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Shells and sandstone on Hilbre Island. Hilbre Island is the largest of a group of three islands at the mouth of the estuary of the River Dee, the border between England and Wales at this point.
13. Shell/s theme for 116 pictures in 2016
View from Tianzi Mountain in Wulingyuan. The mountain is the highest point of the national park with stunning views of sandstone formations.
The geotag is assigned by memory and may be a little approximate (it definitely is at the top of Tianzi mountain, however). However, this potential inaccuracy may not matter. Geotagging images from China is very tricky: maps often do not match satellite data and shift over time. I find that carefully placed geotags become increasingly inaccurate as time goes by. This is crazy and does not happen with images anywhere else.
13 years ago today in Coyote Buttes North, better known as "The Wave".
Some of the colorful rocks behind the wave or below the TopRock are particularly photogenic when they are reflected in the water, as here.
Wulingyuan Park, located in the Hunan Province of China, has a diverse landscape that changes with each season. The only constant is the fog that surrounds the quartz sandstone karst pillars. I spent about 4 hours in the park and was fortunate to occasionally see the fog lift so that I could capture these amazing natural formations.
Sandstone picture in the finest color gradations, seen in the Siq, the over 70 meters deep canyon of 1.5 kilometers in length and at the same time access to the rock city of Petra / Jordan. It's easy to miss this motif because you are constantly waiting to see "The Treasury" at the end of the Siq. Only indirect light gets there, a tripod is recommended for a photo.
Sandstein-Bild in feinsten Farbabstufungen, gesehen im Siq, der über 70 Meter tiefen Felsschlucht von 1,5 Kilometer Länge und gleichzeitig Zugang zur Felsenstadt Petra/Jordanien. Dieses Motiv kann man leicht übersehen, weil man ständig darauf wartet, am Ende des Siq das Schatzhaus zu sehen. Dorthin gelangt nur indirektes Licht, Stativ ist für ein Foto zu empfehlen.
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Ceiling of a house carved from the rock in the Nabataean town of Petra / Jordan. Through erosion, three-dimensional works of art have emerged over the centuries that unfold their true color splendor in indirect light (usually at noon).
Decke eines aus dem Fels gehauenen Hauses in der Nabatäerstadt Petra/Jordanien. Durch Erosion entstanden im Laufe der Jahrhunderte dreidimensionale Kunstwerke, die im indirekten Licht (meist mittags) ihre wahre Farbenpracht entfalten.
explored: December 27, 2023 #480 (abstract photos)
I debated on posting this photo.
This represents the scene I had hoped to capture. I have yet to see the King of Wings portrayed in this manner. Most photos of the KOW are up-close and personal..., this photo shows just how beautiful landscape that surrounds the Hoodoo King is.
by erosion exposed layers of sandstone under an overhanging rock, Petra/Wadi Musa/Jordan. The "sandstone art" is about 1 meter wide and three-dimensional, not flat. I discovered it in the near of the "High place of Sacrifice".
durch Erosion freigelegte Schichten aus Sandstein unter einem überhängenden Felsen, Petra/Wadi Musa/Jordanien. Das Felsbild ist ca. 1 Meter breit und dreidimensional, nicht flächig. Das Bild oben habe ich in der Nähe des "Hohen Opferplatzes" entdeckt.
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- by erosion exposed layers of sandstone under an overhanging rock, South Sinai, seen on a hike with Bedouins through the rocky desert. The "sandstone art" is about 2 meters wide and three-dimensional, not flat .
- durch Erosion freigelegte Schichten aus Sandstein unter einem überhängenden Felsen, Süd-Sinai, gesehen auf einer Wanderung mit Beduinen durch die Felswüste. Dieses Felsbild ist ca. 2 Meter breit und dreidimensional, nicht flächig.
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An area of eroded sandstone shapes named Little Egypt near Hanksville, Utah contains some interesting configurations.
Perhaps it's because of the holiday season that the central group in this image almost looks like a manger scene to me.
Happy Slider Sunday!
There's a curving sandstone wall along the cliff top at a coastal town near here. The red sandstone is blasted relentlessly by the winds off the North Sea. The resulting weathering of the individual stones in the wall is fantastic. The mortar holding it together is also carved into fabulous forms. Here is a little series of four of the stones.
