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https://mastodon.online/@stargazerrob/112419100306650251 stargazerrob@mastodon.online - Bright aurora!! #Devon
https://mastodon.social/@Rachelburch/112195859788321690 Rachelburch@mastodon.social - Slate sculpture along Tavistock’s old railway line, this morning #Devon #photography #mosstodon
Some positive local news.
https://www.devon.gov.uk/news/devon-awarded-5-3-million-for-zero-emission-buses/
Our local #TemperateRainforest, just down the road.
Last week, we had a day trip to #Torquay but rather than drive or take the train, we decided on a different route. The first leg was a #cycle trip to #Exmouth, about 17 km, followed by a boat trip around the #Devon #coast. The weather was a bit changeable but there were only prospects of short showers.
Well the first shower- didn't take long to arrive and here you can see the drops falling into the #EnglishChannel in the #wake of the #boat. An interesting combination of periodicity and irregularity on the water's surface.
But soon the rain cleared up and the Sun poked through the broken clouds.
The first part of the #coast travelling #west is primarily #sandstone with its distinctive orange colour. You can see the layers tilted through geological action. #Erosion is always evident at the surface but on the action is the sea. The rocks are dated at about 250 million years.
On to a bit of #EngineeringGeology and #GeotechnicalEngineering, the erosion is a serious problem for any structures built on or near the coast and there is a mainline railway track on the route to London which runs along it on this stretch. #NetworkRail is busy trying to stabilize and strengthen the cliffs using #RockAnchor, #RockBolts and #meshing to retard the process. Here you can see workers #abseiling as part of their work.
The erosion causes all manner of interesting irregular shapes in the rocks which make ideal place for #Seabirds to live. These include #Cormorants, #Shags and #Gulls.
As you travel further west, the stratum abruptly changes to #limestone which is over 300 million years old. The form of erosion is also different as limestone is also chemically eroded by slightly acidic water. You can also see that the colour of the sea here is a very deep green.
The #limestone also forms small #islets just off the #coast, again on which birds alight.
A close approach to an islet reveals the beautiful detailed patterns of #rock and #vegetation.
Approaching our destination, some brave souls were clambering over this islet and perhaps were preparing to dive into the water.
I'm glad to see the #ExeterChiefs, the local #rugby team have dropped their old logo of a #NativeAmericanChief after many years. I think it was culturally clumsy. They now have the image of a historically indigenous warrior from the #Dumnonii tribe who inhabited the region in the #IronAge.
Torquay etc 3
Brixham (including the "Golden Hind" and the example of local justice), Berry Head, Churston and Oddiscombe (the view of the "down carriage" of the cliff railway, from within the "up carriage")
3 of Torquay, including the night scene, and 3 of Paignton. I particularly liked the sign, which was outside a tattoo parlour in Paignton.
You asked for photos, @Katherine Bond & @Shonie Hutter - and these may interest the usual suspects, @franni, @Michele Hax, @Aline van Wijk, @Maria Rachmanidou, @Corinne Howell, @V. T. Eric Layton, and any others I've missed out.
There will be a couple more posts with photos, but you can all find those for yourselves...
These were at a gardens called "Plant World"
A couple of km away from the previous #photograph, you can see some quite lush #vegeation in #Dartmoor.
#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Nature #NationalPark #UK #England #Devon
I've just been reviewing some #photographs from a few years ago. Here is one of somewhere on #Dartmoor, near #Hexworthy. I like the rather bleak beauty of the place with scant but hardy vegetation in the exposed areas. The #geology is that of weathered #granite which develop into #tors.
#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #DSLR #Nikon #D7000 #Nature #NationalPark #UK #England #Devon
A view from Hound Tor, #Dartmoor, #Devon, #England
#travelling #travelphotos #landscapephotography #landscape #photography #myphoto #gplusrefugee