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It is the third highest mountain in Brazil, situated on the border of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais states. It is the highest point in both states. It was historically considered the highest mountain in Brazil until 1965, when Pico da Neblina and Pico 31 de Março, next to the Venezuelan border, were explored, measured, and both found to be higher. The peak is said to have been so named after Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, ordered a flag to be flown on top of it.
It is one of the major attractions of Caparaó National Park, accessible from the nearby town of Alto Caparaó. That town and the entrance to the park lie in Minas Gerais, but the summit of Pico da Bandeira lies in Espírito Santo.
The summit is accessible to hikers of most age groups, with only very limited fitness requirements. The track from the park entrance to the summit track [8 km (5.0 mi)] can be driven by most vehicles, and the summit track itself runs for approximately 9 km (5.6 mi), with a further 1,000 m (3,280 ft) climb.
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Our time:
4,5km = 2,79 miles
From 2,190 m (7,185 ft) to 2,892 m (9,488 ft)
Summit of the mountain.
2:08 am - 5:16 am
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The sequence of the highest mountains in Brazil:
#1: Pico da Neblina (2,993.80 m / 9,822 ft), Venezuela/Brazil;
#2: March 31 Peak (2,972.70 m / 9,816 ft), Venezuela/Brazil;
#3: Pico da Bandeira (2,892 m / 9,488 ft), Brazil;
#4: Pico do Calçado* (2,849 m / 9,347 ft), Brazil;
#6: Pico do Cristal (2,769.80 m / 9,084 ft), Brazil;
The difference from the third highest to the first is only 101.80 meters / 334 ft in altitude.
I climbed the third, fourth and sixth in Brazil this weekend. Only the sixth mountain is challenging.
* For reasons of topographical prominence, the IBGE considers Pico do Calçado a secondary peak of Pico da Bandeira and not a separate mountain.
"Where the river runs to black,
I take the schoolbooks from your pack.
Plastics, wire and your kiss,
the breath of eternity on your lips.
In the crowded marketplace,
I drift from face to face,
I hold my breath and close my eyes
I hold my breath and close my eyes.
And I wait for paradise
And I wait for paradise
The Virginia hills have gone to brown.
Another day, another sun going down.
I visit you in another dream
I visit you in another dream
I reach and feel your hair,
your smell lingers in the air.
I brush your cheek with my fingertips,
I taste the void upon your lips.
And I wait for paradise
And I wait for paradise
I search for you on the other side,
where the river runs clean and wide.
Up to my heart, the waters rise
Up to my heart, the waters rise
I sink beneath the river cool and clear.
Drifting down, I disappear.
I see you on the other side.
I search for the peace in your eyes.
But they're as empty as paradise,
they're as empty as paradise
I break above the waves,
I feel the sun upon my face"
Taken @ IMAGO Land
Peters Lane in Buckinghamshire, that runs past my usual woodland haunts, is turned a wonderful shade of autumnal colour. Taken after a jaunt into Hillock Wood and just about to head back off home, I was treated to a quiet spell of traffic thankfully to allow me to capture the glorious scene.
On this woven, smeared because of doing my training runs. That's really not nice. Sometimes you can only run with spikes shoes. But then comes a firmer underground, then you can not walk with the spikes shoes anymore. But the worst thing is this mud and dirt .... I'm looking forward to the spring when it gets warmer and the running tracks are more firm and dry.
The Trinity River runs along the west side of Downtown Dallas. It's not like the major rivers in other places. It's more like a small tributary. Wisely, they built wide levies on both sides of the river for the times of heavy rains. Of course Dallas seems more attractive appearing like it sits on the banks of a river so there are many professional photos of the city showing scenes such as this. However in normal times you would see just a small river running through the middle of what you see here. This was after several days of heavy rains. In the foreground you can see only the tops of the trees that are along the banks, but inside the levy.
The scenic mountain range runs over 600 km in central Australia. The MacDonnell Ranges, a mountain range and an interim Australian bioregion, is located in the Northern Territory and has an area of 3,929,444 hectares. The range is a 644 km long series of mountains in central Australia, consisting of parallel ridges running to the east and west of Alice Springs. The mountain range contains many spectacular gaps and gorges as well as areas of Aboriginal significance. 300-350 million years ago a mountain building event created the MacDonnell Ranges. Since that time, folding, faulting and erosion have shaped the range and created numerous gaps and gorges. The ranges are composed of many rock types, but are most famous for their red quartzite peaks and gorges.
