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The blue hour is the period of twilight when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon and residual, indirect sunlight takes on a predominantly blue shade, which differs from the one visible during most of a clear day, which is caused by Rayleigh scattering.
The blue hour occurs when the Sun is far enough below the horizon so that the sunlight's blue wavelengths dominate due to the Chappuis absorption caused by ozone. Since the term is colloquial, it lacks an official definition similar to dawn, dusk, and the three stages of twilight. Rather, it refers to a state of natural lighting that usually occurs around the nautical stage of the twilight period (at dawn or dusk).
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La hora azul es el período del crepúsculo en el que el Sol se encuentra a una profundidad significativa por debajo del horizonte y la luz solar indirecta residual adquiere un tono predominantemente azul, que difiere del que se ve durante la mayor parte de un día despejado, que es causado por la dispersión de Rayleigh.
La hora azul ocurre cuando el Sol está lo suficientemente por debajo del horizonte para que dominen las longitudes de onda azules de la luz solar debido a la absorción de Chappuis causada por el ozono. Dado que el término es coloquial, carece de una definición oficial similar a amanecer, anochecer y las tres etapas del crepúsculo. Más bien, se refiere a un estado de iluminación natural que generalmente ocurre alrededor de la etapa náutica del período crepuscular (al amanecer o al atardecer).
Monument Valley, Utah, United States
September 2016
Captured as a full 360° drone panorama above Öyfossen in Valle, Setesdal, this scene reveals the Otra river carving its way through dense boreal forest, farmland, and rugged valley walls. Roads, water, and wilderness intertwine here, illustrating how human passage has followed the river’s course for centuries through southern Norway’s interior.
Fun fact: The Otra is Norway’s 8th-longest river, stretching over 245 km, and has historically been a vital transport route for timber floated downstream from Setesdal to the coast.
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Kodachrome Basin is a state park of Utah, USA. It is situated 5,800 feet above sea level, 12 miles south of Utah Route 12, and 20 miles southeast of Bryce Canyon National Park. If you want to get away from crowds, head to it for a short visit. If you are an amateur photographer like me, you will really love it. Standing at the point on the Angel's Palace Trail was a real highlight of our trip. The view from the top was spectacular and clouds played a big role that day, as we got there late in the day, perfect time for pictures before it started to get really dark. We could see most of Kodachrome. The picture I took, is one of the prettiest ones, I have from the trip, just because of the way the threatening dark blue sky looked against the pipes and other rock formations. The rocks and formations here are very different than anything we'd see so far.
Santiago Island has the biggest and longest lava flow, which is located in Sullivan Bay. Geologically speaking, this island is one of the most beautiful and unbelievable formations. The vast basaltic landscape performs smooth and unbroken surfaces with undulations and nods formed by the fluid lava that created the sculpture. It is located on the central west of the archipelago and is formed by two overlapping volcanoes. It is the 4th biggest of the Galapagos archipelago.
The Fimmvörðuháls Hiking Trail is a hiking between two glaciers and a volcano.
It is one of the most beautiful hiking trails in the country and a great destination for people into photography.
The Fimmvörðuháls (five-cairn trail) route is about 25km long including 1000m of climbing. It is the area between the Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull glaciers in the south of Iceland.
The starting point is normally by the fabulous and famous waterfall Skógafoss, and ends in the beautiful green valley Thorsmork.
Iceland. September 2015.
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The longest natural rock span in the world (306 feet wide) is located on the Devil's Garden, in Arches National Park. Due to its instability Hikers are not allowed to wonder beneath this thin span. Hiking beyond this point is primitive and definitely not for those with a fear of heights because the trail becomes steeper and steeper as you go and includes many large drop offs on both sides of the trail.
Western (genre)
Western is a genre of fiction set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the Western United States, which is styled the "Old West". Its stories commonly center on the life of a nomadic cowboy or gunfighter armed with a revolver and a rifle who rides a horse. Cowboys and gunslingers typically wear Stetson hats, neckerchief bandannas, vests, spurs, cowboy boots, and buckskins. Recurring characters include the aforementioned cowboys, Native Americans, Spaniards, Mexicans, bandits, lawmen, bounty hunters, outlaws, gamblers, soldiers, and settlers.
Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid, desolate landscape of deserts and mountains. Often, the vast landscape plays an important role, presenting a "mythic vision of the plains and deserts of the American West."
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El wéstern o películas del Oeste es un género de ficción ambientado principalmente en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX en el oeste de los Estados Unidos, que se conoce como el "Viejo Oeste". Sus historias generalmente se centran en la vida de un vaquero nómada o pistolero armado con un revólver y un rifle que monta a caballo. Los vaqueros y los pistoleros suelen usar sombreros Stetson, pañuelos de pañuelo, chalecos, espuelas, botas de vaquero y pieles de ante. Los personajes recurrentes incluyen los vaqueros, nativos americanos, españoles, mexicanos, bandidos, hombres de la ley, cazarrecompensas, forajidos, jugadores, soldados y colonos.
