelas condições atlânticas de montanha. O piso do trilho, marcado por raízes expostas, blocos graníticos e solos húmidos, evidencia o relevo acidentado e a persistente influência da água. A Cascata de Sotillo situa-se no vale homónimo, percurso que conserva bosques bem preservados e acompanha linhas de água afluentes do Tera.
The section of the hiking trail leading to the Sotillo Waterfall winds through a dense native forest in the Lake Sanabria and the Segundera and Porto Mountains Natural Park, in the far northwest of the province of Zamora, in Castile and León. Designated a natural park in 1978 and expanded in 2017, this protected area covers approximately 32,302 hectares. It is home to Lake Sanabria, the largest glacial lake on the Iberian Peninsula, shaped by the action of Quaternary glaciers in the Tera River basin. The vegetation includes Pyrenean oaks (Quercus pyrenaica), birches, holly, and a dense undergrowth of ferns, all favored by the humidity and Atlantic mountain conditions. The trail surface, marked by exposed roots, granite boulders, and damp soil, highlights the rugged terrain and the persistent influence of water. The Sotillo Waterfall is located in the valley of the same name, a route that features well-preserved forests and follows the watercourses that feed into the Tera River.
A 'Puente del Zardo' é uma ponte de madeira localizada nos Picos de Europa, perto de Poncebos, que serve como um ponto de passagem crucial na rota pedestre entre Bulnes e Poncebos. Esta estrutura permite aos caminhantes atravessar um afluente do rio Cares e é parte de um sistema de trilhos que conecta aldeias isoladas na região montanhosa, sendo essencial para o acesso a Bulnes, uma localidade remota só acessível a pé ou por funicular. A ponte situa-se num vale glaciar, rodeada por encostas rochosas e vegetação atlântica típica, atraindo aqueles que exploram a conhecida garganta do Cares.
The ‘Puente del Zardo’ is a wooden bridge located in the Picos de Europa, near Poncebos, which serves as a crucial crossing point on the walking route between Bulnes and Poncebos. This structure allows hikers to cross a tributary of the Cares River and is part of a trail system connecting isolated villages in the mountainous region, making it essential for access to Bulnes, a remote location only accessible on foot or by funicular. The bridge is located in a glacial valley, surrounded by rocky slopes and typical Atlantic vegetation, attracting those who explore the well-known Cares Gorge.
A footbridge and farmer's ford across the River Dove from Derbyshire into Staffordshire at Crowdecote, Derbyshire
The Humber Bridge - a view from the south west side, as the sun was only a couple of hours away from setting. This was on the last day of August 2014.
Tower Bridge stands as one of London’s most recognisable landmarks, connecting the districts on either side of the Thames through a combination of Victorian engineering and Gothic‑revival architecture. On this overcast day, the bridge’s blue steel elements and stone towers rise above the grey‑toned river, framed by the city skyline in the distance. As both a vital transport link and a major tourist attraction, Tower Bridge embodies the intersection of infrastructure, history, and modern urban travel in one of Europe’s largest cities.
A watery oasis in the desert, the Devil's River cuts a thin ribbon of green through southwest Texas before meeting up with the Rio Grande a few dozen miles to the south. In the 1840's a rough trail was forged between present-day Comstock and Ozona for prospectors heading west, and it quickly earned the name of Dead Man's Pass. It was such a hazardous route that the US government established Camp Hudson to protect travelers from Indian raids - the military post was located on the bluffs overlooking the Devil's River about a mile to the south. However, travel over Dead Man's Pass remained dangerous through the 1880's - this small corner of the state was one of the last to be 'tamed'. This winding trail later became the Comstock-Ozona Stage Road, and then later still Texas Highway 163. The highway crosses the Devil's River at several points, Baker's Crossing is the most southerly one. Due to its isolation, the Devil's River remains the most pristine of Texas rivers, barely touched by civilization. At four hours west of San Antonio, you really have to go out of your way to reach this spot - yet there are still a handful of campers, fishermen and kayakers who travel out to the uncrowded waters. Google Maps Streetview of the location Here. Picture taken early evening May 2009.
You can view more photos from my 2009 'Picture a Day' set at: www.flickr.com/photos/matthigh/sets/72157625855768121/
And the fun continues with a Picture a Day through 2010 at: www.flickr.com/photos/matthigh/sets/72157620610035860/
My wife and I try to take a yearly vacation to unwind and enjoy some wildlife photography. For the past three or four years, we've headed to Cherokee to capture the beauty of the Eastern Elk. Interestingly, the elk in North Carolina are actually of the Manitoban subspecies.
