How much do we know about Stonehenge? Less than we think. And what has Stonehenge got to do with the Ice Age? More than we might think. This blog is mostly devoted to the problems of where the Stonehenge bluestones came from, and how they got from their source areas to the monument. Now and then I will muse on related Stonehenge topics which have an Ice Age dimension...
THE BOOK
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Some of the ideas discussed in this blog are published in my new book called "The Stonehenge Bluestones" -- available by post and through good bookshops everywhere. Bad bookshops might not have it....
To order, click HERE
Tuesday 20 May 2014
Hall Bredning: tricks of the light
Two of my all-time favourite photos -- from Hall Bredning, in the inner reaches of Scoresby Sund, East Greenland. The subtlety of the light here is amazing, and whoever the photographer was, he was smart enough to seize the moment....... I suspect the pics were taken within a few minutes of each other.
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I have a jigsaw app on the kindle.
Those photos would make excellent jigsaws.
The sequential coloured weathering on the block is called liesegang rings.
M
I have a jigsaw app on the kindle.
Those photos would make excellent jigsaws.
The sequential coloured weathering on the block is called liesegang rings.
M
It seems a great pity that such an excellent photographer has to be anonymous. And rather ironic, considering the context...
Steve M
If anybody out there knows his / her name, I will happily tell the world what a great photographer he / she is! And of course put up a post giving credit where credit is due. The trouble with the web is that photos get copied and pasted ad infinitum, making it difficult to work out where they came from originally.....
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