Hello friends. Wishing you all well and having a good weekend. As for me, yesterday I went out with a professional colleague to carry out field explorations in order to make geological observations in the lands near the canyon of the Cojímar River, in the north of Havana. As I work in the Geological Service of Cuba, I do research focused on the study of the relief, and on this occasion we took the opportunity to make a tour for such purposes, and also to escape a little from the city routines to have some contact with nature and relax.
The Cojímar River is a fluvial course coming from the south of Havana, which runs along its course until it flows into the Boca de Cojímar, on Havana's northern coast. In the lower section near the coast, the river, over a long period of time, eroded and deepened its course, cutting the coastal elevations (like a knife cutting a cake) and creating a canyon of relative depth, from combined processes of tectonic uplift of the coastal blocks and the river's own incision through faults in the terrain. Yesterday we were able to verify the evidence of this fault, expressed in the relief in the formation of an abrupt escarpment that limits the coastal elevations to the south, in the alignment of the riverbed and in the deformations and crushing of the rocks of the Cojímar Formation due to tectonic stresses.
I am a great lover of nature and I love to be in contact with it, and yesterday was a great experience, because in addition to making observations, I could enjoy the greenery of the vegetation, the pleasant breeze being near the sea, the singing of birds, and above all, the opportunity to relax my mind and escape for a while from the daily routines of everyday life. A whole experience of relaxation and observation of the fascinating nature. Greetings.
All images taken with my Samsung Galaxy A7 camera phone.
Translated at DeepL.
