Tag: sunrise

Picture of the Day: Forest on Shipwreck Island

 

FOREST ON SHIPWRECK ISLAND

 

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In this reflective beauty by Bruce Hood, we see the shipwrecked SS Ayrfield in Homebush Bay, Sydney, Australia. The photograph was taken from Wentworth point, and what I find truly remarkable are all of the trees growing on the abandoned ship! Nature always finds a way 🙂

According to afloat.com:

“The SS Ayrfield (originally launched as SS Corrimal) was a steel-hulled, single screw, steam collier of 1140 tonnes and 79.1m in length. It was built in the UK in 1911 and registered at Sydney in 1912. It was purchased by the Commonwealth Government and used to transport supplies to American troops stationed in the Pacific region during WWII. In 1950, it was sold to Bitumen and Oil Refineries Australia Pty Ltd and in 1951 sold to the Miller Steamship Company Ltd and renamed Ayrfield. Under the Miller flag, it operated as a collier between Newcastle and Miller’s terminal in Blackwattle Bay.” [Source]

 

To see this shipwreck on Google Maps, click here (you may have to click ‘satellite view’ to see the satellite imagery of the wreck).

 

 

 

 

Picture of the Day: Casting an Upward Shadow

 

CASTING AN UPWARD SHADOW

 

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In this beautiful sunrise we see the shadow of Mt. Rainier being cast upward to the sky and clouds above. The photograph was taken by Redditor PCloadletter26 who says it was the last sunrise of 2012.

The view is from Tacoma, Washington USA. During Autumn and Winter, the sun rises farther to the south around winter solstice and Mt Rainier can block the first rays of the morning, casting the brilliant shadow you see above.

Mount Rainier is a stratovolcano located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle. It is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States with a summit elevation of 14,411 ft (4,392 m).

Tacoma is on Washington’s Puget Sound, 32 miles (51 km) southwest of Seattle. The population was 198,397, according to the 2010 census. Tacoma adopted its name after the nearby Mount Rainier, originally called Mount Tahoma. It is known as the “City of Destiny” because the area was chosen to be the western terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad in the late 19th century. [Source: Wikipedia]

 

 

 

 

Picture of the Day: Sunrise at Easter Island

 

SUNRISE AT EASTER ISLAND

 

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Photograph by Pierre Lesage

 

In this stunning aerial photograph by Pierre Lesage we see Easter Island at sunrise. Lesage specializes in kite aerial photography (KAP). This particular photo was taken with a Ricoh GX 200 camera with a Wide Angle converter. The rig was designed by Brooks Leffler and the kite is a Dan Leigh Delta R8.

Easter Island (Rapa Nui) is a Polynesian island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle. A special territory of Chile that was annexed in 1888, Easter Island is famous for its 887 extant monumental statues, called moai, created by the early Rapanui people.

It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site, with much of the island protected within Rapa Nui National Park. Easter Island is claimed to be the most remote inhabited island in the world. [Source: Wikipedia]

 

 

 

 

Picture of the Day: Morning View from Washburn Point, Yosemite

 

Morning View from
Washburn Point, Yosemite

 

 

Redditor Jesse L. Summers shared this incredible shot of Yosemite National Park in California as seen from Washburn Point, at an elevation of about 7000 ft.

The shot was was taken in the early morning, just down the road from Glacier Point. Many commenters were also quick to draw comparisons of this incredible landscape shot to the popular video game Skyrim.

Yosemite National Park is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of California, United States. The park covers an area of 761,268 acres (3,080.74 km2) and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. Over 3.7 million people visit Yosemite each year and it was designated a World Heritage Site in 1984. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness. [Source: Wikipedia]