Simpsons Gap is one of the gaps in the West MacDonnell Ranges in Australia's Northern Territory. It is located 18 kilometres west from Alice Springs, on the Larapinta Trail. The gap is home to various plants and wildlife, including the black-footed rock-wallaby. It is the site of a permanent waterhole. The area is an important spiritual place for the Arrernte people, who have inhabited the Arrernte area since before European discovery. Simpsons Gap is known to the Arrernte as "Rungutjirpa". It was later visited by surveyor Gilbert Rotherdale McMinn in 1871 while he was searching for a better route for the Overland Telegraph Line. 16188
Taken last autumn at Crummock Water. On this occasion, I visited the Lake District after a period of heavy rain, so Crummock Water was a little more full than usual! In fact it was that full that the path that runs along this part of the lake was fully submerged under water and I had to get to this bit by walking along the wall next to the path. My plan was to get some reflection shots of Grasmoor, and I was lucky enough that it was so still!
The Pedernales River, which runs along the south side of the LBJ Ranch, is a tributary of the Colorado River in Central Texas. The river flows west to east across Texas Hill Country west of Austin.
The focal point of the LBJ Ranch is the LBJ Ranch House, the home of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson and a center of political activity for more than 20 years. Leaders from around the world visited the Johnsons' here, and during the Johnson Administration it became known as the Texas White House.
President Johnson was the first President to create a functioning White House away from Washington. In 1972 the Johnsons donated the Texas White House to the National Park Service and the American people. After the President's death in 1973, Mrs. Johnson continued to live at the Ranch part time until her death in 2007.
High above Hjørundfjord at Sunnmore. The fjord runs like a giant canyon through mountainous alps. This is one of the world's most spectacular fjord, according to one of the visitors. In the end of the fjord you will find Øye. Øye has been a central location for the early tourist traffic to Norway since the end of the 1800s and first 1900s. This is a good starting point for mountain hikes. Here you will also find the famous hotel Union. The hotel stands in its former splendor and looks like it did when it opened in 1891. A few years ago the hotel got the award «One of the worlds 12 most exciting hotels».
Hoch über dem Hjørundfjord bei Sunnmore. Der Fjord verläuft wie eine riesige Schlucht durch bergige Alpen. Laut einem der Besucher ist dies einer der spektakulärsten Fjorde der Welt. Am Ende des Fjords finden Sie Øye. Øye war seit Ende des 18. und Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts ein zentraler Ort für den frühen Touristenverkehr nach Norwegen. Dies ist ein guter Ausgangspunkt für Bergwanderungen. Hier finden Sie auch das berühmte Hotel Union. Das Hotel erstrahlt in seiner alten Pracht und sieht aus wie bei seiner Eröffnung im Jahr 1891. Vor einigen Jahren erhielt das Hotel die Auszeichnung «Eines der 12 aufregendsten Hotels der Welt».
Muy por encima de Hjørundfjord en Sunnmore. El fiordo corre como un cañón gigante a través de los alpes montañosos. Este es uno de los fiordos más espectaculares del mundo, según uno de los visitantes. Al final del fiordo encontrarás Øye. Øye ha sido una ubicación central para el tráfico turístico temprano a Noruega desde finales de 1800 y principios de 1900. Este es un buen punto de partida para caminatas de montaña. Aquí también encontrará el famoso hotel Unión. El hotel se encuentra en su antiguo esplendor y luce como cuando se inauguró en 1891. Hace unos años, el hotel recibió el premio "Uno de los 12 hoteles más emocionantes del mundo".
Au-dessus de Hjørundfjord à Sunnmore. Le fjord s'étend comme un canyon géant à travers les Alpes montagneuses. C'est l'un des fjords les plus spectaculaires du monde, selon l'un des visiteurs. Au bout du fjord vous trouverez Øye. Øye a été un lieu central pour le premier trafic touristique vers la Norvège depuis la fin des années 1800 et le début des années 1900. C'est un bon point de départ pour des randonnées en montagne. Vous y trouverez également le célèbre hôtel Union. L'hôtel se dresse dans son ancienne splendeur et ressemble à ce qu'il était lors de son ouverture en 1891. Il y a quelques années, l'hôtel a reçu le prix « L'un des 12 hôtels les plus passionnants au monde ».
The Little Yellow Train runs from Villefranche de Conflent, 50 km from Perpignan, to Latour de Carol, near the Spanish town of Puigcerda. The line, which was begun in 1903, is a spectacular feat of civil engineering, and apart from the dozens of mostly short tunnels, it includes many bridges and small viaducts, plus two remarkable viaducts spanning wider valleys. These include the remarkable Pont Gisclard, or Pont de Cassagne, which is the only railway suspension bridge in France
Looks like a mini cluster of bananas! Playing around with the macro lens. Notice the water running down the left side, hence the title.
