Sunday, May 10, 2009

Volcanic knoll

From Photo of the day (2009)


Took a hike with Anita and the family today. We drove up the the Mt Woodside paragliding take-off site and stopped in at this old volcanic column on the way. There is a hole at the top, and part way up the hike to the top is a crack in the side of the hill going all the way up which spills out very cold air all year round. Very cool. Lots of columnar granite from a solidified lava plug, now the rest of the hill has eroded. Very cool. My shot of the crack does not do it justice in terms of scale - the shot is actually 3 wide angle shots stuck together. The view from the top is fantastic - and no Anita isn't chucking the kid down the hole, she's hanging on to him so he can throw a rock in and here it ping and bounce all the way down. Very neat.

From Photo of the day (2009)

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