Traces of iron oxides have created patterns over the millennia as ground water percolates through the rock face at the painted cliffs on Maria island. Sea spray then hits the sandstone forming crystals of salt which alter weathering dynamics and cause its present day honeycomb pattern. Maria Island is a remote mountainous island located in the Tasman Sea, off the east coast of Tasmania, Australia. The island was named in 1642 by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman after Maria van Diemen (née van Aelst).
Mount Yengo, the remnant of an ancient volcano, rises in solitude high above the rugged sandstone gorge country that makes up the Yengo National Park. The 668-metre (2,192 ft) table top mountain is part of the Calore Range, in the lower Hunter Valley. According to indigenous mythology the ancestral hero Baiame took his last steps on the mountain before leaping back up into the spirit world. Baiame was the Creator God and Sky Father in the dreaming of several Aboriginal language groups (Kamilaroi, Eora, Darkinjung, and Wiradjuri) and is said to have created all of the mountains, lakes, rivers and caves in the area. Yengo National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Laguna de los Tres with Monte Fitz Roy (3405m) in the background. Also know as Cerro Chaltén. Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning smoking mountain, due to a cloud that usually forms around the mountain's peak. Argentine Patagonia, Argentina