Made Explore# 111 Thank you for views and comments! =)
Taken from about 50 yards from the previous 'Old Northumberland' upload, this is will be the view they see across their back gardens towards the coast at Boulmer (where they look to be getting very wet!).
Beyond the foreground field is the big new Willowburn estate being extended with the Duchess' Secondary school and the Lionheart Industrial Estate visible beyond. The A1 runs between the two around the eastern side of the town.
Barbondale runs from the Lune Valley near Kirkby Lonsdale along to Dent Dale in the Yorkshire Dales. Formerly the south-west end of Barbondale was in east Cumbria while the north-east part of Barbondale was in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It is all now within the National Park, which extends into Cumbria. Where it rises at Weather Ling Hill the stream is known as Barkin Beck, but lower down it becomes Barbon Beck. It flows south-west to join the River Lune about one mile west of the village of Barbon.
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Azkorri (Vizcaya/Bizkaia - País Vasco/Euskadi)
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Willows whiten, aspens quiver,
Little breezes dusk and shiver
Through the wave that runs for ever
By the island in the river
Flowing down to Camelot.
Four grey walls, and four grey towers,
Overlook a space of flowers,
And the silent isle imbowers
The Lady of Shalott.
By the margin, willow veil'd,
Slide the heavy barges trail'd
By slow horses; and unhail'd
The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd
Skimming down to Camelot:
But who hath seen her wave her hand?
Or at the casement seen her stand?
Or is she known in all the land,
The Lady of Shalott?
The Lady of Shalott by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892)
This light house has been lighting up the coastal waters near Monterey California for well over 150 years. Point Pinos Lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse on the West Coast. It has been in operation
since February 1, 1855. The US Coast Guard operates the light. The City of Pacific Grove runs
the lighthouse as a museum open to the public.
The river Tone runs through Taunton in Somerset.
The river is about 33 kilometres (21 mi) long. Its source is at Beverton Pond near Huish Champflower in the Brendon Hills, and is dammed at Clatworthy Reservoir. The reservoir outfall continues through Taunton and Curry and Hay Moors, which are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Finally, it flows into the River Parrett at Burrowbridge.
The rain is on its way - time to look for shelter and a coffee .
Not sure I like the "dramatic tone" effect the camera has.
It runs from the upstairs balcony down to the infinity pool beside the outdoor fireplace. Must by a fun place to raise a family.
Whitsand Bay runs along the south-east coast of Cornwall from Rame Head in the east to Portwrinkle in the west. There are beautiful golden beaches at low tide but when the tide is in these are covered by the sea. Access to the beaches is limited to several narrow footpaths which wind their way down the sloping cliffs while car parking is also extremely limited. The coast road which runs along the top of the cliffs provides some of the finest sea views in Cornwall.
Plan de la Besurta, La Ribagorza, Huesca, Aragón, España.
Ruta cuyo itinerario discurre en el entorno de las pistas de esquí nórdico de Llanos del Hospital en el Valle de Benasque. La ruta tiene su inicio en el Plan del Hospital atravesando en su recorrido bellos parajes como el Plan de Estan y el Plan de la Besurta para llegar finalmente hasta el espectacular Plan d´Aiguallut con magnificas vistas al pico Aneto. Se trata de recorrer una parte del conocido como Camino dels Aranesos que originalmente unía el Plan del Hospital con el Valle de Arán.
El recorrido se divide en tres tramos, un primer tramo muy corto y sencillo hasta el Plan de l'Estan, un segundo tramo tambien muy sencillo hasta la Besurta y un tramo final algo más exigente aunque accesible a cualquier senderista acostumbrado a la montaña hasta el Forau d´Aiguallut.
Route whose itinerary runs around the Nordic ski slopes of Llanos del Hospital in the Benasque Valley. The route begins in the Pllan del Hospital, passing through beautiful places such as the Plan de Estan and the Plan de la Besurta to finally reach the spectacular Plan d'Aiguallut with magnificent views of the Aneto peak. It involves walking through a part of what is known as the Camino dels Aranesos, which originally linked the Hospital Plan with the Aran Valley.
The route is divided into three sections, a first very short and easy section to Plan de l'Estan, a second section that is also very simple to Besurta and a final section that is somewhat more demanding although accessible to any hiker accustomed to the mountains until the Forau d'Aiguallut.
