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the water in this stream tastes quite acidic, the next one nearby tasted alkaline !
whakaari or White Island new zealand
another image l have loaded before but l like it so much i'm going for it again for my daily picture
This stream ran shallow, fast and straight, away from the mountains, towards a valley, in the general area of Skjervoy, in Troms Region, Norway. You could clearly see how much deeper it would run when swollen by rain or snow melt.
El Prado municipal park, Curridabat, Costa Rica
1/2000 s F/5.6 300 mm ISO 356, nine shots.
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Well, I might have thought I would be back in Snowdonia by now, but I was reading earlier it might be months before the law is changed and we are allowed back to our favourite places in Wales.
But like many others, during lockdown, we have been exploring closer to home. It's taken me a while to dig out some local Ordnance Survey maps and work out a couple of interesting circular routes in areas I've not considered before (although I've never been one for going to the same places time and again, haha!). I might never have taken this shot except some sixth sense told me to look behind me. Nothing beats a walk like this on your own when the countryside is this beautiful. Just peace, perfect peace.
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Reflections of the sky and a footbridge with railings that crosses The Hogsmill River just where it joins The Thames.
I walked down by the local creek the other afternoon. The recent rains have increased flow rates and the water in Cherry Creek is tea like from all the fallen leaves. Downstream about 75 feet I notice a disturbance in the water but don't see anything. Then I see something moving upstream on the surface of the water like a big fish. It gets a little closer then I realize it must be an otter swimming vigorously in my direction! It wasn't an otter but an American Mink (Mustela vision). It's in the weasel family and is almost as aquatic as an otter and a nocturnal hunter. They eat voles, frogs, crayfish, waterfowl and their eggs, mice, rabbits, snakes, and aquatic invertebrates.
It got to within about 6 feet of where I stood backlit with camera on the monopod, it looked up at me then swam a little circle around a rock then scurried out of the water on the opposite bank and darted under a fallen log! Wow, glad I had the long lens! Pinch me and I do believe in luck. Mendocino County, North California U.S.A.
Looking down the stream running through the main (lower) archaeological site of the monastery of Glendalough (County Wicklow, in eastern Ireland), on a cloudy midday in mid-May.
The Valley of the Two Lakes -- the meaning of the Irish "Gleann dá Loch" -- is nestled on the eastern side of the Wicklow Mountains, located within the Wicklow Mountains National Park / Páirc Náisiúnta Sléibhte Chill Mhantáin. This stream runs beside the monastic site of Glendalough, which was initially founded in the 6th century, by St. Kevin, and is now maintained by the Office of Public Works (Heritage Ireland).
Archaeological evidence supports the understanding that streams, springs, and other bodies of water were of importance in pre-Christian Celtic religion. Walking around Glendalough, it is not difficult to believe that it could have held spiritual significance even before St Kevin's settling there.
(A picture in my Sacred Ireland album / set.)
[Glendalough site stream 2011 may 14 cd; IMG_0189]