Glacial Erratic?
Healy Pass, R574, negotiating the ridge above the Adrigole River valley. I am not positive this is an erratic. Though this rock may have been deposited by the glaciers, to qualify as a glacial erratic the rock must be geologically distinct from surroundings. Third of a series of five photographs.
Clashduff townland, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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Rock, Grass, Sky
Healy Pass, R574, negotiating the ridge above the Adrigole River valley. This photograph corrects the defect of yesterday’s via a slight turn to the left. Second of a series of five photographs.
Clashduff townland, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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Rock, Grass, Sky
Healy Pass, R574, negotiating the ridge above the Adrigole River valley. At F5 the depth of field was not enough for sharp focus of the nearest rock. One of a series of five photographs.
Clashduff townland, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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Masters of the Domain
The third of three views of a pastured ridge on Healy Pass featuring graving sheep.
Clashduff townland, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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Peace and Light
The second of three views of a pastured ridge on Healy Pass featuring graving sheep.
Clashduff townland, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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Slow reveal
The first of three views of a pastured ridge on Healy Pass featuring grazing sheep.
Clashduff townland, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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Hairpin turn coming up
Healy Pass, R574, negotiating the ridge above the Adrigole River valley. The photographer’s vehicle and Pam are visible in a turnoff. Her red raincoat stands out among the green.
We took this dangerous road slow, the tight corner up ahead is suggested by the roadway, just visible on the ridge ahead. Here I climbed the rocks with a tripod mounted dslr for this an other photographs shared here.
Clashduff townland, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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The Land Remembers
Negotiating the ridge above the Adrigole River valley with a distant glacial scoured peak of the Caha Mountains.
Clashduff townland, Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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Cropped close by hungry sheep
Looking down Healy Pass toward Adrigole. Beara Peninsula, County Cork, Republic of Ireland.
Post script: digging out of the February 2/3 snow storm that hit upstate New York, a bit of the wild brushed by me as I finished up the drive way at twilight. A scraggly fox, travelling along the ploughed road, passed not 10 feet away making steady progress. I said, in a quiet voice,” its all right,” and it (he/she?) walked a bit faster. I watched as it stopped briefly to sniff a snow clump and continued.
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Far and Near
A wonder of capturing a voyage through photography is the ability to look back and better understand what was experienced. On January 20th I published the following photograph from Healy Pass. The dramatic elements, the waterfall and distant glacially striated mountain, draw away from the distant ridge on the right.
The ridge marks the col used by the pass road: starting from the right follow the ridge down to the col.
Here is a pasture on that ridge, taken from the same road. The road is not visible in the first photograph.
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