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"Lose an hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it."
Richard Whately
Brgy. White Beach, Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro..
A stunning pristine white beach, clear turquoise waters, sunny skies. The stunning white beach is typical of what can be found all along Scotland's north-western coastline. Seen on a glorious day in early October!
This view shows the main beach at Achmelvich (Gaelic: Achadh Mhealbhaich) in Sutherland. The name comes from the Gaelic "Achadh" - a plain or meadow and "mealvaich" - sandy dunes. It is a (very) small settlement at the far end of a single-track road with a Youth Hostel (seen on the right above), campground, caravan park, laundrette, shop and take-away.
Dogs are banned from the beach during the main tourist season and are also not permitted at the campground and caravan park.
Calgary Beach, northern Mull is just beautiful! Shining white machair lapped by turqoise seas, with dramatic cliffs, what could be better? (weather probably... ;-)
This will be the last chance I have to post on here for a while - Happy hols to you all! :-)
Salt flats are ideal for calibrating the distance measurement equipment of satellites because they are large, stable surfaces with strong reflection, similar to that of ice sheets. As the largest salt flat on Earth, Salar de Uyuni is especially suitable for this purpose. In the low-rain period from April to November, due to the absence of industry and its high elevation, the skies above Salar de Uyuni are very clear, and the air is dry (relative humidity is about 30%; rainfall is roughly 1 millimetre or 0.039 inches per month). It has a stable surface, smoothed by seasonal flooding — water dissolves the salt surface and thus keeps it leveled.[citation needed]
As a result, the variation in the surface elevation over the 10,582-square-kilometer (4,086 sq mi) area of Salar de Uyuni is less than 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) normal to the Earth's circumference, and there are few square kilometers on Earth that are as flat. The surface reflectivity (albedo) for ultraviolet light is relatively high at 0.69 and shows variations of only a few percent during the daytime. The combination of all these features makes Salar de Uyuni about five times better for satellite calibration than the surface of an ocean. Using Salar de Uyuni as the target, ICESat has already achieved the short-term elevation measurement accuracy of below 2 centimeters (0.79 in).
With the use of modern GPS technology, it can now be proven that the Salar de Uyuni is not perfectly flat. New measurements revealed previously missed features resembling ridges, hills, and valleys only millimeters in height. They originate from the variation in material density, and thus the gravitational force, beneath the Salar's sediments. Just as the ocean surface rises over denser seamounts, the salt flat surface also rises and falls to reflect the subsurface density variations.
I spent the night on the cliff-tops, hopefully awaiting any Aurora that came from the solar activity that was arriving earlier that evening.
Unfortunately that turned out to be a damp squib, but it was great to see all the stars in-between the light of the evening and morning, though its still only a couple of hours between!
A stunning pristine white beach, clear turquoise waters, sunny skies - the Med? the West Indies? No, this is a remote corner of north-western Scotland - in October!
This view shows the main beach at Achmelvich (Gaelic: Achadh Mhealbhaich) in Sutherland. The name comes from the Gaelic "Achadh" - a plain or meadow and "mealvaich" - sandy dunes. It is a (very) small settlement at the far end of a single-track road with a Youth Hostel (seen on the right above), campground, caravan park, laundrette, shop and take-away.
Dogs are banned from the beach during the main tourist season and are also not permitted at the campground and caravan park.
The stunning white beach is typical of what can be found all along Scotland's north-western coastline.
A stunning white beach, clear colourful waters, sunny skies. This is typical of what can be found in sheltered coves all along Scotland's north-western coastline. A truly glorious October morning!
This is the main beach at Achmelvich (Gaelic: Achadh Mhealbhaich) in Sutherland. The name comes from the Gaelic "Achadh" - a plain or meadow and "mealvaich" - sandy dunes. It is a (very) small settlement at the far end of a single-track road with a Youth Hostel, campground, caravan park, laundrette, shop and take-away.
Dogs are banned from the beach during the main tourist season and are also not permitted at the campground and caravan park. However, an out-of-season dog walker can be seen at the far end of the beach above.
I had a chance to live in Kenya for 4 years (2012 - 2016) and I cannot get enough of it, please allow me to posts another old images of Kenya.
Above image taken @ Pride Inn Paradise, Shanzu Mombasa
...is the place that rarely disappoints. Glorious White Beach is the centre of Boracay`s tourist area.
This exact location- Willy`s Rock- is one of the most photographed rock on the island. It was just on my entrance to the beach. Many nice moments spent here, everyday sunset ceremony started and finished right here.