Saturday, December 07, 2024

Pic(k) of the Week: Light going down

Light going down

Late in afternoon, late in autumn,
Light going down
In golden hour before the dark comes.
One final glorious grasp.

Postal Pond in Decatur Legacy Park: City of Decatur, Georgia, USA. 26 November 2024 (5:46 pm ET).


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Saturday, November 30, 2024

Pic(k) of the Week: Turkeyfoot riffles

Turkeyfoot riffles

Riffles on Turkeyfoot Creek.
Serene, tranquil.
Urban cacophony, vanquished.

Cascade Springs Nature Preserve: City of Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 9 August 2024.


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Saturday, November 23, 2024

Pic(k) of the Week: Woodland at Glenn Creek

Woodland at Glenn Creek

Summer vestige versus autumn gamut: a woodland at the confluence of Glenn Creek with South Fork Peachtree Creek.

Ira B. Melton Park: DeKalb County , Georgia, USA. 8 November 2024.


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Saturday, November 16, 2024

Pic(k) of the Week: Hiking summit's edge

Hiking summit's edge

In morning, two hike the summit of Arabia Mountain: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 20 October 2024.

Composed primarily of granite-gneiss migmatite rock, Arabia Mountain is a monadnock —"an isolated small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain." Its almost barren summit sits 955 feet (290 m) above sea level but rises only 172 feet (52 m) above the surrounding countryside of pine and hardwood woodlands.


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Saturday, November 09, 2024

Pic(k) of the Week: Mountain Lake (from Arabia Mountain)

Mountain Lake (from Arabia Mountain)

The prosaically-named Mountain Lake is a reservoir created during 20th-century quarrying of granite, gneiss, and migmatite on Arabia Mountain, a monadnock in DeKalb County, Georgia, in southeastern United States.

Here, the lake is seen in mid autumn on 19 October 2024, looking down from a southeastern slope of the mountain. (Some of the rocky outcrop can be seen in the foreground.)


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