Los westerns a menudo enfatizan la dureza del desierto y con frecuencia establecen la acción en un paisaje árido y desolado de desiertos y montañas. A menudo, el vasto paisaje juega un papel importante, presentando una "visión mítica de las llanuras y desiertos del oeste americano".
Monument Valley, Utah, United States
September 2016
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When you visit Arches National Park, you be dumbfounded, astonished, open-mouthed with the spectacle you can see.
It's really a natural wonder.
This valley is the Park Avenue Trail, one of the first major attractions within Arches National Park. It is a one-mile trail that follows the bottom of a canyon at the feet of some of the park’s gigantic and well-known monoliths.
Arches National Park, Moab, United States
September 2016
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Box-Death Hollow Wilderness, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. As seen from Utah's Scenic Byway 12.
Monument Valley meaning valley of the rocks. It is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast sandstone buttes. It is located on the Arizona–Utah border, near the Four Corners area. The valley lies within the range of the Navajo Nation Reservation and is accessible from U.S. Highway 163.
Monument Valley, Utah, United States
September 2016
Geological features in Monument Valley. From left to right Stagecoach, Big Indian and Brighams Tomb.
Canyonlands National Park is a U.S. National Park located in southeastern Utah near the town of Moab.
The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons, mesas, and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective tributaries. The park is divided into four districts: the Island in the Sky, the Needles, the Maze, and the combined rivers.
This image is made from 'the Island in the Sky' and you can see the meanders of the Green River.
The stage as a whole reminds me a lot of the series 'WestWorld' that's why I have titled it that way.
The Island in the Sky
Canyonlands National Park, Moab, Utah, United States
September 2016
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Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
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Delicate Arch is a 16 m freestanding natural arch located in Arches National Park, near Moab in Grand County, Utah, United States.
The arch is the most widely recognized landmark in Arches National Park.
Because of its distinctive shape, the arch was known as "the Chaps" and "the Schoolmarm's Bloomers" by local cowboys.
Without a doubt, it is one of the most photographed arches of this great park and the sunsets are especially crowded by photographers and tourists from all over the world. This is really quite a spectacle of great beauty.
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Delicate Arch es un arco natural independiente de 16 m ubicado en el Parque Nacional Arches, cerca de Moab, en el condado de Grand, Utah, Estados Unidos.
El arco es el hito más ampliamente reconocido en el Parque Nacional Arches.
Debido a su forma distintiva, el arco era conocido como "los Chaps" y "los Bloomers de Schoolmarm" por los vaqueros locales.
Sin duda, es uno de los arcos más fotografiados de este gran parque y las puestas de sol son especialmente concurridas por fotógrafos y turistas de todo el mundo.
El conjunto es realmente un espectaculo de gran belleza.
Arches National Park, Moab, United States
September 2016
Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
Zabriskie Point is a part of the Amargosa Range located east of Death Valley in Death Valley National Park in California, United States, noted for its erosional landscape.
It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago—long before Death Valley came into existence.
Death Valley
California, United States
September 2016
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The "Narrows" are upstream from the main Zion Canyon, where the walls squeeze to slot canyon dimensions: 1,500 feet tall and as narrow as 30 feet wide in places. In these spots, the water flows from wall to wall so hiking it involves a lot of wading through the Virgin River.
Zion National Park, Utah
United States
September 2016
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Matka Canyon is only a half-hour drive from Skopje, yet it feels like a completely different world. Over thousands of years, the Treska River carved this deep gorge, where steep limestone walls rise almost vertically from the water. It is a landscape shaped by rock, light, and silence. Along one side of the canyon runs a narrow footpath that clings to the rock face. That path is part of the Matka Canyon Trail, a route of about 6 km round-trip that follows nearly the entire length of the gorge. Some sections are wide and peaceful, while others are narrow and dramatic, hanging directly above the water — the kind of trail that gives Matka its unique character. In the photo, you see a small boat gliding through the canyon, the second way to discover this place. Here you can not only paddle by kayak between towering cliffs, but also take a boat ride deeper into the gorge. The boat brings you all the way to the entrance of the mysterious Vrelo Cave, one of the deepest underwater caves in the world, filled with dark pools and limestone formations that create an almost otherworldly atmosphere. Matka Canyon is the kind of place where time slows down — where every step, whether walking, paddling, or sailing, brings you closer to the quiet beauty of nature. A blend of ruggedness, peace, and grandeur that is truly unforgettable.
A small boat moves quietly through Matka Canyon, the boatman guiding it between the cliffs while a man at the front films the best view with his selfie-stick as the canyon rises around him.
