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Shahdad (Lut) desert in Kerman province, Iran. A Natural World Heritage Site, where the dead do not decay and some of the highest temperatures on earth have been recorded, next to Barez snow mountains. March 2013.
Panorámica del pico de Aspe y de la estación de esquí de Candanchú desde lo alto del pico de la Raca. Pirineo Aragonés. Huesca. España
international mountain day 11 December 2011
International Mountain Day is an opportunity to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and to build partnerships that will bring positive change to the world's mountains and highlands.
nanga parbat "8125 mtrs high"the killer moutnain in pakistan
Where exactly does the glacier end!
Between refuges at 4,970 meters (16,305 ft) above sea level.
The name of this volcano has etymologies such as "Ice God" and "Sacred Wind of the Moon".
It was considered a God by the ancient puruháes.
Both are so good people (my guide Jose and his girlfriend), that several people (Ecuadorian Indians) hitchhiked on the side of the road, they stopped and offered. It was cold and windy, public transport takes a long time. In the end, Ecuadorian Indians offer to pay some amount, my guide did not accept payment. This moved me several times.
Offer a ride to strangers! (Confidence)
Strangers don't want alms. (Simultaneous retribution)
Beautiful Ecuadorian lessons.
Bike down Chimborazo:
At 6,310 meters (20,702 ft), Volcán Chimborazo is the highest peak in Ecuador. So don't just climb up it – mountain-bike down it!
Drove up to the refuge on its flanks and then freewheeled down, looking out for grazing vicuña as I went down.
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Drove for just over two hours to Mount Chimborazo (6,310 meters/20,702ft), the highest and most impressive of Ecuador’s volcanoes. We parked at the lower refuge (4,800 meters / 15,748 feet) and continued on foot to the Edgar Whymper Refuge. Located at 5,000 meters (16,404 feet) this is the highest refuge in the world!
From here, it was all downhill- first on foot and then by bike I descended all the way to Ambato (2,800 meters / 9,186 feet).
This was an amazing bike ride through the highlands, with vicuñas being the sole inhabitants of these wild stretches.
On this tour, I enjoyed a breathtaking 70 km ride through varying landscapes in just one day. This trip is by far a favorite ride of previous cyclists.
Seldom does one have the chance to ride from the snow line of a volcano, through rural Andean patchwork fields, picnic with vicuñas and at the end of the ride arrived in a restaurant.
In Ambato, we unload the bikes and I returned to Quito by VIP taxi at about 150 km per hour. I told the taxi driver that he was not a driver, he was a Formula 1 driver. I haven't been in a car at this speed for a long time, especially at high altitudes.
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Cycling down Volcán Chimborazo along a new designated bike path from Refugio Carrel to the park entrance is an exhilarating way to experience the mountain. Several agencies in Riobamba, including Pro Bici and Julio Verne, offer recommended biking excursions (per person from $45), which can include a hike from the first to the second refugios. After the initial steep downhill the route gets even more beautiful as you cycle through the páramo past families of vicuña.
Explore : Sep 16, 2008 #326
Valtellina - Passo Gavia - 2650 m.
Dedicata a Marco Marescotti, un vero amante delle montagne www.flickr.com/photos/marco___m/
e a alla mia amica DiFo & Natura, per aver condiviso con me quel giorno.
Let me go up there, please, Pachamama!
Where the glacier ends.
As Ecuador's highest mountain, Chimborazo is a very popular climb and can be climbed year round with the best seasons being December–January and July–August.
The easiest (IFAS Grade: PD) and most climbed routes are the Normal and the Whymper route. Both are western ridge routes starting at the Whymper hut and leading via the Ventemilla summit to the main (Whymper) summit.
There are several other less used and more challenging routes on the other mountains faces and ridges leading to one of Chimborazo's summits:
Main (Whymper, Ecuador),
Politecnico (Central),
N. Martinez (Eastern).
The mountain is contained on the IGM (Instituto Geografico Militar) 1:50000 Map Chimborazo (CT-ÑIV-C1).
