http://www.soak-d.com/posts daily 0.75 2016-08-10 http://www.soak-d.com/posts/2016/5/21/c7u5heolxqvu1g0xy18ww8sv8tmt6t monthly 0.5 2016-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909213065-0II8TC4K3P4JGN6REG5P/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Zerveila Dam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909642461-ZHNJ4CSSQQK7J7RF937S/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470539514653-8R6DJUAN8OGBLSXE4RPZ/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip The Valser Rhine flows with meltwater of two glaciers, through Zerveila, Vals, and then into the Anterior Rhine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470613432563-GK3VWMDEE1Z0PPWXWBJI/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip A face cut slab is sliced at a ninety degree angle to the mineral veins. It shows a cross section of the veins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909702281-GX475SNKVIZEJSWMWG9T/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals pastures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909232831-TTVQBRA9ZB1CMNQCE65S/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Zerveila. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469936507107-FODBSMWSTXR8BC8Q5Q0M/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470611535729-MQJNA9MO3D7JNUKQ2HUS/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Large blocks of stone are removed with heavy equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470613397288-VX6UMQWQ7QC5B9CYM0OV/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip A vein cut slab shows the mineral veins running either lengthwise along the slab or vertically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470612430479-OP8AWQCLEF09NSCXN2B0/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470597504292-X13AICU5L09I87SSPKW4/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Local stone as a retaining wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470610102624-1VP5GRS86YU4FWG4XUOP/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470613266127-M3HQQ6I3F1OXENXELTWZ/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip There are many types of machines and blades used to process the stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470592922539-7VBKYX0RBHQ17CKW6SZJ/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip The rock face is machine-drilled and the holes are filled with black blasting powder. Small controlled blasts limit destruction and waste.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470611713183-9DQK5WKZSWMZN4TX4PDL/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Switzerland is very protective of the landscape. There are many environmental regulations for the operation of a quarry and the extraction zone is clearly defined. Within the currently defined boundary of the extraction zone, there is stone to last twenty-five years. Beyond this, it will be important to expand the extraction zone in collaboration with the local and state authorities. The machine above drills into the rock. A chair lift is seen above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470597938870-SWVNYHW9UMQSOK6H38FN/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470602606301-QTS01I5EMPCQPNBR4M87/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Local stone as a bollard, defining a sitting area, and as paving in Vals Platz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469916922094-7QQJA8KESSRNLQ235PJT/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Mario Truffer sadly passed away in 2015. He was a very skilled alpine skier. Pictured above, he is seen as the double for James Bond in the 1968 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470611179421-SPDBEXMVHQ56ZG0RUNTS/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Sokrates Truffer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909611475-YIT1OZR2APK9RDME0UJY/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip An original hotel building with a local stone pathway system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470607725783-F6AFLZCDZYNLCMQCMLVP/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Local stone bridge crossing the Valser Rhine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470598239819-P89GZN52XY9EZPEJUW88/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469936427686-PLYG0HO05ZD0NKJ04AII/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470603032940-N1AAGZ7BJU3GDORD4ACU/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals local stone building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909351130-UWQTRPT7J1GFH1SN9T1F/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals hunting blinds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469936697605-XU0DJL3VTT7U1S4KE2K8/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Cutting stone often involves a great deal of water. This water reduces heat build-up from the friction between blade and stone, and prevents mineral-filled stone dust from filtering into the air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469914744378-S1D1LY6R0BQP18IJV9BV/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Original hotel and pools. Photo taken 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909450167-CK11BX9Z0OUWH5C3A5TH/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470598671647-XWLC939GYKW1AY10QGKH/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Local stone as embankment walls of the Valser Rhine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469936665388-XFVFCWG1RZP5VSJ1M4Z2/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470610531331-5GJ92PLY1D7PD4GOEP15/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470615654949-ZS81O822OLJRLQ4SXEHH/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Photo by H. Binet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470596184098-D6CBXWV84XT8NNW58OQH/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals local stone agricultural building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470616037380-AZ9L179OPR6401UP8ZV8/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Photo by H. Binet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470604782205-UJJZVXIBOL2C636NIQ4C/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip An original hotel