By Vladimir Brezina
Ailsa’s travel-themed photo challenge this week is Stone.
Kayaking along the glaciated shores of Long Island, Block Island, and Cape Cod, it’s hard to miss the many glacial erratic boulders that dot the shoreline. Some are cool green stones awash in the sea. Others, more exposed, are the favorite perches of cormorants and human fishermen…
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Cape Cod Bay
North Shore of Long Island
Elizabeth Islands
North Shore of Long Island
North Shore of Long Island
Elizabeth Islands
North Shore of Long Island
North Shore of Long Island
Elizabeth Islands
North Shore of Long Island
North Shore of Long Island
North Shore of Long Island
North Shore of Long Island
North Shore of Long Island
North Shore of Long Island
Vladimir Brezina (RIP) 
Johna Till Johnson
Wind Against Current 
I love your photography! These are gorgeous shots. Thank you for sharing!
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You are most welcome—thank you!!
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Stunning photographs. The rock (stone) outcrops give the sea/sky a haunting quality.
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… and they make kayaking along miles of otherwise featureless coastline much more interesting! ;-)
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Those moss(kelp?) covered stones are neat! I woudn’t have guessed anything green could live on coastal erratic rocks like that. I’ll have to keep an eye for ’em out next time I’m on the water. Beautiful shots, as always.
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Neither moss (although similar in appearance), which wouldn’t live in salt water, nor kelp—just algae, short green seaweed… Lots of it just below and at the waterline. Basically, not the green of land, but the green of the sea.
Thanks!! :-)
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Yes, algae. That would explain their vibrant green. You captured it well.
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I love this post. The sea is so important for us humans.
All the best,
Hanna
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Thanks, Hanna! :-)
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Looks like a great paddle. Thanks for sharing
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Collected from quite a few paddles… thanks!!
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Wow!!! Especially the last shot! Beautiful rocks.
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Thanks, Amy!!
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Beautiful photographs. Love your blog.
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Thanks so much!! :-)
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I love your photos!!!
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:-) :-)
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Lovely, just lovely! I loved every photo.
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Thank you so much, Randee! :-)
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The ocean is a magical place..no matter where in the world!
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It is indeed! :-)
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I love that your perspective (not surprisingly) sees these stones from sea-level. They seem so lost, and so beautiful.
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Erratic boulders… they are lost :-)
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Birds always seem to find stones to rest on. :)
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Cormorants, at least, seem to prefer certain of these isolated rocks, on which they all congregate…
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I’m so glad you’re brave enough to take your camera kayaking! The photos, as usual, are beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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No need to be brave—this camera is waterproof!
Thanks!! :-)
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Magical shots! What a beautiful world! Thanks for sharing.
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You are most welcome—thank you!!
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Ever feel like standing at the front of the kayak and shouting ‘I’m on top of the world!’ ?
Kidding. These are fabulous!
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Shouting takes too much energy ;-) At the end of the day, it’s a complicated feeling—a mix of relief from tension after having landed safely, but at the same time regret that the day’s paddle is over, and the less pleasant chores of setting up camp are awaiting…
Thanks!!
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Fascinating, especially that you can get out on them. I can imagine primitive people thinking these must be left over from the gods, somehow.
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You can get out on some of them, but most of the time there wouldn’t be much point. The one from which the two guys were fishing might be an exception—it was pretty far out, off a point, in current where fish might hang out… like being in a boat offshore :-)
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Breathtaking!
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:-) Thank you!!
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Beautiful photos! :)
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Thank you!! :-)
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Reblogged this on blogagaini.
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Thanks for reblogging!
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Some stones!! ;-)
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Indeed! ;-)
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It looks like I missed this when it was first published but I really like this gallery.
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Thanks!!
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I would have called them “moss”-covered rocks, but you already explained they are “alga rocks” – those are my favorite rocks! I saw lots of those green tinged rocks along the Scottish coast, for the first time. Interesting to see them here as well…
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All over the world, I should think :-)
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