There’s nothing quite like sitting along the Oconaluftee River, listening to the water rush by, when suddenly a bull elk bugles and the sound echoes up and down the valley, it’s absolutely unforgettable and totally addicting.
This year, we’re hoping to make it back to Cherokee for a quick three-day weekend. But our main trip will be to the Boundary Waters up in northern Minnesota. The goal is to disconnect and relax, and if we’re lucky, maybe photograph a moose or a black bear along the way.
There's something I like about this bridge .... or looking at other snaps of architecture I've uploaded I seem to like simple geometric shots in blue and white. I just cant decide which shot I prefer ...
Featured on Flickr Explore #45 on 20225-11-15.
The Great Migration is the largest herd movement of animals on the planet. In fact, with up to 1,000 animals per km², the great columns of wildebeest can be seen from space.
The numbers are astonishing: over 1.2 million wildebeest and 300,000 zebra along with topi and other gazelle move in a constant cycle through the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in search of nutritious grass and water. Guided by survival instinct, each wildebeest will cover 800 to 1,000km on its individual journey along age-old migration routes. Hungry predators including lion, leopard, cheetah, hyena, wild dog and crocs make sure only the strongest survive in this natural spectacle also known as ‘the greatest show on Earth.’
The journey is beset with danger: young calves are snatched by predators, the slow are brought down by prides of lion, brave beasts break legs on steep river slopes, crocodiles take their share of the stragglers, and the weak and exhausted drown.
This amazing action packed scene was captured during recent photography safari on a late afternoon game drive in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
Através dos painéis de vidro laminado colorido da Ponte Pedonal Pedro e Inês, erguida sobre o Rio Mondego em 2006, observa-se uma perspetiva fragmentada e singular de Coimbra. Esta estrutura, parte integrante do Programa Polis, foi concebida pelo engenheiro António Adão da Fonseca e pelo arquiteto Cecil Balmond, integrando passadiços de madeira e guardas laterais de vidro com formas geométricas irregulares em tons de amarelo, azul, verde e rosa, que filtram a luz e modificam a perceção cromática da envolvente. A ilusão de desencontro das margens, unidas por uma praça central suspensa, confere à ponte um design tecnicamente inovador. O enquadramento propiciado pelos vidros permite distinguir o Parque Verde e, ao fundo, a encosta da cidade, dominada pela Universidade de Coimbra, classificada como Património Mundial pela UNESCO. A ponte, além de promover a mobilidade pedonal e ciclável entre as margens, funciona como elemento de desenho urbano, modulando luz, transparência e segurança e estabelecendo uma ligação simbólica entre o passado histórico da cidade e a sua modernidade.
Through the colored laminated glass panels of the Pedro and Inês Pedestrian Bridge, erected over the Mondego River in 2006, a fragmented and unique perspective of Coimbra is observed. This structure, an integral part of the Polis Program, was conceived by engineer António Adão da Fonseca and architect Cecil Balmond, incorporating wooden walkways and glass side railings with irregular geometric shapes in shades of yellow, blue, green, and pink, which filter the light and modify the chromatic perception of the surroundings. The illusion of mismatched banks, united by a suspended central plaza, gives the bridge a technically innovative design. The framing provided by the glass allows distinguishing the Green Park and, in the background, the city's slope, dominated by the University of Coimbra, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The bridge, in addition to promoting pedestrian and cycling mobility between the banks, functions as an element of urban design, modulating light, transparency, and safety, and establishing a symbolic link between the city's historical past and its modernity.
This very small baby was carefully helped across the river by it's mum and other members of the herd... Here is one of those moments where it's head broke the surface... It made it's way safely to the other side..
Though, for us watching.. we were all holding our breaths and hoping like hell it would succeed... What a relief it was, when it stepped onto solid ground, and began walking...
Our next road trip overnight stay was Golden British Columbia so we could go for dinner at restaurant Eleven22.
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This is Kicking Horse River Pedestrian Bridge in downtown Golden.
Kicking Horse Pedestrian Bridge is 46 meters (151 feet) across & spanning the Kicking Horse River.
it’s the longest freestanding timber frame bridge in Canada.
The bridge was built 2001 by over 100 members of the Timber Framers Guild of North America from the US, Europe and Canada to help raise the bridge.
