PEI Sandstone washing away

[iMac]

[snaarman]

Re: PEI Sandstone washing away

An interesting subject. I wonder how it would look on a foggy morning in monochrome? Do you get foggy mornings??

Pete

[iMac]

Re: PEI Sandstone washing away

Thanks for the comment Pete, well it is rare that we get fog, I know that may sound odd for living on a island but that's just the way it is most of the time, we may get some fog a couple times a year (Spring/Fall) time frame.

I also see some artifacts in this image that I didn't notice when I up loaded, this is a HDR made up of 5 images and done in Adobe CS5, and I had this issue with some others I did in CS5 and re-done in Photomatix and they were fine. I will have to redo this one and re-upload later this evening.

[cinders]

Re: PEI Sandstone washing away

What age is the sandstone? It looks a bit like the Triassic stuff we have here in South Wales - but a bit softer so possibly much younger?

Sorry for being a boring geologist...

[iMac]

Re: PEI Sandstone washing away

Here is the same image done with Photomatix and then Lightroom 2.6



cinders - I have no idea, but PEI is pretty well all sandstone, which is why we have the red soil I guess.

[cinders]

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I had a quick look on the internet - and it seems to be just slightly older than the South Wales red sandstones. Partially Permian with Triassic on top - so no dinosaur footprints - but loads of plant fossils instead.

Looks nice. I've always wanted to visit the island.

[wanderer]

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I saw the brown layer in the sea in one of your other photos and wondered if it was erosion.
I presume that there is still a fair amount of Canada left.

[iMac]

Re: PEI Sandstone washing away

I had a quick look on the internet - and it seems to be just slightly older than the South Wales red sandstones. Partially Permian with Triassic on top - so no dinosaur footprints - but loads of plant fossils instead.

Looks nice. I've always wanted to visit the island.

Thanks Cindy for the little science lesson our coast line is quite different on each side, with the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the North side and Northumberland Strait on the South side, warmer waters on the South side but better beaches on the North side. It is a wonderful place between June - Sept/Oct. but the winters here can be bitter cold and lots of snow, so if you ever do get a chance to visit make it in the June to Sept. time frame and you will be at least warm

[iMac]

Re: PEI Sandstone washing away

I saw the brown layer in the sea in one of your other photos and wondered if it was erosion.
I presume that there is still a fair amount of Canada left.

Well we loose a good bit of our shore line every winter, some years more than others but, as example a friend of mine bought a cottage on the shore line of a small bay about 10 years ago and at that time he had about 100 foot back yard to the edge of the small cliff, and a couple years ago they had to start hauling in rock and make rock wall enclosed in a mesh to help protect the bank, as they were down to under 75 feet left. The Gulf coast line looses a lot each winter, however I don't think I will have to worry about moving to the mainland for the rest of my lifetime, but I have seen a big change in some of our coast line in roughly 45 years.