Tesselated Twilight
A bit of color and light over the odd rock formations known as the tesselated pavement along the Tasman PEninsula. The Tessellated Pavement is an inter-tidal rock platform – a common enough coastal landform. But here an unusual set of geological circumstances have resulted in a rare landform. The flat-lying siltstone was cracked by stresses in the Earth’s crust, roughly between 160 million years ago and 60 million years ago. The resulting cracks (joints) are seen as three main sets, one aligned to the north- northeast, a second to the east-northeast and the third to the north-northwest. This jointing, exaggerated by processes of erosion, has created the ‘tiled’ appearance. When seawater covers the rock platform, fragments of rock are carried away. Near the seaward edge of the platform, sand is the main cause of the erosion. When combined with wave action the erosional process causes ‘loaf’ or ‘pan’ formations.
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Cathy Cavolo, 4 months ago
Oooh I really love this one. Fantastic colour and movement, and those rocks are awesome.
Antoine Dagobert, 4 months ago
Love the blues hues here..great movement on the water..Fantastic all around Sir!
mohammed, 4 months ago
awesome work i like this !! :)
Lucindawind, 4 months ago
stunning !
Rosalie Dale IPA, 4 months ago
Great explanation of this phenomenon Mike – we see it in various places around our Aussie coastline and it is fascinating!!! Stunning image – your usual high standard.
Helene Kippert, 4 months ago
Love the lines and composition in this – great shot!
Travis Easton, 4 months ago
The gorgious velvety water really makes this one fly Dawson, love it.
Miron Abramovici, 4 months ago
Superb image, Mike!
Gary Beeler, 4 months ago
Beautiful and amazing.
Charl045, 4 months ago
Damn I would love to have an hour session with you one on one to see how you do incredible photos such as this one!! Excellent my friend!
Antanas, 4 months ago
this perfect too
cdwork, 4 months ago
Beautiful! Have seen a few of these lately – this is awesome! Love the movement in the water and the sky
Robert Mullner, 4 months ago
Brilliant Mike…love this shot…the colors and perspective with that awesome light…most people do the dawn thing…a very different look at this time of day…Great shot.
Momlee Bhattac..., 4 months ago
This is awesome Mike! The foreground is very interesting, almost seems like nature laid itself out in an unusal pose for you :)
Sheryl Kasper, 4 months ago
Wow, amazing natural patterns and gorgeous photo.
Alecia Scott, 4 months ago
Wow this is beautiful
Vicky Brago-Mi..., 4 months ago
Wonderful and beautiful mist and colors!!
AnaCBStudio, 4 months ago
Excellent…beautiful colors and textures
Sharon Hammond, 4 months ago
I’ve seen other images of this place but I think this is up there with the best
John Wright, 4 months ago
Amazing series of images you made here. I love the smoky water. How long was your exposure?
Christina Vasi..., 4 months ago
very beautiful shot! love the science lesson too!
John Pitman, 4 months ago
Magic lighting on the rocks Mike and love the swirls of water on the fg rock. John
Ken Fortie, 4 months ago
Wonderful work. Solid geometric shapes mixed with the free flowing water. Well done.
Irene Burdell, 4 months ago
Fantastic work ,beautiful colours and formations.
Hans Kawitzki, 4 months ago
one of the best I have seen from this area.
Cheryl Ribeiro, 4 months ago
absolutely beautiful, so many wonderful elements, the colour the composition, the swirls…
frozenfa, 4 months ago
how did you get such wonderful colors!!!! it’s so PRETTY~! =D
and wow.. those rocks are formed naturally?? that is so interesting.. man.. i thought it was man made then it wore out or something.. cool.. thanks for sharing such interesting info!! =D
Peter Zentjens, 4 months ago
The colours are striking, but the milky look of the flowing water between the “pavement” makes this shot. Brilliant capture.
wellman, 4 months ago
a rather fine image indeed !
Steven Agius, 4 months ago
Excellent capture Mike.
JudyBJ, 4 months ago
wow,absolutely spectacular
Steve Bulford, 4 months ago
Great image mate, love all your work!!!
Patrick Morand, 4 months ago
That’s incredible, before reading your description i was sure it was “man made”, and like your other seascapes, this image is awesome !
