This rock is naturally formed, creating designs. Often, those white bands or stripes, called veins, are quartz or calcite. Quartz filled the fissures and cracks in rocks. The calcite was formed from the precipitation of calcium carbonate from water running over and through the rocks.
Designs in a Rock
The shadows of palm leaves on rocks are almost a diptych – an artwork consisting of two pieces or panels that together create a single art piece.
Palm Shadow Designs
Nature, with wind and erosion, created an imaginative sculpture – a bear mother holding a cub, if you look closely
Sculpture of Mother Bear with Cub
Clear water from the waterfall flows in the creek over the rocks
Flowing Water over the Rocks
Flowing Water
Low water in the Looking Glass Creek reveals the rocks that add a nice foreground to the image of the Looking Glass Falls near Brevard
Rocks by Looking Glass Falls
Rocks in the Foreground by Looking Glass Falls
Bronze ravens created by Christine Kosiba sit on large rocks on Main Street, Brevard, near the Times Arcade Alley. The birds are native to high elevations in Western North Carolina.
Bird Sculptures on Rocks
Closeup of Bird Sculpture
The largest pyramid in the Western Hemisphere and the third largest in the world, the imposing Pyramid of the Sun towers 66 meters tall, a monumental site that dwarfs even the Pyramid of the Moon. Built around 100 CE from red volcanic rock, when Teotihuacan was reaching its zenith, the base measures 220 by 230 meters.
On the pyramid’s west side, there are 248 steps leading to the top of the structure, although visitors can no longer climb it. It is thought that there was once a temple at the summit – the Aztecs later used it for rituals and sacrifices.
Pyramid of the Sun
An elephant at the North Carolina Zoo is reaching for water while standing behind a large rock
Elephant Reaching for Water
The North Carolina Zoo houses six elephants: four females and two males. Here is an elephant trying to hide from visitors behind a large rock.
Directing for Elephant Views
Elephant Hiding Behind a Rock
It is a perfect rock to overlook the Kentucky River at the end of this trail at Raven Run
Rock to View Kentucky River
Overlook View of the Kentucky River
Natural sunlight creates interesting, random shadow designs on the rocks
Formations over the rocks over the years in Garden of the Gods, Colorado create simple relief deposits that look like a design pattern of nature.
The Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco is made of rock sculptures, “dry” or zen gardens, Japanese architectural structures, and waterfalls. Its open spaces contrast with tighter corners of hedges. There is a thoughtful design throughout, and the cultural influences are everywhere. Peaceful serenity of the gardens is felt by a quite walk around the garden.
Aysgarth Falls is actually a series of three main waterfalls, which the signs referred to them as Upper, Middle, and Lower. Rather than being dramatic drops over a cliff, these waterfalls are really more like cascades that might be friendly for photography enthusiasts. The Lower Falls offer a place to walk on the rocks along the river and view the River Ure flowing downstream.
The William H. Williamson, III, Orchid Conservatory at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden features a waterfall with showy blooming orchids and tropical plants against a backdrop of rock designs.
Hickory Nut Falls in Chimney Rock State Park, North Carolina is a rather light-flowing and feathery falls flowing through granite rocks. It’s hard to say whether this is a seasonal waterfall or just a light-flowing one that happens to be year-round.
The rocky terrain around Bera, Rajasthan creates interesting formations such as a eagle-lookalike, and a lonely tree growing on a huge porous-like rock.
Langurs play around on the rocky terrain in Bera, Rajasthan. The gray langur is sometimes referred to as the Hanuman langur, named after the monkey-god Hanuman. As such, gray langurs are considered sacred in the Hindu religion
It was interesting see beehives clinging to the rocks in Bera, Rajasthan. The bees make hives on the underside of rock ledges to protect honey from sloth bears that roam the hills.
Due to the rocky terrain at Bera, Rajasthan, safari vehicles could not get close to the leopards. As a a high focal length lens was not available, here is one leopard barely visible sitting on a rocky ledge way up on a hill.
