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Te Kaihinaki
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"Maori legend surrounds these mystical spheres on the South Island’s east coast. Maori legend tell of a great migration, when their ancestors travelled from their homeland of Hawaiki to Aotearoa in over 40 large wakas (canoes). Araiteuru, a famous canoe on a journey to find precious pounamu (greenstone), fell victim to a storm near Matakaea (Shag Point) and sank. The legend says the hull of the canoe became the reef, the kumara (sweet potato) it carried turned into stones and the round food baskets and water-carrying gourds transformed into the Te Kaihinaki, the Moeraki Boulders, forever petrified on Koekohe Beach." . . . from http://sandalroad.com/
The other explanation you can link to from my previous Boulder photos :) I like this one better . . . or perhaps they are dinosaur eggs, or petrified giant turtles.
Are you bored with the boulders? I have a few more.

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.nuke88
03/21/14 1:23 PM GMT
I am fascinated, more please lyn!!!.
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::Ramad
03/21/14 1:53 PM GMT
Or are they pieces of moon dropped on the earth :9 I am always impressed by these smooth rounded boulders.
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Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.
::biffobear
03/21/14 2:06 PM GMT
They look like the Boulders the Apache Indians used to roll down on to unsuspecting Cowboys..Good and interesting..R.
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“Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.”
::100k_xle
03/21/14 2:17 PM GMT
If they are Truly Magical then keep them coming.

I like to believe there is more to the World than our Eyes can See.

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This Image GRABBED my EYE. That's Why I Stopped By. Thanks For Sharing ! Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience
::Dunstickin
03/21/14 2:18 PM GMT
Or!...Big 'Gooly Bird' droppings!.

Interesting feature..well snapped for our viewing too
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"Never stop photographing. It is very likely that your best photograph has not yet been captured">
::trixxie17
03/21/14 2:38 PM GMT
No I'm not bored intrigued would be more like it - I've never seen anything like these before.
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. . . "What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
::tigger3
03/21/14 3:01 PM GMT
I'm not bored with these at all Lyn, I find this most interesting. They do look like prehistoric, and I do like the legend you wrote here. How about some more? Tigs♥ =^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
::0930_23
03/21/14 3:14 PM GMT
Such a national treasure these are, LE.
Like the Indians used to say: "Only the rocks live forever."

TicK


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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
.picardroe
03/21/14 4:24 PM GMT
Nice capture of the Boulders, Good capture Lyn.
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::LakeMichigan
03/21/14 5:33 PM GMT
I love this series, Lyn ... not bored at all .
I find them not only interesting but beautiful.
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Live Life ... like someone left the gate open .
::vangoughs
03/21/14 6:28 PM GMT
Like petrified turtles!!
Awesome
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::corngrowth
03/21/14 7:19 PM GMT
Are you bored with the boulders? I have a few more.

Let them come Lyn, as they are a mighty interesting and mystic phenomenon.

Wonderful series my friend!

Regards, Cornelius.
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Try to change what you can't accept, but accept what you can't change. Please CLICK HERE to see my journal! Feel free to save my images or to add them to your favorites.
.GIGIBL
03/21/14 7:35 PM GMT
Excellent close-up Lyn well done.
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.snapshooter87
03/21/14 7:37 PM GMT
This one really brought that old movie, "Cocoon" to mind. It's an excellent composition with nice surf and highlands on the horizon.
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.owldgirl
03/21/14 9:10 PM GMT
really interesting good pic ...
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.mesmerized
03/22/14 10:15 AM GMT
Fabulous shot, Lyn...and very intriguing to view and learn about...more are quite welcome.
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Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have any film.
.scorpie
03/22/14 12:37 AM GMT
Love these.
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Why not go out on a limb, that is where the fruit is.... Frank Scully
.flanno2610
03/22/14 9:54 PM GMT
Dare I say it - "This photo really rocks!
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::ro_and
03/23/14 11:54 AM GMT
great shot, giants birds eggs ....looks great....Ro
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let me keep my eyes open, let me see the beauty
.koca
03/24/14 8:34 AM GMT
Wonderful image, nice composition, Lyn.
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.icedancer
03/25/14 1:52 AM GMT
Wow amazing, love it
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.bfrank
04/12/14 11:53 PM GMT
Not bored in the least, Lyn. This is great perspective of these boulders. Nice sharpness and nice field of view. Beautiful color.
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Life's moments are sweet. I just want to capture all that I can of them.

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