Tesselated Twilight

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Tesselated Twilight

A bit of color and light over the odd rock formations known as the tesselated pavement along the Tasman PEninsula. The Tessellated Pavement is an inter-tidal rock platform – a common enough coastal landform. But here an unusual set of geological circumstances have resulted in a rare landform. The flat-lying siltstone was cracked by stresses in the Earth’s crust, roughly between 160 million years ago and 60 million years ago. The resulting cracks (joints) are seen as three main sets, one aligned to the north- northeast, a second to the east-northeast and the third to the north-northwest. This jointing, exaggerated by processes of erosion, has created the ‘tiled’ appearance. When seawater covers the rock platform, fragments of rock are carried away. Near the seaward edge of the platform, sand is the main cause of the erosion. When combined with wave action the erosional process causes ‘loaf’ or ‘pan’ formations.

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Tesselated Twilight by DawsonImages
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  • Cathy Middleton

    Cathy Middleton

    Oooh I really love this one. Fantastic colour and movement, and those rocks are awesome.

  • Antoine Dagobert

    Antoine Dagobert

    Love the blues hues here..great movement on the water..Fantastic all around Sir!

  • mohammed

    mohammed

    awesome work i like this !! :)

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    stunning !

  • Rosalie Dale IPA

    Rosalie Dale IPA

    Great explanation of this phenomenon Mike – we see it in various places around our Aussie coastline and it is fascinating!!! Stunning image – your usual high standard.

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    Love the lines and composition in this – great shot!

  • Travis Easton

    Travis Easton

    The gorgious velvety water really makes this one fly Dawson, love it.

  • Miron Abramovici

    Miron Abramovici

    Superb image, Mike!

  • Gary Beeler

    Gary Beeler

    Beautiful and amazing.

  • Charl045

    Charl045

    Damn I would love to have an hour session with you one on one to see how you do incredible photos such as this one!! Excellent my friend!

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    this perfect too

  • cdwork

    cdwork

    Beautiful! Have seen a few of these lately – this is awesome! Love the movement in the water and the sky

  • Robert Mullner

    Robert Mullner

    Brilliant Mike…love this shot…the colors and perspective with that awesome light…most people do the dawn thing…a very different look at this time of day…Great shot.

  • momleeb

    momleeb

    This is awesome Mike! The foreground is very interesting, almost seems like nature laid itself out in an unusal pose for you :)

  • Sheryl Kasper

    Sheryl Kasper

    Wow, amazing natural patterns and gorgeous photo.

  • Alecia Scott

    Alecia Scott

    Wow this is beautiful

  • Vicky Brago-Mitchell

    Vicky Brago-Mi...

    Wonderful and beautiful mist and colors!!

  • AnaCBStudio

    AnaCBStudio

    Excellent…beautiful colors and textures

  • Sharon Hammond

    Sharon Hammond

    I’ve seen other images of this place but I think this is up there with the best

  • John Wright

    John Wright

    Amazing series of images you made here. I love the smoky water. How long was your exposure?

  • Christina Vasilakis

    Christina Vasi...

    very beautiful shot! love the science lesson too!

  • John Pitman

    John Pitman

    Magic lighting on the rocks Mike and love the swirls of water on the fg rock. John

  • Ken Fortie

    Ken Fortie

    Wonderful work. Solid geometric shapes mixed with the free flowing water. Well done.

  • Irene  Burdell

    Irene Burdell

    Fantastic work ,beautiful colours and formations.

  • Hans Kawitzki

    Hans Kawitzki

    one of the best I have seen from this area.

  • Cheryl Ribeiro

    Cheryl Ribeiro

    absolutely beautiful, so many wonderful elements, the colour the composition, the swirls…

  • frozenfa

    frozenfa

    how did you get such wonderful colors!!!! it’s so PRETTY~! =D
    and wow.. those rocks are formed naturally?? that is so interesting.. man.. i thought it was man made then it wore out or something.. cool.. thanks for sharing such interesting info!! =D

  • Peter Zentjens

    Peter Zentjens

    The colours are striking, but the milky look of the flowing water between the “pavement” makes this shot. Brilliant capture.

  • wellman

    wellman

    a rather fine image indeed !

  • Steven  Agius

    Steven Agius

    Excellent capture Mike.

  • JudyBJ

    JudyBJ

    wow,absolutely spectacular

  • Steve Bulford

    Steve Bulford

    Great image mate, love all your work!!!

  • Patrick Morand

    Patrick Morand

    That’s incredible, before reading your description i was sure it was “man made”, and like your other seascapes, this image is awesome !

  • Aurora Pintore

    Aurora Pintore

    THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!

  • Krys Bailey

    Krys Bailey

    Gorgeous Mike! Great use of that weird terrain and wonderful wispy water! Great depth and colours!

  • Stuart Chapman

    Stuart Chapman

    Love the textures in the foreground and the overall blue hue of the water as it shimmies across the rocks.

  • Dave Law

    Dave Law

    Beautiful shot, I love the colours and tones.

  • Craig Hender

    Craig Hender

    Stunning shot, and an amazing act of nature! Thankyou for the lesson, very interesting.

  • shaz

    shaz

    Absolutely amazing Mike… excellent tones..

  • EvaMcDermott

    EvaMcDermott

    Amazing!

  • Klaudy Krbata

    Klaudy Krbata

    impressive work!

  • Curtiss Simpson

    Curtiss Simpson

    Lovely patterns and color, beautiful photography love it !!!

  • MattTworkowski

    MattTworkowski

    Love those blues mate,superbly captured

  • Annika Strömgren

    Annika Strömgren

    Wow, this is absolutely amazing!!

