tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post8629966259807101022..comments2023-12-30T05:41:12.280+13:00Comments on The Ruins of the Moment: Slope Point, Te Wai Pounamupohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-53810758039417709782009-06-14T16:14:10.356+12:002009-06-14T16:14:10.356+12:00Miguel, true. I generally feel a sense of freedom ...Miguel, true. I generally feel a sense of freedom akin to relief in places like this.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-72948594483734969372009-06-12T20:33:08.794+12:002009-06-12T20:33:08.794+12:00Reminds me of the Shetland Islands... the same spa...Reminds me of the Shetland Islands... the same spare, potentially wild vista, with that weather beaten scouring that seems to clean everything but the essential away. One reason I love such places is that they force you to look at what is important.butukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473964455146342069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-56338941915759031172009-06-12T13:34:12.308+12:002009-06-12T13:34:12.308+12:00Barbara, I'd love the opportunity to compare t...Barbara, I'd love the opportunity to compare this with an in-person view from the Cliffs of Mohr. Maybe when I win Lotto... ;^)<br /><br />Watercats, I hadn't registered the similarity with Rapanui, but you're right. The stumps even have a slight resemblance to moai. Thanks!pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-31982977962877200572009-06-12T05:14:50.837+12:002009-06-12T05:14:50.837+12:00My first reaction was; Easter Island!.... it has t...My first reaction was; Easter Island!.... it has that iconic, ancient look about it, with the stumps and horizon.. beautiful!Batteson.Indhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10846214578565824955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-73893312425217778482009-06-11T23:48:57.236+12:002009-06-11T23:48:57.236+12:00I get the same feeling looking at this vista I had...I get the same feeling looking at this vista I had looking out from atop the Cliffs of Mohr, Ireland. w.o.w.Barbara Butler McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250129625281645201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-38050650162840911712009-06-11T21:34:18.257+12:002009-06-11T21:34:18.257+12:00PurestGreen, the place has such a distinctive feel...PurestGreen, the place has such a distinctive feel, and I think this captures it reasonably well, at least in these conditions. I imagine it could get unimaginably wild at times, though — other than a few small islands, there's nothing between that horizon and Antarctica. Except, of course, icebergs, storms, albatrosses, and great heaving seas.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191028737265893759.post-21571097869919482662009-06-11T18:10:52.086+12:002009-06-11T18:10:52.086+12:00I love how the stumps and the grass give everythin...I love how the stumps and the grass give everything a sweeping, washed-out feel.PurestGreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860331983741242940noreply@blogger.com