Douglas E. Welch<p>Alcantara Gorge 11, Francavilla di Sicilia, Sicily, Italy</p><p>Several thousand years ago, the river bed was blocked by a lava flow from Mount Etna. As the lava was cooled much more quickly by the water than it would have done otherwise, it crystallised in the form of columns. Over the next millennia, the river naturally eroded a channel through these columns, resulting in impressive gorges and ravines, such as the Alcantara Gorges (Gole dell'Alcantara) next to Francavilla di Sicilia, where the Peloritani mountains end. – Wikipedia</p><p><a href="https://welchwrite.com/blog/2025/03/22/alcantara-gorge-11-francavilla-di-sicilia-sicily-italy-photography/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">welchwrite.com/blog/2025/03/22</span><span class="invisible">/alcantara-gorge-11-francavilla-di-sicilia-sicily-italy-photography/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/809173409228132618" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch</span><span class="invisible">/809173409228132618</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Alcantara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alcantara</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/gorge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gorge</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/volcano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volcano</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/volcanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>volcanic</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/sicily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sicily</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>italy</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fuzzies.wtf/@altbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>altbot</span></a></span></p>