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We started our walk at Mompé Tujetsch, descending to the Rhine (Vorderrhein) and crossing it, then climbing to this lovely Alpine pasture (Alm) dotted with hay huts, most of which seem to have been converted to holiday homes now.
Alpenmurmeltier (Marmota marmota)
Fam. Hörnchen (Sciuridae)
A new version of this photo, with less blur.
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Eine neue Version dieses Fotos, mit weniger Weichzeichner Einsatz.
Dolomite Alps, South Tyrol, Italy
西洋翁草、Pulsatilla vulgaris
Taken in the Hakuba Goryu Alpine Botanical Garden, approximately 1,600m above sea level
It's amazing to watch how even these young ibex walk through an almost vertical mountain wall, Bavarian, Alps, Germany
(Niverolle alpine)
(Schneesperling)
(Fringuello alpino)
(White-winged Snowfinch)
(Montifringilla nivalis)
Alpine ibex feeding on an almost vertical mountain wall, after an exhausting hike through snow and ice we finally found these amazing mountaineers high up on the snow free rocks looking for food. Bavarian Alps, Germany
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I took this photo on a hiking tour between Trockener Steg and Schwarzsee above Zermatt (the so-called Matterhorn Glacier Trail). I would assume that some decades ago the vast scree and boulder fields were covered by a glacier.
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I took this photo on a hiking tour between Trockener Steg and Schwarzsee above Zermatt (the so-called Matterhorn Glacier Trail). I would assume that some decades ago the vast scree and boulder fields were covered by a glacier.
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A strong alpine ibex walking on an almost vertical rock slope, just amazing to see them moving with ease through this terrain. Bavarian Alps, Germany
This is an ancient landscape. Granite can be found over the mountain plateau, but by far the most predominant rock formation is dolerite from the Jurassic era (180 million years ago).
Tasmania has the largest exposure of dolerite in the world and it forms the characteristic features seen on many of its mountains ("The Organ Pipes" on Mount Wellington in Hobart for instance, and yesterday I showed you "Old Bill's Monument" here on Ben Lomond). These rocks are in fact the magma from huge volcanic activity that spread across the "island". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Tasmania
Ben Lomond/turapina was also the only mountain in Tasmania to be crusted with a glacier, but more of that in coming days. But all of these extreme events led to the development of highly adaptable alpine plants, which are showing beautiful shades of green. orange, red and yellow. The colours actually remind me of some Persian carpets. In spring, when the wildflowers bloom, this is truly a magical place.
"Ben Lomond National Park protects a representative cross-section of Tasmania's north-east alpine plant communities. Although much of the plateau is stony with areas of low and often stunted forms of vegetation, the remainder of the mountain contains a wide variety of habitats ranging from alpine moorland to dense forest. A total of 222 plant species have been recorded on the Ben Lomond plateau, represented by 152 dicotyledons, 62 monocotyledons, 1 gymnosperm and 7 fern and fern ally families. The five most common families (Asteraceae, Poaceae, Epacridaceae, Cyperaceae and Proteaceae) account for about half the total number of species recorded. Most families, however, are only represented by one or two species. Some introduced plants have naturalised on the plateau from introduced grasses, clovers and straw used to stabilise soil and revegetate areas affected by slope grooming, road works and other site disturbances. The most common native species recorded on the plateau are the herbs Poa gunnii (tussock grass) and Gentianella diemensis, the shrubs, Richea scoparia, Orites acicularis and Pentachondra pumila, Baeckea gunniana and Epacris serpyllifolia. Cushion plants are abundant throughout the plateau. One species, the rock cushion plant Chionohebe ciliolata, is known only from a small localised area within the Park. Other rare and threatened species include the rare endemic Oreomyrrhis sessiliflora, and the endangered Colobanthus curtisiae." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lomond_(Tasmania)
Alpendohle / Pyrrhocorax graculus
Photo taken at Kehlsteinhaus, Deutschland (Eagle's Nest)
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Beautiful alpine winter landscape near Oberstdorf in the Allgäu Alps. | Schöne alpine Winterlandschaft bei Oberstdorf in den Allgäuer Alpen.
...after a long night of hiking and photographing I reached the summit of Schönbichler Horn (3135 m) at 5 a.m..
Do you know this moment just before a classic music concert, when all the musicians are pitching their instruments and it gets louder and louder ?
This is just before sunrise and you can see the mountain ranges of the Zillertal Alps and the Hohe Tauern. In the background you can see Großglockner (3797 m) in the Hohe Tauern National Park. It is the highest mountain in Austria.
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Nach einer langen Vollmond Nacht in der ich eigentlich nur herumgelaufen bin und Fotos gemacht habe, erreiche ich den Gipfel des Schönbichler Horn (3135 m) um 5 Uhr morgens.
Kennt Ihr den Moment kurz vor einem Klassik Konzert, wenn die Musiker nochmals ihre Instrumente stimmen und es lauter und lauter wird. So ähnlich hat sich dieser Moment angefühlt. Und ich hatte diesen Moment ganz für mich alleine. Etwas emotional intensiveres kann man sich kaum vorstellen, zumindest nicht, wenn man R.B. heißt ;-)
Der Blick geht gen Osten. Man sieht die Zillertaler Alpen und weiter hinten die Hohen Tauern mit dem Großglockner (3797 m).
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Two mountain goats Oreamnos americanus graze in a mountain meadow along the Beartooth Hiway in the Beartooth Mountains of Wyoming. Though not native to Wyoming, these goats (Oreamnos americanus) descended from small groups introduced to the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains in the 1940s and 1950s. They were brought in from western Montana where they are native. Some consider the species a compliment to the ecosystem. As their numbers grow, others worry about the effect of the goats on the alpine vegetation and the native mountain sheep population. Regardless of the concern that always accompanies introduced species, It is always fun to see them.