This years Members Meeting saw demonstration runs of the Ground Effect F1 cars that raced between 1978 and 1983.
These Ground Effect cars were developed to take advantage of the Bernoulli principle, whereby the gap between the ground and the cross sectional underside of the car is reduced to maximise downforce. By minimising that gap between ground and car, the air underneath accelerates faster than the air above and creates that pressure system that sucks the car to the ground, increasing grip and cornering speed.
In 1983, the whole Ground Effect system was banned due to the ever increasing cornering speeds that these cars could achieve. Concerns were raised that if the force was suddenly removed, the cars would lose all grip and have an accident (similar to what can happen today if an F1 car loses a rear wing suddenly).
In 1979, Arrows ran their A2 design, a car that had huge downforce but no wings, leading to some handling problems. In 1980, designers Tony Southgate and David Wass developed the A3 model, based around an aluminium monocoque chassis and the Cosworth DFV engine. In-board suspension was used to provide the largest possible ground-effect tunnels and the front and rear wings were used to provide a better handling balance.
Overall Arrows took 7th place in the 1980 F1 season with drivers Jochen Mass and Riccardo Patrese, with a best finish of 2nd at Long Beach.
This shot of the Arrows Cosworth A3 was taken after the demonstration run as the cars were filing back into the paddock.
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I found this old gas station just North of the Liberty area and just outside of this station was parked this old jalopy of a truck. To make the details in this image really pop, I chose to do a three image HDR.
Hand held.
Mike D.
Mill Creek runs through Kingsville, Ontario’s Lakeside Park where it eventually empties into Lake Erie. A late winter thaw has allowed some local ducks an opportunity for an early morning swim in the creek.
A Minuetto runs next to the old town of Ragusa, build in Sicilian Baroque, as local train to Caltanissetta Xirbi. The old town is part of the UNESCO world cultural heritage since 2002.
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”
–Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
A happy Thanksgiving to my American friends.
The City of White Rock has a railway that runs along the waterfront. This single track rail line operates 24 hours a day and is operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) and is used by BNSF and Amtrak passenger trains.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC is the parent company of the BNSF Railway (formerly the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway). The company is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, which is controlled by investor Warren Buffett.
History
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation was incorporated in 1993 to facilitate the merger of Burlington Northern, Incorporated, parent of the Burlington Northern Railroad, and Santa Fe Pacific Corporation, which owned the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe). The corporate merger was consummated on September 22, 1995, at which point shareholders of the previous companies became shareholders of BNSF and the two companies became wholly owned subsidiaries of BNSF. In December 1996, the two holding companies and two railroads were formally merged, and in January 1998 the remaining intermediate holding company was folded into the railroad.
Robert D. Krebs of Santa Fe Pacific was president of BNSF from the merger until 1999, chief executive from the merger until 2000, and chairman from 1997 until 2002. He was succeeded in all three positions by Matthew K. Rose.
On November 3, 2009, Berkshire Hathaway made a $26 billion offer to buy the remaining 77.4% of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation it did not already own, valuing the purchase at $34 billion. The deal, which including Berkshire's previous investment and the assumption of $10 billion in Burlington Northern debt brings the total value to $44 billion. Consummated February 12, 2010, it is the largest acquisition in Berkshire Hathaway's history.
The deal was structured so that the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation would merge with and into R Acquisition Company, LLC, an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway. The deal closed on February 12, 2010, and at the same time, the now merged company changed its name to Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC that remains an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
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D345 runs round 40012 which sits in the Down Goods Loop at Hellifield.
5Z39, 14.05 Butterley MRC to Heywood ELR.
40012 is going on a 5 year loan to the ELR.
The two support coaches are going to Carnforth for toilet retention tanks to be fitted.
The Thompson River that runs through Kamloops, was absolutely glass smooth for this shot. And, the ever moving clouds were delivering some interesting patterns on the distant Native territory hill. While it looked peaceful enough, one more element was needed to add some spice to this otherwise tranquil moment.
The root leaves one wondering how it got there considering the low level of the water. After all, it is just a root and therefore not very deep. It contributes to the story by subversively informing us of the depth of the river. All this should be under water, and when it was deep, the root would have floated into place. We are left pondering the absence of water.
The road seen in this photograph, 9th Avenue, runs west from my neighborhood into the countryside as a gateway to several of the natural areas I frequent. As such, I often experience the sunset along this route on my return home. Occasionally I am compelled to stop for a photo.
Here, the sun is setting behind two bur oak trees (Quercus macrocarpa, Fagaceae) from the road just west of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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