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Alpe di Siusi is the largest high altitude Alpine meadow in Europe. Located in Italy's South Tyrol province in the Dolomites mountain range, it is a major tourist attraction, known for skiing and hiking.
Villanders/Villandro is a village and comune in South Tyrol in northern Italy. It is located in the Eisack Valley above Klausen.
Evening. Telelens.
Villandro, Dolomites, Italy
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This week's trip down memory lane is from the day we hiked on the Mendenhall Glacier. Maybe I was getting fomo of all the nice white wintery photos popping up from our Northern hemisphere neighbours ;) This view is from the helicopter on the way to the glacier over the magnificent Juneau Icefields. The immensity has to be felt and a photo can't really do it justice. They were a truly amazing sight. Camera equipment wasn't allowed unfortunately so this is just from my little Sony RX point & shoot.
Happy Friday all !
Photo is taken in Bolivia, close to Chilean border, at altitude 4500m.
Bolivia, Siloli Desert
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So this is just one aspect of the many incredible views at the top of Kunanyi (Mt Wellington) which dominates Hobart, Tasmania. One of the coldest places I have been, but also one with the most spectacular views. The usual views are over Hobart nestled far below, but the rugged alpine landscapes that spread out in all directions are what caught my eye.
Happy weekend everyone!
The Aletsch Glacier or Great Aletsch Glacier is the largest glacier in the Alps. It has a length of about 23 km,] has about a volume of 15.4 km3, and covers about 81.7 km2 in the eastern Bernese Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais. The Aletsch Glacier is composed of four smaller glaciers converging at Konkordiaplatz, where its thickness was measured by the ETH to be still near 1 km. It then continues towards the Rhône valley before giving birth to the Massa. The whole area, including other glaciers is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch Protected Area, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2001.
Switzerland, Eggishorn
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Bartolomé Island is named after Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, an English naval lieutenant who participated in Darwin's voyage on the Beagle. The island is located to the east of Santiago Island. The eastern part of the island consists of volcanic cones, while the western part is a peninsula with several rock formations, including Pinnacle Rock, a steep volcanic rock.
Lofoten is an archipelago in the county of Nordland, Norway. Lofoten is known for a distinctive scenery with dramatic mountains and peaks, open sea and sheltered bays, beaches.
Lofoten is located at the 68th and 69th parallels north of the Arctic Circle and is well known for its natural beauty within Norway.
Norway, Lofoten Islands, Offersøykammen
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Tucked high in the Andes, in the far southwestern reaches of Bolivia, is the country's most visited national park, with at least 25,000 tourists visiting annually.
The mountains of Eduardo Avaroa are the highest Andes Mountains on Bolivia's border with Chile and Argentina. They are dotted with erupting volcanoes, hot springs, steaming geysers and fumaroles.
Photo is taken close to Chilean border, at altitude 4500m.
Bolivia, Siloli Desert
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The Bindelweg Path is the classic hiking-path in Fassa Valley. The trail is considered to be one of the most beautiful ones in the Dolomites and runs on panoramic hillsides between Mount Marmolada and Sella.
Bindelweg, Dolomites, Italy
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The Jungfrau at 4,158 meters is one of the main summits of the Bernese Alps, located between the northern canton of Bern and the southern canton of Valais, halfway between Interlaken and Fiesch. Together with the Eiger and Mönch, the Jungfrau forms a massive wall of mountains overlooking the Bernese Oberland and the Swiss Plateau, one of the most distinctive sights of the Swiss Alps.
The Silberhorn 3,695 m is a pyramid-shaped mountain of the Bernese Alps, to the northwest of the Jungfrau of which it is a satellite peak.
Morning. Telelens.
Switzerland, Männlichen
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A true open-air museum, Rome has preserved and enriched its beauty over the centuries. Each corner of the streets reveals a treasure, be it ancient, religious, architectural or even gastronomic. All roads lead to Rome, and one should not resist, simply take it and go, enjoy the beauty and admire the eternal city.
The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of Monte Rosa, an ice-covered mountain massif in the Alps. Dufourspitze is the highest mountain peak of both Switzerland and the Pennine Alps and is also the second-highest mountain of the Alps and Western Europe, after Mont Blanc. It is located between Switzerland (Canton of Valais) and Italy (Piedmont and Aosta Valley). Telelens.