building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909666873-Y6S2GPOF22HVDBBRNFLZ/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Grass roof of the Therme with fissures for light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909534346-4OYBJ4RODGRWGCEPHY6C/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals Platz: Many of the buildings have roofs of local stone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470606927933-2RLZ66P0A0N7KQNLPZ56/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals hunting blinds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470613224676-925BXDVOA1HFSDRGOLAX/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip These stone blocks are stockpiled before being processed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469936626844-C583M8OJM11XCO9EH6DN/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469936735834-GA8Q6KHJJWQEX84FZBMD/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470605228012-QYVXD7ISL13E8EL3PLWO/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Local stone bridge crossing the Valser Rhine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470595074253-IWIMWLZ2975YVNF4P74S/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909469858-Y8G9F0F8GR8JN2LR2K4P/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469914858737-REZQYF392DF0I2D0ALJI/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Original spa pools. Photo taken 1968. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470607505681-8UQAANODXA2PD4JY12Y1/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Vals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1469909172312-B4ZZS7NB8Z88E9HTBMI9/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Top of the Zerveila Dam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470604439381-QDFW5ZRADRSAR7LQH7DA/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip Relationship of an original hotel building to the Therme. The buildings connect underground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470613190607-XURPT4WOLEO5YOVOHR60/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip In the past, blasts were the main method of extraction. More recently, diamond wire cuts were introduced as a more gentle means to extract stone. The diamond wire cuts the rock face vertically and circular marks are left upon the face of the stone by the wire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1470595834617-LMNA7089QMA2SWDWK2UH/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Have a Gneiss Trip http://www.soak-d.com/posts/2016/2/6/the-core-1 monthly 0.5 2016-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458170120595-ZD3CUBXPQH8OZYHJJPR6/plate-map.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Ridge and Plate Diagram https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458170132852-6G400I4SLSUBV1EETNWB/MapCarte76_berannsplog.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - MapCarte 78/365: Atlantic Ocean Floor by Heinrich Berann, 1968 Marie Tharp was the major contributor to the discovery of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, assisted by Berann. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460237741571-HAPL7KBZ1R769O5PARV3/DSC03175v2a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Skólavörðustígur In the late 1700's, a group of school kids built a stone tower or cairn at the top of the hill where Hallgrimskirkja now stands. The hill was named for this tower, literally 'school cairn hill'. In the early 1800's, the cairn was rebuilt as a tower so that people could catch views of the area. The city maintained access to the tower, building a road called Skólavörðustígur. A ban on horse traffic was needed because the hill was also home to a quarry and traffic created problems. The first buildings on the street went up in the mid 19th century, some still stand today. In the early 20th century, Guðjón Samúelsson created plans to make this area a center of culture, education and religion. While Hallgrimskirkja was built, the war thwarted his plans for the most part. Today, the street is a commercial area with galleries, restaurants and design shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460355527639-944603MS0Q7X8V4LY4RA/hal2.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Leifur Eriksson The statue of Leif Eiriksson on Skólavörðuholt was a gift from the United States for Iceland’s millennium celebration of the Alþingi's founding in 1930, but to make room for the generous gift, the tower on Skólavörðuholt was demolished, leaving people without a view over the city. Hallgrímskirkja, named for Iceland’s primary psalm composer, Hallgrímur Pétursson, was designed in 1937 to help create views. Construction started in 1945, though the church wasn’t completed until 1986, thirty-six years after Samúelsson’s death. The plaza around the church remains a rather hard space without a sense of pedestrian scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460355391927-T1ZQAJNIO035N5OKTCS5/hal.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Hallgrimskirkja Guðjón Samúelsson integrated the form of his building with the form of the sculpture. It's a nice visual but the plaza remains secondary and without a sense of street-life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460362360985-R5JU06L79UCUHLJZPQ6Q/path.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Basalt Path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460361938247-Z3FTM5ROE1ONZYDRNJK8/IMG_8939v1a_R43+2.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Blue Lagoon Entry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460362701675-JE6VUNJVD0WCKW9UP7HH/floor.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Blue Lagoon Basalt Entry Floor The current pre-development lagoon facility is a beehive of tourist activity. It is like an amusement park of a spa with long lines at entry. The current development aims to give the individual a more serene and private experience. The Blue Lagoon offers steam rooms, saunas, waterfalls/hydrotherapeutic shoulder massage, spa treatments and in-water massage treatments—the last of these owing its inception to a reality dating show that filmed there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460362726872-PAM14RWZELEC14H7V75K/wall.