Hardangervidda National Park (English: Hardanger Plateau National Park, Norwegian: Hardangervidda nasjonalpark), at 3,422 square kilometres (1,321 sq mi), is Norway's largest national park. It spans from Numedal and Uvdal in the east and Røvelseggi and Ullensvang in the west across the Hardanger mountain plateau (Hardangervidda). Designated as a national park in 1981, today it serves as a popular tourist destination for activities such as hiking, climbing, fishing, and cross-country skiing. The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (DNT) maintains a comprehensive network of huts and paths across Hardangervidda. The Bergen Line and the main Highway 7 cross the plateau. The park lies in Viken, Vestland, and Vestfold og Telemark counties.
It has the southernmost stock of several arctic animals and plants. Its wild reindeer herds are among the largest in the world.
Several hundred nomadic Stone Age settlements have been found in the area, most likely related to the migration of the reindeer. Ancient trails cross the plateau, linking western and eastern Norway; one example is the Nordmannsslepa linking Eidfjord and Veggli in the Numedal valley with Hol and Uvdal.
The name Hardangervidda is put together by the name of the district Hardanger and the finite form of vidde, 'wide plain, large mountain plateau'.
In his central essay "The Poet," Ralph Waldo Emerson uses the Chimborazo as metaphor for the poet (and the creative genius in general), who "must stand out of our low limitations."
Uspallata, a tiny village at the foothills of the Andes Mountains in the Aconcagua National Park. Mendoza, Argentina
Hardangervidda National Park, at 3,422 square kilometres (1,321 sq mi), is Norway's largest national park. It spans from Numedal and Uvdal in the east and Røvelseggi and Ullensvang in the west across the Hardanger mountain plateau (Hardangervidda). Designated as a national park in 1981, today it serves as a popular tourist destination for activities such as hiking, climbing, fishing, and cross-country skiing. The Norwegian Mountain Touring Association (DNT) maintains a comprehensive network of huts and paths across Hardangervidda. The Bergen Line and the main Highway 7 cross the plateau. The park lies in Viken, Vestland, and Vestfold og Telemark counties.
It has the southernmost stock of several arctic animals and plants. Its wild reindeer herds are among the largest in the world.
Several hundred nomadic Stone Age settlements have been found in the area, most likely related to the migration of the reindeer. Ancient trails cross the plateau, linking western and eastern Norway; one example is the Nordmannsslepa linking Eidfjord and Veggli in the Numedal valley with Hol and Uvdal.
The name Hardangervidda is put together by the name of the district Hardanger and the finite form of vidde, 'wide plain, large mountain plateau'.
La célèbre Aiguille du Midi en vallée de Chamonix, juste après quelques jours de mauvais temps. En montagne l'hiver est de retour! Alpes France
The famous Aiguille du Midi in the Chamonix valley, just after "a few days of bad weather"! Winter seems back up in the mountains.
Alpes France
The Saltfjell is one of the largest mountain ranges in Norway, and is also where the Arctic Circle cuts through the country. This range is part of seven municipalities: The northern part is part of the municipalities of Saltdal, Bodø, Beiarn and Gildeskål, the western part is in the municipalities of Meløy and Rødøy while the southern part is in Rana Municipality.
The highest mountain is Ølfjellet at 1,751 metres (5,745 ft) above sea level. The mountains stretch from the coast to the Swedish border.
The glacier Svartisen is actually two glaciers, separated by the Glomdalen valley with the Glomåga river. Western Svartisen is the second largest glacier on the Norwegian mainland, and is part of the Saltfjellet-Svartisen National Park. There are many other glaciers as well. A total of 2,587 square kilometres (999 sq mi) of the area is protected. Several long valleys radiate from the mountains, such as the Dunderland Valley and Blakkådalen going south from the mountains, and Saltdal and the Beiar Valley going northwards.
The eastern part of the range forms a plateau with some gently sloping mountains, and this is where the road and railway crosses over Saltfjell. Both road and railway take advantage of the Dunderland Valley and the Saltdal valley to make the distance on the alpine tundra, which often sees snowstorms in winter, as short as possible.
The western part is more alpine and steep, and this is where the engabreen glacier tongue of Western Svartisen almost reaches down to the fjord.
At 4,850 meters / 15,912 feet above sea level at the moment.
It is the largest canid in Ecuador, measuring 1.70 cm including its tail. It can weigh between 6 and 13 kg.
They are lonely, although they can share their territory with the female. They rest and hide in underground caves, or fallen arboreal holes, cavities found in rocky areas or in dense thickets.
