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I was up before sunrise and went for a wander from our BnB. The rock is probably one that was once pushed by a glacier but now makes a bold ah statement as a gatepost.
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This is the famed "Round Rock" that the city was named after. I looked it up and it seems that I didn't have the story right.
In 1851, a small community was formed on the banks of Brushy Creek, near a large round and anvil-shaped rock located in the middle of the creek. This round rock marked a convenient low-water crossing for wagons, horses, and cattle. The first postmaster called the community "Brushy," and the creek was called "Brushy Creek". But in 1854, at the suggestion of the postmaster, the small settlement was renamed Round Rock in honor of this now famous rock. After the Civil War, Jesse Chisholm began moving cattle from South Texas through Round Rock on the way to Abilene, Kansas. The route he established, which crossed Brushy Creek at the round rock, became known as the Chisholm Trail.[17] Most of the old buildings, including the old Saint Charles Hotel, have been preserved. This historic area is now called "Old Town.
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Rock ptarmigan, Lagopus muta, kiiruna, Finland.
In Finland rock ptarmigans are found only in the highlands of Lapland. They live above the tree line year round and use plants and berries for food. In winter they take cover in the snow and can stay there most of the day. Quite tough birds, I would say.
OK, that is just a fancy title for the common pigeon. Common, but their plumage can be quite interesting, with a bit of iridescence in the mix. With the light being iffy for photography today, I decided to try something in Photoshop instead of driving around looking for critters or landscapes. This is a composite of 6 images (4 pigeon pics plus 2 for the background).
Isolated from other walls and buttes working to become isolated pillars, Standing Rock is a well known feature of Monument Basin in Canyonlands, often seen and photographed from Grandview Point on Island in the Sky 2000’ / 600 m above. The north-facing slopes still hold snow from a significant storm 3 days prior to when this photo was taken.
Standing Rock was first climbed in 1962 by Layton Kor and colleagues, because as they put it “it won’t always be there.” They described the Organ Rock shale that the pillar is made of as "layers of rye-krisp sandwiched between layers of kitty litter." As you might guess few people have been on the summit of this 300’ / 90 m tower.
I had visited this area a year ago, managing to get a flat tire and lacking the appropriate lug nuts for the spare… that saga is best forgotten ;-). This year’s trip was successful in that I managed to drive the entire White Rim road, though the conditions were tricky at times with snow, ice, and slippery mud on steep slopes. The weather was also dicey at times with high winds, occasional snow, and cold temperatures. But hey, dramatic weather sometimes yields beautiful scenes.
If you want to climb the top-rock in the Coyote Buttes North, there are two routes. The fastest, but not necessarily the easiest route steeply uphill behind the Second Wave. There is no mark, you have to find your way.
The picture was taken during the ascent in the morning in indirect light.
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Pulpit Rock Cape Schanck - the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula.
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Sandstone, I think...Chose this Rock because it reminded me of our Aboriginal Art of Central Australia. ..Rock Art
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Something different and not a tree in sight! Taken on a dismal day at Fistral Beach, Cornwall. I was quite taken by the rock forming a formidable boundary to the sea.
Uluru (Ayers Rock) at sunset time.
I am fully aware that millions of photos of this Australian landmark have already been taken. And of course many of them are more spectacular than this one. But nevertheless, it is a great experience to travel to this place and wait for the sunset (of course there a lot of other people doing the same, one is definitely not alone). It was a hot evening with clear sky and a wonderful sunset.
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Photographed Bell Rock from the Bell Rock Pathway Trailhead Parking Lot near the Village of Oak Creek in the City of Sedona wich straddles the counties of Coconino and Yavapai in Arizona U.S.A.
Bell Rock is a butte just north of the Village of Oak Creek, Arizona, United States, south of Sedona in Yavapai County. With an elevation at its summit of 4,919 feet, it is just west of Courthouse Butte. Its panoramic views make it a popular landmark and tourist attraction. Wikipedia
Bell Rock is a butte composed of horizontally bedded sedimentary rock of the Permian Supai Formation.
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Foraging amongst the rotting sea weed along the high-tide line on the Northumberland coastline (UK) (3160)
D&RGW engineer Jim Hammond hits the throttle as the Rio Grande Zephyr enters the Red Narrows in Utah's Spanish Fork Canyon on April 3, 1977.
Gotta love this beautiful rock wall surrounded by Autumn beauty!
Best viewed large, happy Wed. my friends =)
Quartz Druse
Quartz is a tectosilicate mineral composed of silicon and oxygen atoms in a continuous framework of SiO4 silicon–oxygen tetrahedral. It is the second most common mineral in Earth's continental crust
Macro: Partial quartz druse ( 1 ½ “ x 1 ¼ “) taken: 05.09.2018 and
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