The cables were supposed to be removed on Nov10 but unfortunately the process outlasted my time. There are very strict environmental standards and the cable has to be removed without touching the river surface. Too bad we were not as careful in years past.
Sam making his way over the river crossing surrounded by lush jungle foliage. this was taken in Khao Sok National Park, Thailand.
Morning slips across the old stone bridge like a quiet apology.
Its arches hold back the tide and carry small lives forward—boots muddy from fields, a bike rattling home, a wave of Atlantic wind that smells of rain.
It doesn’t boast; it just endures, stitched into the green like a seam.
Standing here, you feel time soften—a place built to outlast our hurry, asking only that we cross gently.
ICONSIAM shot from the Chao Phraya at night — the full facade lit up floor by floor, Gucci on the lower left, Bottega Veneta centre, Louis Vuitton and Cartier across the mid-level, the terraced upper floors glowing with coloured lights, and above all of it, the signature triangular rooftop structure in full rainbow illumination against the black sky. The river reflecting the whole thing back from below. Ferry piers on both sides, people on the waterfront promenade, the ICONSIAM arch lit up at the river entrance.
I shot this from a boat on the Chao Phraya at 40mm on the Sony Alpha 7 IV with the FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II. f/6.3 to keep the full facade sharp from the ground floor luxury brands all the way up to the rooftop structure. 1/250 to freeze the frame cleanly from a moving vessel. ISO 12800 — shooting at night from a moving boat with a shutter speed fast enough to prevent motion blur means the ISO goes high. The A7 IV at 12800 gives you files you can actually work with. There's grain but the colour and the structure in the highlights hold.
40mm from river distance compressed the facade into one frame without losing the full height of the building. Any wider and the building shrinks into the skyline. At 40mm ICONSIAM fills the frame the way it fills the riverbank.
ICONSIAM opened in 2018 on the Thonburi side of the Chao Phraya — one of the largest shopping malls in Southeast Asia at over 750,000 square metres. The riverside location was deliberate. The free shuttle boat from Sathorn Pier on the east bank runs constantly in the evening and is the best way to approach it — you see the building from the water before you arrive, which is the view that actually shows you what it is.
Most Bangkok visitors see it from inside or from the riverfront promenade. From the water at night the scale of it reads completely differently.
📍 ICONSIAM, Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand
📷 Sony Alpha 7 IV · FE 24-70mm f/2.8 GM II · 40mm · f/6.3 · 1/250s · ISO 12800
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The new Clydebank / Renfrew bridge on the River Clyde, due to open in March 2025, a few months after the Partick / Govan bridge. Bridges, you wait ages then two come along at once😀 #bridge #bridges #glasgowbridges #govanpartickbridge #partickgovanbridge #clydebank #westdunbartonshire #renfrew #renfrewshire #riverclyde #clyderiver #glasgow #river #rivercrossing
The last stop as we headed back down Strathconon was on the opposite side of the glen to Allt Ghleadhraich.
We had only previously taken images from the north side of the River Meig and somehow, Steve managed to talk me into crossing the river in Wellies, fortunately we managed to navigate a route of suitable depth, but only just!
I liked the way the sun caught this Pine Tree that was growing out of the rock face just above the cascading burn.
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A cute young Pottok Foal stands near the river stream Gave de Bious at Parc National des Pyrénées, situated 1,372 metres above sea level in the Pyrenees Mountain Range of Atlantiques, France. A foal is a young horse that is under a year old. When a foal is born it is very quickly able to stand up as well as to run - possibly in order to escape predators or to reach its mothers milk. A foal is usually weaned between 5 to 7 months old. In the wild, young foals have to be protected from predators especially when they are first born, and they would be an easy target for some predators on the mountains. There are still bears in the Pyrénées. Every animal that lives at this height in the mountain range must be well adapted to thinner air and be able to survive by its own instincts. These horses have been living in these mountains for hundreds of years and they can be quite shy animals. Young Foals grow so rapidly however that they should be able to protect themselves and run free on the mountainside within a couple of days.
We were high up in the Pyrenees at the mountain stream Gave de Bious at elevation of 1371 meter. We met these beautiful little horses named Pottok's running free along the river, 3 km from the mountain pass Portalet d'Aneu and border crossing in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain. The young Foal came running overconfident towards me at high speed! Lucky I could escape on the ridge of this bridge.