To the north of Lac léman one can find a stunning region where the mountains look like there was, in an ancient past, a tremendous storm and that, at some point, the nature was petrified by some incredible phenomena. We are here in the Alpes Vaudoises, not far from the Rochers-de-Naye.
From this point you can see valley after valley, summit after summit of those petrified waves suspended in time.
Excursion facilitates, with the incentive to climb to the second refuge at the foot of the El Chimborazo volcano, and take a warm coca tea (the second mug) there, since it was very cold.
Once we arrived at the Refuge, we followed the path that went up to a lagoon that is a little higher and that is 5,100 meters (16,732 ft) high, there we took the classic pictures.
Then we continued walking along a different path to the climb and it was very steep, cold, foggy and snowing.
Dans le massif du Mont Blanc, l'humidité s'accumule et le brouillard monte, dans quelques instants la féérie du paysage disparait. Vallée Blanche Massif du Mont Blanc France
In the Mont Blanc range the humidity intensifies and fog rises, in a few minutes the magical landscape disappears. Vallée Blanche Mont Blanc mountain range France
Måbø is the highest farm in Måbødalen. This tronge and steep mountain valley has from time immemorial been one of the vegans from the fjord villages up to the mountain plateau. We do not know for sure what the name Måbø means. Perhaps it has its origin in an old Norwegian male name Mávi, from the bird name már (seagull). The last part bu, suggests gard. Today Måbø gave us a dense close-up of the natural household: the small farm, with clearing piles, stone gardens and geil that led the cattle into the yard, at the foot of the large mountain plateau.
Måbø was probably a farm that was lying desolate after the Black Death around 1350. A sharp increase in the population in the 17th century led to many island farms being used, such as Måbø. We have the first mention of the farm from a building assessment in 1633. Halsnøy monastery eight then the farm. In 1759, the two farmers on Måbø were self-employed farmers. Måbø lived and operated until the 1970s. Gardstunet on Måbø is a small row yard with two uses. Dwelling houses and barns lie along the old hoof ladder, which runs through the yard.
The irrigation system was crucial to get good crops on Måbø. We find a similar irrigation system in other low-income areas. Artificial watering of fields and meadows was mentioned in written sources in 1626, but the system is probably older. From a dam by the river Bjoreio the lake was led along roads to the infield. There were several distribution roads from the main road. At the intake of water from the river, and at all the branches, frames were built with solid wooden hatches. The water could be distributed over the infield by regulating the hatches.
Låtefossen or Låtefoss is a waterfall located in Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland County, Norway. The 165-metre (541 ft) tall waterfall is unique and thus it is a well-known tourist attraction in the area. It is special in that it consists of two separate streams flowing down from the lake Lotevatnet, and as they fall, they join in the middle of the waterfall, just before going under the Norwegian National Road 13 built in 1867–69, making for a spectacular (and wet) view as one drives over the old, stone, six-arched bridge.
Vía a Riobamba.
With an elevation of 6,263 m (20,548 ft), Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador and the Andes north of Peru; it is higher than any more northerly summit in the Americas.
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The summit of Mount Everest is higher above sea level, but the summit of Chimborazo is widely reported to be the farthest point on the surface from Earth's center, with Huascarán a very close second.
The summit of the Chimborazo is the fixed point on Earth that has the utmost distance from the center – because of the oblate spheroid shape of the planet Earth, which is "thicker" around the Equator than measured around the poles. Chimborazo is one degree south of the Equator and the Earth's diameter at the Equator is greater than at the latitude of Everest (8,848 m (29,029 ft) above sea level), nearly 27.6° north, with sea level also elevated. Despite being 2,585 m (8,481 ft) lower in elevation above sea level, it is 6,384.4 km (3,967.1 mi) from the Earth's center, 2,163 m (7,096 ft) farther than the summit of Everest (6,382.3 km (3,965.8 mi) from the Earth's center).
However, by height above sea level, Chimborazo is not the highest peak of the Andes.
The lock at Storestraumen in Bygland on the border with Valle in Setesdal, Norway.
From ancient times, Byglandsfjorden was lower than Åraksfjorden. To secure boat traffic between the two parts of the fjord, a lock at Storestraumen was built in 1869. General Oscar Wergeland is said to have been one of the biggest driving forces behind the project.
Knut Åsulvson Stigemo from the homestead Stigemo, and all the homesteaders on Stigemo after him, had worked as lock guards. It was a public position.