  • mikrin

    mikrin

    Awesome work Mike! It looks very mystical!!

  • Patricia L. Ballard

    Patricia L. Ba...

    Beautiful as always,Dawson. The writing is an extra bonus.

  • linskudd

    linskudd

    Super image. So very beautiful.

  • Ann Garrett

    Ann Garrett

    Another gem Mike

  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva

    This is beautiful!

  • waitin' for rain .

    waitin' for ra...

    stunning blocks !! love the motion of water a lot !

  • Jay Ryser

    Jay Ryser

    Fantastic capture

  • Nikki Mulkern

    Nikki Mulkern

    This is stunning, the colours are so beautiful!!!!

  • Sarah261226

    Sarah261226

    wonderful – I like the perspective too, there’s a great sense of depth to it

  • Heather  Rivet  IPA

    Heather Rivet...

    wow amazing well done

  • Nira Dabush

    Nira Dabush

    AMAZING!

  • Lenka

    Lenka

    Wow, even better… Attractive colors, perfectly chosen point of view with great leading lines, not speaking about long exposure generating lovely misty effect of moving water, and (not to forget) interesting description :) It really looks like a pavement! Thanks for sharing and adding all the information!

  • Heloisa Castro

    Heloisa Castro

    gorgeous

  • Steve Chapple

    Steve Chapple

    Fantastic work Mike, these are some of the best images I have ever seen of this location, exceptional outcome!

  • JayVee

    JayVee

    Beautifully captured the soft flow of the water Mike.

  • Andy Harris

    Andy Harris

    Excellent work Mike… gorgeous blue colour!

  • Linda Jackson

    Linda Jackson

    Mike, this is a great place, and a wonderful picture! Take care, Linda

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith

    how do you find them?
    how do you capture them?
    sigh just fantastic mike!

  • Kimberly Palmer

    Kimberly Palmer

    Now you have 1 more view. he he

    This is beyond words. Wow, love the details of the water in the crevices, the color, the sky, everything is top notch, as always.

  • Benjamin Scheurer

    Benjamin Scheurer

    Sensational shot!

  • Gustav Nordlund

    Gustav Nordlund

    Amazing shot, really well captured.

  • Per E. Gunnarsen

    Per E. Gunnarsen

    Gorgeous!

  • naturelover

    naturelover

    Wow! this is awesome!

  • Ellen

    Ellen

    Beautiful!!

  • louise

    louise

    Brilliant!!
    Love the lateral water movement, following those tesselations.
    The landscape in the background, reflecting the warm rays
    of the setting sun…
    A most eyecatching image Mike

  • Carl Osbourn

    Carl Osbourn

    gorgeous – love the swirling water in the foreground. wonderful work :]

  • Paul Swiatkowski

    Paul Swiatkowski

    Beautiful, your work never ceases to amaze me!

  • SURYADI MAX

    SURYADI MAX

    Beautiful and amazing.

  • Louise Cooke

    Louise Cooke

    love the structure of the grid pattern with the flowing movement of water – wonderful capture and hope you enjoyed your Aussie trip :)

  • estrada

    estrada

    Awesome!

  • Mariaan Krog

    Mariaan Krog

    Very unusual formations! An excellent photo as always!

  • Holly Werner

    Holly Werner

    Incredibly beautiful.

  • supercamel

    supercamel

    Wow. This is incredible!

  • engride

    engride

    Lovely work Dawson :D

  • amarica

    amarica

    Wonderful work Dawson

  • richiedean

    richiedean

    Stunningly beautiful …...

  • sbphotography

    sbphotography

    Stunning work Mike! Hopefully will get to photograph these one day myself!!

  • Optimalxpozure

    Optimalxpozure

    Brilliant!

  • Ian Cox

    Ian Cox

    Love it!!

  • Ellen Einkauf

    Ellen Einkauf

    this is so incredibly beautiful!

  • David Clark

    David Clark

    brilliant photo and description – thanks – I am a geologist and your description is wonderfully detailed – makes the photo even more outstanding – dave

  • Rajdev D

    Rajdev D

    That is just BRILLIANT.

  • Davide Montellanico

    Davide Montell...

    These rock formations seems hand-made. Nature is perfection at work. Fantastic photo.
    Your images are always stunning!

  • Peter Daalder

    Peter Daalder

    Gosh, you do get around a lot!
    Nice to see this geological feature in a portrait format.

  • tasadam

    tasadam

    Looks familiar… You do get around!

  • Tibby Steedly

    Tibby Steedly

    This photo is absolutely gorgeous. I love all your photography, but the ocean shots are my favorites!

  • stephanie clifton

    stephanie clifton

    i trust that your health reflects the beauty that you experience? again thanks. your images are all breathtaking!

  • Bonnie Blanton

    Bonnie Blanton

    wow, this is stunning!

  • William  Harris III

    William Harri...

    Very amazing!!!

  • Devalyn Marshall

    Devalyn Marshall

    Beautiful!

  • kevin smith skystudiohawaii

    kevin smith sk...

    A good and interesting composition. Mike in an abstact mood.
    Thanks for the comment.

  • Laurie Search

    Laurie Search

    Amazing patterns and textures!!!

  • Sharon Mau

    Sharon Mau

    It is so beautiful Mike!

  • rodeorose

    rodeorose

    Hats off again.

  • Jason Tolland

    Jason Tolland

    wow, just wow, couldn’t ask for much better then this

  • hugh023

    hugh023 26 days ago

    Lovely!! . . .

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