Rocky Coast of Maine by bmac62
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Where I grew up on Long Island, New York, the Atlantic beaches on the south shore are fine, white sand, the beaches on the north shore are covered in small, water-rounded rocks (1 to 3 inches in size). But the coast of Maine is completely different! Here is a picturesque example.
This looks like intrusive igneous rock to me...He, he...I don't really know what that is either:) I still have to read up on the rocks of Maine, but believe me there are lots of them there. That's why early Maine farmers gave up and moved west where they could farm fields of dirt...not rocks.
Comments (10)
durleybeachbum
This is fabulous! I hope you find out what this is, it's most interesting to me.
MagikUnicorn
Yep (GORGEOUS SHOT) The oldest ancient mountain chain in the world (Appalachian)
The Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America. The Appalachians first formed roughly 480 million years ago during the Ordovician Period. It once reached elevations similar to those of the Alps and the Rocky Mountains before naturally occurring erosion. The Appalachian chain is a barrier to east-west travel, as it forms a series of alternating ridgelines and valleys oriented in opposition to most roads running east or west.
jendellas
Another lovely photo. Once again the colours in the rock are beautiful. x
wysiwig
Outstanding composition where the rock draws the eye to the water an sky in the distance. You've made me go back to the fifth grade looking up the three major categories of rocks; igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Looking at the pictures it appears you are correct that this is a type of igneous rock (even if you don't know what that is).
flavia49
beautiful
Faemike55
Fabulous capture
blinkings
Igneous rock is rock that was hand made by iguanas...............just a theory.....don't quote me!
helanker
I can easily understand the poor farmers, but the landscape is mighty beautiful. So is the photo.
RodS
Well, I'm not sure what kind of rock it is, either, but I love the texture and color that you've captured, Bill! A real beauty! And it would make a great take-off point for my drones to get some aerials of this amazing place.
anahata.c
yeah there's an old joke about the New England farmer who farmed rocks. This is splendid, esp because most of the shot is this big expanse of striated rough rock. I went to a few of the islands off of Maine, and they're all like this. You got the detail in the rock, and the long sweep of a town in back, and the dark hue. A very New England sight, esp Maine, which is really a little world all to itself. (I adored Maine, Ioved it. The interior and the ocean. The place just gut under my skin.) "Igneous" is related to "ignite," born of fire. And I don't know whether New England's stone is igneous either. ("Stubborn," one New Englander told me, of the rock on his land: "It's just stubborn.") With pics like this, you illustrate it. I love that you chose to make this 2/3 rock. Like it took over your shot against your will. Wonderful.