The Great Outdoors - Hiking and so on…

[twin]

@Oaktavia Yes twin will be ok. He did NOT want to go home. Stayed out for 2 more hours in the woods.

[twin]

@Seul Nice pics.

[Seul]

Visiting a monastery up the mountain...

[Bridger]

What part of Italy are you in @Seul

Looks beautiful.

[Seul]

@Bridger Lago Di Como

[Bridger]

I thought so @Seul

Reminded me of S2 of The Morning Show location that Mitch escapes to.

[Denimhead 0]

Visiting my son at Florida State, did a family hike to Cherokee Sinkhole.

[twin]

More outside hiking.

[Denman John]

A few pictures from a hiking / camping trip this past weekend.

[SKT]

@Denman-John beautiful shots…is there a story behind the lake shot with all the tree stumps? Love the depth of that shot with the mountains in the background

[endo]

[motojobobo]

I’m fascinated by rocks…so many different kinds, colors, textures, bla bla bla.
On my last bike trip, happened on this area where nearly every rock was the same type.

I find it amazing that the sedimentation cycles appear to repeat themselves keeping perfect timing, producing a super regular pattern (and height) of light and darker sediments. At least on this one rock.

On these others, there is more variation in the layering. Still pretty though.

[motojobobo]

I’ll thematically follow suit on @endo ’s beautiful sunset pic with these two over the Cafayate valley.

[Denman John]

@SKT This is Buttle Lake in the middle of Vancouver Island. The stumps are in a wetland area and were logged many years ago. I took a few different pictures at this location and it’s the one I liked the most. Beautiful area!

[twin]

@endo Like this photo.

[twin]

@motojobobo My twin is wild about rooks also. I like the pics.

[twin]

@Denman-John Great post

[twin]

@motojobobo What is the location? These rocks look crystalline. Rather than sedimentary. This is twin A responding.

[Fadez]

I am wholeheartedly enjoying all the outdoor pics lately. Thank you everyone!! ️

[motojobobo]

Hey @twin A!
Oops, I was assuming they were sedimentary. Jumped to that conclusion after seeing the layering. Not an expert, mostly just curious.
These rocks are in a quite arid and wide valley, maybe 5 km from the current riverbed. These are the Andes mountains in northern Argentina, about 60 km south of a town called Cafayate. But I’d guess that they’ve rolled quite a ways to get here as most show somewhat rounded shapes.
By crystalline, are you implying these are metamorphic?