I saved the oldest of my images of “old” until last!
Single subject April theme “old” #30
This is a photograph of sandstone on the foreshores of Bare Island in Botany Bay, Sydney.
“One billion grains of sand come into existence in the world each second. That's a cyclical process. As rocks and mountains die, grains of sand are born. Some of those grains may then cement naturally into sandstone. And as the sandstone weathers, new grains break free.”
Magnus Larsson (Born 1976 is a Swedish born architect who practises in London and Stockholm)
Paraphrased from Wikipedia:
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock made up from layers and layers of highly compressed sand. Around Sydney these layers are about 6km (nearly 4 miles) deep. Surface sandstone especially has been weathered by wind and water and shaped and broken by tectonic movement. Sydney sandstone was deposited between 200 and 250 million years ago from weathered sand which in turn came from rocks formed between 500 and 700 million years ago far to the south of Sydney.
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Thanks for the much appreciated comments. I’ve been trying to get a usable image all April of some sandstone. I got this one today 1st May. But it was midday so it still was April in the Americas!! 😀😀😀
Thanks for the much appreciated comments. I’ve been trying to get a usable image all April of some sandstone. I got this one today 1st May. But it was midday so it still was April in the Americas!! 😀😀😀
Ian
fascinating
Thanks for taking the time to comment. There are some beautiful new and old sandstone structures around Sydney. But I wanted to get an image of the sandstone in the wild!!!
Thanks for the much appreciated comments. and Thanks for helping me get into Top Twenty.
I ce had the mostest fun with my “old” theme. Thanks again.
Than you! I had a lot of fun with “old”. It’s such an all encompassing word you can use it for anything!!
Thanks Sylvia.