This monochrome image was taken in the hills of the Artist Palette area of Death Valley, California. The morning light on this peak caught my eye.
Each time we return to Portugal we return to this Sandstone Arch and are amazed at the progress of the errosion of this arch.
The Sandstone area has countless natural rock formations or 'breakaways' that contrast dramatically with the rust-stained landscapes.
Believed to be 350 million years old, one of the most spectacular breakaways known as 'London Bridge' was once wide enough to allow a horse and sulky to cross. Over the years, however, it has been eroded to its present width of one metre.
We traveled out on the shoulder of the rugged Nine Mile Canyon. On the lip of this sandstone bowl we found a view of the Colorado River hundreds of feet below. The huge bowl funnels water into Nine Mile Canyon and on into the Colorado River. The small pool is what is left of the latest rainstorm. I would not like to be standing here when the rain water is rushing down the steep walls of the bowl carving sandstone on its way.
Happy Saturated Saturday!
Three Escalante Railway SD40-2s have departed the Peabody Mine with coal loads for the Escalante Power Plant as they snake through the rocky New Mexico landscape in their last weeks of operation. The operation ceased April 29th with the closure of the Escalante Power Plant. Ojo del Hijinio, NM
This was taken at Arches National Park near Moab, Utah.. It’s known as the site of more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches and other geological formations. This probably has an official name, but it look like a conversation group to me.
North of the exit to Monument Valley from Highway 163, beautiful sandstone formations glow in sunset light.
This formation is in northern Utah, and is the homologue of the more famous Navajo Sandstone down south. It underlies landforms in the Wasatch foothills. Shot with 35mm Tri-X and digitally scanned.
The Greater Blue Mountains Area consists of 1.03 million ha of sandstone plateaux, escarpments and gorges dominated by temperate eucalypt forest. The site, comprised of eight protected areas, is noted for its representation of the evolutionary adaptation and diversification of the eucalypts in post-Gondwana isolation on the Australian continent. Ninety-one eucalypt taxa occur within the Greater Blue Mountains Area which is also outstanding for its exceptional expression of the structural and ecological diversity of the eucalypts associated with its wide range of habitats. The site provides significant representation of Australia's biodiversity with ten percent of the vascular flora as well as significant numbers of rare or threatened species, including endemic and evolutionary relict species, such as the Wollemi pine, which have persisted in highly-restricted microsites.
Detail of a sandstone wall in the Arch Canyon, South Sinai / Egypt.
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Hello everyone ... long time, no see. I've been spending a bit of time wandering the coastline over the past months ... mainly near home in South East Scotland, but up in the North West, when it's been permissible, too. This series is of some close-ups of the sedimentary sandstone and mudstone rocks I've been looking at. I hope they give an impression of the forms, textures, tones and 'designs' that always delight and amaze me in weathered rocks like these.
Arizona Sierra sandstone.
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Sandstone arch in Monument Valley, Arizona formed from many years of erosion from water, wind, ice and other forces of nature.
Published in Photography Masterclass Magazine, Issue #159, March 2026
3rd Place in the Roadside Group's contest, Roadside Mimetolith Scenes 9/2/26 (116 images from 75 artists)
On the southwest corner of the San Joaquin Valley the Temblor Range and the San Emigdio Mountains which are part of the Transverse Range come together forming a rounded “wall” of cliffs and steep slopes. The San Andres fault system passes through this corner “wall”. Eroded Miocene(?) sandstone and conglomerate form cliffs along the Santiago Creek Drainage as part the “wall”. The San Andres fault runs in the drainage between the forested ridge and the barren ridge at the top of the photo. This photo was taken from the road that runs along the rim of the cliffs, Hudson Ranch Road in Los Padres National Forest. At this spot the road follows near the Kern-Ventura County Line. This photo was taken from Ventura County but the cliffs lie in Kern County. The name of the road can be a bit confusing. For years the road was known as Cerro Nordeste Road for the peak just to the south. A few years ago the road name was changed by Kern County to Hudson Ranch Road.