Dawn Shot of the Pavement in Tasman National Park. What a holiday destination :) Woke at 3am from hobart to drive out here for sunrise - no sun , just a bit of cloud, a bit of purple and a bit of light

The Tessellated Pavement in Tasmania consists of two types of formations, the pan formation, and the loaf formation.

The pan formation is a series of concave depressions in the rock, and typically forms further away from the seashore. As a result, this part of the pavement dries out more at low tide, and allows salt crystals to develop further, resulting in salt forming on the surface, and eroding the surface more quickly than at the joints. As a result, the surface of the "pans" erodes more quickly, while the joints erode more slowly, resulting in the concave pan.

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First shot of the morning with a very long exposure hoping for some natural to tone the image - slightly disappointed but not too badly :)

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Tessellated pavement

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Early morning during a break in the snow storm at Cradle Mountain on our first day there. Spectacular sight.

Dove Lake takes about 1hour to walk from Waldheim in the snow. Meant for one of many early starts to our days in Tasmania.

(Wiki Entry)
Cradle Mountain is a distinctive mountain in the Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Rising to 1,545 metres above sea level it is one of the principal tourist sites in Tasmania, owing to its natural beauty. The mountain is composed of dolerite columns, similar to many of the other mountains in the area.

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Dove Lake Boat Shed at dawn.
Bad weather only permitted a few shots at this and the lighting was not forgiving.
3 Shot HDR on this one +2 0 -2.
Non HDR looks pretty similar anyway : Best viewed large for detail

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