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> From the last of my trek along the shoreline of the St. Johns River in nearby Alpine Groves Park. It's in Switzerland, Florida, a small little town just south of Jacksonville along State Road 13. Not sure why they named it Switzerland, there are no signs of its European namesake. Perhaps there were settlers here in the 1800's that saw some similarities. I sure don't see any ...
Yellow clusters of Pasqueflower (Pulsatilla alpina ssp. apiifolia) dot the steep lush slopes west of Alagna Pianalunga in the Italian Alps.
Our day began much further downslope at the bottom of the valley, which was still gripped in the sweaty fingers of a significant heat wave. We thought to ascend the Rio Otro and find some specimens of Walser architecture in the middle reaches of the Val d'Otro. However, after 30 minutes or so of walking, the heat of the lower elevation reaches of the trail proved too much for some in our party, and we decided to retreat back to the town of Alagna and ride the chairlift up to the alpine and cooler temperatures.
The queue for the lift was shockingly long, swelled by students in uniforms on a school trip. Fortunately for us, the adult chaperones motioned that we should pass them and jump to the front of the queue, and we gladly obliged. At the top of the lift, we ambled uphill toward the flowers and what appears to be a fantastic piste in colder months. My boys amused themselves throwing rocks into a pipe stuck into the stream, and my wife and I sought attractive groupings of yellow Pasqueflower.
Technical notes: Hand-held focus stack of four images, blended in Photoshop.
Real deep blue alpine lake
What the clean water it is
I'd drink a cup of chilled water
I felt the water even sweet in mouth
The Alpine chough, or yellow-billed chough, is a bird in the crow family, one of only two species in the genus Pyrrhocorax. Its two subspecies breed in high mountains from Spain eastwards through southern Europe and North Africa to Central Asia and Nepal, and it may nest at a higher altitude than any other bird. The eggs have adaptations to the thin atmosphere that improve oxygen take-up and reduce water loss.
This bird has glossy black plumage, a yellow beak, red legs, and distinctive calls. It has a buoyant acrobatic flight with widely spread flight feathers. The Alpine chough pairs for life and displays fidelity to its breeding site, which is usually a cave or crevice in a cliff face. It builds a lined stick nest and lays three to five brown-blotched whitish eggs. It feeds, usually in flocks, on short grazed grassland, taking mainly invertebrate prey in summer and fruit in winter; it will readily approach tourist sites to find supplementary food.
Some great lights and amazing colours over Moiry lake in Switzerland.
Lac de Moiry, Valais, Switzerland
Nikon D850 + Nikon AFS 70-200 f/4.
Salendo in una bella giornata estiva al Roc d'Orzival, sopra Grimentz in Val d'Anniviers (Vallese, Svizzera), la vista si apre su parecchi "quattromila" delle Alpi Svizzere. Nella foto, scattate nei pressi di un piccolo lago alpino, in mezzo alle numerose cime della "couronne imperiale" di Zinal, se ne vedono tre, il Zinalrothorn, l'Obergabelhorn e la Dent Blanche.
Located in Switzerland at an altitude of 2100 meters, Lake Fallboden (Fallbodensee) is a man-made lake. It provides beautiful views of the Eiger and Mönch mountains. The chapel-like building on the shore is a memorial hall honoring the famous route of the first ascent of the Eiger.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Jungfrau Railway, the ‘Eiger Walk’ was established as an easy hiking route that follows the rail line from the Eiger Glacier via Lake Fallboden to Kleine Scheidegg. It is a popular route that leads through stunning alpine scenery and the tranquil lakeshore provides a nice resting place for tired feet.
Last weekend we had several temperature inversions in succession, this was day number two, and so I ventured up to Craigmore this time, in the Trossachs National Park. The pre-dawn red glow was pretty amazing I have to say and the view to Ben Lomond to the west and beyond to the Cobbler was surrounded by this amazing layer of fog.
On the edge, indeed. It was 10C on this pretty Spring morning when Olymp snapped our Honeybee. Below that temperature Bees can no longer fly, but the Sun was out and so was she and up to her task for her hive. Squill provided beautifully pale pollen - see it sticky in Bee's corbicula.
There is no better nickname for the Eastern Sierras than the Range of Light. Seriously. I challenge you. 20 bucks.
North Lake, CA
This was taken during a hike down from Kleine Scheidegg to the village of Wengen. Kleine Scheidegg is a mountain pass located in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland.
Thomatal, Salzburg/Austria
At about 1800 m above sea level
Flowers are grateful motifs. Here is my small collection: flic.kr/s/aHsjeQiori
The Blue Lakes in the Tasman Valley of the Aoraki/Mt. Cook National Park on New Zealand's South Island are actually green.
The colour change was caused by a change in the supply of water to the lakes from glacial water to rainwater.
Despite this, the views are stunning!
Pulsatilla Halleri, also known as alpine pasque flower. Here flowering in the Arctic Alpine Botanic Garden in Tromsø, Norway.
Tibble Fork Trail to Ridge Trail; American Fork Canyon, Utah; May 2018
We dealt with some stretches of muddy trail after a rainy week, but the views of the Alpine Ridge and Timpanogos were spectacular.