After a dam was built north of Evje, the water level in Byglandsfjorden rose by first 2 and later 3 meters, and after this no locks were needed. They are still in use today when the steamboat DB "Bjoren" runs its summer route. The locks were renewed in July 2006.
With an elevation of 6,263 m (20,548 ft), Chimborazo is the highest mountain in Ecuador and the Andes north of Peru; it is higher than any more northerly summit in the Americas.
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The summit of Mount Everest is higher above sea level, but the summit of Chimborazo is widely reported to be the farthest point on the surface from Earth's center, with Huascarán a very close second.
The summit of the Chimborazo is the fixed point on Earth that has the utmost distance from the center – because of the oblate spheroid shape of the planet Earth, which is "thicker" around the Equator than measured around the poles. Chimborazo is one degree south of the Equator and the Earth's diameter at the Equator is greater than at the latitude of Everest (8,848 m (29,029 ft) above sea level), nearly 27.6° north, with sea level also elevated. Despite being 2,585 m (8,481 ft) lower in elevation above sea level, it is 6,384.4 km (3,967.1 mi) from the Earth's center, 2,163 m (7,096 ft) farther than the summit of Everest (6,382.3 km (3,965.8 mi) from the Earth's center).
However, by height above sea level, Chimborazo is not the highest peak of the Andes.
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I am always intrigued when I see people living so close to danger, such as on slopes, places with very high frequency of earthquakes or risk of tsunamis. I understand that, often, living like this is more a matter of lack of option. Anyway, nothing surprises me more than to find people living near an active volcano.
In Ecuador, it is even a little difficult to escape this. One in three Ecuadorians lives near a volcano. It has more than 60 volcanic cavities spread across the national territory, a small country. Eleven of these volcanoes are active. Some have been asleep for a long time, and tourist complexes have been created around them. It is too beautiful to see these geological formations up close.
But I always approach with a little bit of fear. Nature will surprise you, right?
During my stay in Ecuador, in December, I was able to see up close and far some of the most interesting volcanoes in the country.
Nombre común: tucán celeste, terlaque pechiazul
Nombre científico: Andigena nigrirostris
Nombre en ingles: Black billed Mountain Toucan
Nombre en alemán: Schwarzschnabeltukan
Nombre en francés: Toucan à bec noir
Lugar de la foto: 2810 msnm, Glamping, El Color de mis Reves, Villamaria, Caldas, Colombia
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A majestic natural environment with a river, snowy mountains and lots of trees under a blue sky.
An Artificial Intelligence creation (Deep Dream Generator)
The Chimborazo seen from the Arenal.
Vía a Riobamba.
Chimborazo is an ice-capped inactive volcano in Ecuador. Chimborazo is a double volcano composed of one volcanic edifice on top of another. Chimborazo shows four summits; Whymper, Veintimilla, Politecnica, and Nicolas Martínez. The Whymper peak is the highest point on the mountain at 6,263 meters. The Veintimilla peak is about 6,230 m (20,440 ft) high. The Politecnica peak is 5,820 m (19,094 ft) high. The last peak, Nicolas Martínez, is 5,570 m (18,274 ft) high and was named after the father of Ecuadorian mountaineering. The volcano is categorized as a stratovolcano. This type of volcano is characterized as having low slopes at the bottom that gradually get steeper the higher up the mountain. Chimborazo has a circumference of 78 miles (126 km) and a diameter of 30 miles (48 km). Chimborazo's upper elevations are covered in glaciers that are decreasing in size due to climate change and falling ash from the nearby volcano, Tungurahua. In addition to the glaciers, the volcano is covered with craters. The volcano is dominantly andesitic to dacitic. This means that the lava is blocky, or flowing down the sides of the volcano, or somewhere in between.
Chimborazo is 73.5 metres higher than the highest mountain in North America. Chimborazo is often associated with the nearby volcano Cotopaxi, although the two volcanoes have completely different structures.
