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It was a beautiful day for a walk in the Barr Lake State Park, Colorado. In the background you can see the Rocky Mountains.

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Barr Lake State Park is a Colorado state park established in 1977 in Adams County near Brighton, Colorado. The 2,715-acre (10.99 km2) park has 12 miles (19 km) of trails, including an 8.8-mile (14.2 km) trail that circles Barr Lake. Fishing and boating are allowed in the northern half of the park. The southern half is a wildlife refuge, with several wildlife viewing stations and a nature center. Numerous Bald Eagles spend the winter at Barr Lake and one pair nests every year. The park is popular with birders; over 350 species have been observed. The headquarters of the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory is inside the park on the west side of the lake. (Wikipedia)

  

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More from Denver in my set Denver.

 

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texture by rubyblossom. thanks

 

All week I've been dealing with an issue regarding copyright violation of my images uploaded here.

A shout out to flickr for forcing the removal of 13 of MY images that were stolen and posted

on some other person's photostream, YIKES, I've been completely creeped out and pissed off!

 

THANK YOU flickr for your prompt action!

 

Happy Fence Friday everyone, have a wonderful weekend!

 

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;

You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;

I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;

You raise me up: To more than I can be

 

Esta talvez seja um dos ângulos mais conhecidos e divulgados da Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas,

mas incrivelmente apesar de ter algumas fotos semelhantes em algumas sequencias,

nunca coloquei uma foto deste ângulo como principal.

  

* The numbers in the sequence correspond to the location that is indicated in the picture.

* The first two photos of the sequence show the place I was when I took the main photo

 

* Na foto principal indiquei com números os locais que eu estava nas fotos da sequencia

* As duas primeiras fotos mostram a visão inversa da foto do local que estava na foto principal que era o Corcovado.

* Exceto a ultima foto da sequencia, todas as outras estão abertas, pois já foram publicadas anteriormente

 

Foto: Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas Vista do Corcovado - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Video: ♪ You Raise Me Up ♪ - Westlife

 

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Mine! Get your own fish.

 

This Osprey was seen this winter at Canaveral National Seashore near Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA

 

Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

I have finally reached 100 uploads! Something I never thought I will, but it has taken close to 5 years of intermittent activity. Still I feel glad that I stuck with it as I have learnt a lot in terms of places to visit, composition and techniques from a lot of people here for which I am very thankful...

 

Coming to this one, when I reached the Lands End, as luck would have it, the whole day was bright and sunny and as dusk neared, the rain started and to be honest it was almost incessant and torrential as well. I was told that in the UK, if the rain is pouring down like there is no tomorrow in summer, two things can happen. It would either continue to pour down or it would start clearing...

 

I always knew I would not visit this place again and as it was raining, there was a small shed nearby this spot where I took shelter. I literally went down on my knees and started praying for the rain to relent because this is such a beautiful place that I did not want to go back empty handed...Now I am not saying all my prayers get answered, but in about half an hour, the clouds started moving easterly as the breeze picked up.

 

I got about 20 mins to complete my shoot after which the clouds engulfed the area completely and it rained well into the night. I could not do much of experimentation as the clouds were building up all around me. So I unpacked, got a few shots and ran back to the room. Even in this shot, you can see that it is raining in the horizon. One of my favourite shoots as it not only involved a gorgeous location, but getting a shot of this place was an adventure in itself...The first of the rock formation is known as the Enys Dodnan and the one farther than that is the Armed Knight.

 

Thanks for viewing and have a nice weekend everyone!

 

I could not decide which I like best. Therefore you see all three Valentine's images ;-)).

 

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... or what do you think ?

 

Happy Valentine's Day !

I could not decide which I like best. Therefore you see all three Valentine's images ;-)).

 

Heart sweets formed to a large heart and the word LOVE.

 

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And that's what I like in this picture.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;

You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;

I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;

You raise me up: To more than I can be

 

A onda de Calor que tem arrasado o Brasil e principalmente a cidade do Rio de Janeiro, faz eu ficar mais convicto que prefiro o Inverno Carioca, que diferente das baixas temperaturas do Hemisfério Norte, tem dias em geral agradáveis e bonitos com uma temperatura media variando entre 25 a 32º, bem diferente das altíssimas temperaturas que temos registrado nas ultimos semanas, desanimado as pessoas de sair de casa as deixando como Leitões Cevados.