The Pottok - little horse, pronounced pot-ee-ok is a pony native to the Pyrenees of the Basque Country in France and Spain. The pottok's origins may lie as far back as 10,000 years ago. Ancient cave paintings in the area show pottok-like horses. They are thought to descend from the Magdalenian horses of 14,000 - 7,000 BC. There are now only a few hundred left and all have owners. It has small but sturdy hooves for mountain walking and adaped well to the mountain life.
Horses treks around lakes and high mountains of the Pyrénées is a great adventure. The landscape is a succession of lakes and torrents in a wild atmosphere of high mountains. During a horse trekking adventure you might be escorted by vultures and izards. It is the favourite territory for the Isard, the Marmot, the Desman, the Lammergaier. It is a world of grandiose landscapes. An area of exceptional natural heritage without barriers or fences... where animals are totally free. Let yourself be charmed too by the Pyrenees National Park.
Os Passadiços do Rio Vizela, inaugurados em março de 2024, oferecem um percurso pedonal de 6 km que acompanha o rio Vizela e a ribeira de Sá. A estrutura, construída em madeira com iluminação LED, atravessa áreas urbanas, rurais e florestais, promovendo a acessibilidade para todos, incluindo pessoas com mobilidade reduzida. O percurso integra seis pontes, quatro travessias sobre o rio, áreas de descanso, instalações sanitárias, parques de merendas e zonas de lazer como o Parque das Termas. A cascata de Rompecias, também conhecida como Quedas de Água de Requeixos, é um dos pontos de interesse. O objetivo é a requalificação ambiental, desportiva e turística do concelho de Vizela, valorizando o património natural da bacia hidrográfica do Ave e permitindo a exploração da galeria ripícola, onde predominam espécies como salgueiros e amieiros, minimizando o impacto ambiental e promovendo a observação da fauna e flora autóctones.
The Vizela River Walkways, inaugurated in March 2024, offer a 6 km pedestrian route that follows the Vizela River and the Sá stream. The structure, built in wood with LED lighting, crosses urban, rural and forest areas, promoting accessibility for all, including people with reduced mobility. The route includes six bridges, four river crossings, rest areas, sanitary facilities, picnic parks and leisure areas such as Parque das Termas. The Rompecias waterfall, also known as Quedas de Água de Requeixos, is one of the points of interest. The objective is the environmental, sporting and tourist requalification of the municipality of Vizela, valuing the natural heritage of the Ave river basin and allowing the exploration of the riparian gallery, where species such as willows and alders predominate, minimizing the environmental impact and promoting the observation of native fauna and flora.
The remains of the Aust Jetty and in the background the first Severn Bridge.
For many hundreds of years before the bridges were built the ferry from Aust to Beachly was an important crossing point of the river Severn it was closed in 1966.
The once bustling Aust Ferry Terminal terminal is now ramshackle and overgrown.
The area is a quiet and forgotten place,peaceful in its proximity to the river and a great spot for quiet reflection.
Bob Dylan was photographed here,in 1966, during his UK tour just before the ferry service was closed. The photograph was used on his promotional material for "No Direction Home" and a film about Dylan's life produced and directed by Martin Scorcese. You can see the jetty and first Severn crossing which replaced the ferry service in his photograph material.
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A soldier from the 16th Battalion of the Polish 6th Airborne Brigade storms a bridge as part of a joint Polish and Canadian exercise during Operation REASSURANCE in Eastern Europe on July 30, 2014.
Photo: Cpl Mark Schombs, 4 CDSG Garrison Petawawa Imaging
Un soldat du 16e Bataillon de la 6e Brigade aéroportée de la Pologne se rue sur un pont, dans le cadre d’un exercice interarmées Pologne-Canada mené le 30 juillet 2014, en Europe de l’Est, pendant l’opération Reassurance.
Photo : Cpl Mark Schombs, GS 4 Div C, Imagerie de la Garnison Petawawa
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The Georgina Basin is a 330 000 km2 erosional remnant of a series of originally interconnected central Australian intracratonic basins, including the Savory, Officer, Ngalia and Amadeus Basins, which range from Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic. The Georgina Basin covers most of the central-eastern Northern Territory and extends into Queensland. In excess of 1.5 km of Neoproterozoic sedimentary rocks are preserved in downfaulted blocks and half-grabens on the southern margin of the Georgina Basin in the Northern Territory. Depocentres and synclines contain up to 2.2 km of Cambrian to Devonian section. The southern region contains the thickest basinal successions, and demonstrates the strongest structuring related to distal effects of the 320 Ma Alice Springs Orogeny. This part of the basin is the most prospective undeveloped onshore petroleum province in the Northern Territory [see Georgina Basin (southern module) project].
