Pics of places that look like places from the films, or are just nice. [2]

I wonder if those stones are naturally occurring outcrops ground down by sand and wind or if they were placed like a stone circle is?

The Pinnacles are limestone formations contained within Nambung National Park, near the town of Cervantes, Western Australia, Australia.

They were formed from lime leached from sand subject to aeolian processes (wind-blown), and by rain cementing the lower levels of the dune into a soft form of limestone. Vegetation then formed an acidic layer of soil and humus, and a hard cap of calcrete developed above the softer limestone. Cracks in the calcrete were exploited by plant roots, while the softer limestone continues to dissolve and quartz sand fills the channels that form. The vegetation died and wind blew away the sand covering the eroded limestone, thereby revealing the Pinnacles.[citation needed]
They were formed through the preservation of tree casts buried in coastal aeolianites, where roots became groundwater conduits, resulting in the precipitation of indurated (hard) calcrete. Subsequent wind erosion of the aeolianite then exposed the calcrete pillars.[1]
On the basis of the mechanism that formed smaller “root casts” in other parts of the world, the third proposal suggests that plants played an active role in the creation of the Pinnacles. As transpiration drew water through the soil to the roots, nutrients and other dissolved minerals flowed toward the root—a process termed "mass-flow" that can result in the accumulation of nutrients at the surface of the root, if the nutrients arrive in quantities greater than that needed for plant growth. In coastal aeolian sands that consist of large amounts of calcium (derived from marine shells), the movement of water to the roots would drive the flow of calcium to the root surface. This calcium accumulates at high concentrations around the roots and over time is converted into a calcrete. When the roots die, the space occupied by the root is subsequently also filled with a carbonate material derived from the calcium in the former tissue of the roots, and possibly also from water leaching through the structures. Although evidence has been provided for this mechanism in the formation of root casts in South Africa, evidence is still required for its role in the formation of the Pinnacles.[2]

wow that's stunningly beautiful.

It is.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_Lake

Beautiful

Man the Northwest is so gorgeous.

Dave, stop hogging all the beautiful geography!

{{{Where is Dave, anyway?}}}

Hope he's not out riding the rails in this cold weather.

EDIT: Actually, he probably is, it's pretty balmy in the north east right now.

I was gonna say, I wonder what the weather is like out there right now.  Winter seems to be concentrating on New England and some adjacent regions so far. Almost every Maryland forecast calling for snow to layer has been an overestimate, though.

A bit Elrondish ?

I WANT THAT!!!!!! its gorgeous. its design is very Lothlorien looking. do you know who made it?

Very nice.

I like that, Blue
Oh Figgingbottom, I dont know ? IL try & find out for ya

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Looks like Scotland, is it Petty. Looks great.

chris63 wrote:Looks like Scotland, is it Petty. Looks great.

This one is stunningly beautiful to me

yeah that's truly gorgeous. it could be Scotlamd or Norway or maybe even Ireland? hmm not sure.

FOUND IT!!! its Scotland Glenfinnan monument.

FOUND IT!!! its Scotland Glenfinnan monument- Figg

Well spotted Figg. It is indeed.

Ah, Scotland. Reminds me of this.

Hang Son Doong -- the world's largest cave -- in Vietnam. Doesn't even look real.

https://vimeo.com/121736043

Well that would certainly have Gimli waxing lyrical for about a month without stopping for breath!