Aug 25, 2022 · There’s something thrilling about standing at Europe’s most southwestern edge, a headland of barren cliffs to which Portuguese sailors bid a nervous farewell as they sailed past and ventured into the unknown during Portugal’s golden years of exploration.

Jan 28, 2025 · Visitors to the cliffs at Skansbukta, Svalbard will have a chance to revisit history while enjoying looking at the barren cliffs, which stand out from a lush landscape. The area was once home to a gypsum mine, with artifacts from that era found on the beach; a trapper’s cabin also is located here.

Feb 19, 2001 · Penstemon rupicola is the most highly colored and showy plant of the barren steep cliffs. Its short prostrate shrubby stems and rose crimson flowers make it very conspicuous on barren cliff sides, where only small rock crevices offer it a little soil in which to grow.

Its upper slopes proudly display rock-barren cliffs speckled with snow and the glacially blanketed peak. The volcano is the main attraction within 236,381-acre Mount Rainier National park, whose beauty and splendor have attracted many nature enthusiasts, from outdoor adventurers to artists.

Mar 26, 2019 · These cliffs rise dramatically from the desert, stretching toward the sky like a great natural wall. When you stand atop them and look toward the horizon, you have a prime view of the sky as it...

Oct 31, 2018 · Barren cliffs downstream from the mouth of the Seventymile River expose sandstone, mudstone, conglomerate, and coal (Cretaceous and Tertiary).

Sep 27, 2024 · By hiking the Gorropu Canyon in Sardinia, you will be faced with gorgeous views of dramatic, barren cliffs, Mediterranean vegetation, and a forest of majestic juniper trees. The “Gola di Su Gorroppu” (Gorroppu Gorge) is a valley and canyon in …

Big Barren Creek Natural Area has many prominent features enhancing its preservation value: An exceptional Ozark headwaters stream with quality aquatic natural communities, an outstanding upland and bottomland forest, an uncommon dolomite sedimentary rock shut-in …

Soaring fjords and moody mountains tower above a diverse panorama of beaches and bogs, forests and barren cliffs. Shaped by colliding continents and grinding glaciers, Gros Morne’s ancient landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Stunning fjords and moody mountains tower above a diverse panorama of beaches, bogs, forests and barren cliffs. Shaped by colliding continents and thousands of years of glaciation, Gros Morne's ancient landscape is a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized for its beauty and its geological significance.