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Blue Lagoon Lava Wall An interior wall containing about 70,000 pieces of basalt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913604248-T3L36Z7E7N1H01KWK2B8/IMG_9027+1v2_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Pavers The pavers around the lagoon gradually and randomly become covered with silicates. The texture becomes more smooth and slippery as the silicates become more dense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913620384-UPJ7IL027E9UUIZ4807D/IMG_9032+1v4_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Lava Restaurant As of 2015, one million foreigners visited Iceland. This is about three times the resident population and about thirty-two percent of the tourists visited the Blue Lagoon, about the same as the population of Iceland. During the summer, about twenty-five hundred people visited the Blue Lagoon per day. The basic entry fee is approximately forty USD. There are several food and beverage outlets, a gift shop and spa services on offer, as well. Daily gross receipts in summer must be extraordinary, when daylight extends well into the night and there is a captive audience for food and beverage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913637402-Z3WY90Q0PQIWS0EFMEG2/IMG_8999v1_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Blue Lagoon While the place must always be under some level of construction, due to the need to create new channels and pools because of the silica/permeability dilemma, there is currently a great amount of construction occurring. The lagoon is being enlarged to create more outdoor massage areas with floating mattresses, adjacent to a new, sixty-room, Basalt-designed hotel, conference center, skin-care bar, spa area and restaurant. The design promises to focus on the stark environmental elements, to emphasize the relationship between people and nature and to enhance the perception of man-made elements within the landscape.   The lagoon holds six million liters of approximately one hundred degree Fahrenheit water, all of which is renewed in forty hours, thanks to Svartsengi. Like elsewhere in the country, cleanliness is important, every person is asked to take a hot shower and to use cleanser prior to entering the lagoon. As silica damages hair, people do not dunk their heads in the lagoon. The Blue Lagoon water is monitored at least every two weeks and tested for three kinds of coliform by an agency, called Blue Flag. The lagoon water is certified by this outside agency, and its percentages of these coliform are always well below the amounts that would trigger alarms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459912404631-SIIER81HUP6YEATR7F3L/IMG_9267-Bv2_R34.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Þingvellir Lava flow geologic formation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459912374394-K1VGBAL7EAW08OKHSMIV/IMG_9327v1_R34.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Silfra Fissure, Þingvellir The Silfra offers the ability to dive between the continental plates. It is the only place on earth where this is possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460235573330-VNY6QSU911AASJZSCHCD/DSC03049v2a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Þingvellir Lava lobes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460235634266-3RKHFBIGLXVZ2TM8CFD6/DSC03070v2a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Þingvellir View from Almannagjá (Everyman's Chasm) across the Lake Þingvallavatn rift valley to Mt Ármannsfell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459912320414-BJGLTKHZSLM6ILIMR0O5/IMG_9268v1_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Lögberg, Þingvellir The Lögberg or Law Rock was the site of the assembly of the AllÞing. During 1000 years geology has shifted but this flag marks what is believed to be the location where parliament convened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460343727152-6VYQIMK1CB1MYROS3ANO/basalt.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - The Office of Basalt Architects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460183538516-ZKS6ELJZNJCOZ0LV1VXR/DSC02509v1.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Turf Roof Dating back to the ninth century, buildings were made of turf blocks in Iceland because it was a readily available building material as the Norse explored new land. This structure of masonry, nestled into a basalt cliff, has a turf roof, and turf walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1457912390249-68WTVQARJT2DFNWLOOKS/20151021_5721.JPG Post Stories Here - The Core In the difficult climatic conditions, turf offered superior insulation compared to buildings solely made of wood or stone. It's still a building practice used today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1457912372951-9S2X0UXBYJLYWV3RYEVQ/20151021_5719-1.JPG Post Stories Here - The Core - Corrugated Metal In the late 1800's, the British traded corrugated sheet metal for sheep. The Icelandic people used it to build quickly and inexpensively. It was a good building material for the harsh environment. Although first used to clad the roofs, corrugated steel soon became a wall cladding as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1457912408275-VY4CBMODN19YXG2WUG43/20151021_5723.JPG Post Stories Here - The Core - Corrugated Metal Whoever made this building took advantage of the structural integrity and thermal mass of the rock wall. The corrugated metal was template-cut for a seamless integration with the geologic formation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460347439311-J384RKCZ4MMAX9KJTTZ3/reykjavik+house.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Corrugated Metal, Reykjavik Following a massive fire in 1915, officials in Reykjavik ordered all houses to be covered in fire-proof materials. Corrugated steel proved to be a popular solution because it was strong, lightweight and cheap with excellent insulation properties. Bright colors are often used and window trim adds quaint detail to what otherwise might appear as bleak industrial structures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460351030501-7EC408JF1VH5TF4V9E27/husid+2.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Húsið Meaning "the house", Húsið built in 1765, in the small fishing village of Eyrarbakki is said to be one of Iceland's oldest timber buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460354113073-KGO8EBQIRP5BVVOAYA6R/husid+1.