In The Groove II
These grooves in the rock are also glacial striae, but a bit weathered and less distinct than the one which is only a metre or two away and featured in a post last week, In the Groove. I prefer that other shot for its simpler foreground and leading lines, but this one is interesting too. My thoughts about this location are summed up in my earlier post, so I won’t go into that again.
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Water Keeper
Water Keeper is a pole carved by Charles Elliott of the Tsartlip First Nation, a part of the Saanich subdivision of the Salish people who these days are centred on the Saanich peninsula within Greater Victoria. This pole is situated within the recent Dockside Green development on former industrial lands that had once been the site of a major Songhees village. The pole and associated signage commemorates this history, and you can find out more also at this link which discusses historic maps of this area. The location is on the west shore of the harbour between the Johnson and Bay Street Bridges and can be seen on the map that I keep of my posts about markers like this one that honour First Nations in the Victoria area.
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Kelp Adrift
Kelp viewed from the Johnson Street bridge. I was out with the wide-angle lens to document more of the slow dismantling of the rail bridge. The light was strong, even harsh and many of my photos are difficult to make something of.
Beach Wood
More of the waves on the beach in front of Beacon Hill Park, taken just east of a staircase that leads down to the beach from which I previously featured Beach Curtain and Beach Cloud, taken on the same day. These are long exposures to smooth out the waves.
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Cloud Pool
What am I going to do when these little pools or puddles dry up in the late spring? They add so much to the bedrock outcrops on Harling Point, especially at dawn when the light is so nice.
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In The Groove
In the foreground is a glacial striation, formed by hard rocks being dragged across the surface of the bedrock like enormously coarse sandpaper. In the background is Sahsima, the transformer stone on Harling Point, lit by the sunrise. Geologists refer to Sahsima as a glacial erratic, and suggest that this granite stone was carried in ice all the way from the mainland north of Vancouver.
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