 

Mas essa condição atmosférica me proporcionou neste fim de semana um espetaculo que foi muito mais bonito ao vivo que nas imagens das fotos, que foi transformar a Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas num perfeito espelho d' agua, refletindo perfeitamente o Morro dos Cabritos como podemos ver na foto principal e na primeira foto da sequencia.

 

Como não estava ventando as aguas estavam paradas e diferente das outras fotos da sequencia que foram tiradas no mesmo ângulo, mas em dias e horarios diferentes, refletia perfeitamente o Morro dos Cabritos.

 

* Todas as fotos da sequencia estão abertas, pois já foram publicadas anteriormente, exceto a primeira que tambem foi tirada neste fim de semana.

 

Foto: Amanhecer no Morro Dois Irmãos - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Video: ♪ You Raise Me Up ♪ - Celtic Woman

 

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Manhã, tão bonita manhã, na vida, uma nova canção

Cantando só teus olhos, teu riso, tuas mãos

Pois há de haver um dia, em que virás!!!

 

Das cordas do meu violão, que só teu amor procurou

Vem uma voz, falar dos beijos perdidos,nos lábios teus

 

Canta o meu coração, Alegria voltou

Tão feliz a manhã

Deste amor

 

Mais uma foto tirada na alvorada do ultimo Domingo e como havia dito na foto anterior a lagoa estava um espelho d' agua refletindo perfeitamente o Morro dos Cabritos.

 

O Transatlântico que esta aguardando o amanhecer para entrar na Baia de Guanabara, ficou toda a madrugada próximo as Ilhas Cagarras e só se aproximou da entrada da Baia na Alvorada, ele acabou confirmando uma informação que tive a muitos anos de um morador de Paquetá, que era proibido a navegação noturna depois de um determinado horário na Baia de Guanabara, exceto na noite do Ano Novo

 

* Todas as fotos da sequencia foram tiradas do alto do Morro Dois Irmãos e estão abertas, pois ja foram publicadas anteriormente, exceto a ultima que mostra a visão inversa da Praia de Ipanema para o Morro Dois Irmãos, que é essa formação com duas pontas, sendo que estavamos na mais alta

  

Foto: Alvarada no Topo do Morro Dois Irmãos - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Video: ♪ Manha de Carnaval ♪ - André Rieu

 

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The winter doesn't want to finish... It is cold and bright outside. The sun makes beautiful effects on the icy trees sometimes.

 

Thank you for the support, my friends.

I can show you the world, Shining, shimmering, splendid

Tell me, princess, now when did You last let your heart decide?

 

I can open your eyes take you wonder by wonder

Over, sideways and under on a magic carpet ride

 

A whole new world, A new fantastic point of view

No one to tell us no, or where to go, or say we're only dreaming

 

A whole new world, A dazzling place I never knew

But when I'm way up here, It's crystal clear

That now I'm in a whole new world with you

 

Unbelievable sights, Indescribable feeling

Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling

Through an endless diamond sky

A whole new world

 

Desejo a todas as pessoas de boa vontade que visitam minha pagina diariamente ou não,

um excelente fim de semana, repleto de Saúde, Paz e Alegrias.

 

* Todas as fotos da sequencia foram tiradas no Parque da Cidade em Niteroi

e de onde vemos as Montanhas que estão dentro da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro,

foram tiradas em ocasiões e horarios diferentes e todas estão abertas,

pois já foram publicadas anteriormente

 

Foto: Fim de Tarde no Parque da Cidade - Niteroi - Rio de Janeiro

Video: ♪ A Whole New World ♪ - Sandi Patty & David Phelps

 

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Cancun, Mexico

 

Dawn (from an Old English verb dagian "to become day") is the time that marks the beginning of the twilight before sunrise. This image was taken right before sunrise and the sky was at a brightness, not too dark nor too bright, that brought out the beautiful ambien lighting. In about 5 minutes, it would be too bright to see the lighting on the pool and buildings.

… well, with the possible exception of an early bi-plane spluttering across the façade of Trinity College, but we can't have everything!

 

A lovely high angle view of the junction of Dame Street with College Green in Dublin. I would encourage you all to have a good old zoom in on this one. We may have been here before, but there's gorgeous detail to be enjoyed...

 

Date: 1930s?