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Húsið The house was built during a time when Danish merchants over-wintered in Iceland. It was constructed from a kit of parts shipped from Norway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460351071722-FFRGK4GWLLY4KI55PK6T/husid3.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core The house was painted with pitch to help preserve the wood. The small church, built in 1890, was also painted with pitch. A turf and masonry wall frames the property. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460352052556-LJBZ4ZGMUSVXVMLQ2U29/fish+1.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Eyrarbakki Eyrarbakki was once a main port and trading center for Iceland's fishing industry. Today it is a very small operation and the town itself feels like a museum. Seen here, harðfiskur, (dried fish), is traditionally wind-dried on a timber structure called a “hjallar“ or “trönur“ in order to preserve the meat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460352087042-N3IAOA2C1NKBQBRIF61E/fish2.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Eyrarbakki In the early 1900's Eyrarbakki lost its importance as a merchant outpost. The main fish processing plant closed in the 1990's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460237696442-K9UTJB4U9IXOUC7B9M8U/DSC01691v2.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Eyrarbakki Today, tourism is a chief component of the economy for the town's six hundred inhabitants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913455170-PB8DLDJQB1CP0QACVJR5/IMG_8885v2_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Silicate Stream Water flow is controlled at the Blue Lagoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913478434-8U1194IM98O7NVJHWD7B/IMG_8888v2_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Silicate Micro-Topography The silicates coat the landscape rendering the once-sponge-like environment impermeable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913502036-NS5X2SPO2RT78W3FKAC3/IMG_8878+1v3_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Silcate Shore The silicates coat the landscape rendering the once-sponge-like environment impermeable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913858224-X8E79WDVRSRX7KGTT8CC/IMG_8844v3_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - The Clinic Hotel Partition walls maintain privacy while each guest room opens to the vast moss-covered lava field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913826659-KCTPYJUKEO6W1FSDZRD3/IMG_9060v1_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - The Clinic Hotel Decantation test ponds are built near the hotel. Some guest rooms open directly to these ponds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913793064-HRW5CPETUKDWKKKCIA33/IMG_8917+1v3_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - The Clinic Hotel Interior and exterior collide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460183778509-SSG0KL5WSTO95M1QM2GH/DSC01635v1.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - The Clinic Hotel Interior and exterior collide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458095442955-K77QZBSQA3GBG2B00L4V/20151018_5852-1edit.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - The Clinic Hotel Interior and exterior have immediate connection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913771090-7AGMS1C61PM7KW7LE2VJ/IMG_8861v1_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Clinic Hotel Private Lagoon The clinic hotel is more subdued than the main lagoon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459913733773-5PDV03IF98O5KFGTPVKK/IMG_8868v1_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Soaked There is further harmony between program and environment at the Blue Lagoon. People are directly connected to site. The silica rises from the mantle layer to the surface of the earth and people take that silica mud and slather it all over their faces. The algae and minerals in the Blue Lagoon have been tested to reveal the stimulation of collagen growth. Essentially, it rejuvenates the skin as people soak in geothermal water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460343257828-Y6FH1EY2S2H0M5H30NPQ/DSC01519v3.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460243432923-0S4MDZ95TLBV11015Z1H/dry.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Dyrhólaey Peninsula on the southern coast created by a submarine volcanic eruption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1457923479701-UXERHZY19NH62WMKBV1K/treelessplain.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Hekla One of Iceland's most active volcanoes rises above a treeless plain in Hella. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460183343958-3UVTJQFYLTT39SCHM64O/DSC02625v3.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Eyjafjöll Farm land and treeless plains reach to the foothills of Eyjafjallajökull, the ice-capped volcano that erupted in 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460183352586-BKCY1NN0JQWW3SG112DV/DSC02183v3.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Between Vik and Vatnajökull Treeless plain and single-lane basalt gravel road with Vatnajökull seen in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460183359556-XW5GXF7SNZE3SX7T6VC3/DSC01965v3.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Glacial Melt The waters falling down the face of the columnar basalt cliff and in the foreground are melt-off from Vatnajökull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460235721869-KL9XPQDVU4JEN5Q6HG7S/DSC03029v2a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Tundra Toward Vatnajökull across treeless plain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1457923728819-S4AFR861XCZSJR44T4ZZ/glacier-tongue.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Vatnajökull Glacial Tongue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460235950318-L87DM8MF6W44DT10NYO9/DSC02471v3a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Mýrdalsjökull Glacial Tongue This glacier caps Katla, an active volcano last erupting in 1918. