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Sunset, Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park
Within the Appalachian Mountain Range, the Blue Ridge Mountains are among the oldest in the world. Formed over 300 million years ago when the North American and European continents collided, the range was once as high as the Alps. Time and weather have eroded it, and the highest peak, Mt. Mitchell, is now under 7000 ft (2100 m) - less than half the height of the tallest Alpine peaks.
The blue color of the distant mountains is from the release of Isoprene, a hydrocarbon produced in trees and other plants. The aerosols created by Isoprene form a haze that scatters sunlight and is thought to create a sort of natural sunscreen for the trees.
This view was taken from the high point of Beinn Alligan, Rhuac Stac Mhor and looks over the lowest of the Horns of Alligan.
This is a shot from last year taken during a camping trip in the Pisgah National Forest. This is essentially the view you get of Daniel Ridge Falls as you approach it from the spur trail. It is a tough waterfall to photograph because you are so up close to it but it really has some beautiful details in the rock and a great water flow.
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Even in winter the river never stop flowing.
Looking upstream on the Ottawa River from Burkes Beach (Point Alexander).
Peak District
We did plan to set the alarm for 3am to get to this location before sunrise but the weather forecast wasn't good. So in the end we settled for a late afternoon walk before the rain set in.
Open to the public in April, 2018, Holland Ridge Farms in Cream Ridge, Central NJ, is just an hour drive from New York or Philadelphia. Covering 50 acres of farm ground, it Features rows and rows of tulips in the Spring and Sunflowers in the early Fall.
Their slogan is 'Don't fly to Holland, Drive to Holland. ☺️
Para los que preguntaron en la otra foto del Siula, la que se ve es la cara este, vertiente amazónica. El accidente relatado por Joe Simpson en "Tocando el Vacío" (Touching the Void) fue por la cara oeste y bajando por el filo norte de esta montaña, entrando por la quebrada Sarapococha. Una excusa para volver. ¿Quién se anima?
Más info en:
www.touchingthevoid.co.uk/index.asp
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_the_Void
Parte de la película
Cordillera Huayhuash, Perú.
Another view from atop the Devil's Courthouse on the Blue Ridge Parkway just north of the intersection with Hwy 215.
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It's that magical time of year at Echo Ridge. Fires are lit and cabins are warm as the snow starts to fall on the evergreen forests. Hear the ice sing under the setting sun and make a wish upon a shooting star.
Taken with Samsung S9 smartphone, while going from the summit of Mt. Terminillo (Italy, close to Rome) to Ref. Rinaldi along the beautiful ridge. Before, we climbed up to the summit through the interesting "Lamberto Brucchietti" iced gully (D). Great day of nature and friendship.
Overture, curtain, lights
This is it, the night of nights
No more rehearsing and nursing a part
We know every part by heart
Overture, curtain, lights
This is it, you'll hit the heights
And oh, what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it
Tonight, what heights we'll hit
On with the show this is it!
If you know what theme song that is, you probably had as wonderful a misspent youth as I did. You may be wondering why it is relevant here. There are still some things in this life that can motivate me to be up and out at 0’dark-thirty. Rough Ridge, along the Blue Ridge Parkway, is a perennial favorite “thing.” It’s a bit of a hike up under gear, and you had better have a good flashlight, as Rough Ridge is – well – rough to hike in the dark. Once you reach this spot, layers, gloves, and a hat are necessities this time of year, too, as cold wind is relentless as you wait for the “show” on the rock ledge. And, if conditions work out, what a show it is.
At around sunrise, my solitary perch started to get a little crowded. For me, reverie is blown with a crowd of one, though I don’t mind sharing. This was more. Per typical of late, a few lacked any semblance of camera etiquette, or etiquette whatsoever, with one trying to convince me that sitting in front of my camera would be okay. I responded with, “As long as you’re okay with me chucking you off this rock.” As there is quite a drop behind me, she got the picture, so to speak. All the others behaved after that… sometimes, just the right nuance makes all the difference. Sunrise did not disappoint, so much a visual palette mindful of ‘as in Heaven, so on Earth’ as the sky mimics the autumn color. A couple of days later, most all this autumn splendor would be gone with the wind. It was a blessing to capture a piece of it. I was pleased with the morning on the hike down. As I met others on the way up, I wondered if I should tell them how sunrise knocked our socks off. Nah!
Seems like I have spent a lot of time at this place, but it was really only 2 nights separated by 2 weeks. What a difference 2 weeks can make. My previous post here was 2 weeks after this shot was made. On this night the sky was clear and no smoke in the air. Just lots of whispy clouds, which made for a lovely sunset over all the distant ridges. There was a killer patch of blueberries near these rocks, which were dried up and gone 2 weeks later from the heat.
Side note: I most often do my processing in a dark room with my PS/LR set to a dark gray, so when it gets placed against the ultra white, my stuff always looks too dark, but I like my stuff a little on the dark side, so this may seems a bit dark here as well. :-/ I hope you can enjoy anyway! lol
The new fenceline seems to be making a difference with stock exclusion above the fenceline [worth viewing LARGE]
Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Standing near the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains, we have a good view of nearby lower ridges and the coastal fog surrounding them.
The summit beyond the Forcan Ridge is known as The Saddle. This picture looks down from The Saddle along part of the Forcan Ridge. If you look closely you will see a diminutive figure against a small patch of snow in the bealach. My route of ascent had taken me over the various pinnacles that can be seen and more that lay out of sight.