Reynisfjara Beach is the most famous black sand beach on the South Coast of Iceland. Its beautiful black sand, powerful waves, and the nearby Reynisdrangar sea stacks make Reynisfjara a truly unique place to visit.

The reason for the sand at Reynisfjara being black is that it is formed from heavily eroded volcanic rocks (also known as extrusive igneous rocks), which are black (or obsidian) to begin with as they have been formed from cooled lava which turns black as it cools and hardens. The most well-known volcanic rock found in Iceland is basalt, but there are at least 25 different types on the island, including olivine, gabbro, rhyolite, and tholeiite.

The Reynisdrangar Columns were part of, and connected to, the Reynisfjall mountain range during the last ice age, but after long periods of harsh weathering, they have become eroded to the point where they are no longer connected and look as though they sprouted up out of the ocean on their own.

Weathering and erosion continue to reshape the Reynisdrangar Columns on a daily basis. With that in mind, they are constantly changing, so no two visits to the area will produce the exact same sights.

🇭🇰Many people doesn't know HK had a world renowned Geopark that is comparable to Canada's, with so so so many rock formations that it was enlisted by UNESCO IN 2013.
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The most accessible site is at High Island Reservoir East Dam in Sai Kung. Impressive hexagonal rock columns are widely distributed along the shore, demonstrating the formation of volcanic extrusive rocks 140 million years ago, which are of international geological significance.
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This is the only part of the park that is reachable by taxi (30mins from Sai Kung, around HK$150), and the only place where you can touch the hexagonal rock columns. The place I stood was along the shore, where you can see thousands of concrete blocks laid for breaking sea waves to protect the reservoir from natural erosion. The juxtaposition of these graphic looking concrete blocks and pipe organ looking natural hexagonal rock columns wall make the whole scenery even more surreal.
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東平洲是香港最東的一個島嶼，屬海岸保護區，而且被納入為香港世界地質公園，以「三平」(即海平、島平、石平)、「一奇」(即頁岩的奇特)見稱。全島由沉積岩組成，有很多奇岩怪石及千變萬化的海蝕地貌，其中的頁岩更被喻為「香港四大自然奇觀」。
Tung Ping Chau is the easternmost outlying island in Hong Kong, it is one of the Hong Kong Global Geoparks in Hong Kong. There are 'Three Flats and One Wonder', three flats are flat sea, flat island and flat rock, one wonder refers to famouse shale. The island is made up of sedimentary rock, it is mostly formed of extrusive igneous rocks, these rocks are Hong Kong's four famous natural sights.

***【上一回《「平」疊千屠 - 東平洲 (Tung Ping Chau)》】*** : https://youtu.be/t6UVzWIwq44

遊記 ‧《東平洲探奇 成功突破「難過水」》: http://wp.me/p6CvAS-4Yb
【東平洲 Tung Ping Chau】詳細介紹: http://wp.me/P6CvAS-2Ih

音樂 Music: 海戦 (from 甘茶の音楽工房: http://amachamusic.chagasi.com/)

#東平洲 #香港 #離島及島嶼 #地質公園 #航拍 #Phantom4

東平洲是香港最東的一個島嶼，屬海岸保護區，而且被納入為香港世界地質公園，以「三平」(即海平、島平、石平)、「一奇」(即頁岩的奇特)見稱。全島由沉積岩組成，有很多奇岩怪石及千變萬化的海蝕地貌，其中的頁岩更被喻為「香港四大自然奇觀」。
Tung Ping Chau is the easternmost outlying island in Hong Kong, it is one of the Hong Kong Global Geoparks in Hong Kong. There are 'Three Flats and One Wonder', three flats are flat sea, flat island and flat rock, one wonder refers to famouse shale. The island is made up of sedimentary rock, it is mostly formed of extrusive igneous rocks, these rocks are Hong Kong's four famous natural sights.

***下一回《東極「奇」岩 - 東平洲 (Tung Ping Chua)》: https://youtu.be/X7N4Jut3s9Y ***

遊記 ‧《東平洲探奇 成功突破「難過水」》: https://wp.me/p6CvAS-4Yb
【東平洲 (Tung Ping Chau)】詳細介紹: https://wp.me/P6CvAS-2Ih

音樂 Music: 春風と小鳥 by 古根川広明 (from DOVA-SYNDROME: http://dova-s.jp/)

#東平洲 #香港 #離島及島嶼 #航拍 #Phantom4