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Southern Siberia.

Mountains of Ergaki

The mountain range Ergaki is one of the most amazing corners of nature in the West Sayan Mountains. Exceptional in its beauty and greatness chisel-shaped granite peaks, full of rapids cold rivers, the deepest surrounded by virginal taiga and unapproachable rock walls lakes, polished by glaciers till high lustre trog valleys, magnificent waterfalls and rocky rivers of kurums - these are the things which attract tourists to this magic place of the Sayan Mountains.

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Очень рекомендую посетить.

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Capela do Senhor da Pedra (The Chapel of the Lord of Stone), standing on the top of a small hill of stones, surrounded with waves crashing on the rocks.

Mistaya Canyon by the Icefield Parkway in Canadian Rockies.

I try to vary my posts so they aren't they same old thing (would be easy to do). Time for a waterfall.

This is the bottom of Rainier Park's Narada Falls. I found the falling waters interplay and flow thru these golden boulders as beautiful as the rest of the falls (shown in comments).

Thank you for taking a look!

Loch Katrine, Trossachs.

This was taken from more or less the same location as the preceding shot. As much as anything, I was intrigued by the form and texture of the metamorphic rocks, trying to imagine the monumental forces which were applied to them in the metamorphosing process; the nearest rock, for example, looks more like a croissant than a rock!

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The Loyalsock Creek has been cutting this mountain for centuries, flowing along the banks of trees for more seasons than anyone could count. I'm pleased that I was able to see it this season, in Worlds End State Park, Forksville, Pennsylvania.

A pretty spot along this river in Yellowstone National Park.

At Punakaiki, New Zealand. See the previous photo for the explosion of water. I think this photo after the explosion with the water trails down the rocks is the better photo. The other photo is nice for the memories.

First time visit to this lovely place in Pembrokeshire.

The River Ribble, Stainforth Force, Yorkshire Dales (upper section)

When I'm on my path of life I always move on

Looking ahead upon what's in front of me

I have always said

Bring it on

I can take it all

I'll deal with it

After all I'm a Viking Queen by heart

If I look back its only because I need to harvest from the experiences I have made

If I don't understand what I have been through and sort that out

Well, then I would have to deal with the same shit over and over again

Untill I see the pattern

And end my behavior that kind of seeks the experiences

In my mind the experiences I have made are like rocks fallen down from the mountain's side

Looking like this image

There are all kinds of shapes, sizes and colors

And with gems hidden in between

There are always gems

That's the signs where I solved the puzzle

I'm of course the mountain

My very own Mount Everest

Standing tall

Standing strong

Following my intuition

Following my light

Moving forward

I don't need to say

Bring it on anymore

I'm allowed to rest now

Enjoy

Love

My precious life

After the not so historic 2015 blizzard.

San Francisco’s Seal Rocks rise from the Pacific Ocean surf just off the shore of Lands End as the sun begins to set on the western edge of the city.

Photo prise le 3 décembre 2004.

Un des plus beaux moments de cette randonnée : un passage en corniche où l'hiver il convient d'être particulièrement attentif. Deux cents mètres en-dessous, un vaste replat pierreux où l'été de nombreuses sources aux eaux limpides s'écoulent dans d'épais matelas de mousse. Au pied de cette falaise, le travail des torrents, du froid hivernal et des chaleurs estivales a accumulé un pierrier malcommode où le chemin serpente. L'herbe rousse parcourue de veinules de glace patiente jusqu'à ce que de plus jeunes pousses puissent se hasarder à l'air libre, annonçant le retour des ovins. Une cabane d'ailleurs se cache derrière un des mamelons en contrebas. Dans le lointain s'estompe la profonde vallée de la Rouanne.

There are barriers between the beach and the sea at Eersterivierstrand. These are composed of upended layers of rock. The composition of the further one in this picture gives rise to strange shapes when it is eroded. It is very sharp to walk on and it was only when I clambered over a less eroded piece of rock that I discovered bits of coral hiding in the sandstone. I think the rock formation may well be in part an upended coral reef in sandstone.

Rocks at sunset ... bathed by the sea, by the solitude and the wind, looking at the blue sky at the starry night, while time passes ...

Rocas a la atarceder...bañadas por el mar, por la soledad y el viento, mirando al cielo azul a la noche estrellada, mientras pasa el tiempo...

Agüero, Huesca, Spain

This image was captured early on a Monday morning on my to the North York moors. I managed to clamber over the precarious rocks at Flamborough before waiting for the sun to rise up over the horizon- perfect start to the day!

A close up view, about 12mm x 8mm, of the edge of a blue agate slice sitting on top of a slice of blue fluorite.

Agate is a rock consisting primarily of cryptocrystalline silica, chiefly chalcedony, alternating with microgranular quartz. It is characterized by its fineness of grain and variety of colour. Although agates may be found in various kinds of host rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks (Wiki).

Fluorite is a colourful mineral, both in visible and ultraviolet light, and the stone has ornamental and lapidary uses (Wiki).

Macro Mondays: Rock

Thank you all for your views, faves and/or comments! It’s greatly appreciated! Happy MM! :-)

How can you not be inspired by what has been named Cathedral Rock ... quite glorious to see in the early morning light as the sun comes up.

Sedona is quite spiritual that is for sure.

Cathedral Rocks / Kiama Downs / NSW / Australia

another image l have loaded before but l like it so much i'm going for it again for my daily picture

Capturing the sunrise from The Skillion at Terrigal on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.

Rocks and sea with sunset colors in Karteros beach, Heraklion, Crete

Late day light on the pretty rocks along the Atlantic Ocean.

9 July 10, 2016

Fuencaliente

Looking west from Poole Bay. Old Harry Rocks are the start of the Jurassic Coast.

Rocks and waves. A cloudy day in Kokkini Chani beach, Heraklion, Crete