El Diapiro / The diapir by Cosme..D..Churruca

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jul 20, 2007

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Poza de la Sal · Burgos Province · Spain This formation looks like stone, but is mainly salt rock. A diapir, from Greek diapeirein,"to pierce through" is an intrusion caused by buoyancy and pressure differentials. Diapirs may include igneous structures, but are more commonly applied to non-igneous, relatively cold materials, such as salt domes and mud diapirs; diapirism is thought to occur on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. A diapir is any relatively mobile mass that intrudes into preexisting strata.(from Wikipedia) This one is the biggest in Europe and as you see is quite photogenic. Many thanks for your visit and comments

Comments (54)

aljaysart

1:40PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

what beatuful scenery..

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Stringy

1:42PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

Fascinating image of this geological process. Thanks for the explanation.

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sema_fox

1:42PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

The big Beauty!!!!

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sadlers5

1:42PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

at first i thought you meant diaper liek a baby hehe nice pic!

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kenwas

2:02PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

Thanks for the information about this beautiful site so excellently captured. Great work Cosme!

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DELMUR

2:10PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

MA-GNI-FI-QUE!Love this saturated colors and the compo.YOU have a style.JP

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Coppens

2:11PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

Magnifique is the word! Great coloration!

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iaacf

2:32PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

What a beautiful shot, both compo and colors.

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spm91g

2:38PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

Wow so very beautiful!!

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zoren

2:46PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

great shot, salt rock.... does it melt with the rain?

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Janiss

2:59PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

Absolutely fantastique... I adore this colors, your colors!

bebert

3:04PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

excellent shot and excellent lesson :) thanks !!

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short_ribs

3:05PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

That's awesome! Love this landscape showing the variation in earths colors... Nice sky and a good pov. Excellent capture as always mate! Hope you're keeping well there.

MrsLubner

3:17PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

Hard to believe someone hasn't tried to mine it for the salt! People can be so greedy sometimes. :-) I love the bowl effect as it really seems to cradle this "mountain of salt." A most beautiful vista and excellent photo.

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delaorden_ojeda

4:16PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

absolutamente fantastico, me encanta los colores saturados y la composicion, Felicidades amigo

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Anjour

4:18PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

Very beautiful shot and view Cosme,wonderful landscape,sky...excellent!!!:o)

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fredster66

4:24PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

You have an exceptional eye for landscapes... outstanding work!

Francr

4:41PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

Asombroso. :o

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Littlejock

4:44PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

Magnificos colores y tu POV es exquisito como siempre.. Un abrazo

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Luka_30

4:50PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

So beautiful! Great composition, and wanderful soft warm light, and colors!

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Richardphotos

4:56PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

seems like a dream, very surreal but incredible landscape

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rainbows

4:59PM | Fri, 20 July 2007

Photogenic indeed Cosme, so gorgeous the colours of nature. I think your composition is flawless!!! the shot looks like a wonderful painting. A superb work. Thank you for the information, I have learned something new today :-) I wish you a beautiful evening, my friend. Big Hugs. Diane.

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