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maanantai 22. helmikuuta 2016

Keijujen savupiippuja ja muita ihmeitä - Fairy chimneys and other miracles



Keijujen savupiippuja 
Hoodoot eli maapyramidit, Drumheller Kanada

Maapyramidi on korkea, ohut kivitorni hedelmättömillä valuma-alueilla ja autiomailla. Niiden koko vaihtelee yhdestä ja puolesta metristä 45 metriin. Tyypilliset maapyramidit koostuvat kovan kiven päällystämästä, suhteellisen pehmeästä kivestä. Mineraalit niiden erilaisten kivilajien sisällä saavat niihin aikaan erilaisia värejä. Maapyramideja löytyy aavikoilta usein kuivista ja kuumista paikoista.

 Drumheller Hoodoos, Canada

A hoodoo (also called a tent rock, fairy chimney, and earth pyramid) is a tall, thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of an arid drainage basin or badland. Hoodoos, which may range from 1.5 to 45 metres (4.9 to 147.6 ft), typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements. They generally form within sedimentary rock and volcanic rock formations. 

Hoodoos in Drumheller, Alberta, are a distinctive feature that continues to attract thousands of visitors each year. The sediments comprising these hoodoos formed between 70 and 75 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period as clay and sand sediments from the Horseshoe Canyon Formation were deposited. These hoodoos are able to maintain a unique mushroom-like appearance as the underlying base erodes at a faster rate compared to the capstones, a rate of nearly one centimeter per year, faster than most geologic structures.

From Connie1, Alberta, Canada



Nova Scotian fossiilikalliot, Hiilikauden Galapagos

Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Canada
The Joggins Fossil Cliffs are situated on the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada. Designated as a World Heritage Site in July 2008, the site is described as the "Coal-Age Galapagos".

From Riff, Ontario, Canada



Kolme sisarta Australiasta

Sinisten vuorten merkittävin nähtävyys on nimeltään Three Sisters, Kolme sisarusta. Tähän liittyy myös aboriginaalien tarina – tai erilaisia muunnelmia tarinasta.

Yhden aboriginaalien uniajan legendan mukaan Jamison valleyssä asui kolme sisarta, jotka olivat rakastuneet naapuriheimon kolmeen mieheen. Heimolakien mukaan parit eivät voineet kuitenkaan avioitua. Miehet eivät hyväksyneet tätä ja heimojen välille tuli sota. Kolmen sisaren heimon noitatohtori taikoi sisaret kiveksi suojellakseen heitä taisteluilta, mutta kerkesi kuolla ennen kuin ehti loihtia sisaret takaisin ihmisiksi. Kukaan muu ei voinut peruttaa taikaa ja siksi kivimuodostelmat ovat edelleen kaikkien nähtävinä.


Three Sisters rock formation in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. The Three Sisters is essentially an unusual rock formation representing three sisters who according to Aboriginal legend were turned to stone. 

The Aboriginal dream-time legend has it that three sisters, 'Meehni', 'Wimlah' and Gunnedoo' lived in the Jamison Valley as members of the Katoomba tribe. 
These beautiful young ladies had fallen in love with three brothers from the Nepean tribe, yet tribal law forbade them to marry. The brothers were not happy to accept this law and so decided to use force to capture the three sisters causing a major tribal battle.
 As the lives of the three sisters were seriously in danger, a witch doctor from the Katoomba tribe took it upon himself to turn the three sisters into stone to protect them from any harm. 
While he had intended to reverse the spell when the battle was over, the witch doctor himself was killed. As only he could reverse the spell to return the ladies to their former beauty, the sisters remain in their magnificent rock formation as a reminder of this battle for generations to come.

From Oceans6, NSW, Australia


perjantai 1. marraskuuta 2013

Cards from October

Received on 22 Oct, 2013
And now it's November, I must shape up with my updates :)

 Don from Australia sent this card showing Blue Mountains Crossing Re-enactment, 200th Anniversary of first European Crossing, May 1813 - May 2013. He also told an interesting story  how his great-great grandfather and the family traveled to Iman Valley on the Fleurieu Peninsula. 

When these these guys came back to Holland from a long journey,
 they sure were happy to see Brinta !
Hooray! There is Brinta again!
Linda writes that Brinta is one of the most famous and oldest breakfast in Netherlands.

Renato from Italy must be a real flower person, he sent me this nice ad card of Eurolora.  Euroflora is an international event event held in every five years.  Between the exhibitions with the same typology it is the most visited in Europe. 


Matthias from Germany has five dogs and he thinks he can't take such peaceful picture of his dogs together with a cat. The text in the card says: Two friends have to be similar in their hearts, in all other things they can be completely different.

There are no golden leaves hanging on the trees anymore. 
October means hard work for gardeners, but kids love it!
Eeva from Helsinki sent this cute card, 
it is a fine addition for my Virpi Pekkala collection.

Kukkuu! Tittut! Peek-a-boo!

perjantai 20. syyskuuta 2013

Siniset vuoret - Blue Mountains, Australia

Spectacular sandstone cliff formation dominate The Blue Mountains World Heritage Area, particularly here within Grose Valley

Don lähetti terveisiä kaukaa maailman äärestä Springwoodista, Australiasta. Springwood sijaitsee noin 72 km Sydneystä länteen ja kirkkaalla säällä Don voi nähdä suurkaupungin  korkeat pilvenpiirtäjät kotikadultaan. Springwood on suurin kylä Sinisten vuorten alueella ja kuuluisa Sir Henry Parkesin hautapaikasta, pääministereiden istutamasta tammikäytävästä sekä Norman Lindsayn galleriasta.
Siniset vuoret ovat saaneet nimensä  eukalyptuspuiden haihtuvasta öljystä, joka jää leijailemaan ilmaan ja saa vuoret näyttämään sinisiltä. Siniset vuoret ovat  Unescon maailmanperintökohde.
Received on: 16 Sep, 2013
Distance: 15,181 km (9,433 miles)
Travel time: 32 days
Thank you Don!
Don sent greetings from the Far End of the Earth, Springwood Australia. On a clear day he can see the tall buildings of Australia's largest city, Sydney 72 km away. Springwood is the largest village in the Blue Mountains and is famous for the grave of Sir Henry Parkes, the Corridor of Oaks and the gallery of Norman Lindsay.
The Blue Mountains is a national park a World Heritage site.