Looking down is sometimes the best way when hiking the beaches of California's The blue hue is from the morning cool shadow light in full sun it is more gray
Central Coast. This lovely collection of stones was at the Montana de Oro State Park.
A treasure of rocks, so pretty, I left them just the way I found them.
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Giants of the desert canyons in Palm Springs seem to guard the way for hikers near the trail head at Andreas Canyon. These monster rocks reminded me from this angle of a friendly dinosaur dog hoping to play fetch with his boulder. Thats because I used to have a pet who loved to do this. Its a great trail though not free but you can spend the day seeing palm oasis, little waterfalls, hummingbirds and desert landscapes. Bring a canteen of water and sunscreen and have fun here.
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Valley o Fire State park in Nevada was created by the forces of wind, rain, heat, time and even ice. This stone elephant at the Valley of Fire a is huge remarkable landmark of the dessert. A giant rock that looks like an ancient mammoth. Elephant Rock is a testament to the many varied stone shapes at Valley of Fire, thanks to the wonders of geology and the erosive power of weather. As tiy cab see it is an easy hike from the roadway. Lake Mead is in the backgroud. Its about a hour or less drive from Las Vegas and the park makes for a great day trip. Go by the senic route along the lake and you will feel like you have entered a different planet. Here is a link too another super photo from the American southwest.
www.flickr.com/photos/moonjazz/3983581497/
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This pre- Celtic monument dates back to at least 5,000 BC and some of the stones placed in Astronomical alignment weigh up to 25 tons. Many had to be moved from at least 100 miles away in Wales. An amazing feat of engineering. A new theory is that it also represented a union of almost all Celtic tribes south of Scotland and it makes sense as it would take the work of thousands of people over 100 plus years to build. The side was actually once almost 10 times bigger with an edifice even 5 times larger. Before there were stones the pagans used lodge which may carbon date back as far as 10,000 BC. Easy to reach as day trip from London or via Salisbury, a lovely village town 30 minutes away.
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The bluest lake I've ever seen. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and 7th deepest in the world. The rim is at 7,000 feet and it gets about 66 inches of rain a year. The basin that eventually became Crater Lake formed when a 12,000-foot-tall volcano called Mount Mazama erupted and collapsed 7,700 years ago.
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flic.kr/p/2mMT8Yj A flckr link to a beautiful music nature video - Go for it.
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