Odd Places in Nature

Challenge #2 in the Unique Landscapes and Outdoor Images series. Hosted by camcom12.

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These images are places in our natural world that are weird, unique or seemingly un-natural, but were actually created by wind, water, ice, earth movement, erosion, animals, or even chemically-reactive natural processes.

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Announced:

Friday, 26th October, 2012 (GMT)

Submissions:

Friday, 2nd November, 2012 – Thursday, 8th November, 2012 (GMT)

Voting:

Friday, 9th November, 2012 – Thursday, 15th November, 2012 (GMT)

Processing rules:

Re-touching & cropping is fine, while keeping it as real as possible.
Minimal HDR processing is ok if needed for emphasis.
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Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Color images please.
Images should not include faces, portraiture or close-ups -- only natural scenes.
If submitting 2 images, they should be different places.
Title your entry with the specific location, or at least the province, state or country it was recorded.
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Wave Rock, Western Australia.

by RuthC

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A very large rocky formation carved out by winds, and stained by rain at Hyden, Western Australia.

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SD700 IS (Digital IXUS 800 IS / IXY Digital 800 IS)
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Submitted:	Friday, 2nd November, 2012 00:17 (GMT)
Taken:	Friday, 12th October, 2007
Focal length:	5.8 mm
Shutter speed:	1/320 sec
Aperture:	F5.6
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Notes:	Hand-held.
Views:	260
Galleries:	View this photo in RuthC's gallery

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Total comments: 4

Fascinating rock formation! Thanks for the information about its size. Without anything to give a sense of scale, it's hard to tell how large it is. One of my favorites in the challenge. Thanks for sharing.

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That's a very unusual site! I can't exactly see the scale of it, but I can imagine some kids around here attempting to skateboard that location. ;o)

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Hi Mick, Wave Rock is quite large, 110 metres in length, and about 14 metres in height. It's some distance from any large townships, so there wouldn't be too many skateboarders around to try their luck, and I think they's come off second-best!
Ruth :-)

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Hi Ruth! Thanks for sharing the info and the great picture as well. That's so unique, it must be amazing to see in person.

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