On The Brink, Part II

Photos by MJ Klein.  This post and all photos are geotagged.  You may view the location of this post on our Geotagged Articles Map ^[1].

Recently we blogged on a place in Taichung ^[2] where the gravel mountains are eroding away, leaving many factories and other structures dangerously close to the edge.  Yesterday Hui-chen and I went back to that same area, and took the same highway.  Only this time I had a different lens, one with Optical Stabilization technology and a longer focal length.

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The topography of this area is amazing.  There are rolling hills, deep cuts, washouts, sharp ridges and peaks, and plateaus.

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As you make your way heading east on Highway 4 you see the the eroding landscape unfold as you drive by.  The mountains are made of gravel and the material is loosely packed.

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A wider angle shows the plateau near the intersection of Highway 3.

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There are buildings along this ridge further east.

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This type of erosion creates some amazing sculptures out of the land.

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Shots like this really make me feel uncomfortable!

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The THSR goes thorough a tunnel  to the east of where these buildings are located.  I wonder if eventually the top of the concrete tunnel will become exposed due to erosion?

This area hosts a number of  geocaches and I did see some interesting hiking and mountain bike trails.  I would exercise caution before going off on a bike trail that might lead to a cliff where the trail used to be.  Hui-chen and I will probably go hunt some of these geocaches, and when we do you’ll be reading about it later!