Thursday, October 25, 2012
Enchanted Rock
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Today we went to Enchanted Rock, about a two hour drive west of Austin. It is a huge formation of pink granite that rises approximately 425 feet above the surrounding terrain to elevation of 1,825 feet above sea level. What is really fun is that we are allowed to climb it, and climb it we did, shooting photographs all the way. You can see to forever in all directions from here. This is the summit, and there are pockets in the rock that have collected bits of soil over the years, and this pocket has enough material to grow not only grasses, but several trees, one of which unfortunately has died. A lot of people hike to the summit - it is not that difficult a climb. I love that I have captured a line of people standing on the summit, in the distance. Folklore of local Tonkawa, Apache and Comanche tribes ascribes magical and spiritual powers to the rock, thus the name "Enchanted Rock." It reminds me of Uluru, also known as "Ayers Rock" in Australia, which I climbed and photographed years ago.
It may be work, it may be play, it may be near, it may be away. So here is the challenge - to shoot and post one photograph a day on this site. These photographs are a kind of diary of things I find interesting. I am also thinking that there will be days when I am unable to shoot, so on those infrequent occasions, I will post a photograph done on another day, but one that still feels important to me. - Ken Spencer
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2 comments:
This is very cool. Looks like the people used a measuring tool to space themselves evenly apart.
Yet another site many of us will see only though your thoughtful blog posts.
Thank you, Ken.
Thanks for your comment! I photographed as the arrangement of people on the summit changed over 5 minutes, and then chose this one, just because they were so evenly spaced out! Nice observation on your part. it was not immediately obvious that the evenly spaced image was the best one.
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