Earthcaching

[+geodarts 70]

Earthcaches are one of the first type of caches I note when traveling. Although the purpose of an earthcache is to teach visitors about earth science, they are often found in amazing places. So please post some of your favorite photos taken while earthcaching

 

Tufa Towers

 

 

Avalanche on Wall Street

 

 

Or my own Great Gallery

 

[+Touchstone 933]

The aptly named Rainbow Falls

 

[+lumbricus 46]

...Avalanche on Wall Street...

 

Wow, great picture and a great earthcache!

[+GopherGreg 2]

[+Touchstone 933]

Devils Postpile Glacial Polish

 

[+Pork King 29]

Natural Bridge in the Forest

 

Not the bridge (obviously) as it may give away some answers, but one of my favorite photos from the trip...

[+Touchstone 933]

 

City of Rocks Geology - Flaming Rock Window

[+lumbricus 46]

 

 

Geologisches Naturdenkmal - Die Gschwendtner Grube

[+geodarts 70]

Earthcaching around Mount Lassen National Park in California:

 

Mount Lassen on the way up to Cinder Cone

 

 

Or looking down at the Painted Dunes from the top.

 

 

Seeing Bumpass's Hell or The Devil's Breath

 

 

Or just some hot mud at Gone But Not Forgotten

 

Edited July 7, 2014 by geodarts

[RuideAlmeida 387]

A photo taken from the GZ of my Encontro das Águas where we can see the phenomenon of the "birth" of Amazonas river. Ten months later, a earthcache has born The Meeting of Waters - GE10

 

Edited July 14, 2014 by ruidealmeida

[+lumbricus 46]

A photo taken from the GZ of my Encontro das Águas where we can see the phenomenon of the "birth" of Amazonas river. Ten months later, a eartcache has born The Meeting of Waters - GE10...

 

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

[+Ringrat 6]

I was able to find a good number of excellent earthcaches during a trip to Iceland last year. The weather was often rather gloomy, which doesn't always make for the best photography, but here are some of the nice spots we visited.

 

Landmannalaugar - Fjallabak Reserve:

 

Latrabjarg :

 

Hverfjall - Mývatn:

 

HLJÓÐAKLETTAR (ICELAND):

Eating huckleberries (which didn't appear to have been being picked by anyone else!) with Kirkjan in the background

[+geodarts 70]

I can't recall too many times I have visited a spot that is both an earthcache and a roadside attraction (roadside America). But Frog Rock is both a rock and froggy. I wonder how many of the infamous old geocaching challenge about kissing a frog were completed here.

 

Edited September 1, 2014 by geodarts

[+lumbricus 46]

One of the greatest EarthCaches we've ever been GC218GN Millstone Quarry

 

[+geodarts 70]

Spooky Canyon

 

[+Touchstone 933]

Spooky Canyon

 

 

One of my all time favorite hikes!

 

[+Ambrosia 78]

What's Behind Multnomah Falls

 

 

[+Ambrosia 78]

An EC I visited last week in a cool little historical park: Minerals Along the River

 

 

[+Riisearch 0]

Namib Desert, Namibia. Beautiful place, so unique!

 

[Moun10Bike 256]

quote name='Ambrosia' timestamp='1415080570' post='5445109']

An EC I visited last week in a cool little historical park: Minerals Along the River

 

 

Hmmm, it looked a bit different when I was there!

 

[+Ambrosia 78]

An EC I visited last week in a cool little historical park: Minerals Along the River

 

 

Hmmm, it looked a bit different when I was there!

 

 

Interesting to see the difference! I'll have to swing on by at a different time of year and see all the water.

[+geodarts 70]

We were supposed to have done a petroglyph tour at China Lake Naval Air Base, but when the navy wanted to blow things up at the base we had to make other plans. So we decided to go up the eastern Sierras on our way home. It was completely unplanned, but during breakfast at the Alabama Hills cafe in Lone Pine, we decided to take a quick look at the hills. Sure enough, there was earthcache focused on Arches and Tafoni.. As soon as we were on our way, it became apparent that we would have to return. A hour or two was not nearly enough.

 

 

[+NYPaddleCacher 1364]

We were supposed to have done a petroglyph tour at China Lake Naval Air Base, but when the navy wanted to blow things up at the base we had to make other plans. So we decided to go up the eastern Sierras on our way home.

 

 

The eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada is one of my favorite places in the world. I'd live to take about a week driving from Lone Pine north on 395, finding caches along the way and flyfishing many of the lakes and streams in between 395 and the Sierra crest.

 

 

[+Ambrosia 78]

Very pretty.

[+geodarts 70]

At the Mesquite Dunes in Death Valley - two earthcaches there!

 

[+Ambrosia 78]

I posted this elsewhere in the forums, but I'll repost it here. Happy Earthday.

