Basalt columns

As I said I upload few images from a very interesting location that is

a former quarry and in some places this basalt columns are very

interesting,was a summer windy day half hour before a

storm.Unfortunately it was roughly in middle of the day the light

wasn't as I wish for this location.

What I like about this image is the way it show how nature retakes it's territory, left alone from man's interference it won't be long before the scars of the past will be hidden altogether.  I know what you mean about the harsh light also. It would good to see the effect of a softer light on this scene too, or maybe even a sunset.

Compliments & Best Regards 

Alf 

Long lasting scars of mining. We have them everywhere in our state from surface mining of coal. Even in midday sun your shot turned out fine.

Alf,thank you for your visit and comment.Indeed there are lot of mankind interference with nature most of them with very bad result for our life.The desire and the need for raw material is so big today and it doesn't matter if what will be after.All talk about nature protection and the action in most of time is opposite,big concerns want a single fact.profit to be higher as possible.Is so well seen today in my country,Romania,where there are lot of raw material from gold,copper,silver,gas,oil,lot and lot of old forest,water,mineral water,salt and so many other things.It looks to do a comparison  like vultures that go at a time all to eat a prey.This place was really very interesting and in place where was the biggest exploitation is now a big lake.I will show some photos with this.

Gregory&Verena,thank you for your comment and observation.It seems that every where in this world mankind did lot of damage to nature and will be long time from now to recover all this,hope to be so.

lake from a different view position

Best regards, Radu!

PDE

Radu, I love the polygonal columns. I guess the existing cooling cracks made it easy to break up the basalt and crush it. Connecticut has quite a few similar flows - all heavily mined. Today's laws protect only the visible outline of these ridges, and mining continues on their sides. The exploitation goes so far that companies propose to build houses on top of the rigdes, but to build the houses "unfortunately" some of the basalt would have to be removed...

Christoph