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460235822358-W9W67R7VU3203WILC3V6/DSC02463v2a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Mýrdalsjökull Volcanic ash turns the ice black and air turns the ice white. Dense ice is blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460327154266-JE5URUGCUYE5891FWYEK/lake+outburst.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Jökulhlaup This is a site of a recent glacial lake flood outburst. It's a visually stunning/quiet place with subtle shifts in shade and texture. The ground plane is paved with mud, ash, moisture, and basalt gravel. In the background, a moss covered lava field, and a monolithic landform stop the eye. From the not-distant shore, winds whip across the plain. The ground crunches under foot; and where water accumulates, the sky reflects, creating a vastly monochromatic landscape on an over-cast day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460327896642-6G44UVPRU6GUQB5K2UI2/jokulharlup.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Jökulhlaup I imagine being embedded in a Hiroshi Sugimoto silver gelatin print would feel similar to being here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460330458448-2CDZVUA06I5MSIGJ278F/lobster+beach.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Eyrarbakki Shoreline A small fishing village built on Þjórsá lava, the largest lava flow from a single eruption (6600 BC) in Iceland, by volume and area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460333550727-XCJSBSFSJVLCP4M20DFU/beach.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Dyrhólaey View from the cliff toward the basalt shoreline of the North Atlantic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460330110793-BBNI1RF5GVER9G02KP45/P9290734v1_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Eldhraun Lava Field A vast expanse of moss-covered lava that formed during an epic eruption in the late 1700's. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460331795402-831A0BVYEHWKOT76E2IV/DSC02437v3c+2.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Mýrdalsjökull Glacial melt-off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460332262159-8VA13CF9SHSZ0V902L7H/DSC02428v3a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Mýrdalsjökull Glacial melt-off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460333206896-00ESSZV52ARGNLWENN0G/shrinking-glacier2.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Mýrdalsjökull Glacial melt-off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460332353857-CFYR7T3DAZT60M8CQQNF/DSC02398v2a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Basalt Puddle Glacial melt-off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460333387904-9MBOZTMZP2QETR1PBZVF/lake2.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Lake Þingvallavatn The largest lake by surface area in Iceland. Primarily a spring-fed lake, basalt pebbles line its shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460333356862-KN9AYN4QDMF3TXXOCCFG/lake5.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Mt Esja A mountain chain of volcanoes viewed from the basalt pebble shore of Reykjavic across Kollafjörður Bay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460332436045-G5UK7QK22XA4E20684CE/DSC02073v4a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon One thousand year-old ice melts to the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460332451028-ODOKA6TJPQEXUNHKCAHI/DSC02151v2a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon The deepest lake in Iceland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460332560585-HPUAVKC0PQW4JL4LKNA9/DSC02545v4.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Seljalandsfoss Fed by melt-off from Eyjafjallajökull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460333480560-5XRWB2XQ0IJCA64ZVO5N/waterfall3.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Seljalandsfoss The sixty-meter high fall forms a curtain around a pedestrian path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460332575680-DS9GHQDNUEVTTQ568NEX/DSC01959v3.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Odulbruara River Melt-off from Vatnajökull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460332668201-XM78PCXZLIHNB8IB63KJ/P9290860.JPG Post Stories Here - The Core - Gulfoss - Lower Falls The Hvítá river drops through the falls from its origin: the glacial lake Hvítárvatn at Langjökull glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460183598521-TMOBI80SJ0RSCODPSWOK/DSC01577v4.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant Black meadow lava field covered in moss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460183618986-NAL1S5HQHSWABLZP4H42/DSC01523v1.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant The geothermal run-off channel reflects the sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460183644065-7EZFRKVQACSMLHUN3K36/DSC01531v4.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant A science experiment in the landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460183672766-YDJD8D5FCQPKWDC0UCJ4/DSC01533v3.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant Steam venting into the cold air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458077741092-F471Y84C1ZFTRI0XRGVS/svartifoss.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Svartifoss Basalt columns are formed during rapid cooling of lava following a volcanic eruption. An extensive fracture network may develop during cooling, resulting in the formation of these typically hexagonal columns. They may be oriented vertically or horizontally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458078588732-XKW2EJOUFIXTCQB9UJCP/harpa2.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Harpa Facade Designed by the Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects in co-operation with Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. Inspiration from the basalt formations seems fairly direct though there is interest in transparency and light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458078593017-5FRAK8EZTKNOPFDNP8MX/harpa.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Harpa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458078601010-PH8497Y2O3PQND8VVB99/harpa3.