Location Taken: Western Newfoundland
Time Taken: July 2012
Hmmm… The mountains of Newfoundland, they’re quite different from the Canadian Rockies, aren’t they…
Much shorter, for one. Especially if you measure from sea level. The plain in the photo is only a few feet above the nearby ocean, after all. That lake’s probably at almost exactly the same level. By some standards, these would barely count as mountains at all.
This steep slope also has more green and less plants than the ones I’ve been posting the last few days. Main difference is that those aren’t trees. There’s shrubs, and certainly grass and other similar plants, but that’s not at all tree territory. Too northern, too rocky, too steep, too windy. Only reason it has plants at all is because there’s a lot of moisture slamming into it from the strong winds coming from the ocean.
These are also rather old structures, unlike the geologically young Rockies. The elements have worn them down for millions of years, until only the strong layers remain. This is not rock that will go gently into the night. Only lots of hard work from the plants and weather will chip its surface. This is a curmudgeon of a mountain, standing strong against everything.
