Saturday, November 16, 2024

Pic(k) of the Week: Hiking summit's edge

Hiking summit's edge

In morning, two hike the summit of Arabia Mountain: DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. 20 October 2024.

Composed primarily of granite-gneiss migmatite rock, Arabia Mountain is a monadnock —"an isolated small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain." Its almost barren summit sits 955 feet (290 m) above sea level but rises only 172 feet (52 m) above the surrounding countryside of pine and hardwood woodlands.


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Saturday, November 09, 2024

Pic(k) of the Week: Mountain Lake (from Arabia Mountain)

Mountain Lake (from Arabia Mountain)

The prosaically-named Mountain Lake is a reservoir created during 20th-century quarrying of granite, gneiss, and migmatite on Arabia Mountain, a monadnock in DeKalb County, Georgia, in southeastern United States.

Here, the lake is seen in mid autumn on 19 October 2024, looking down from a southeastern slope of the mountain. (Some of the rocky outcrop can be seen in the foreground.)


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Saturday, November 02, 2024

Pic(k) of the Week: The deejay & the muralist

The deejay & the muralist

Overhead, a vaping deejay spins as, below, a climbing muralist paints.

As seen during the East Atlanta Strut, a street festival in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. 28 September 2024.

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Saturday, October 26, 2024

Pic(k) of the Week: Taking a break

Taking a break

During a busy street festival, a waiter takes a break from restaurant service, around back.

East Atlanta Strut: Atlanta (East Atlanta Village), Georgia, USA. 28 September 2024.

The East Atlanta Strut, always on the fourth Saturday in September, combines a parade, a street festival with live music, artists' markets, and a 'porchfest' to show off the entire neighborhood. East Atlanta also has a thriving business district, with restaurants, bars, and shops showing off more local music and art.

Since its inception in 1988, the East Atlanta Strut has been completely run by volunteers. That allows the Strut to return 100% of its profits to the community. More than $100,000 has been donated in just the last few years — for programs that assist the unhoused, groups that feed people, organizations that help keep our longtime neighbors in their homes, and to support our local fire station and library, pet rescue groups, child mentoring groups, local schools, arts organizations, and neighborhood beautification projects.


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Saturday, October 19, 2024

Pic(k) of the Week: Sunrise over St. Johns Pier

Sunrise over St. Johns Pier

End-of-summer sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean.

St. Johns Ocean & Fishing Pier: St. Augustine Beach, Florida, USA. 3 September 2024 (7:23 am EDT).

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