Volcanic National Parks and Monuments
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Located within the awe-inspiring Lochaber Geopark in the Highlands, the deep valley and towering mountains of Glen Coe were carved out centuries ago by icy glaciers and volcanic explosions. Glen Coe is regarded as the home of Scottish mountaineering and is popular with hillwalkers and climbers.
Bartolomé Island is named after Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, an English naval lieutenant who participated in Darwin's voyage on the Beagle. The island is located to the east of Santiago Island. The eastern part of the island consists of volcanic cones, while the western part is a peninsula with several rock formations, including Pinnacle Rock, a steep volcanic rock.
Cerro Aguas Calientes, also called Simba, is a cone-shaped stratovolcano located about 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Laguna Lejía, and reaching an altitude of 5 924 m (19 436 ft).
Laguna Lejía (Bleach Lagoon) is a salt lake in the Atacama desert.
It is located in the Chilean Altiplano of the Antofagasta Region,
100 km (62 mi) south-east of San Pedro de Atacama,
at an altitude of 4325 m (14,200 ft).
It is shallow and has no outlet, currently covering an area of
nearly 2 km² (0.77 sq mi) with an average depth of 1.2 m (4 ft).
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Bartolomé Island is named after Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, an English naval lieutenant who participated in Darwin's voyage on the Beagle. The island is located to the east of Santiago Island. The eastern part of the island consists of volcanic cones, while the western part is a peninsula with several rock formations, including Pinnacle Rock, a steep volcanic rock.
This 5.5-miler descends into the Haleakala Crater circles the cinder cone, and showcases stunning colorful volcanic landscapes.
2 days ago on the way in the volcanic Eifel in search of the light.
Vor 2 Tagen unterwegs in der Vulkaneifel auf der Suche nach dem Licht fündig geworden.
Much of New Mexico, USA, witnessed spectacular volcanic eruptions long ago, perhaps no more so than the western part of the state where this image was taken. I don't remember being aware of the tiny bird, maybe a meadowlark, perched on a dead cactus in the lower right corner. He was probably not thinking 'how lovely'. He was simply part of the whole, as we all are when we are right with nature (or maybe right with ourselves). Thanks for visiting!
More volcanic formations in the Volcanic Tablelands south of Mono Lake. There is much to explore in this area -- hope to go back in October.
Happy Tuesday! Thanks for stopping by and for all of your kind comments.
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The Racetrack Playa — a barren lakebed in Death Valley National Park — is home to one of the world’s natural wonders: “sailing stones” that mysteriously meander across the dried mud, leaving tracks in their wake. Since the 1940s, these rocks have fueled wonder and speculation because no one had seen them in action — until now.
Recently, a team of U.S. scientists recorded the first observation of these boulders in motion, using GPS monitors and time-lapse photography. By meticulously tracking weather data, scientists also explained how these rocks slog across the playa. What was one of the world’s natural wonders now appears to be the perfect combination of rain, wind, ice and sun.
After leaving Valley of Fire, Wayne and I headed to Death Valley for some night photography out on the Playa and when we arrived there it was 114 degrees. We still had a long 3 hr dirt road drive ahead of us and we also wanted to stop off at Ubehebe Crater for a couple of photos. Most of my time here was spent traveling to the Racetrack Playa so I didn't get any time to shoot photography during the day, but what a blast it was to shoot on a dry lake bed under the stars at night. We spent about an hour looking for the famous Sailing Stones when we came across a couple other photographers that were on their way out and pointed us in the right direction. I can't wait to get back here, preferably during sub triple digit temps. :)
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This was taken on a trip to Lanzarote a while back. Timanfaya National Park is a spectacular place although not easy to photograph. The Spanish Government only allows authorised coaches into the park and nobody is allowed to alight from the vehicle meaning that all photos must be taken through a window. This presents a number of obvious difficulties although I still managed to get some reasonable shots.
The Canary Islands have a volcanic past. Everywhere where the lava masses met the ocean, beautiful little bays were created away from the rough Atlantic Ocean.
Given the many holes in the ground, we could almost believe to be on an ancient battlefield with shell holes, as for example at the Pointe du Hoc in Normandy.
Here, this is only the result of intense volcanic activity.
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Champ de bataille volcanique
Vu les nombreux trous dans le sol, on pourrait presque se croire sur un ancien champ de bataille avec les trous d'obus, comme par exemple à la Pointe du Hoc en Normandie.
Ce n'est ici que le résultat d'une intense activité volcanique.
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Geyser Sol de Mañana- Désert Sud Lipez - Bolivie / Geyser Sol de Mañana - Southern Lipez desert - Bolivia
Madeira, Portugal. Finally born ~6500 years ago. At this point you can still see traces of the hot volcanic birth.