 

NLI Ref.: EAS_1744

Benone Strand overlooking Downhill Beach, Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Glasgow recording artist,

Argyle Street

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Loch Tarsan is a reservoir, dammed at both ends, not far from Dunoon. I've started to play around with the settings on my camera a bit (baby steps so please bear with me) I took this on aperture priority at 22. I'm pleased with it in that I think the focus is much sharper throughout the image than any other shots I've taken with this camera, but it's more or less wiped out all the detail in the shadowed area in the foreground. Any advice on how to set up the shot so that doesn't happen would be much appreciated, for example would I have been better doing a slightly longer exposure with a lower iso, or a much longer exposure with a tripod and filter, or something else altogether?

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The Matterhorn (German), Cervino (Italian) or Cervin (French), is a mountain in the Pennine Alps. With its 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high summit, lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps and its 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) north face is one of the Great north faces of the Alps.

 

The individual pieces of the chocolate bar Toblerone are claimed by its maker Kraft to be formed in the likeness of the Matterhorn.

 

Zermatt (French: Praborgne) is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

 

It is located at the northern base of the Matterhorn in the Pennine Alps, about 10 km from the border with Italy.

 

Zermatt has a permanent population of around 5,500 people, although the actual population varies considerably through the seasons as tourists come and go. The village is situated at the end of Mattertal, a north-facing valley, at an altitude of 1,620m (5,315ft). The valley is a dead end; although the border with Italy is close, it cannot be crossed by road, as it traverses a glacier at an altitude of over 3,000m. Zermatt is the starting point of the Patrouille des Glaciers and the Haute Route.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zermatt

 

The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.

 

The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.

 

The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.

 

The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alps

Weinstadt / Germany

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Explanation: Interstellar dust clouds and bright nebulae abound in the fertile constellation of Orion. One of the brightest, M78, on center in this colorful telescopic view, covering an area north of Orion's belt. At a distance of about 1,500 light-years, the bluish nebula itself is about 5 light-years across. Its blue tint is due to dust preferentially reflecting the blue light of hot, young stars in the region. Dark dust lanes and other nebulae can easily be traced through this gorgeous skyscape. The scene also includes the remarkable McNeil's Nebula -- a newly recognized nebula associated with the formation of a sun-like star, and the telltale reddish glow of many Herbig- Haro objects, energetic jets from stars in the process of formation. (text: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131010.html)

  

This picture was photographed on November 4-6, 2013 in the Crimea, Ukraine. (height of 600 m. above sea level)

 

Equipment: home assembled reflector 10" f/3.8, mount WhiteSwan-180, camera QSI-583wsg, Tevevue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.

LRGB filter set Baader Planetarium.

L: 17x450 sec., RGB: 8*600 sec. each filter, unbinned

6 hours total.

FWHM 2.69"-3.11" , sum in L channel - 2.94"

Processed Pixinsight 1.8, Fitstacker and Photoshop CS6.

 

Photo with labels: olegbr.astroclub.kiev.ua/files/astrofoto/M78/M78_LRGB_Ole...

In the Netherlands the 1st of January is traditionally celebrated with a new year’s dive (Nieuwjaarsduik). No matter how cold it is, at least 25.000 people plunge into the freezing water each January.

 

There are over 60 locations in the Netherlands where you can jump into the sea or a lake. The largest dive is held at the beach of Scheveningen, where well over 10.000 people plunge into the sea each year.

 

The tradition started in 1960 when a swim club decided to start the year fresh with a plunge in the sea. The new year’s dive received national attention after a big soup brand decided to sponsor it. From that moment on, the amount of participants and locations has increased every year.

 

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Het nieuwe jaar is natuurlijk niet compleet zonder de traditionele Nieuwjaarsduik.

 

De Nieuwjaarsduik in Scheveningen begon in 1965 op initiatief van Jan van Scheijndel, de ex-Kanaalzwemmer van de Zwemclub Residentie. De duik werd toen door zeven deelnemers genomen. In de loop van de tijd groeide de nieuwjaarsduik van enkele excentrieke fanatiekelingen tot een massaal evenement.

 

Ook voor de niet dappere dodo's is het een perfect dagje uit in Scheveningen, want het is en blijft een prachtig schouwspel om al die bibberende mensen te zien.

Rheintal bei Remagen (Deutschland / Germany)

 

DSC_6459-3

Vigila el mar ♪ ♫ Maria del Mar Bonet

 

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De borrascas oleajes y vórtices polares......por Angel Rivera, meteorólogo de AEMET

 

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Preview - Vorausschau:

 

Schnee an Weihnachten ist einfach klasse

 

Altitude

Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers can also determine altitude by trilateration with four or more satellites.

 

NN as abbreviation for Normalnull, a metric German height reference system preceding Normalhöhennull (NHN)

"Meter über Normal-Null" (“meters above standard zero”).