Nombre común: tororoí bicolor, tororoi rufocenizo, chululú bicolor, cholongo o cocona,
Nombre científico: Grallaria rufocinerea
Nombre en ingles: Bicolored Antiptta
Nombre en alemán: Sweifarben Ameisenpitta
Nombre en francés: Grallaire bicolore
Lugar de la foto: 2850 msnm, Glamping, El Color de mis Reves, Villamaria, Caldas, Colombia
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Nombre común: Tucancito Esmeralda
Nombre científico: Aulacorhynchus prasinus lautus
Nombre en inglés: Emerald Toucanet
Nombre en alemán: Laucharassari
Nombre en francés: Toucan à bec rouge
Lugar de la foto: 2810 msnm, Glamping, El Color de mis Reves, Villamaria, Caldas, Colombia.
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From the high mountain road over Haukeli.
Haukeli is an area located in the western end of Vinje municipality in Telemark county in Norway. Haukeligrend is a traffic hub in Haukeli where Norwegian National Road 9 and European route E134 meet. Previously it was called Haukeligrend, but in 1999 the name Haukeligrend was changed back to Haukeli.
Popular activities in the area are fishing, hunting, hiking, and skiing. Haukelifjell is located 12 km west of Haukeli and is a skiing destination at wintertime, with the place Haukeliseter as the middle point.
The areas around Haukeli are developed to produce hydropower. Development started in 1957 with Haukeli power plants and was finalized in 1979.
Nombre común: tucán celeste, terlaque pechiazul
Nombre científico: Andigena nigrirostris
Nombre en ingles: Black billed Mountain Toucan
Nombre en alemán: Schwarzschnabeltukan
Nombre en francés: Toucan à bec noir
Lugar de la foto: 2810 msnm, Glamping, El Color de mi Reves, Villamaria, Caldas, Colombia
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Two old towers standing by a lake; high mountains in the background, under a blue sky.
AI generated image (Nightcafe)
Vía a Riobamba at 3,400 meters / 11,154 feet above sea level at the moment.
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The summit of Mount Everest is higher above sea level, but the summit of Chimborazo is widely reported to be the farthest point on the surface from Earth's center, with Huascarán a very close second.
The summit of the Chimborazo is the fixed point on Earth that has the utmost distance from the center – because of the oblate spheroid shape of the planet Earth, which is 'thicker' around the Equator than measured around the poles.
Chimborazo is one degree south of the Equator and the Earth's diameter at the Equator is greater than at the latitude of Everest (8,848 m (29,029 ft) above sea level), nearly 27.6° north, with sea level also elevated. Despite being 2,585 m (8,481 ft) lower in elevation above sea level, it is 6,384.4 km (3,967.1 mi) from the Earth's center, 2,163 m (7,096 ft) farther than the summit of Everest (6,382.3 km (3,965.8 mi) from the Earth's center).
However, by height above sea level, Chimborazo is not the highest peak of the Andes.
Vøringsfossen (English: Vøring Falls) is the 83rd highest waterfall in Norway on the basis of total fall. It lies at the top of the Måbødalen valley in the municipality of Eidfjord, in Vestland county. It is located near Norwegian National Road 7, which connects Oslo with Bergen. It has a total drop of 182 metres (597 ft),[5] and a major drop of 163 metres (535 ft).
It is perhaps the most famous in the country and a major tourist attraction on the way down from Hardangervidda to Hardangerfjord.
There are several warning signs in regard to the dangers of falling to one's death.
Other measures for preventing deaths were planned for implementation in the spring of 2015 and a stairway bridge opened in 2020.
The waterfall was hardly known by anyone other than locals until 1821. In that year professor Christopher Hansteen, who was on his way to the Hardangervidda plateau to make astronomical observations, estimated the height of the waterfall to be about 280 metres (920 ft) by throwing stones down from the edge and measuring the time they took to fall with his pocket watch. In 1893 it was measured with a string, and the real height was revealed to be 163 metres (535 ft).
In 1880 Ola Garen decided to build a hotel at top of the waterfall. The only way up there was a path with 1,500 stairs up Måbøbjerget together with a bridle path that had been built in 1872 to carry English tourists to the waterfall. In 1891 a new road with tunnels was built along Eidfjordvandet, and in the same year the Fossli Hotel was finished, designed in Art Nouveau style by architect Frederik Konow Lund. All materials for the construction had to be carried on horseback from Eidfjord up to the top of the hill.
Around the year 1900 large cruise ships began to visit Eidfjord, and from there passengers were transported by horse and wagon up the valley.
The composer Edvard Grieg had a log cabin nearby and was a frequent visitor to the falls.