One of the places I often visit to take photos is Manor Park (Larchmont, New York). Among other things, with its location on the Long Island Sound, it offers a great place to photograph the rising sun in all its glory.



Its twin gazebos and Umbrella Point also provide a photogenic setting for capturing and preserving memories ranging from wedding portraits to snowy landscapes. Rumor has it that wedding portraits captured at Manor Park mean that the marriage will truly last till “death do us part.” The quiet fog on a still autumn morning, the pounding surf on a stormy day, and a refreshing sea breeze that eases summer’s inferno all add to the Park’s offerings. However, there is more.

Manor Park was once part of the Appalachian Mountains. That mountain range formed some 600 million years ago. Courtesy of the shifting tectonic plates, the Park lies at its present location. The result is that those who come to the Park can enjoy an outdoor exhibit of metamorphic rocks including gneiss, mica, shale, and quartzite.

Metamorphic rocks result from the transformation of original rocks (“prolith”) during a process called metamorphism (“change in form”). Intense heat and pressure result in physical and/or chemical changes. Although the impact of water—fresh and saltwater—also changes rocks, water-driven changes are not part of the metamorphic process.

A selection of photos from Manor Park is displayed below:


Gneiss


Quartzite


Quartzite


Quartzite


Quartzite and Mica:


Mica


Mica


Mixed Rocks