Yesterday, my daughter Cristina and I hiked along the trails of Garden of the Gods in Southern Illinois' Shawnee National Forest. It's known for spectacular cliffs and rock formations.
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| My daughter Cristina takes in the sights of Gardens of the Gods. The views behind her are typical of this part of the Shawnee National Forest. You can click on any photo in this blog for a larger view. |
Garden of the Gods is a great places for hikers, nature lovers, and those who love to scramble among the rocks. For my photography, I didn't concentrate so much on the distant giant rock formations, but rather on the those that were up close to me. I've seen hundreds of landscapes taken taken at Garden of the Gods, most of them with similar views, and I wanted to do something different.
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| The circles and swirls in the rock formation are called liesegang bands. They are the result of geologic processes that started in a shallow ocean about 320 million years ago. |
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| The red in the liesegang bands comes from iron that mixed with ground water when the stone was forming. The stone is in multiple layers, some harder and some softer. They have weathered unevenly, leaving the swirls as one of nature's works of art. |
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| More liesegang bands. |
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www.tombellart.com.
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