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There is no better nickname for the Eastern Sierras than the Range of Light. Seriously. I challenge you. 20 bucks.
North Lake, CA
An awesome reflection from my recent visit to Italy :)
I absolutely love those rough mountains combined with beautiful nature.
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!
Taken in Tsuagaike Nature Park, Hakuba, Nagano Pref. On the farthest left is the tallest peak of Mt Korenge (2766m). As you see, autumn colors are still young around here, as of today.
Not prize- winning, but I was chuffed to get these images of a pair of Alpine Swifts over Scarborough today.
Glacier National Park, Montana. This is on the Highline Trail which starts at Logan Pass and follows along the Continental Divide also know as the Garden Wall. At this location we are coming up to Haystack Pass with a beautiful view of Haystack Butte just outside this shot.
I spent this past week just outside of Mackenzie, BC. On Tuesday I went up above the treeline at the top of Morfee Mountain to look for ptarmigan and was very surprised to find this Baird's Sandpiper right at the summit of the mountain just relaxing in the sun...
© Doug Santo
Tioga Lake just outside the eastern entrance of Yosemite National Park. Mt. Dana to the right.
A mixed train of ABe 4/4 III's and three loaded log wagons negotiate the S curves below Lago Bianco as it continues its climb towards the summit of the RhB at Ospizio Bernina. The logs are bound for the small lumber yard in Tirano, Italy.
Rhaetian Railway, Bernina Line
RhB ABe 4/4 III #53
Bernina Lagalb, Pontresina, CH
LA: Pinguicula alpina
EN: Alpine butterwort
DE: Alpen-Fettkraut
HU: Havasi hÃzóka
A perennial carnivorous little plant.
Eurasian arctic-alpine areas are its home on the northern hemisphere.
The leaves are arranged in a rosette. Their surface is sticky and full of glands that produce digestive enzymes. Little insects landing on their leaves become trapped in the sticky mucous ground and the leaf edges roll toward the center, to bring more glands in contact with the victim.
Bon appétit!
It takes several years before one plant blooms.
In Germany strongly protected.
I can't think of a better place to be right now than up at 12,500' in a remote alpine environment of the beautiful San Juan Mountains of SW Colorado.
It is refreshingly lush everywhere we travel this summer. The weather is a bit tricky this year as the rains are frequent so it is easy to get stuck out there in a lightning storm as I did just before this shot. In a matter of 15 minutes I saw a torrential downpour to a full rainbow that only lasted 20 seconds to dark clouds again.
I just can't get enough of this and find myself thinking about it day and night. Nature is really reaching out to us this summer and I plan on taking full advantage of it!
I posted a few other pictures to my website from our trip,
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