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Harpa Interior. The building is open until midnight and invites the public freely. In this way, it operates much like an urban open-space and has many areas to convene, yet even during cold days it remained fairly vacant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460237524158-1Z2U1ZF9K80PNYUGNIJ0/DSC03208v3a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Hallgrímskirkja This lutheran church, commissioned in 1937, was designed by state architect Guðjón Samúelsson, clearly inspired by basalt formations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460341014771-ZQJH9QQ6W2QNF9WIWDCM/basaltstreet.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Hverfisgata Basalt columns are used to divide a street in the central area of Reykjavik. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1460237586321-GNL2U9ADT3AYFRQTIYVS/DSC02848v2a.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Haukadalur A geothermal sulfuric area that includes Geysir and Strokkur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459912661369-SKUU6L8V894VBAK8H4M8/P9290871v1_R43.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Geysir This is the first geyser described in writing. All geysers are named for Geysir, a word derived from the Icelandic verb geysa, "to gush". Research says that Geysir has been active for about 10,000 years but most recently this event has come to a stop, and in the past has stopped altogether for years. Geysir is capable of throwing boiling water vertically 120 feet in the air. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1459912623397-NSVSXKRPT71W9GKBVBKK/P9290877v1_R23.jpg Post Stories Here - The Core - Strokkur A geothermal phenomenon, erupting in a sheer vertical fountain every 8-10 minutes, somewhat regularly since, as early as, the late 1700's, perhaps earlier. http://www.soak-d.com/posts/2015/9/12/speculation-1 monthly 0.5 2016-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442182327629-B0PCXMS46FG5EPW4HSGX/image-asset.jpeg Post Stories Here - Speculation One Late Devonian Period: Avalonian Terrane meets Laurentia. Image by Colorado Plateau Geosystems, Inc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442190211750-O8THU5HY1Q28TUAJGTO5/jen-images-4.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - View toward tower, 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442190055839-Z6BA3DC4FFT9LAZQ61RF/jen-images-1.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Quarry in winter, 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442190125603-HA9WM3F1MV3CVD5PXYVJ/jen-images-2.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Quarry in winter, 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442190158570-5OJIJE6A5445QGSG7S9L/jen-image-s3.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Rocky shelf, 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442187686866-N5AI4HATFIUK524VDHWU/babson-farm-3.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Babson quarry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442187686922-C7XNHSGMXR4DFFBLK5YK/babson-farm-quarrry-1.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Babson quarry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442187687639-ZAP4RIYKD4ERRD72Z49E/babson-quarry-2.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Quarry workers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442187695778-OHGWXQS1DZC9EY2JN4U4/rockportquarry-ad-1.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458179566990-HA9SH26AEHHHE1TJQFKW/rockport-1796.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Rockport sited in 1796 map https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458179541108-TUC9G3UJO9VM4REKV637/halibut-point-map-1943.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Halibut Point sited in Rockport 1943 map https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1443989862995-ALN5RM33KUOX8M7EK3KX/halibut-drawing-concept.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Concept drawing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1443991306532-EFIFRF73L3PYYBVLEQBS/elecvation-section-pers.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Plan, section, and perspective drawings of gabion structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1443995066782-AH43XLPPONX617JR55UX/halibut-sattelit.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Satellite of site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1443994815241-XLE7JAZN61NA7WK8ANRT/reduced-map.jpg Post Stories Here - Speculation One - Site plan http://www.soak-d.com/posts/2015/8/31/- monthly 0.5 2022-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865556077-2JBY78O8ZCII2FOY810X/shower-2.jpg Post Stories Here - Shower structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865587444-QQL1L1XHB6SZTG5KSS3T/showerbldg.jpg Post Stories Here - Shower structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865560560-QPSN7TD4UA2DYCTDJHHG/shower.jpg Post Stories Here - Shower structure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441775431903-G3ACEO6OCNN5ZTQV1VV7/hill-side.jpg Post Stories Here - Koh Lanta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441775505336-FT3QK6NT9S1YFJZK2WWN/mud.jpg Post Stories Here - Mangrove https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441775549751-P7YK5DXT8VWT1I0ADKOU/shoreline.jpg Post Stories Here - Khlong Dao https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441775491556-H5V72JU2LY99G4MCB0RG/mangrove2.jpg Post Stories Here - Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441775492239-0B7VCKL557KCFZ0S11LF/mangrove3.jpg Post Stories Here - Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441321689135-CGFJTXZPZZRROFCS1AK1/massage-2.jpg Post Stories Here - Massage platform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441321688911-MNO3WJPSNOE1CFUTRN6F/massage-3.jpg Post Stories Here - Massage platform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441321689327-KAGAT9WWHYF7AADO9MJU/massage-5.jpg Post Stories Here - Massage platform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441321690729-6SBFVZ26CMRN75TK8A9S/massage.jpg Post Stories Here - Massage platforms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441321690022-PFZGKW1PUWIVP5DL1T1J/massage6.jpg Post Stories Here - Massage platform https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863266436-85TWFFPPD20CZT0ED916/shell1.jpg Post Stories Here - Absences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863268282-DSOMCFIMAQRIQKOPAPRZ/shell3.jpg Post Stories Here - Absences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863266919-K3TIA9C8XTNT4NEZP2YI/shell4.jpg Post Stories Here - Absences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863267562-6QPIQ6W3W8UAC5ZZKZW5/shell6.jpg Post Stories Here - Absences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863286371-ASTBIF5PU414A9QAHPL5/touristshell.jpg Post Stories Here - Absences https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458179853633-9PG0ZVESEV23AT54QF7D/rakedsandedge.jpg Post Stories Here - Lounge area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458179823467-91OUHFC66HE26DZTJNCR/sky.jpg Post Stories Here - Western view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865075235-QTUE5BX3UANUVY6X4L4K/mirror4.jpg Post Stories Here - View across pool to restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865100899-Z3BTLBCW8X4TQS9ZTZVJ/black-mirror.jpg Post Stories Here - Polished black granite raised pool shell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865127956-K97AIGW3NLBN9N81TF9V/mirror5.jpg Post Stories Here - Pool as silent mirror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865517017-R1SXGOWW8B5YSUVPJLGT/mirror3.jpg Post Stories Here - Pool as silent mirror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863568873-LKHSRK7XPZG0OXY6UXP7/beach_cleaner.jpg Post Stories Here - Beach Rake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863715803-FL5SWGBAHI875VLRBV3L/raked-2.jpg Post Stories Here - Beach Rake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863615013-HGHK0WZF5OOEYGKVMTCD/edge-3.jpg Post Stories Here - Rainy day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863637356-FCHMP8MPQSRVGC9F9R4D/black-mirror2.jpg Post Stories Here - Rainy day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863800398-99S1YNHICQU6WZ66PUKS/bedroom.jpg Post Stories Here - Surfaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863767464-4ACAG0QDJEAE4995TZ2E/my-room2.jpg Post Stories Here - Translucent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863781732-SMLHPBV7K9AUTX46OZ49/window-blowing.jpg Post Stories Here - Breezy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863910328-K9LX1ISVSZEQ91V1VJ1J/pathways.jpg Post Stories Here - Path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863977863-43047IWVULF43ZBPFAFL/estuary-2.jpg Post Stories Here - Path and estuary https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863948871-61MWAV079RLJMF6XGEEG/pathway3.jpg Post Stories Here - Path https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442863870698-KSDO9KTPFDXQ4KJWQ3LJ/estuary.jpg Post Stories Here - Estuary and view toward pool and sea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865444436-7R50VGT62JD2NT4MOWXL/knit-forest.jpg Post Stories Here - Restaurant siting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865422512-UW5UXMQRL1N12S6DLZ79/restaurant.jpg Post Stories Here - Restaurant scale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865365972-WA3YNTT0253N00YEINWW/scale-rest.jpg Post Stories Here - Restaurant scale and verticality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442865461783-9063WRN474JBK8LDQ6OI/mirror-rest.jpg Post Stories Here - Pool as mirror for restaurant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442862773700-Y671GP1HJ4DUM6FBNPLS/crab.jpg Post Stories Here - Crab habitat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442862992260-Z9YL79NYWPWQWWSSKXYC/soft-sand.jpg Post Stories Here - Crab Habitat and shard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442862788199-ESU35YHLVFO9LV8450PO/sand-shel.jpg Post Stories Here - Crab habitat and shard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458180262886-2A884F1YS28TT68U94LU/MAP-W-NAMES-.jpg Post Stories Here - Site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458180183605-56II80DWBA5304PYUK1Q/map-1NAMES.jpg Post Stories Here - Site https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458180096099-XHEKC0PE5ARWG675333P/map2.jpg Post Stories Here - Site http://www.soak-d.com/posts/2015/6/20/earth-in-a-box-1 monthly 0.5 2022-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598165261083-CUJK98U2D2JN1WZW5JOK/bridge+puncture.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box The Entry to The Crystal Grotto Is A Bridge, A Tunnel, And A Door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598164808874-6GA990C8GHL8M1F3J233/kiva1.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box The Central Focal PIece Is A Petrified Log That Houses a Large Crystal, And Functions as A Water Feature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598164918389-5B0NEBZE3N7OCNE22SQF/kiva6.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box People Are Asked to Walk Clockwise in The Grotto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598164831006-OC0H0DUIYPBDPQAD5EUT/kiva2.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box Sunlight Shifts Throughout Time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598164879629-VJ7TQ48KE0VE6NEBFRMW/kiva4.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box The Ground Plane Is The Actual Canyon Ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598164896920-JVU2EIG1C6ULAJDITDNP/kiva5.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598130129058-GURUZFGSIN3G1LFHPAV9/entry+water.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - Water Rill and Walkway https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598127248717-8HWGPQNRABGABUXCSJ73/facadeednty.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - Crisp Shadows and Light Accent The Entry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598129851131-ZWT8XKAUO676HNN6RI4A/entry+closer.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box Surreal de Chirico-like Moment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598132163285-CX0FCJKU4CJH1CJ33F5K/entrywater.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - Entryway Puncture with Water Trough Accent https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598133875340-H70T9C6SZUHWM055775B/waterinside.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - Reflective Mirror-pool in The Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598127871096-W56QCHQKY1LFVJYUWT16/main+access2.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - Main Axis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598139317081-XA0DXJBJ9ZCAIXO0WS5X/niche2.