Aurora Pintore, 4 months ago
THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
Krys Bailey, 4 months ago
Gorgeous Mike! Great use of that weird terrain and wonderful wispy water! Great depth and colours!
Stuart Chapman, 4 months ago
Love the textures in the foreground and the overall blue hue of the water as it shimmies across the rocks.
Dave Law, 4 months ago
Beautiful shot, I love the colours and tones.
Craig Hender, 4 months ago
Stunning shot, and an amazing act of nature! Thankyou for the lesson, very interesting.
shaz, 4 months ago
Absolutely amazing Mike… excellent tones..
EvaMcDermott, 4 months ago
Amazing!
Klaudy Krbata, 4 months ago
impressive work!
Curtiss Simpson, 4 months ago
Lovely patterns and color, beautiful photography love it !!!
MattTworkowski, 4 months ago
Love those blues mate,superbly captured
Annika Strömgren, 4 months ago
Wow, this is absolutely amazing!!
mikrin, 4 months ago
Awesome work Mike! It looks very mystical!!
Patricia L. Ba..., 4 months ago
Beautiful as always,Dawson. The writing is an extra bonus.
linskudd, 4 months ago
Super image. So very beautiful.
Ann Garrett, 4 months ago
Another gem Mike
Mar Silva, 4 months ago
This is beautiful!
Victor(Vic) Be..., 4 months ago
stunning blocks !! love the motion of water a lot !
Jay Ryser, 4 months ago
Fantastic capture
Nikki Mulkern, 4 months ago
This is stunning, the colours are so beautiful!!!!
Sarah261226, 4 months ago
wonderful – I like the perspective too, there’s a great sense of depth to it
Heather Rivet..., 4 months ago
wow amazing well done
Nira Dabush, 4 months ago
AMAZING!
Lenka, 4 months ago
Wow, even better… Attractive colors, perfectly chosen point of view with great leading lines, not speaking about long exposure generating lovely misty effect of moving water, and (not to forget) interesting description :) It really looks like a pavement! Thanks for sharing and adding all the information!
Heloisa Castro, 4 months ago
gorgeous
Stephen Chapple, 4 months ago
Fantastic work Mike, these are some of the best images I have ever seen of this location, exceptional outcome!
JayVee, 4 months ago
Beautifully captured the soft flow of the water Mike.
Andy Harris, 4 months ago
Excellent work Mike… gorgeous blue colour!
LindaJ, 4 months ago
Mike, this is a great place, and a wonderful picture! Take care, Linda
lightsmith, 4 months ago
how do you find them?
how do you capture them?
sigh just fantastic mike!
Kimberly Palmer, 4 months ago
Now you have 1 more view. he he
This is beyond words. Wow, love the details of the water in the crevices, the color, the sky, everything is top notch, as always.
Benjamin Scheurer, 4 months ago
Sensational shot!
Gustav Nordlund, 4 months ago
Amazing shot, really well captured.
Per Einar Gunn..., 4 months ago
Gorgeous!
naturelover, 4 months ago
Wow! this is awesome!
Ellen, 4 months ago
Beautiful!!
louise, 4 months ago
Brilliant!!
Love the lateral water movement, following those tesselations.
The landscape in the background, reflecting the warm rays
of the setting sun…
A most eyecatching image Mike
Carl Osbourn, 4 months ago
gorgeous – love the swirling water in the foreground. wonderful work :]
Paul Swiatkowski, 4 months ago
Beautiful, your work never ceases to amaze me!
SURYADI MAX, 4 months ago
Beautiful and amazing.
Louise Cooke, 4 months ago
love the structure of the grid pattern with the flowing movement of water – wonderful capture and hope you enjoyed your Aussie trip :)
estrada, 3 months ago
Awesome!
Mariaan Krog, 3 months ago
Very unusual formations! An excellent photo as always!
Holly Werner, 3 months ago
Incredibly beautiful.
supercamel, 3 months ago
Wow. This is incredible!
engride, 3 months ago
Lovely work Dawson :D
amarica, 3 months ago
Wonderful work Dawson
richiedean, 2 months ago
Stunningly beautiful …...
sbphotography, about 1 month ago
Stunning work Mike! Hopefully will get to photograph these one day myself!!
Scott Robertson, about 1 month ago
Brilliant!
Ian Cox, 10 days ago
Love it!!