In contrast to the southern region, the central Georgina Basin, north of latitude 21°S, contains a relatively thin stratigraphic succession, up to 450 m thick, deposited on a tectonically quiescent platform. Deposition in the central region commenced with a marine transgression in the early Middle Cambrian and may have extended into the Late Cambrian. This central platform has been subdivided into an eastern Undilla Sub-basin and a western Barkly Sub-basin, separated by the Alexandria-Wonarah Basement High. The northern Georgina Basin is largely concealed beneath Mesozoic sedimentary rocks of the Dunmarra Basin.
Mineralisation:
The Georgina Basin is prospective for a number of mineral commodities. Known Pb-Zn prospects and occurrences are widespread and throughout the succession from Neoproterozoic siliciclastic rocks to Lower Ordovician carbonate and mixed carbonate-siliciclastic rocks. There is a wide range of mineralisation styles. At the Box Hole Mine, galena and barite occur along 6.5 km of strike in the Late Cambrian Arrinthrunga Formation. About 15 t of ore, averaging 65-70% Pb and 60 g/t Ag, has been handpicked. Mineralisation is stratabound epigenetic replacement and vug-fill in a stromatolitic dolostone, possibly localised by proximity to a feeder fault. Similar surface galena and minor pyrite occur at the Trackrider Prospect. Host rocks are vuggy, siliceous and manganiferous dolostone of the Arrinthrunga Formation, just below the contact with the overlying Tomahawk Formation. Mineralisation at both Box Hole and Trackrider is similar to Mississippi Valley-type (MVT) orebodies. Visible Zn-Pb mineralisation (up to 1.2% Zn) occurs in association with hydrocarbons in and just below a shale cap at the contact of the Arthur Creek Formation and Thorntonia Limestone in Baldwin 1 and may have affinities to Century-type, stratiform, shale-hosted base metal mineralisation. A fault breccia at the Boat Hill Prospect contains two intervals with percent levels of Zn. NTGS drilling also intersected percent levels of Zn and visible galena in Thorntonia Limestone in this area, which considerably extends the area of known mineralisation. Previously undocumented visible galena has also been recognised in the Neoproterozoic Elyuah Formation at the Mount Skinner Prospect in ALCOOTA. This core contains 2.44 m assayed at 0.3 m intervals, all of which is >2000 ppm Pb.
Economic phosphate deposits in Middle Cambrian Georgina Basin rocks are being mined at Duchess in Queensland. In the Northern Territory several deposits of collophane mudstone and pelletal phosphorite have been identified in sedimentary intervals on the Alexandria-Wonarah Basement High (see Regional phosphate prospectivity assessment project). These deposits average about 16% P2O5 and could aggregate to similar tonnages to those being exploited at Duchess. Rio Tinto has recently delineated 72 Mt of phosphate ore at the Wonarah deposit on the Alexandria-Wonarah Basement High. Smaller deposits are known at Alexandria, Alroy and Buchanan Creek.
Petroleum geology:
The Georgina Basin is the most prospective undeveloped onshore petroleum province in the Northern Territory, particularly in the southern part of the basin, south of latitude 21°S, where the thickest basinal successions have developed, as well as strong folding related to distal effects of the Alice Springs Orogeny. Most previous petroleum exploration has focused on depocentres on the southern margin, now marked by the Dulcie and Toko Synclines. These depocentres contain regionally extensive, organically rich, oil-mature source rocks, with siliciclastic lenses and some phosphorite-rich layers. The Cambrian succession is the most prospective and is marked at the base by coarse siliciclastic rocks overlain by platform carbonate rocks of Early to Middle Cambrian age. The Middle Cambrian carbonate succession, comprising the Thorntonia Limestone and Arthur Creek Formation, provides a reservoir-source/seal couplet extending over 80 000 km2. Both formations include excellent microbial source rocks, which are mature over wide areas; subordinate reservoir rocks relate to secondary porosity formed in shoal and shoreline deposits. Similar plays occur in the Late Cambrian Chabalowe Formation (Hagen Member), where peritidal carbonate mud and sand are sealed by evaporite. Sediment loading during the Ordovician initiated hydrocarbon generation over wide areas of this very sparsely explored basin, which includes subtle structural traps and large stratigraphic plays.
Source: Northern Territory Government.
