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A Touch of Autumn (3)

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Adele D. Oliver

Community Manager, Lotusland, Canada

A Touch of Autumn (3)

at the Skookumchuck Rapadis ... a 5km walk (and 5 km back) from our anchorage at Egmont...

Skookumchuck Narrows forms the entrance of Sechelt Inlet on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast .
Each day, tides force large amounts of seawater through the narrows—200 billion US gallons (760,000,000 m3) of water on a 3-metre (9.8 ft) tide. The difference in water levels on either side of the rapids can exceed 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height. Current speeds can exceed 16 knots (30 km/h),[1] up to 17.68 knots (32.74 km/h).[2] Although it is sometimes claimed to be the fastest tidal rapids in the world,[3] Norway's Saltstraumen reaches speeds of 20 knots (37 km/h).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skookumchuck_Narrows

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LOULOU44 12/10/2014 10:15
SUPERBE, bravo.
Amitiés,
Louis
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alexander stefanatos 04/10/2014 22:31
Wonderful three levelled picture merging automn foliage,sea and forests in background. Wonderful colours.
best regards alexander
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Frederick Mann 04/10/2014 18:09

delightful picture... very
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Bea Herzberg 02/10/2014 0:37
That's the way I like autumn!
Hugs
Bea
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chantal Montmasson in Ghiroldi 01/10/2014 22:21
Molto bella ! Ciao
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lolita cecilia 01/10/2014 21:59
Muy buen encuadre de una fantástica fotografía...
Magnífica la atmósfera captada...
Un abrazo Adele
Lola
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Lawson McCulloch 01/10/2014 21:18
I like very much your use of the autumn colours in the framing of the rapids.
best wishes,
Lawson
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MICHAEL stüben 01/10/2014 19:03
it seems like the days we left Vancouver Island.....
with fog on the broken shield islands...

and later on a white cover on Bowen on our last morning

Michael
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Mirjam Burer 01/10/2014 16:31
a very beautiful scene , the branches as a great natural frame and the soft background with the water and fog add to a special autumn mood, big compliment Adele
lg, Mirjam
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alberto16-menuder 01/10/2014 16:12
solo applausi
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Jochen Braband 01/10/2014 15:28
Das ist ein wunderschönes Herbstfoto
mit einem natürlichen Bilderrahmen,
der den Blick auf die hohen Wellen lenkt.
Durch den Nebel wirkt das Ganze sehr
geheimnisvoll!
Alles Gute, Jochen
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YVES Lr 01/10/2014 12:30
De la brume, des vagues et, au premier plan, des feuilles d'automne qui apportent une teinte vive dans ce paysage typiquement du nord... C'est d'une beauté envoûtante. On sent le vent et l'humidité nous pénétrer, en savourant le plaisir d'allumer tout à l'heure un feu sur la plage ou de regagner la cabine bien chauffée de notre bateau!
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Markus 4 01/10/2014 10:12
sehr schoene Herbstfarben
Habedieehre
Markus
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María de la Rosa 01/10/2014 9:12
EXCELENTE!!!!
+++++
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s. sabine krause 01/10/2014 8:56
playing ping-pong with the ways, the two autum-colored shrubs – or so it seems… ; ) what a beautiful dynamic and moody landscape shot! and very interesting, the facts about the exciting skookumchuck narrows. found out that the name is chinook jargon. love the onomatopoetic ring of it: skookum chuck – powerful water! sounds like an ice bucket challenge in full swing… ; ))) hugs, sabine.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skookumchuck
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