Posted in Adventures, Canada, Caves, Caving in Ontario, Interesting, Life, My Book, Nature/Outdoors, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, Travel, adventure in Ontario, bizzare, caves in Ontario, caving, crazy things, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, hiking, my life, nature, ontario, photos, picture of, rocks in Ontario, rockwatching, searching for caves, sports, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, wierd on June 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Canadian Cavers explore a tunnel in solid marble
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So very unlike the province’s limestone and dolostone - marble has an entirely different feel - wearing differently and looking different. Most immediatly noticeable are the flowing striations - a telltale clue as to the rock’s metamorphic past.
In the above photo Donald of [...]
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What on earth is behind the tunnel blockage ?
IMG_6794, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Well - not quite but the strange stoppage at the end of the tunnel kind of reminds me of pictures that I have seen of Castleguard Cave’s terminus beneath a glacier.
Here Jeff poses at the end of the tunnel - just a short [...]
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Is the rock oozing blood?
IMG_6799, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Jeff examines the roof within and brings to my attention the oddly stained speleothems. We wondered as to whether the rock was this color due to natural iron pigments in the rock or was it some kind of pollutant leaching from the surface? I recall hearing of [...]
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We were uncertain as to the purpose of the shafts - but we hoped to soon find out.
IMG_6798, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Following in along the tunnel we negotiated a sloppy stream. The water was quite cold and a little smelly. It looks like there was once a narrow gague rail line that had run along [...]
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Exploration of old shafts down near Niagara Falls.
IMG_6782, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
To our great surprise we found two shafts that ran into the side of the gorge - needless to say, we were equiped with lighting as we had come to find caves and so we followed in to investigate.
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The rock at Decew Falls
IMG_6779, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
Because of its thickness, the elevation and the placement of shales beneath the rock I had long suspected the Decew Formation to be a likely cave forming strata. Sadly today’s trip to Decew Falls proved me wrong but all was not lost as the geology was interesting and [...]
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Caving in Ontario - Geology and the north
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Cornelie Dinkel, a Quebec caver from the Niebelungen Cave Club visited this beautiful Ontario cave recently and with her kind permission I am posting these pictures.
As I am sure you will surmise the rock is not limestone – in fact it is typical of [...]
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Posted in Adventures, Bancroft gemboree, Caves, Caving in Ontario, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Ontario's geology, Personal, Photography, Travel, adventure in Ontario, backpacking, bizzare, caves in Ontario, caving, collecting rocks near Bancroft, crazy things, creepy places, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, my life, nature, photos, picture of, searching for caves, sports, strange places, tunnels, underground, underground Ontario, wierd on June 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A tunnel that I am yet to explore.
IMG_1243, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This is a great spot near Bancroft. An abandoned road runs northwards - an old settlers road - and though you can drive part of the way in your car, it soon degenerates to supposedly become impassable.
Just before an old cemetary there is a [...]
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Posted in Bancroft gemboree, Education, Interesting, Life, Nature/Outdoors, Photography, Rocks & Gems, Travel, articles, bizzare, collecting rocks near Bancroft, environment, fossils, gemology, gems, gemstones, geology, looking for gems, my life, nature, photos, picture of, rock collecting, rockhounding, rockhounding in Ontario, rocks in Ontario, science, wierd on June 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Natural treasure
gemboree1 018, originally uploaded by Mic2006.
This ancient creature is immortalized in pyrite - a guy at the Bancroft Gemboree was selling several such relics.
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Posted in Adventures, Caves, Gibraltar, Nature/Outdoors, Personal, Photography, Travel, adventures in Europe, backpacking, bizzare, climbing, crazy things, environment, exploration, extreme sports, geography, geology, my life, nature, people, photos, picture of, sports, strange places, wierd on June 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
free climbing cliffs above the ocean - when sitting on the beach and drinking wine became boring.
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Here is a post from my other site - “thetravelnet.org”, it is rock related …
“Here I am one sunny afternoon climbing the cliffs at the edge of Camp Bay in Gibraltar. The peninsula [...]
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