Basin of Audhn

by morpheus71

A mossy ancient rock basin on the granite walls of the Aune gorge, upstream of Shipley Bridge on Dartmoor

Rock basins are a product of localised weathering and are formed when weak feldspar crystals are split by the frost along their cleavages. This loosens small fragments which are later blown away by the wind thus leaving a small hollow. The process continues and gradually the hollow expands outwards and downwards. Water fills the hollow and then freezes, upon thawing more fragments are eroded which once again are blown away by the wind.


The name Aune is derived from Old Norse word au(dh)n - meaning ‘wasteland’, or a ‘desolate place’ - which fits the description of the source of this river - in a bleak and boggy mire to the west of Ryder’s Hill, high on the southern side of the moors, rather well.



Pentax K-X
Pentax 18-55mm SMC/ DAL lens
Manfrotto 190XProB tripod
Manfrotto 498RC2 panoramic ball-head
Cromatek circular polarizer

Aperture = f/8
Exposure durations = 1 second
Focal length = 18mm
ISO = 200
Manual mode

Made on 10th November 2013
Uploaded17/01/2014 - 00:35
CategoryLandscape / Travel
Shutter Speed1 sec
Aperturef/8
LensN/A
ISO200
Focal Length18mm

GIULIO57
Posted 17/01/2014 - 06:43 Link
I do like it
PPG
nonur
Posted 17/01/2014 - 07:45 Link
Wonderful info for the interesting phenomenon and beautiful capture, Phil.
Regards,
Nezih
morpheus71
Posted 17/01/2014 - 14:38 Link
Thanks very much to Giulio and Nezih for your encouraging comments on this one
autumnlight
Posted 17/01/2014 - 16:43 Link
Your pictures inspire me, a beautiful Autumnal capture.
tyronet2000
Posted 17/01/2014 - 18:57 Link
Agree with all the above comments
Regards
Stan

PPG
Teaka53
Posted 18/01/2014 - 17:54 Link
tyronet2000 wrote:
Agree with all the above comments

Me too
Malc
morpheus71
Posted 19/01/2014 - 02:50 Link
Many Thanks indeed to Maria, Stan and Malc

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