Galley Head Cliffs, Castle and Lighthouse in Ireland
October 9. We spent the day in County Cork driving from Skibbereen around to the fishing villages of Baltimore and Union Hall, visited a large number of beaches including Galley Head, […]
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Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, UK
September 21, Monday afternoon. Giant’s Causeway—Night in Ballycastle with dinner at the Central Bar. After exploring the nearest Ballycastle beach we headed to the Giant’s Causeway, a fantastical formation of basalt rocks that is possibly the […]
Rock Formations at the Beach of Cathedrals in Northern Spain
October 7th, early morning, well 9:00 or so, which is early in Spain! In Santiago de Compostela we met Jessica, a long-time resident of the city, who sent us a list of […]
WPC: Monochromatic in Northern Spain
Surprise! At least to me. Since I am currently editing my photos of northern Spain, I decided to ‘paint’ a monochromatic portrait of Spain. I had planned on a full […]
White Cliffs at Etretat on the Alabaster Coast of France
The unusual rock formations at Étretat on the Alabaster Coast of France have inspired many artists including Monet. Monet’s painting of this scene, painted early in the morning when the fishing boats were just […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Afloat in Halong Bay
Sitting aboard a boat in Halong Bay is like being afloat into an Asian painting, with red-sailed junks and karst rock formations jutting up out of the blue-green waters. This little boy […]
Northwest Argentina’s Coloured Sandstone Desert
At the edge of the Andes lies the Quebrada de Humahuaca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with multi-coloured sandstone formations. The whole northwest of Argentina is filled with these striking quebradas (canyons) […]