 

Peshastin Pinnacles

 

[+AustinMN 1]

Frontenac Geneology

 

 

 

Hidden Falls Earthcache

 

It is extremely rare for me to include myself in a caching photo.

 

 

Lake Mille Lacs

 

Edited May 1, 2015 by AustinMN

[+geodarts 70]

I Wouldn't Sit on These Coastal Benches

 

[+AustinMN 1]

Who says Earth Caches can't have SWAG?

 

Lake St. Croix ~ A Wide Spot in the River

 

[+The Leprechauns 232]

The Petra Al Khazneh earthcache in Jordan was my first opportunity to find a cache while riding a camel. The beautiful sandstone canyon is a geologist's (and archaeologist's) paradise!

 

 

 

[+geodarts 70]

We had come to Mono lake on the eastern side of the California Sierras hoping to kayak and camp out to an island to do an earthcache there, but the rangers told us we would be taking our lives in our hands with the way that expected wind would hit the water. What is a person to do? Find another earthcache, of course. So we ended up inside Volcanic Fissures that were like small slot canyons. Only fissures.

 

 

Edited September 5, 2015 by geodarts

[+fizzymagic 453]

AT Maui Blowhole. I don't know why this one got archived.

[+fizzymagic 453]

Two from my as-yet-unfound earthcache at Double Rock in Yosemite. The Grand Canyon of the Tuolomne is as deep as that other Grand Canyon:

 

Edited September 7, 2015 by fizzymagic

[+Touchstone 933]

AT Maui Blowhole. I don't know why this one got archived.

 

In the Archive Note:

 

Archived due to cache owner not complying with guideline regarding photographs, after two months of waiting.

 

Since you were obviously at the location, you could submit a replacement Listing.

[+geodarts 70]

The winds receded and the lake calmed, allowing us to visit Paoha Island on Mono Lake.

 

 

[+geodarts 70]

Jökulsárlón:

 

[+heartradio 10]

Here's one from The Gulf

 

 

heartradio

[+geodarts 70]

We made a spur of the moment decision to visit Wupatki NM during a recent trip to Arizona. There were several earthcaches there that were very good -- who would have thought that there would be a blowhole blowing hard in the middle of the high desert? It was a great way to learn about how the geology contributed to people's adaptation on the land, with several ruins reminding me of some of the castles we have visited elsewhere.

 

 

Edited February 27, 2016 by geodarts

[+lumbricus 46]

Hi, one of my new EarthCaches GC6B6DZ includes the task to create a "lake clay" pretzel.

 

[+geodarts 70]

Our goal was the petroglyphs of Renegade Canyon in the Cosos (near Ridgecrest, California), but what could we do until the next morning. Visit Fossil Falls.

 

 

 

[+Ambrosia 78]

Those rock formations look really neat. Must have bee fun exploring around them.

[+Ambrosia 78]

We visited a really neat EC last month, Painted Hills Unit in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[+hzoi 1173]

We visited a really neat EC last month, Painted Hills Unit in John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

I love this forum. It helps me build my wish list. The colors there are amazing.

 

I need to get some photos up here. But first I need to go back through my photos and get some better ones added to cache galleries.

[+geodarts 70]

Pluto's Cave , a lava tube near Shasta. Once we got past the graffiti, and went further into the cave, the darkness and the stillness combined with cathedral-like walls.

 

 

Edited May 30, 2016 by geodarts

[+lumbricus 46]

Hi, I'm collecting EarthCache pictures here: Great EarthCaches If you click on the picture you will be directed to the EarthCache listing.

[+geodarts 70]

Natural Bridges (near Angels Camp, California) was a stunning place, where a stream has cut through marble, forming a short tunnel that is long on beauty. We took the advice of others and got there early, before the crowds, carrying floating tubes down the trail so that we could slowly meander up and down the tunnel rather than swim through it. The experience would not have been the same if we had arrived later, with the area filled with people and noise.

 

For simplicity - and because I was not sure what to expect with the water - I just brought the phone. When we return I will bring a better camera (with a dry bag).

 

Edited September 7, 2016 by geodarts

[+geodarts 70]

Fantasy Canyon near Vernal, Utah, was a place to let imagination run wild. As well as learn a little geology.

 

 

Edited September 26, 2016 by geodarts

[+hzoi 1173]

I stopped by one of our first earthcaches for some owner maintenance. Yes, the waterfall is still there. It was a good opportunity to take a nicer photo of the falls.

 

My first visit:

 

 

New and improved:

 

[RuideAlmeida 387]

I stopped by one of our first earthcaches for some owner maintenance.

 

Share the link with us, please.

[+hzoi 1173]

I stopped by one of our first earthcaches for some owner maintenance.

 

Share the link with us, please.

Sure thing! It's Falling Spring Falls.