Out to Solitary
The last few days have been blessed with gorgeous weather and the mountains look marvellous. Here is a view I have shot before but given that followers and visitors come and go, many folk may not have seen it.
Here we are looking back into the extreme north west corner of the Jamison Valley from a position above the adjacent Megalong Valley. In the distance is an island ridge called Mt Solitary and to the left of frame is a bright geographic feature which goes by various names.
The point of land was always called "Cyclorama Point" because it used to feature spectacular 270 degree views of open space above the valley. The larger escarpment prominence was always called "Dogface". Thing is, half of it suddenly slipped into the valley one night back in 1931 leaving a sheer cliff of freshly exposed rock.
The massive jumble of rock and earth, which fell, now lies in the form of a small hill at the foot of the cliff and is simply called "The Landslide". Curiously, below Cyclorama Point is now (for all intents and purposes) a legitimate theatrical cyclorama, which receives and reflects an astonishing amount of light from the setting sun ... just as a cyclorama on stage might, in response to powerful floodlights.
Try to see this in LARGE.
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