 

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6he_%C3%BCber_dem_Meeresspiegel

 

In Deutschland ist DHHN92 derzeit das offiziell gültige Höhensystem.

Doch die Angabe

NN als ist beliebt:

 

Ein weiterer Grund für die Weiterverwendung von Höhenangaben bezogen auf Normalnull ist die einfachere Vergleichbarkeit mit historischen Angaben.

 

PS

In der Mühlstrasse Tubingen vorzufinden:

Höhe über Normalnull (Höhen über NN im alten System)

Höhe: 341 m ü. NHN

 

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Der niedrigste Punkt des Tübinger Stadtgebiets befindet sich mit 307 m ü. NN im östlichen Neckartal, der höchste ist der Hornkopf im Schönbuch nördlich des Stadtteils Hagelloch mit 515,2 m Höhe. Im Norden Tübingens beginnt der Naturpark Schönbuch.

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Im Aufbau:

 

Galileo (Satellitennavigation)

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(Satellitennavigation)

 

Mehr als 30 GPS-Satelitten

umkreisen unser Erde.

 

www.adv-online.de/Wir-ueber-uns/Geo-Film/broker.jsp?uMen=...

 

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So alt wie das Vermessungswesen, so alt ist auch der Wunsch die gemessenen Ergebnisse in Zahlen und Karten darzustellen. Leider wurde die Vermessung in den vergangenen Jahrhunderten auf Grund von politischen Verhältnissen oft nur kleinräumig und inhomogen betrieben. Die Folge waren unzählige, unterschiedliche Bezugs- und Koordinatensysteme, die einen Vergleich von Messungen über Grenzen hinweg sehr erschwerte. Doch auch in der heutigen Zeit, und dem Wandel des Vermessungswesens hin zum Einsatz von satellitengestützten Messverfahren, ist diese Problematik aktueller denn je.

 

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suburb Waldhäuser Ost

short_name

WHO

 

www.openstreetmap.org/way/24879703#map=16/48.5445/9.0609

 

Skyline Tübingen Nordstadt - Hochhäuser: bis zu 545 m NN

Wetterseite

 

Tannenweg - Ulmenweg - Weidenweg - Weissdornweg

 

180 Grad Blick nach Osten

to the east

Landscape,cityscape

Panorama , Schwenkpanorama

 

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ORIGINAL SIZE

Orginalgrösse

4 Vollbilder, (5414 x 1287)

 

Abendstunden

Geminiden Meteorsturm

 

Winteraufnahme

Nokia Schwenkpanorama

 

de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockheizkraftwerk

 

BHKW Blockheizkraftwerk

14,504 MW thermisch

12,800 MW elektrisch

4 Gasmotoren,

• je 36 Tonnen schwer

• 1.500 Umdrehungen pro Minute

• 800 m3 Erdgas pro Stunde

Gesamt:

1. Gaswerk 1862

1. Elektrizitätswerk 1904

Stadtwerke Tübingen aka SWT

 

Gütesiegel 2012.

Top-Lokalversorger

Stiftung Warentest mit dabei

www.swtue.de/waerme.html

 

60 Mio. kWh Strom im Jahr

deckt 18% des Tübinger Strombedarfs

Tübingen deckt 27% des Strombedarfs selbst

Blockheizkraftwerke nutzen Stromerzeugung und Wärme.

Diese KWK - KRAFTWÄRMEKOPPLUNG erreicht einen Nutzungsgrad

Von mehr als 95 Prozent.

Durch diese effiziente Energieausnutzung wird CO2 eingespart.

It was a really wonderful day at the end of September but very cold and frosty on top of the mountains.

 

Mount Evans is a 14,265 feet (4,348 m) mountain in the Front Range region of the Rocky Mountains, in Clear Creek County, Colorado. It is one of 54 fourteeners (mountains with peaks over 14,000 feet (4,300 m)) in Colorado, and the closest fourteener to Denver. It is often compared to Pikes Peak — another Front Range fourteener within a short distance of a major city — which it exceeds in elevation by 154 ft (50 m).

 

The peak is one of the characteristic Front Range peaks, dominating the western skyline of the Great Plains along with Pikes Peak, Longs Peak, and nearby Mount Bierstadt. Mount Evans can be seen from over 100 miles away to the east, and many miles in other directions. Mount Evans dominates the Denver Metropolitan Area skyline, rising over 9,000 feet above the area. Mount Evans can be seen from points south of Castle Rock, up to (65 miles (105 km) south) and as far north as Fort Collins (95 miles (153 km) north), and from areas near Limon (105 miles (169 km) east). In the early days of Colorado tourism, Mount Evans and Denver were often in competition with Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs.

