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Posted: 15 May 2017

Taken: 04 May 2017

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1/125 • f/9.0 • 260.0 mm • ISO 200 •

PENTAX K-50

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Lat, Lng:  -31.753708, 159.255368
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Address:  Australia

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Ball's Pyramid

Ball's Pyramid
Sitting some 20km to the SE of Lord Howe Island, Ball's Pyramid rises 561M from the ocean. It is all that remains of an island formed by volcanism about 6.5 million years ago. Discovered in 1788 by Lt Lidgbird Ball (hence the name) it was unclimbed until 1965.

Nouchetdu38, slgwv, Berny, Malik Raoulda and 11 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 tiabunna
tiabunna club has replied
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It is indeed, Pam.
7 years ago.
 tiabunna
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Thanks very much, Tess.
7 years ago.
 slgwv
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I wonder if it's a volcanic neck--the congealed lava left in the throat of the volcano, which is much more resistant to erosion than the rest of the edifice. Shiprock, New Mexico is an example; except it doesn't rise directly out of the sea!
7 years ago.
 tiabunna
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I'd think that is very likely, Steve.
7 years ago.
 slgwv
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It occurred to me it looks a lot like Shiprock, which motivated me to dig this out of the archives:
www.ipernity.com/doc/289859/44853294
That partly submerged ridge ending at the nubbin to the right in your photo could be one of the radial dikes.
7 years ago. Edited 7 years ago.

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