This is one from the archives, taken back in 2010 at Boodjamulla National Park (formerly known as Lawn Hill National Park), one of the most beautiful National Parks in Australia.

How I miss Australia…
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Boodjamulla National Park, formerly known as Lawn Hill National Park, is a national park in the Gulf Country region of northwestern Queensland, Australia. The park is 340 km (210 mi) northwest of Mount Isa or 1,837 km (1,141 mi) northwest of Brisbane.
The main attractions in the park are the sandstone ranges with deep gorges and a limestone plateau with significant fossil fields. Other attractions include crystal-clear green waters, lush vegetation and canoeing. Surrounding the park are numerous resources reserves, set aside for future mineral exploration and mining if deposits are found.

The park contains several permanent creeks, waterholes, gorges, and sandstone ranges. Boodjamulla’s ancient sandstones and limestones have been gradually stripped away over millions of years leaving behind rugged escarpments, gorges, and rock outcrops. There are four main habitats contained with the park: riverine, alluvial flats, rocky hills, and clay plains.
Lawn Hill Gorge, the primary attraction in the park, cuts through the sandstone plateau of the Constance Range, on the eastern extremity of the Barkly Tableland. The gorge has been carved out by Lawn Hill Creek, which flows all year and is fed by numerous freshwater springs from the limestone plateau to the west. The gorge is a rich oasis with cabbage palms and other tropical vegetation.
Also located in the park are the Gregory River and O’Shanassy Rivers which flow all year round. The park contains 20 km of walking tracks.

Freshwater crocodiles can be found in the gorge; however, they pose little threat because they prefer to stay away from humans. They may become aggressive if disturbed when mating or protecting their young.
The park is home to the most easterly distribution of the nocturnal Rock ringtail possum. Other animal species found in the park include the Rock-haunting ringtail possum, Agile wallaby, Olive python, Catfish, Wallaroo, Dingo, and Echidna. In the creeks are Archerfish, the endangered Red-bellied Short-necked Turtles, Northern Snapping Turtles as well as numerous fish species.
Fishing in the national park is not permitted with the exception of Gregory River in the Riversleigh section. Lawn Hill and the surrounding regions are also inhabited by feral pigs which cause extensive damage to the land close by the creek systems.

The Aboriginal Waanyi people have lived in the gorge area for at least 17,000 years and know this place as Boodjamulla, or Rainbow Serpent country. Lawn Hill Gorge is sacred to the Waanyi people. Midden heaps, camp sites, grinding stones, and rock art evidence the importance of this place. Today, the Waanyi people help manage the park.
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10
Aperture: f/3.9
Exposure time: 1/320s
Focal length: 55mm
ISO Speed: 80
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The sunrise at the beach of Vík í Mýrdal was really stunning.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture: f/8
Exposure time: 1/320s
Focal length: 67mm
ISO Speed: 100
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[Source: Wikipedia]

Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture: f/8
Exposure time: 1/160s
Focal length: 65mm
ISO Speed: 100
Processed with PS CS6

Ice is water frozen into the solid state. It can appear transparent or opaque bluish-white color, depending on the presence of impurities or air inclusions. The addition of other materials such as soil may further alter the appearance.

Ice appears in nature in forms of snowflakes, hail, icicles, glaciers, pack ice, frost, and entire polar ice caps. It is an important component of the global climate, and plays an important role in the water cycle. Furthermore, ice has numerous cultural applications, from ice cooling of drinks to winter sports and the art of ice sculpting.

The molecules in solid ice may be arranged in different ways, called phases, depending on the temperature and pressure. Usually ice is the phase known as ice Ih, which is the most abundant of the varying solid phases on the Earth’s surface. The most common phase transition to ice Ih occurs when liquid water is cooled below 0°C (273.15K, 32°F) at standard atmospheric pressure. It can also deposit from vapour with no intervening liquid phase, such as in the formation of frost.

The word is derived from Old English īs, which in turn stems from Proto-Germanic isaz.
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Canon EOS 60D
Tamron SP AF60mm F/2.0 Di II LD [IF] Macro 1:1
Aperture: f/8
Exposure time: 1/80s
Focal length: 60mm
ISO Speed: 320
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Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
Aperture: f/8
Exposure time: 1/100s
Focal length: 17mm
ISO Speed: 100
Processed with PS CS6