Hi nature fans! Tonight's Daily Nature Fix is all about Mother Nature's very own abstract art. I did another DNF like this around 8 months ago (Daily Nature Fix: Abstract Earth. - The Textures of Nature).... I think it's time for another! I'll be posting a few photos of close ups I've taken on our trips over the last couple of years. All of them made for some pretty neat and natural textures and designs. I'll talk a bit about what each one was and where it was taken. Try and guess what they all are before reading the description! Lets get started...
^^^ This first one was taken in the incredible Antelope Canyon, a quarter mile long and 100 foot deep slot canyon in northern Arizona. Also an interesting note - this photo is completely unedited and unaltered!
^^^This is one of the most recent photos. It's from our latest trip to Iceland two weeks ago. While hiking a trail in the north of the country, I spotted a small boulder right off the path that was covered with a mosaic of multicolored lichens. It was quite an eye-catcher!
^^^This photo was taken in Glacier National Park. On a hiking trail, we came upon a tiny creek that had an equally tiny bridge going over it. Beneath the crystal-clear water was a beautiful arrangement of multicolored rocks. Reds, blues, tans, maroon, gray... it was incredible. All types of colors formed by the different mineral content from their volcanic creation. It wasn't until after I saw the stones in the creek that I realized the same rocks were EVERYWHERE in the area.... but their weathering and dustiness disguised their colorful beauty. The water really made them pop.
^^^The final one for tonight also comes from our most recent trip to Iceland. It was taken in the north at the Hverir Поле Гейзеров geothermal area. There were steam vents, fumaroles, and hot springs all over the place... as well as one of my favorite thermal features: mud pots. One of them, in particular, had rather blueish-gray mud. One half was thick mud that would bubble and plop around with a pudding consistency, but the other half has much thinner and more fluid mud, with a bubbling center that was constantly churning the liquid. On the outskirts of the churning area, bands of a darker fluid was forming a continuous ribbon that would fold back and forth onto of itself in a never-ending stream. The design just sat on the surface of the lighter colored pool until it was finally pushed to the outer edge and became part of the shoreline. That's what is photographed here.
Thanks for reading! I post a nature-themed Daily Nature Fix blog every day. Please upvote if you enjoyed it and resteem if you found it especially interesting! Be sure to follow me @customnature so you'll never miss out on your nature fix! See you tomorrow. - Adam
***Daily Nature Fix is a daily blog showcasing the natural world. It is all original content using photos, stories, and experiences from my own travels.***
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Awesome pics! I think I've actually been to that trail in Glacier National Park..amazing place
I don't 100% remember which trail it was. I think it was the trail to Fishercap Lake. Does that sound familiar, @drewley?
I think so, but it's been at least a year so I'm not totally sure
This is just art! :)
So beautiful <3
Very informative article cheers, I must admit I self vote myself because otherwise I probably wouldn't get any hopefully things will change in the future. Thanks mike ps I do try to upvote most people who take the time to reply
Very nice pictures! Love when the object disapears to let the colors form their own image.
Fantastic textures and colors. At first glance, I thought the rocks under the water was a painting of the lichen on the rock. :)
Upvoted and following. I'm excited to see more!
Your first photo is simply mind blowing! And I deffinately admire that it looks like this unedited! I find somebody your photos really interesting and breathtaking!
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