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Taken at Pearl Shoals Waterfall, Jiuzhaigou.
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Personally, I would have named it Slab Creek. I mean, Rock Creek is (perhaps) too obvious. But I always think of Fagan Creek as a creek on a slab of rock. There are bits and pieces of it where it looks like water flowing over a giant pool table. A hundred feet or more of just a flat, slab of rock. But I’m guessing a guy named Fagan owned it. Or laid claim to it anyway.
Oh well, the Wildflower Trail along Fagan Creek is a favorite piece of the Land Trust of Northern Alabama, in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Slabs make for easier navigation through the boulder field. The view is back towards Mother Ridge. First Mother Mountain is the large rock formation just to the left of the gap in the ridge.
Mount Rainier National Park
Slab City, also called The Slabs, is an unincorporated, off-the-grid alternative lifestyle community consisting largely of snowbirds in the Salton Trough area of the Sonoran Desert, in Imperial County, California. It took its name from concrete slabs that remained after the World War II Marine Corps Camp Dunlap training camp was torn down. Slab City is known for attracting people who want to live outside mainstream society.
There's no shade out in front of our house, so I asked Sarah to hold a black board up. It's a sun trap in front of our front door. The sun was lighting up the slabs and the brickwork.
The straight lines from the slabs really help you to see the ways in which the bubble twists and turns the reflections. I'd love to take a bubble photo over a bright tiled floor. That would really create a strong twisty turny effect.
It seems strange that the brightness of the slabs overlays them over the sky reflections. So, I want a bright white marble floor, with a dark blue sky above. Any ideas where I can find a landscape like that?
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Seen in Wy Hit Tuk Park, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
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EWS 60001 'The Railway Observer' passes Defford with 18 BBAs loaded with steel slabs forming the 6V40 Lackenby to Llanwern.
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This slab was photographed at the Clear Lake Gem and Mineral Show and is a specimen of Moore Lapidary, who did the cutting and polishing work. Hand held with flash, so there may be some areas where the focus is softer.
I have traveled, I am fairly well read, and I try to be always observant. But, when I read the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer and then the eventual wildly popular movie in 2007, there is chapter that describes the main character seeking and finding the community of Slab City. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT.
I have made three trips to Slab City - Once, I was tent camping nearby and was determined to find it at night in torrential rain. Did not happen. The second and third times were day trips from Yuma when I would be crossing the Mexican border for dental work.
I am done. The net result is more and more meth heads are migrating here and basically putting a huge burden on law enforcement, 1st responders and all with the arrogance of Amerikan entitlement.
Hit up YouTube with "Slab City" and you see what I mean....
EWS Class 60s were regular performers on the Lackenby to South Wales Corus steel slab moves that were still a feature of the freight scene back in 2006. In this view, 60031 'Ben Lui' had 19 loaded wagons in the consist of 6V35, the 00:55 Lackenby to Llanwern.
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This pano at about 17:00 today. 14 hours or so after the concrete trucks started arriving -- and kept coming till afternoon.
Two slabs for new residences are now across the street. By the time of this shot the construction crew had pulled the forms off, and just one polishing machine running.
The property has been empty since 2008 when Hurricane Dolly damaged the home. It had been owned by the same family since the 1920-30's. Used to have dairy cattle, ponds, aviaries, and livestock pens. The property was recently acquired by a development company and subdivided into 5 individual lots.
I have traveled, I am fairly well read, and I try to be always observant. But, when I read the book Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer and then the eventual wildly popular movie in 2007, there is chapter that describes the main character seeking and finding the community of Slab City. I HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT.
I have made three trips to Slab City - Once, I was tent camping nearby and was determined to find it at night in torrential rain. Did not happen. The second and third times were day trips from Yuma when I would be crossing the Mexican border for dental work.
I am done. The net result is more and more meth heads are migrating here and basically putting a huge burden on law enforcement, 1st responders and all with the arrogance of Amerikan entitlement.
Hit up YouTube with "Slab City" and you see what I mean....
If you live in California, or ever visit... and want to do something so wild, so different, than a trip to Salvation Mountain and The Salton Sea should be at the top of your list. I can't say it enough, it's a "trip"... It's one of those places that feels strange to me because I'm so sensitive to surroundings. Being 277 feet below sea level AND directly on top of the San Andreas Fault line made me feel a little uneasy. On our way to Salvation Mountain, you see signs of previous earthquakes, and see the sway of the rise and fall of HWY 111, making your stomach flutter the way a roller coaster would. Huge cracks in the desert floor made me feel even more uneasy, but this is one of those things...one of those emotions that goes along with going to a place like this, it adds to the drama. Then you come to a place like Slab City.
Slab City
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Slab City or The Slabs (located at 33°15′32″N 115°27′59″W) is a camp in the Colorado Desert in southeastern California, used by recreational vehicle owners and squatters from across North America. It takes its name from the concrete slabs and pylons that remain from the abandoned World War II Marine barracks Camp Dunlap there. A group of servicemen remained after the base closed, and the place has been inhabited ever since, although the number of residents has declined since the mid 1980s.
Several thousand campers, many of them retired, use the site during the winter months. These "snowbirds" stay only for the winter, before migrating north in the spring to cooler climates. The temperatures during the summer are unforgiving; nonetheless, there is a group of around 150 permanent residents who live in the Slabs all year round. Most of these "Slabbers" derive their living by way of government checks (SSI and Social Security) and have been driven to the Slabs through poverty.
The site is both decommissioned and uncontrolled, and there is no charge for parking. The camp has no electricity, no running water or other services. Many campers use generators or solar panels to generate electricity. Supplies can be purchased in nearby Niland, California, located about three miles (5 km) to the southwest of Slab City.
Located just east of State Route 111, the entrance to Slab City is easily recognized by the colorful Salvation Mountain
Slab City was featured in the book Into the Wild and also in the 2007 movie of the same name.