17 December 2019

Steep and Rocky

Beachcroft Trail, Champlain Mountain, Acadia National Park

... each step is a reminder of the turbulent geological times...

   Granite rocks have seen it all in their long life...
   Born deep down in the Earth's crust, under extreme pressure... and, at some point,
       pushed onto the surface and scrapped to the basics by glaciers ...
   Their crystals are coloring the ridges they helped create...
   ... attracting lichens, mosses, leafy minors... and finally, trees... looking for these slight cracks
       which, with time, become soil-filled pools of life...

... into the clouds...

Beachcroft Trail: ... each step...

Beachcroft Trail: ...

Beachcroft Trail: ... a reminder of the turbulent geological times...

Beachcroft Trail: ... and the life these granite rocks sustain...

Beachcroft Trail: ...

Beachcroft Trail: ...

Beachcroft Trail: ...

Beachcroft Trail: ... born deep down in the Earth's crust...

Beachcroft Trail: ... and, at some point, pushed onto the surface...

Beachcroft Trail: ... their crystals...

Beachcroft Trail: ... coloring the ridges they helped create...

Beachcroft Trail: ... attracting lichens, mosses, leafy minors...

Beachcroft Trail: ...

Beachcroft Trail: ... and trees...

Beachcroft Trail: ... looking for these slight cracks...

Beachcroft Trail: ... which become soil-filled pools of life...

Beachcroft Trail: ... all welcoming...

Beachcroft Trail: ... on these steep trails...

Beachcroft Trail: ...

Beachcroft Trail: ... with stops...

Beachcroft Trail: ... and views...

Beachcroft Trail: ... with sliding glaciers...

Beachcroft Trail: ... into the clouds...