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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Cathy Middleton
Oooh I really love this one. Fantastic colour and movement, and those rocks are awesome.
Antoine Dagobert
Love the blues hues here..great movement on the water..Fantastic all around Sir!
mohammed
awesome work i like this !! :)
Lucindawind
stunning !
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
Love the lines and composition in this – great shot!
Travis Easton
The gorgious velvety water really makes this one fly Dawson, love it.
Miron Abramovici
Superb image, Mike!
Gary Beeler
Beautiful and amazing.
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
this perfect too
cdwork
Beautiful! Have seen a few of these lately – this is awesome! Love the movement in the water and the sky
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
This is awesome Mike! The foreground is very interesting, almost seems like nature laid itself out in an unusal pose for you :)
Sheryl Kasper
Wow, amazing natural patterns and gorgeous photo.
Alecia Scott
Wow this is beautiful
Vicky Brago-Mi...
Wonderful and beautiful mist and colors!!
AnaCBStudio
Excellent…beautiful colors and textures
Sharon Hammond
I’ve seen other images of this place but I think this is up there with the best
John Wright
Amazing series of images you made here. I love the smoky water. How long was your exposure?
Christina Vasi...
very beautiful shot! love the science lesson too!
John Pitman
Magic lighting on the rocks Mike and love the swirls of water on the fg rock. John
Ken Fortie
Wonderful work. Solid geometric shapes mixed with the free flowing water. Well done.
Irene Burdell
Fantastic work ,beautiful colours and formations.
Hans Kawitzki
one of the best I have seen from this area.
Cheryl Ribeiro
absolutely beautiful, so many wonderful elements, the colour the composition, the swirls…
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
The colours are striking, but the milky look of the flowing water between the “pavement” makes this shot. Brilliant capture.
wellman
a rather fine image indeed !
Steven Agius
Excellent capture Mike.
JudyBJ
wow,absolutely spectacular
Steve Bulford
Great image mate, love all your work!!!
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
THIS IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!
Krys Bailey
Gorgeous Mike! Great use of that weird terrain and wonderful wispy water! Great depth and colours!
Stuart Chapman
Love the textures in the foreground and the overall blue hue of the water as it shimmies across the rocks.
Dave Law
Beautiful shot, I love the colours and tones.
Craig Hender
Stunning shot, and an amazing act of nature! Thankyou for the lesson, very interesting.
shaz
Absolutely amazing Mike… excellent tones..
EvaMcDermott
Amazing!
Klaudy Krbata
impressive work!
Curtiss Simpson
Lovely patterns and color, beautiful photography love it !!!
MattTworkowski
Love those blues mate,superbly captured
Annika Strömgren
Wow, this is absolutely amazing!!
mikrin
Awesome work Mike! It looks very mystical!!
Patricia L. Ba...
Beautiful as always,Dawson. The writing is an extra bonus.
linskudd
Super image. So very beautiful.
Ann Garrett
Another gem Mike
Mar Silva
This is beautiful!
waitin' for ra...
stunning blocks !! love the motion of water a lot !
Jay Ryser
Fantastic capture
Nikki Mulkern
This is stunning, the colours are so beautiful!!!!
Sarah261226
wonderful – I like the perspective too, there’s a great sense of depth to it
Heather Rivet...
wow amazing well done
Nira Dabush
AMAZING!
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
gorgeous
Steve Chapple
Fantastic work Mike, these are some of the best images I have ever seen of this location, exceptional outcome!
JayVee
Beautifully captured the soft flow of the water Mike.
Andy Harris
Excellent work Mike… gorgeous blue colour!
Linda Jackson
Mike, this is a great place, and a wonderful picture! Take care, Linda
lightsmith
how do you find them?
how do you capture them?
sigh just fantastic mike!
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
Sensational shot!
Gustav Nordlund
Amazing shot, really well captured.
Per E. Gunnarsen
Gorgeous!
naturelover
Wow! this is awesome!
Ellen
Beautiful!!
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
gorgeous – love the swirling water in the foreground. wonderful work :]
Paul Swiatkowski
Beautiful, your work never ceases to amaze me!
SURYADI MAX
Beautiful and amazing.
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
Awesome!
Mariaan Krog
Very unusual formations! An excellent photo as always!
Holly Werner
Incredibly beautiful.
supercamel
Wow. This is incredible!
engride
Lovely work Dawson :D
amarica
Wonderful work Dawson
richiedean
Stunningly beautiful …...
sbphotography
Stunning work Mike! Hopefully will get to photograph these one day myself!!
Optimalxpozure
Brilliant!
Ian Cox
Love it!!
Ellen Einkauf
this is so incredibly beautiful!
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
That is just BRILLIANT.
Davide Montell...
These rock formations seems hand-made. Nature is perfection at work. Fantastic photo.
Your images are always stunning!
Peter Daalder
Gosh, you do get around a lot!
Nice to see this geological feature in a portrait format.
tasadam
Looks familiar… You do get around!
Tibby Steedly
This photo is absolutely gorgeous. I love all your photography, but the ocean shots are my favorites!
stephanie clifton
i trust that your health reflects the beauty that you experience? again thanks. your images are all breathtaking!
Bonnie Blanton
wow, this is stunning!
William Harri...
Very amazing!!!
Devalyn Marshall
Beautiful!
kevin smith sk...
A good and interesting composition. Mike in an abstact mood.
Thanks for the comment.
Laurie Search
Amazing patterns and textures!!!
Sharon Mau
It is so beautiful Mike!
rodeorose
Hats off again.
Jason Tolland
wow, just wow, couldn’t ask for much better then this
hugh023 26 days ago
Lovely!! . . .