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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The incoming tides spilling over a stone step and shelf and into the Tesselated payement along the coast of the Tasman PEnisula.
Sunset on Wharariki Beach, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand
Taken today (20th January 08) whilst on a cruise around the Tasman Peninsula on the way to Tasman Island. If you want to see the REAL Tasmania I can’t recommend enough experiencing this part of the coastline. Whilst I took this image I was being buffeted by 50knot winds. All part of the experience!
Rock formation along the Tasman peninsula – South Coast of Tasmania
Tessellated Rock Formations along the Tasman Peninsula. / Similar I guess to a previous upload which I’m about to remove as I much prefer this landscape version….thanks for any views and comments…cheers, Rob.
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Kelp adds color to the gridlike rock formation known as tesselated pavement on the Tasman PEninsula
These are the tallest sea cliffs in the southern hemisphere, at 200m high. Taken today (20th January 08) whilst on a cruise around the Tasman Peninsula on the way to Tasman Island. If you want to see the REAL Tasmania I can’t recommend enough experiencing this part of the coastline. Whilst I took this image I was being buffeted by 50knot winds. All part of the experience!
Such a peaceful evening in one of the many sleepy bays along the Tasman Peninsula ~ Tasmania. / I sat here and listened to the swans honking and the splash of their landing gear from miles away, along with the occasional splish splash from fish feeding on mayflies on the glassy waters surface. The occasional dog bark from farmlets along the waterfront while the sun settled into the horizon. Like I say, such a peaceful sleepy sundown.
Another upload to my Eaglehawk Neck and Tasman collection…I love the surging waves in this shot and the cool light…for me, it feels like being back there on this cold autumn morning a few weeks back…thanks for looking and recent comments..cheers, Rob.
Quite a memorable shot for me, this one…I was rock hopping across to little Clyde Island on the Tasman Coast during an outgoing tide, well I was half way across when a rather large wave forced its way through the narrow channel between the rocks…there’s that moment when your sure your going to get wet….perched on a rock with my tripod, managed to fire off a 3 shot hdr while the water surged around me…for once, I didn’t get soaked – to my amazement…!! / No ND’s at my disposal as I snapped the holder off my lens a few days earlier so hdr was the only option to capture this brooding stormy morning sky…..thanks for looking…rgs, Rob.
First rays of sunshine and a nice orange glow along the Tasman Coast…..Tasmania ~ Aus.
A shot of the Tasman Bridge, Hobart, Tasmania, taken from the Eastern shore of the River Derwent.
Taken at Marahau, the gateway to the Abel Tasman National Park
Tasman Bridge at Dusk, this is a limited edition of 100 sales
Sundown and a few second exposure looking up the Tasman Coastline from the Arch lookout…
Sister shot to my previous upload as per below…Really nice reflected light off the top of the clouds during these shots..I’m quite happy with a few of these I’m working on at the moment. Taken at Eaglehawk Neck along the Tasman Peninsula….thanks for looking.
Such is the way of the world / you can never know / just where to put all your faith / and how will it grow gonna rise up / burning black holes in dark memories / gonna rise up / turning mistakes into gold such is the passage of time / too fast to fold / and suddenly swallowed by signs / low and behold gonna rise up / find my direction magnetically / gonna rise up / and throw down my ace in the hole -Eddie Vedder
Waterfall Bluff ~ Tasman Peninsula ~ Tas ~Aus. / I’d waited for the longest time here in between showers to get a clear shot of Cape Huay in the distance. Only one other hiker out in the rain who hung around for a few minutes and had a chat. I really enjoyed just sitting there for a couple hours and watching the, seals, dolphins and albatross off this magnificent section of coastline. It became obvious that the rain wasn’t going to clear so I earmarked this spot for a dawn shoot for the following days…thanks for any views and comments.
Panorama taken along the Tasman Peninsula ~ Aus… / A great section of coast this and so nice to be out there on this fine morning..taken shortly after my dawn shoot at the Waterfall Bluff lookout as per below..
The magnificent view from the summit of Mount Wellington in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Panorama of the Tasman Glacier in New Zealand. Converted to black & white and stitched together in Photoshop.
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