 

Summit Lake is a tarn which sits at 12,836 feet (3,912 m) altitude in a glacial cirque on the north face of Mount Evans and the east face of Mount Spalding. To the north, there is a col (12,855 feet/3918 m altitude) looking down into the chain of two cirques holding the Chicago Lakes at the headwaters of Chicago Creek. By one count that includes several unnamed lakes, Summit Lake is the 13th highest lake in the United States. In 1915, the USGS reported that Summit Lake was the highest lake in Colorado, at 12,740 feet. Later secondary sources occasionally report it as the highest lake in the United States.

The land was acquired by Denver in 1924 and incorporated into the Denver Mountain Parks system. It was declared a National Natural Landmark in April, 1965. (Wikipedia)

 

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That was a windless day

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D7100 + Tokina AT-X 12-28 f/4 Pro DX

12mm f/8 ISO 100 1/500sec

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Parisian running in parks or on banks of the Seine

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Merry Christmas to all!!! Thankyou for the EXPLORE!! :)))))))))))))

 

This image gets the most views on my stream - I would love to know why!!!!!!????? any suggestions as I can't understand it myself!

   

Highest position: 158 on Friday, May 29, 2015

Highest position: 156 on Saturday, August 8, 2015

 

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Gracias a Teresalaloba por identificar la flor.

 

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

 

Muchas gracias por vuestras visitas y comentarios.

Thank you very much for your visits and comments.

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The Matterhorn (German), Cervino (Italian) or Cervin (French), is a mountain in the Pennine Alps. With its 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high summit, lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps and its 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) north face is one of the Great north faces of the Alps.

 

The individual pieces of the chocolate bar Toblerone are claimed by its maker Kraft to be formed in the likeness of the Matterhorn.

 

Zermatt (French: Praborgne) is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.

 

It is located at the northern base of the Matterhorn in the Pennine Alps, about 10 km from the border with Italy.

 

Zermatt has a permanent population of around 5,500 people, although the actual population varies considerably through the seasons as tourists come and go. The village is situated at the end of Mattertal, a north-facing valley, at an altitude of 1,620m (5,315ft). The valley is a dead end; although the border with Italy is close, it cannot be crossed by road, as it traverses a glacier at an altitude of over 3,000m. Zermatt is the starting point of the Patrouille des Glaciers and the Haute Route.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zermatt

 

The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.

 

The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.

 

The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.

 

The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alps

Getty Images Collection

  

Explored #4 on Dec13 2013.

 

Canon EOS 7D, at 1/640 ƒ/5 ISO 800

 

This Lighthouse on the atlantic ocean is falling apart and is soon going to be demolished. How sad.

 

Phare de Cap d'Espoir après le coucher de soleil par une froide journée venteuse de Décembre. Ce phare va éventuellement être démoli puisqu'il n'est plus en bon état.

  

Someday, when this night is over and the star has faded and the angels fly

I will look at You with wonder Dreaming of this first night

When I heard You cry

 

Someday, You'll take Your tiny fingers and with just a touch will cause the blind to see

Someday, You will walk with strangers, But, tonight, I'll rock You

Stay awhile with me

 

Someday, they will call You Savior, Hope of all the people light and life divine

Someday, You will speak the words and touch the hearts of many

As You now touch mine

 

You will speak in love and wisdom, Prison doors will open, We all will be set free

Someday, You will walk among us. But, tonight, I'll rock You

Just stay awhile with me

 

My son, let me rock You

Stay awhile with me

 

* Todas as fotos da sequencia estão abertas, pois ja foram publicadas anteriormente

e mostram a area da Praia Vermelha e Pão de Açucar

 

Foto: Praia Vermelha e Pão de Açucar - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

Video: ♪ Somaday ♪ - Sandi Patty

 

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This path runs alongside Puck's Glen and is part of a circular route through the Argyll Forest Park

This is my 9th entry to the CCCXI - Category: Child's Life

 

This was built for the Lands of Classic Castle and continues the story about Paul von Brickenstein

 

A little scene from Paul von Brickenstein's childhood. He and his friends found a cave in the forest of Lenfald and try to tease the inhabitant.

Palais Großer Garten in Dresden / Deutschland

 

Palais big Garden, Dresden / Germany

  

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