A vibrant traditional boat glides across the waters of the Brahmaputra River. This type of boat is commonly used to transport sand from one location to another, playing a vital role in local commerce and infrastructure.
This photo was captured from the Brahmaputra River bridge in Mymensingh, offering a unique top-down perspective of river life.
This is a very enjoyable place to stop and spend some time while backpacking or day hiking in this area.
Roosevelt Island is a narrow island in the East River of New York City. It lies between the island of Manhattan to its west and the borough of Queens to its east. Running from Manhattan's East 46th to East 85th Streets, it is about two miles (3 km) long, with a maximum width of 800 feet (240 m), and a total area of 147 acres (0.59 km2). The island is part of the Borough of Manhattan (New York County). Together with Mill Rock, Roosevelt Island constitutes Manhattan's Census Tract 238, which has a land area of 0.279 sq mi (0.72 km2) and had a population of 9,520 in 2000 according to the US Census.[2] The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation estimated its population was about 12,000 in 2007. The island was called Minnehanonck by the Lenape and Varkens Eylandt (Hog Island) by New Netherlanders, and during the colonial era and later as Blackwell's Island. It was known as Welfare Island from 1921 to 1973.
Roosevelt Island is owned by the city, but was leased to the state of New York's Urban Development Corporation for 99 years in 1969. Most of the residential buildings on Roosevelt Island are rental buildings. There is also a cooperative (Rivercross) and a condominium building (Riverwalk). One rental building (Eastwood) has left New York State's Mitchell-Lama Housing Program, though current residents are still protected. Three other buildings are now working toward privatization, including the cooperative.
The Little Female Fox has always liked using fallen trees as an elevated perch and to cross the river.
See link below.
She will swim the river if none are available.
Now, her one pup is learning from watching mom and is also using this fallen spruce tree to cross the river.
The river will soon be completely frozen over and they will quit using them till the spring thaw.
Link to elevated perch:
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just enjoyed another boat ride crossing across the river whilst the temporary bridge is in repair. the fee is USD20 cents
This one has a story to it. This is in the Highlands of Iceland near the Northern end of the Glacier Mýrdalsjökull near the intersection of F210 and F261. If you have never driven in the Icelandic Highlands then you need to know that it is a rugged landscape where a 4x4 is needed and there are certain obstacles that one must be able to cross in order to continue going forward. one of these obstacles are River Crossings.
Right before this overlook we crossed a rather large river that was very nerve racking and we honestly just pulled off to get our breath and walk around for a while. luckily there was this view. so we shot it and moved on. within a couple miles we hit out next river crossing that we werent so lucky with. this one we got stuck in. we tried digging ourselves out with out pots and pans for about an hr. this was in freezing cold glacial waters and we were very concerned with frostbite. Eventually we gave up and decided to make camp on the rivers edge and go for help in a bit. luckily for us a group of 4 icelandic quads road up on us and set into action a plan to pull us from the river. it was the happiest moment of the whole trip. they got their winches hooked up and started to pull us out. eventually the car was freed.
When the asked us where we had come from we told them and they looked at eachother and asked "How did you cross that other river?" we told them we "just did" there response was a very serious "You should not go back that way."
and so they showed us a different way out. it was an amazing experience. we are sooooo grateful.
here is a picture of the guys pulling us out =)
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Rivercrossing in the Kimberley region along the Gibb River Road in WA, Australia
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The present packhorse bridge was built in 1767 after an earlier structure was swept away in a great flood. On August 4, 1767, a violent thunderstorm broke out over Pock Stones Moor, where the Washburn rises near Stump Cross Caverns, and it unleashed a torrent of water that caused devastation the length of the Washburn valley, drowning scores of cows, sheep and other livestock and carrying away the bridges at Dob Park and Lindley.
Isles Bridge is a triple arched stone bridge spanning the River Swale, named after the nearby elevated, terraced hamlet of Isles, close to Hatter's Roof and Low Row. The lower route of the Keld to Reeth section of the Coast to Coast path passes just north of Isles Bridge as it descends into Low Row.
Introducing the Punakha Suspension Bridge, a renowned landmark near the Punakha Dzong in Bhutan. Spanning the Mo Chhu River, this impressive bridge connects Punakha town with the revered dzong. With a length of over 160 meters, it stands as one of the longest suspension bridges in Bhutan. As I captured this photo, I marveled at the bridge's sturdy design, picturesque setting, and the serene river flowing beneath it - Punakha Suspension Bridge, Punakha, Bhutan