View of Villarica volcano from the town of Pucon, Chile, taken before sunrise.
Happy weekend to all, greetings from Kuata island, Fiji.
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Iceland was historically divided into 23 counties known as sýslur and 23 independent towns known as kaupstaðir.
Iceland is now split up between 24 sýslumenn (magistrates) that are the highest authority over the local police (except in Reykjavík where there is a special office of police commissioner) and carry out administrative functions such as declaring bankruptcy and marrying people outside of the church. The jurisdictions of these magistrates often follow the lines of the historical counties, but not always. When speaking of these new "administrative" counties, the custom is to associate them with the county seats rather than using the names of the traditional counties, even when they cover the same area.
Glacial ice floes originating from Jokulsarlon glacier lagoon float into the North Atlantic where they are returned onto the black volcanic beach.
Mount Mkinvartsveri (Kazbek) is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the major mountains of the Caucasus located on the border of Georgia's Stephantsminda District and Russian Republic of North Ossetia-Alania.
It is the third-highest peak in Georgia (after Mount Shkhara and Janga) and the seventh-highest summit in the Caucasus Mountains. Mkinvartsveri is also the second-highest volcanic summit in the Caucasus, after Mount Elbrus. The summit lies directly to the west of the town of Stepantsminda and is the most prominent geographic feature of the area. Mount Kazbek is the highest peak of Eastern Georgia. The name in Georgian, Mkinvartsveri (მყინვარწვერი), translates to "Glacier Peak" or "Freezing Cold Peak". The Vainakh name Bashlam translates as "Molten Mount".
So this is one of the icelandic volcanic sunset we had last night, and very nice it was too... There's a couple more over on FS Photography should anyone be interested... :)
A sunset shot of the SW section of Oregon's Smith Rock with a lava rock border fence anchoring the foreground. Iconic Monkey Face looking right on the left.
Lava rock and many other types of historic volcanic rocks, forms and features are everywhere here. Fascinating.
Have a fabulous Friday and a wonderful weekend!
An image taken near Rotorua at the Hell's Gate geothermal area. I was quite fascinated by the bright orange hue the trees had taken on in here - evidently to do with the volcanic and geothermal mineral rich ground and air acting like a super fertiliser.
© Dominic Scott 2022
Atitlan lake, Guatemala, after sunrise. I hope everyone stays safe and takes precautions against a pandemic, and oh, happy weekend to all.
The mountain Esja, often called Esjan, is situated in the south-west of Iceland, about 10 km to the north of Iceland's capital city Reykjavík. Esja is not a single mountain, but a volcanic mountain range, made from basalt and tuff.
The last photo of the Atitlan viewpoint series, as the lights of the villages turn on at night (well, until the next blackout). I didn't really feel comfortable lingering any longer at this spot, robberies had happened there, so this is the closest to the blue hour of the series.
Unfortunately my taxi had a tire blowout on the way back, and the driver and I had to wait 2 hours in the dark road for the mechanic to show up, the taxi had a spare tire (barely big enough for a Vespa scooter), but he couldn't remove the old tire. Perhaps if I had stayed later at the viewpoint, the tire wouldn't have burst.
But anyway......I hope everyone is still healthy and dealing well with the situation.
The unique landscape of Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Volcanic rocks, the green crater lake "El Lago Verde", the black sand beach "Playa de los Ciclos" and the blue (turquoise) Atlantic Ocean.
One of my attempts at the "Macro Mondays" theme "Onion family".
Shot with a Noritsu "38-60 mm F 4-4.8" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
A couple fellow hikers pause to catch their breath and take in some of the beauty that is Smith Rock while hiking the Misery Trail (steep but not all that long: good thing).
"This landscape of rock spires, cliffs, and canyonlands lies along the northern edge of the Crooked River caldera, a 26-mile long, 17-mile wide volcanic depression formed through a series of super-volcanic eruptions between 29.7 and 27.5 million years ago. Eruptions from the Crooked River caldera deposited massive volumes (>140 cubic miles) of tuff and rhyolitic lavas, dikes, and domes. All of these volcanic features are now well exposed in the rock walls of Smith Rock State Park.
Approximately 400,000 years ago, more recent lava flows erupted from Newberry Volcano, twenty-five miles south of present-day Bend, and flowed north, largely covering the caldera-filling tuff and diverting the Crooked River up against Smith Rock. Both older and younger rocks at Smith Rock State Park have been deeply eroded, sculpted, and incised by the modern-day Crooked River."
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A fascinating geological wonder!
Thanks for the visit. Always appreciated!
Have a wonderful week!