Switzerland, Gornergrat
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Photo is taken near Männlichen. Background mountains from left: Jungfrau, Silberhorn, Breithorn, Tschingelhorn
Switzerland, Männlichen
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Moel Hebog over Beddgelert, Eryri/Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Cymru/Wales, UK
Moel Hebog dominates the view west from the village of Beddgelert. It gives name to a whole range of peaks in the north-western corner of Snowdonia, which include the Nantlle Ridge and Mynydd Mawr.
The scenic village of Beddgelert is found at the heart of the Snowdonia area of Gwynedd, North Wales. Bordered by dramatic mountain landscapes, Beddgelert stands in a valley at the confluence of Afon Glaslyn and Afon Colwyn with the village centre just above.
Genovesa Island, its sandy coral beach with a great viewpoint of the bay, is one of the Galapagos’ jewels. It is also known as the “Bird Island“ offering the opportunity to enjoy the most representative birds of Galapagos as: Puffball–chicks, white both yellow–crowned and lava herons, Red footed boobies contrasting with the Nazca booby and also the Swallow–tailed gulls, the only nocturnal gulls in the world that will be nesting at the cliff’s edge.
Photo is taken from Murtèl - Sils Trail.
Switzerland, Sankt Moritz
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The most famous of the many waterfalls and flumes in the first few miles of the River Severn's existence.
Hafren forest, Powys, Wales, UK
Hurlestone Tower was built in 2000 near Lilburn in Northumberland. It was built by the owners of Lilburn Tower, to celebrate the new Millenium. The tower is an observation and conference venue built in the style of a country house folly. It is named after the nearby Medieval Hurl Stone.
Northumberland, England.
Bartolomé Island is named after Sir Bartholomew James Sulivan, an English naval lieutenant who participated in Darwin's voyage on the Beagle. The island is located to the east of Santiago Island. The eastern part of the island consists of volcanic cones, while the western part is a peninsula with several rock formations, including Pinnacle Rock, a steep volcanic rock.
From the Little Lagazuoi (2778 m) you probably have one of the best views of the world of the Dolomites, such as here in a southwesterly direction of the Marmolada massif.
Vom Kleinen Lagazuoi (2778 m ) hat man vermutlich eine der besten Aussichten auf die Welt der Dolomiten wie hier in südwestliche Richtung auf das Marmolada-Massiv.
Photo is taken during Murtèl - Fuorcla Surlej - Hahnensee Trail
Switzerland, Murtèl - Hahnensee Trail
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Photo is taken from Murtèl - Sils Trail.
Switzerland, Sankt Moritz
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Oeschinen Lake (Oeschinensee) is a lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, 4 kilometres east of Kandersteg in the Oeschinen valley. At an elevation of 1578 metres, it has a surface area of 1.1147 square kilometres. Its maximum depth is 56 metres. A gondola lift from Kandersteg leads to Oeschinen, 25 minutes by foot from the lake. Since 2007 the lake is part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn UNESCO World Heritage Site. As of summer 2021, a circumnavigation of Lake Oeschinen is not possible. The reason for this is the danger of an imminent rockfall on the south shore, which is why paths are closed there.
Switzerland, Oeschinensee Loop Hike
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The Breithorn (4,164 m) is a mountain range of the Pennine Alps with its highest peak of the same name (but also called Breithorn (Western Summit)), located on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It lies on the main chain of the Alps, approximately halfway between the Matterhorn and Monte Rosa and east of the Theodul Pass. Most of the massif is glaciated and includes several subsidiary peaks, all located east of the main summit: the Central Breithorn, the western Breithorn Twin (or Eastern Breithorn), the Gendarm (or eastern Breithorn Twin) and the Roccia Nera. The main summit is sometimes distinguished by the name Western Breithorn.
The Breithorn is considered the most easily climbed 4,000 m Alpine peak. This is due to the Klein Matterhorn cable car which takes climbers to over 3,820 m from Zermatt for a starting point.
Morning. Telelens.
Switzerland, Rothorn-Oberrothorn
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