Matka Canyon ligt op slechts een half uur rijden van Skopje, maar voelt meteen als een wereld op zichzelf. De rivier Treska heeft hier in duizenden jaren een diepe kloof uitgeslepen, met steile kalkstenen wanden die bijna recht uit het water omhoog rijzen. Het is een landschap van rots, licht en stilte. Langs één van deze wanden loopt een smal pad dat zich letterlijk tegen de rots vastklampt. Dat pad maakt deel uit van de Matka Canyon Trail, een route van ongeveer 6 km heen en terug. Het volgt vrijwel de gehele lengte van de canyon en biedt voortdurend spectaculaire uitzichten over het water beneden. Sommige stukken zijn breed en rustig, andere smal, spannend en direct boven het water — precies het soort pad dat Matka zijn bijzondere charme geeft. Op de foto zie je een bootje dat door de kloof vaart, een tweede manier om Matka te beleven. Je kunt hier niet alleen kajakken tussen de hoge kliffen, maar ook met een boottocht dieper de canyon in. Deze tocht brengt je uiteindelijk bij de ingang van de mysterieuze Vrelo Cave, één van de diepste onderwatergrotten ter wereld, waar kalksteenformaties en donkere waterkamers een bijna magische sfeer creëren. Matka Canyon is zo’n plek waar elke stap — of je nu wandelt, peddelt of vaart — je dichter bij de natuur brengt. Een combinatie van ruigheid, rust en schoonheid die je niet snel vergeet.
The Fimmvörðuháls Hiking Trail is a hiking between two glaciers and a volcano.
It is one of the most beautiful hiking trails in the country and a great destination for people into photography.
The Fimmvörðuháls (five-cairn trail) route is about 25km long including 1000m of climbing. It is the area between the Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull glaciers in the south of Iceland.
The starting point is normally by the fabulous and famous waterfall Skógafoss, and ends in the beautiful green valley Thorsmork.
Iceland. September 2015.
Reynisfjall is a 340 m high tuff mountain arising out of a volcanic eruption from under a glacier in the penultimate Ice Age, near the village of Vik. Alternating in an irregular manner are layers of tuff, pillow lava and columnar basalt veins and loops. Reynisdrangar stacks are a collection of 66 m high rock pillars that rise out of the sea and are of the same geological formation as Reynisfjall. On Reynisfjöru beach, very beautiful basalt formations in the south part of the mountain can be seen, and there you will find an exceedingly beautiful cave called Hálsanefshellir.
Iceland. September 2015.
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Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
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Gurd Lake is one of the inland lakes, located about 10 km inland from the north east corner of Georgian Bay, a lake that offer endless canoeing and kayaking adventures. Another view, just for You! Enjoy it!
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Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
This fine art landscape photograph captures the vast geology of the Painted Desert in Petrified Forest National Park. Layered badlands, mineral-rich clay hills, and eroded mesas stretch across the high desert, shaped by wind and water over millions of years. Soft bands of rust red, ochre, mauve, and pale gray bentonite clay reveal the region’s distinctive stratified formations and timeless natural beauty.
Photographed in clear natural light with deep focus, this image emphasizes texture, scale, and subtle color transitions across the desert landscape. Ideal for collectors of Southwestern art, national park photography, desert landscapes, and geological fine art, this piece brings a sense of stillness, history, and expansive space into any interior setting.
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The Skógafoss is one of the biggest waterfalls in Iceland with a width of 15 metres. It is situated on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland at the cliffs of the former coastline.
Due to the amount of spray the waterfall consistently produces, a single or double rainbow which is normally visible on sunny days.
According to legend, the first Viking settler in the area, Þrasi Þórólfsson, buried a treasure in a cave behind the waterfall. The legend continues that locals found the chest years later, but were only able to grasp the ring on the side of the chest before it disappeared again.
At the eastern side of the waterfall, a hiking and trekking trail leads up to the pass Fimmvörðuháls between the glaciers Eyjafjallajökull and Mýrdalsjökull. It goes down to Þórsmörk on the other side and continues as the Laugavegur trail to Landmannalaugar.
Iceland. September 2015.
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The Organ, a tall stone column in the Courthouse Towers area of Arches National Park, near Moab, Utah.
Double Arch is a close-set pair of natural arches, one of the more known features of Arches National Park in Utah, United States.
The area was used as a backdrop for the opening scene of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Arches National Park, Moab, United States
September 2016
It's one of the best known waterfalls in Iceland and is situated close to Skógafoss.
This waterfall of the river Seljalandsá drops 60 metres over the cliffs of the former coastline.
It's possible to walk behind the waterfall.
Iceland. September 2015.
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Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.
Landmannalaugar is in the Fjallabak Nature Reserve in the Highlands of Iceland. It is at the edge of Laugahraun lava field, which was formed in an eruption around the year 1477. It is well known for its natural geothermal hot springs and surrounding landscape.
Landmannalaugar is the northern end of the Laugavegur hiking trail and a popular destination for tourist traveling in Iceland.
Iceland. September 2015.