Showing posts with label mountain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mountain. Show all posts

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Monday, December 24, 2012

Nepal-Tibet border

Nepal-Tibet border

Photograph by Grace Riola

Cilento Coast, Italy

Cilento Coast, Italy

Photograph by Giuseppe Capobianco

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Ki Gompa, India

Ki Gompa, India

Credits : http://500px.com/OaKy

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Laguna verde, Licancabur, Bolivia

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Photograph by Joel DELMAS

Fjallabak, Iceland

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In the highlands of Iceland often you think you just arrived on another planet. This surreal aerial view I have taken above the region of Fjallabak. The dark volcanic landscape is contrasting with bright green patterns and forms of lichens growing there.

Photograph by David Koester

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Winnats Pass, Derbyshire, England

Winnats Pass, Derbyshire, England

Winnats Pass is in the High Peak area of the English county of Derbyshire. It lies to the west of the village of Castleton, in the National Trust's High Peak Estate. The road winds through a cleft, surrounded by towering limestone pinnacles. The pass was once thought to have originated as a giant collapsed cavern; however, a more recent explanation is that it was a ravine between the coral reefs that originally formed the limestone.

The permanent closure of the main A625 road at Mam Tor in 1979 due to subsidence has resulted in Winnats Pass being heavily used by road traffic. However, the narrowness of the road and its 20% (1 in 5) gradient has caused it to be closed to buses, coaches and vehicles over 7.5 tonnes in weight. The road regularly features in the Tour of the Peak cycle race each autumn.

Sky Walk, Mt. Nimbus, Canada

Sky Walk, Mt. Nimbus, Canada

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Matterhorn at Night

Matterhorn at Night

The Matterhorn, 14,691 feet (4,478 meters), at full moon

Photograph by Nenad Saljic