Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue

On his expedition to discover the New World in 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the eastern Caribbean island of Tortola, before discovering America later that year. A volcanic eruption millions of years ago hailed boulders the size of cars and small houses down on the island, they really are a site to behold.

[Annie D]

I remember from school "in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue" hahaha
what awesome rocks!

[Lou Ann]

@annied Well I knew the song went something like that, ha!

[Carole Sandford]

Fabulous colours & the person to the left gives perspective of the size of the rocks. Great capture!

[Kiciuś]

amazing sky!

[Nicole Campbell]

Wow - superb shot Lou Ann, fav

[Babs]

The rocks are huge, quite a spectacular eruption.

[Taffy]

They are gigantic!

[bkb in the city]

Amazing formations

[Ann H. LeFevre]

At first you don't realize how large they are- and then you see the guy walking among them! Love the color of the ocean too.

[Ali J]

Well done including people helps to see the scale of these boulders .. beautiful image :)

[Gayle]

Fantastic shot, Lou Ann! Truly amazing boulders! Love the sky and ocean colors. :-)

[Lou Ann]

@carole_sandford @predi @nicolecampbell @onewing @taffy @bkbinthecity @olivetreeann @alijchapman @gaylewood Thank you so much for your comments and favs, I appreciate it so much.

[KWind]

Fabulous blue! Great composition too.

[Milanie]

Fascinating - what awesome boulders! The colors are wonderful.

[Connie Little]

Wonderful colours and composition.

[Ron]

Beautiful capture Lou Ann.

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture :) Sorry it's taken me some time to follow you!

[Lou Ann]

@kwind @milaniet @littleconnie @stray_shooter @gilbertwood Thank you! Don't miss the Virgin Gorda Baths your if you go to Tortola. You will use muscles you didn't even know you had climbing over, under and through the boulders!

[Henri Russell]

Great capture.

[Louise & Ken]

Thank you for having a person add to the scale here! That is quite a phenomenal sight!! The clouds in the background almost convey a sense of smoke rising after the bolder toss! Nice photo memory of this place!

[Lou Ann]

@henrir Thsnk you! @Weezilou I did not see that girl standing by the boulders until I downloaded the photos on the ship that night. She definitely gives scale to the boulders, they were beyond amazing!