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - The Indoor Pool creates a Grotto-like Feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598140457993-SKM4OHC4FSCUGWS8NA52/ceiling.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - Plywood Drop Ceiling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598141838933-UR15IVF9WQNXQ49BBDTF/waterand+light.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - The Surface of The Pool Plays with Light and Is Ever-Changing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598137303602-6N93M959UEAXJW5PPVXZ/indoor+pool.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - The Water Feature Creates a White Noise Hush and The Niches Create Resting Areas.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598140575561-NXQJN2YFGDFCTF5ZQVVM/pool.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - The Outdoor Pool Faces The End Wall of The Box Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441667022727-XG0NRQU1U6HH4A8OCECD/mi-amo-d3S.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - Massage Rooms Aglow at Night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598167938499-WL1IPQLI5TMKQO6WJOB5/USGS.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box USGS Topo Map https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1598142718978-81VA5ZZ7B30QJH6UELBH/oxcanyon.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - Spa Buildings Tucked into Box Canyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1442900831201-M95N94EAL596CVVZH43P/mi-amob3.jpg Post Stories Here - Earth in A Box - Map of Mii Amo http://www.soak-d.com/posts/2015/6/19/epistle-1 monthly 0.5 2016-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458180641900-X45I9Q94OZI46IUOU9E8/DESERT-HOTSPRINGS-NORTH-ARROW-RED.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Desert Hot Springs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1458180758328-70D1I9LJ4WQKETNTDZ0C/HOPE+SPRINGS+VECTOR.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Hope Springs - Site Plan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441663770290-LJKHFKKTWQZH15BVKDKY/hope-d1.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Southwestern view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441663770488-V1PWYT58DWO8DWYOGEOO/hope-d2.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Southwestern view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441663770776-2BPZACZM4JSNXBXAREU4/hope-d3.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Southwestern view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441663082235-68XH0H6XXFF4GH6N4GNC/HOPE-C5.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Power https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441663621706-YX8DLNP63ONE5Q9FBG69/hope-c1.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Southwestern view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441663640414-SV8KJ11S0UQAU3RIU7OB/hope-c3.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Southwestern view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441663003371-BA8IP3HIHN1DSR4RO9CW/hopec4.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Power https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441661817319-WINQCM5SZK9M5N4Y5WQ8/HOPE-SPRINGS-A1_SEPTEMBER-7.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Courtyard view toward NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441661847404-GC1M251ZV0LVBO14TZD4/hope-SpringsA2_september-7.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - View toward NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441661870455-UFKK8SXWKMOVH77HZFGK/HOPE-SPRINS-A3_September-7.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - Courtyard view toward lobby https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441661999066-CD2JI7Y84O2Q4I9PQ4B9/HOPE-SPRINGS-B1-SEPTEMBER-7.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - View from lobby toward courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441661817279-VWDDLSVNZTLOLXODVM52/HOPE-SPRINGS-B-2-_SEPTEMBER-7.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - View from lobby toward entry https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1441661973370-2RCVOSRWQ1PCFQFW12NU/HOE-SPRINGS-B3-SEPTEMBER-7.jpg Post Stories Here - An Essay on Land: Epistle 1 - View North across courtyard http://www.soak-d.com/posts/category/Spa+Reviews monthly 0.5 http://www.soak-d.com/posts/tag/yoga monthly 0.5 http://www.soak-d.com/posts/tag/california monthly 0.5 http://www.soak-d.com/posts/tag/sonoma monthly 0.5 http://www.soak-d.com/posts/tag/massage monthly 0.5 http://www.soak-d.com/posts/tag/water monthly 0.5 http://www.soak-d.com/posts/tag/infinity+pool monthly 0.5 http://www.soak-d.com/home daily 1.0 2021-09-01 http://www.soak-d.com/home-1 daily 0.75 2016-10-06 http://www.soak-d.com/toc daily 0.75 2016-10-06 http://www.soak-d.com/about daily 0.75 2016-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1435272152185-DSZFZ6ILTB3VUGXOJFPB/image-asset.png About http://www.soak-d.com/backgroundvideo daily 0.75 2016-09-22 http://www.soak-d.com/about-2 daily 0.75 2022-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1435272152185-DSZFZ6ILTB3VUGXOJFPB/image-asset.png About http://www.soak-d.com/catalog daily 0.75 2017-05-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1483473494362-WJ7B7073EOD8UNODMVV4/bannerbg.png Waterlog http://www.soak-d.com/about-shorter daily 0.75 2024-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1495144290650-16F7VEQT6UNQE0NQ6CFM/IMG_9595f.jpg Wavelength http://www.soak-d.com/header-bg-image daily 0.75 2017-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1483473054917-A5HNNXSMD42HZU29TQ73/image-asset.png header bg image https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55469dbde4b06698c52d260a/1483921035666-DL4311BS8MZJ9E8Y73U7/newbg.png header bg image http://www.soak-d.com/read-me-avenue daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377122138273-T4CY2P9250M4AKM3YGHZ/Brand%27s+creative+mind+%2820130821%29.jpg Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377122430471-3N5PIOOQ8YDNX5VOP807/CRAINE%26JONSON+%2820130821%29.jpg Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/4fd1028ee4b02be53c65dfb3/1377122107913-PW08QOSWT7TOGMPCJLIF/HELLO+ZSO+%2820130821%29.jpg Read Me