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Fishing in HaLong Bay
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One of many fishing vessels which use the tranquil waters of Halong Bay which has almost 2000 islands in the surroundings. Early morning mist still hangs over the islands in the background.
What is 'Karst' limestone landscape?
It’s the technical term for a highly distinctive form of weathered limestone dominated by rounded conelike hills or steep or vertical sided ‘towers’. Although fengling (cone) and fengcong (tower) karst are different in appearance, they are sequential stages of a long process of formation. Fengcong towers developed from fengling cones that were steepened by water table undercutting.
The entire process required three key elements to coexist over millions of years:
a very deep layer of high-quality limestone (the limestone beds in Ha Long Bay are well over a kilometre thick)
continuous warm wet weather
slow, steady tectonic uplift – around a millimetre a year
The only area in the world where these requirements were fully satisfied was Southeast Asia, and particularly in what is now the Guangxi province of southern China and in Vietnam.
Source: www.haivenu-vietnam.com/pop-karst-formation.htm |
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Hello Murray! Amazing seascape. Wonderful mountains. Interesting ship. Good lightness, very nice colours. Good sshot. Well done!
- chrisJ
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Hi Murray
Just arrived back in Brisvegas from Hawaii last week. It's hot here! I like the flattened perspective from the zoom. Another superb shot from Ha Long Bay. Tfs!
Brings back memories. So, you were here Thanksgiving 08??? Lucky you
Textbook composition here Murray, nice delivery of subject. Perhaps a little adjustment in the highlights to brighten the image overall?
Rew
Hello ones more, Murray.
The fishing boat comes out in the mist, quite well.
When you had more Kb's added to this upload, sure the quality had become better, now its only 66 Kb.
Preparing a picture for upload with Photofilter. com (free to use) will solve that problem.
Cheers my friend.
Jan
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wow on the perfect blend of the blues. sublte and flowing. well framed. has any enhancing been done?
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Hi Murray, wonderful view of this boat in a fine composition.
Imressive shot indeed.
TFS and cheers,
Bayram
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