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These rocks were piled up along the beach near the mouth of the Columbia River. I can only assume they're to prevent erosion. Since they're right on the beach, one can't properly call them a bulkhead, but they appear to serve a similar function.
Just a guess.
Zoom is nice.
Comments (13)
Faemike55
Zoom is very nice Great capture
jayfar
I see a distinct face in the center and looking to the left of the pic. Nice one Tara.
Wolfenshire
In North Carolina they stack all the old Christmas trees along the beaches. The sand gets trapped in them and within a few years the dunes are back. This is a nice capture.
kgb224
Superb capture Tara. God bless.
Krittermom
Beautiful color and texture. Rocks like this are every bit as beautiful as wood. This is a great picture. How large are the rocks ?
jmb007
belle photo!
durleybeachbum
Such rich warm colours!
Adobe_One_Kenobi
Whatever works eh? Nice shot!
photosynthesis
Love the rich, warm colors & patterns. Well seen & extremely well captured & postworked...
wysiwig
Nice coloring in the rocks. I wonder if it is because of iron content?
Chipka
Chicago had some of these, and a few remain, though they've been replaced by...well...concrete shelves that are supposed to resemble ampetheater seats, but basically, they just look like concrete shelves: the kind you'd imagine in Crate and Barrel for really giant people interested in purchasing whatever might be on those shelves. It's a shame, really, because since the rocks are gone, it's really hard to trip over people engaged in amorous, biological activity now...mostly because there are no nookie-nooks left. Oh well. Now none of that has anything to do with this image, and yet, it all fits in the grand scheme of things (only because everything fits in the grand scheme of things, that's why it's the Grand Scheme and not just one of those piddly, little schemes that takes nothing into account. And so,in the grander (and smaller) schemes of things, this is a marvelous capture. I think they are intended to protect against erosion, or maybe they serve some other ecological purpose. (The Pacific Northwest is the inspiration for Frank Herbert's Dune after all, and it was ecologically-significant stuff like this that inspired the planet Arrakis. What grabs me are the colors, and the nice shapes. Rocks have such distinct personalities; for as hard and implacable as we think they are, they're also immensely varied and so rich with a geological sort of personality. I love the lines in this, as well as the nice color, bordered with darkness, which just brings the color out even more. Yep. And zoom is a good idea here. This is great!
RodS
Whatever the case, they make a lovely study in warm colors and textures, A beautiful photo, Tara. Your ability to see photos in virtually every environment never ceases to amaze (and inspire) me!
MrsRatbag
They make for a lovely abstract; the lines and colours are just beautiful! Superb shot!