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This Theano Alpine was photographed in the grasslands on the summit of Clay Butte, on the Beartooth Highway in Wyoming. Photo taken on 7/30/19.
This bench in the Alpine Rock Gardens offers a multitude of treats, including an aspen grove (Populus tremuloides), and an alpine pool featuring the reflections of mountain peaks and blue sky. The little blue bells-shaped flowers under the bench are harebells, or bluebells (Campanula rotundifolia). Across the pathway in front of the bench is silvery lupine ( Lupinus argenteus).
Perhaps the highest botanical gardens in the world, the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens were named to honor the former first lady Betty Ford's contributions, both locally and nationally.
Located at 8,250 feet elevation, the garden's feature more than 3,000 species of alpine and sub-alpine plants, both native and from other mountain regions of the world.
Founded by the Vail Alpine Garden Foundation in 1985, the organization's stated mission is "to inspire a passion for plants in high altitude communities through beautification, conservation, education and research programs."
The digital drawing of an Alpine A110 sports car. I have drawn it by hand in Clip Studio Paint.
Die digitale Zeichnung eines Alpine A110 Sportwagens. Ich habe ihn in Clip Studio Paint per Hand gezeichnet.
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A cow's breakfast? This little wild Astrantia was certainly a lovely sight in the meadow...
If I was a cow I'd have a nibble...
"Alpine" Heart made with vintage sheet music titled "Alpine Violet". The substrate used was 1/4 inch foam core. I finished the edges with scalloped aluminum tape that had alcohol ink applied to it. I printed a vintage image of violets on a transparency sheet and finished it with a blanket stitch. The vintage brooch on the left side is a violet petit point.
On our drive through the Alps, heading for Austria to visit great friend and artist, Richard Tian, we stopped at this spot. I wanted to go for a swim, but my partner reminded me that it was a looooong way down and the water was cold. I still wanted to go swimming...
Text from wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpine_A110
The Alpine A110 was a sports car produced by the French manufacturer Alpine from 1961 to 1977. The car was styled as a "Berlinette", which in the post-WWII era refers to a small enclosed two-door Berline, better-known as a coupe. The Alpine A110 succeeded the earlier A108. The car was powered by a succession of Renault engines.
Launched in 1961 the A110, like previous road-going Alpines, used many Renault parts, including engines. While its predecessor the A108 was designed around Dauphine components, the A110 was updated to use R8 parts. Unlike the A108, which was available first as a cabriolet and only later as a coupé, the A110 was available first as a Berlinette and then as a cabriolet. The most obvious external difference with the A108 coupé was restyled rear bodywork. Done to accommodate the A110's larger engine, this change gave the car a more aggressive look. Like the A108, the A110 featured a steel backbone chassis and a fiberglass body. The A110 was originally offered with 1.1 L R8 Major or R8 Gordini engines. The Gordini engine delivered 95 hp (71 kW) SAE at 6,500 rpm.
The A110 achieved most of its fame in the early 1970s as a successful rally car. After winning several rallies in France in the late 1960s with cast-iron R8 Gordini Cléon-Fonte engines the car was fitted with the aluminium-block Cléon-Alu from the Renault 16 TS. With two two-venturi Weber 45 carburetors, the TS engine delivered 125 hp (93 kW) DIN at 6,000 rpm. This allowed the production 1600S to reach a top speed of 210 km/h (130 mph). The long-wheelbase Alpine A108 2+2 Coupé ended its run and was replaced with a new, restyled 2+2 based on A110 engines and mechanicals called the A110 GT4.
The car achieved international fame during the 1970–1972 seasons competing in the newly created International Championship for Manufacturers, winning several events around Europe, earning a reputation as one of the strongest rally cars of its time. Notable performances from the car included a victory in the 1971 Monte Carlo Rally with Swedish driver Ove Andersson.
