Monday 5 March 2012

A brighter shade of grey



I usually think of gritstone as being a moderately dull grey colour but the broken rocks around Millstone Quarry reminded me that it is actually a harder form of sandstone and, as such, has a rich range of colour.


Here, enhanced by the algae :)






7 comments:

  1. Amazing ! this rock has rainbow colors !

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  2. Wow. Never seen a rainbow rock. Amazing!
    Tina @ Life is Good
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  3. Once again, nature has put together a perfect colour pallet. ~ Maureen

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  4. Polly Krome's been petrified

    Amazing what you notice when (if) we take the time to stop, consciously look and actually see isn't it =D

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  5. lovely colours! I just received a PPS with a series of rock pictures with matching insects!

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  6. I think that the more we look at rocks and stones the more colours we see in them Helen.

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