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The Wild Rock Textures of Loophead in Ireland

The Wild Rock Textures of Loophead in Ireland

November 24, 2022by Albatz Travel Adventures 11 Comments

At the Loophead Lighthouse we saw some photos of the nearby rock formations and just had to go exploring the area. The walk from the Loophead Lighthouse to the nearby […]

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Ireland, Lens-Artists Photo Challenge
Monument Valley

The Red Rocks of the American Southwest

March 5, 2020by Albatz Travel Adventures 8 Comments

The Spanish word color often signifies the colour red. Colorado (coloured) is the a description (and name) of a place with a lot of red-coloured rocks. We were flying to […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, American Southwest, Arizona, Utah
Grassy sand dunes on the beach after Galley Head

Three Very Different Beaches on the Coast of Cork, Ireland

October 15, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

October 9. We spent the day in County Cork driving from Skibbereen around to the fishing villages of Baltimore and Union Hall, and then onto Kinsale via the Drombeg Stone Circle […]

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Stone sculptures in the public garden of Sneem, Ireland

Stacking Stones, an Irish Pastime

September 20, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 7 Comments

I think Ireland has more rocks than any other place in the world. With so many rocks they have come up with inventive ways to use them, and this includes […]

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A Photo a Week Challenge, Ireland
Benches made up of the unique stones found in Inisoir, one of the Aran Islands of Ireland

The Aran Island of Inisheer in Ireland Has Rocks

August 5, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 10 Comments

I think Ireland probably has more rocks than any other country in the world. And the Aran Island of Inisheer has the most rocks in all of Ireland. To deal […]

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Weekly Photo Challenge: SouthWest US Texture

August 8, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 9 Comments

These red rocks are along on various highways near Moab in Utah. The black shiny desert varnish adds a contrasting visual quality to the rougher texture of the sandstone; the petroglyphs add another. Black shiny desert […]

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American Southwest, Road Trip, Utah, Weekly Photo Challenge
artistic rocks in ochre & grays

Beach Pebbles – a Photographic Study

August 27, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

May 10th, 2011. I found these stones with interesting patterns on the beaches and rivers around BC. On my first attempt at photographing them I took the photos against a […]

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