With the buy-out of Alpine by Renault complete, the International Championship was replaced by the World Rally Championship for 1973, at which time Renault elected to compete with the A110. With a team featuring Bernard Darniche, Jean-Pierre Nicolas and Jean-Luc Thérier as permanent drivers and "guest stars" like Jean-Claude Andruet (who won the 1973 Monte Carlo Rally) the A110 won most races where the works team was entered, making Alpine the first World Rally Champion. Later competition-spec A110s received engines of up to 1.8 litres.
As well as being built at Alpine's own Dieppe factory, versions of the A110 were built under license by various other vehicle manufacturers around the world. From 1965 to 1974 the car was produced in Mexico under the name "Dinalpin" by Diesel Nacional (DINA), who also produced Renault vehicles. From 1967 to 1969 the A110 was also produced in Bulgaria under the name "Bulgaralpine" by a partnership formed between SPC Metalhim and ETO Bulet, whose collaboration also resulted in the production of the Bulgarrenault.
In 1974 the mid-engined Lancia Stratos, the first car designed specifically for rally racing, was operational and homologated. At the same time it was obvious that the rear-engined A110 was nearing the limits of its development potential. The adoption of fuel injection brought no performance increase. On some cars, a DOHC 16-valve head was fitted to the engine, but it proved unreliable. Chassis modification, like the use of an A310 double wishbone rear suspension, homologated with the A110 1600SC, also failed to increase performance. On the international stage the Stratos proved to be the "ultimate weapon", making the A110, as well as many other rally cars, soon obsolete. The A110 is still seen in events such as Rallye Monte-Carlo Historique.
In 2012, to mark the 50th anniversary of the A110, Renault produced a concept car called the A110-50.
Alpine water cascades down the Poschiavino, a 30km long river running through Val Poschiavo, near the Bernina Pass in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland.
Le Mans Classic 2018
Construite en Belgique
1956 / 1960
Moteur 4 cylindres en ligne de la 4cv de 845 cm3
Puissance 40 cv
Vitesse maxi : 145 km/h
Alpine Heritage vehicle BCJ 710B, a Harrington Grenadier bodied Leyland Tiger Cub, new to Wye Valley Motors, at Llandudno west Shore, 10 September 2015.
A line up of Alpine Travel coaches inside Rhyl depot showing Volvo B9R / Plaxton Panther AP60 ALP, Scania Irizar i6 BP24 ALP and Scania Irizar i4 JFZ 7031.
A collection of bus photos from a holiday in North Wales in May 1996.
Here, Crosville Wales SNL572 (JTU572T) descends Berry Street inside the walled town of Conwy on its journey to Rhyl. The Leyland National Series B is wearing Alpine Bus livery from a time when Crosville Wales had purchased the bus services of local operator Alpine of Llandudno.
The present Park City ski area opened on December 21, 1963. Originally named Treasure Mountain and operated by the United Park City Mines, it boasted the longest gondola in the U.S., as well as a double chairlift and two J-bar surface lifts.
When the slopes opened to the public, skiers were transported nearly 3 miles (5 km) into the mountain on the Spiro Tunnel mine train and then lifted 1800 ft (548 m) to the slopes on a mine hoist elevator. Aerial trams once used for hauling ore were converted into chairlifts. To this day, there are still more than 1000 miles (1609 km) of old silver-mine workings and tunnels beneath the slopes at Park City Mountain Resort and Deer Valley.
The ski area's name change to Park City came in its fourth season of 1966-67. After seven seasons, the resort was sold by the mining company to Edgar Stern in 1970. (Wikipedia)
Before riding this monster, I snapped five bracketed JPG exposures at the bottom of the Park City Alpine Slide. The family had a fantastic time, and I highly recommend it - fun for just about anyone!
I combined and tonemapped the five exposures in Photomatix, edited in Photoshop for color, levels and smoothing, and applied a few Topaz filters for exposure and contrast. GPS info was added in iPhoto.
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