Broken Hill - a photo on Flickriver

Broken Hill

            With its Lindavista caprock eroded away (remnants in lower right hand corner), the underlying softer Torrey sandstone, a remnant of sandbars from ~ 50 million years ago, weathers away easily, producing lovely fluted patterns accentuated here by the angle of sunlight hitting it.

Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve (only 3 square miles in area) is mostly surrounded by exurban development, a major golf course, and the Pacific Ocean.  The reserve’s namesake is one of the rarest pines in the world- the Torrey pine (Pinus torreyana), which occurs in scattered patches in the reserve (two trees of the total ~9000 in the wild seen here) and on Santa Rosa Island, although they are also planted as ornamentals.  Torrey pines are named for the 19th century American botanist John Torrey, who provided many of the first scientific descriptions of plants of the southwestern US.  Torrey pines are classified as an endangered species, threatened by habitat loss and climate change coupled with bark beetles (outbreak in the early 2000's) and fire.

Taken in: United States / California / Del Mar Heights (show map)

Taken on: January 10, 2020

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Torrey pines

Pinus torreyana

Torrey pines state natural reserve

Pacific Ocean

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Sets appears in: • Patterns & Chaos in Nature

Groups appears in: • The American Southwest • Landscape photography more » • Landscape Exploration • Nature and Landscapes • Red Rock « less

Camera: Sony DSC-RX100, f/11.0, 1/125 sec, 11.9mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-RX100
Lens:	28-100mm F1.8-4.9
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	11.9mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.1 (Macintosh)
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