Tag: Rocks & Stone
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Iron Springs in May Green
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Posted in PhotographyIron Springs is a small roadside park on Scenic Highway 7,and a location on the Ouachita National Recreation Trail.
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7 Hollows Arch
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Posted in PhotographyThe stone arch found on Petit Jean State Park’s Seven Hollows Trail. It’s believed this arch once spanned the entire hollow, since the bottom is littered with large boulders that seem to match up to it.
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Watch That Fall
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Posted in PhotographyA hiker stops to admire the 100-foot (30-meter) Cedar Falls, the centerpiece of Petit Jean State Park.
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Bard Springs Dam
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Posted in PhotographyBard Springs is a very secluded spot deep in the Ouachita National Forest.
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A Romantic View of Ada Valley
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Posted in PhotographyA young couple enjoys a view of the Ada Valley from Stout’s Point at Arkansas’s Petit Jean State Park.
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Pointing to Sunset
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Posted in PhotographyI’m surprised at how popular this simple image has proven to be over the years.It’s a small point just off the road at Brady Mountain, in the Ouachitas of Arkansas .
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Storm Quarry
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Posted in PhotographyAn old rock quarry at Pinnacle Mountain State Park on a stormy day.
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Bear Cave Panorama
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Posted in PhotographyA panoramic view from the west side of the huge “Bear Cave” rock formation at Petit Jean State Park.
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Ancient Seabed – Recent Falls
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Posted in PhotographyMuch of Arkansas’s strata is comprised of layers of sandstone that was once ancient seabeds – now hardened into stone and tossed at crazy angles due to mountain-building processes (orogeny). The weathered formations in the foreground of this photo show some of that – while the dam in the background is of much more recent…
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A Contrast of Trees
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Posted in PhotographyThese two photos were taken about 10 years apart at the same location – Stout’s Point at Arkansas’s Petit Jean State Park. I called the original image (the bottom one) “A Contrast of Trees” because it’s springtime and one tree is just starting to bud while the other is still bare. Years later it’s the…