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Some bright, crimson, jewel-like plants huddle on the slopes of Snow Peak above Burstall Pass as rain clouds arrive. The air is fresh and tangy with scents of spruce, stone, and flowing water. Afternoon is ticking past and the return journey must begin to evade the imminent downpour. This is the land where the plants are not moving, and where the rocks do not quiver at the flash of lightning. This is the land where crimson, gold, and sapphire hues all find there place; this is their dominion--the place they hold sway.
Seepage slope bogs are a critically endangered habitat that are mostly found along the lower Gulf Coast of the Southeastern US. Over 97% of these habitats have been destroyed in the past century by human land uses, particularly industrial pine silviculture. Their rich floral diversity depends on frequent fire to keep woody shrubs from encroaching and shading out old-growth perennial herbs such as the white-top pitcher plant (Sarracenia lecuophylla).
The Long Man of Wilmington is a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill near Wilmington, East Sussex, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Eastbourne and 1⁄3 mile (540 m) south of Wilmington. It was formerly often known as the "Wilmington Giant", or locally as the "Green Man". The Long Man is 235 feet (72 m) tall,[1] holds two "staves", and is designed to look in proportion when viewed from below. Formerly thought to originate in the Iron Age or even the neolithic period, a 2003 archaeological investigation has shown that the figure may have been cut in the Early Modern era – the 16th or 17th century AD. From afar the figure appears to have been carved from the underlying chalk; but the modern figure is formed from white-painted breeze blocks and lime mortar.
The Long Man is one of two major extant human hill figures in England; the other is the Cerne Abbas Giant, north of Dorchester. Both are Scheduled Ancient Monuments. Two other hill figures that include humans are the Osmington White Horse and the Fovant regimental badges. The Long Man is one of two hill figures in East Sussex, the other is the Litlington White Horse.
Italy - Abruzzo - Sirente-Velino Park
Photography © Ercole Di Berardino 2012 - All Rights Reserved. Do not use without permission.
Italien / Südtirol - Plose
Plose (Großer Gabler) seen from Kompatsch meadows
Plose (Großer Gabler) gesehen von den Kompatschwiesen
The Plose is a massif with several peaks near Brixen in South Tyrol, Italy. Its peaks are: Telegraph (2,486 m s.l.m.), Pfannspitze (2,547 m s.l.m.) and Gabler (2,576 m s.l.m.). It is bordered by the Eisacktal to the west, the Lüsner Valley to the north and east and the Aferer Valley as well as the Würzjoch to the south.
Due to its gentle slopes, the Plose is suitable for skiing and has been made accessible through numerous cableway systems.
The mountains name "Plose" has already been attributed in 1501, in 1574 as Plosse ein hocher Spitz, in 1613 as Plosser Alben and in 1840 as Plosenberg. The name probably derives from the etimology of the pre-roman blese (steep lawn). It is one of the few toponyms, which are written and pronounced the same way in Italian, as it is in German.
In 1920 the first refuge was built at Valcroce (Kreuztal, 2,050 m a.s.l.).
A first project to connect the Plose to Bressanone took place in 1910. It was a cable car Ceretti-Tanfani-Strub, which was able to carry 15 people plus the driver. It was later decided to give the job to Bleichert, but this project was also covered up for financial reasons. The project was completed in 1963. In fact, as early as 1950 there was a first plant at the Skihütte, built by the Kahl-Tinkhauser family. Later other facilities were opened, such as the Ladurnerlift in 1956 and another in 1959. In 1965 a basket plant was erected, able to connect Valcroce to the top of Mount Plose.
The operation of the cable car from Millan (a district of Bressanone) to Sant'Andrea and from there to Valcroce took place in 1964. The plant remained in operation until the 1985/86 season, when it was closed as obsolete. Since the mid-eighties there is a new cable car that leads to Valcroce starting near the village of Sant'Andrea. The connection from Bressanone to the cable car downstream of Sant'Andrea was replaced by a ski bus. All the ski slopes are part of the much larger Dolomiti Superski ski area.
During the winter season of 2010/11, a new 6-seater chairlift was built to replace the previous, 3-seater. This new lift on the Rossalm chairlift allows for easier and faster ascent.
Recently, between 2012 and 2013, the City Council of Bressanone, together with the provincial council, discussed the possibility of building a new cable car, but no solution has yet been found on the starting point.
(Wikipedia)
Die Plose ist ein Gebirgsstock in den Lüsner Bergen bei Brixen in Südtirol (Italien). Auf ihr befinden sich mehrere Gipfel: Telegraph (2486 m s.l.m.), Pfannspitze (2547 m s.l.m.) und Gabler (2576 m s.l.m.). Die Plose wird im Westen vom Eisacktal, im Norden und Osten vom Lüsner Tal und im Süden vom Aferer Tal begrenzt.
Aufgrund der sanften Kuppen ist die Plose zum Skifahren geeignet und durch zahlreiche Liftanlagen erschlossen. Die Plosebahn führt vom unterhalb gelegenen St. Andrä direkt ins Skigebiet. Besonders bekannt ist die Trametsch-Piste, welche mit einer Gesamtlänge von 9 km als die längste Abfahrt Südtirols gilt. Die Plose ist ferner ein weitläufiges Wandergebiet mit einem beachtenswerten Panorama. Etwas südlich vom Telegraph und westlich von Pfannspitze und Gabler befindet sich die Plosehütte.
Laut Josef Rampold hat der Name Plose nichts mit blasendem Wind zu tun, sondern bezieht sich vermutlich auf die unbewaldete, kahle Blöße der Gipfelkuppe.
Der an der Südseite der Plose gelegene Ort Palmschoß ist geschichtlich nicht unbedeutsam. So befand sich in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren oberhalb des Ortes ein Nato-Stützpunkt, von welchem aus eine kleine Seilbahn zu der Radarstation auf dem Telegraph führte. Ferner befindet sich bei Palmschoß noch das Gebäude einer ehemaligen Lungenheilanstalt, welche 1913 errichtet wurde. Palmschoß wurde als Standort gewählt, da es zu den Orten mit der längsten Sonnenscheindauer in der damaligen Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie zählte. Der architektonische Entwurf dafür stammt von Otto Wagner.
Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde auf etwa 1870 m im Gebiet von Palmschoß eine Quelle entdeckt und auf ihre Eignung als Mineralwasser untersucht. Da die Wasseranalysen günstig ausfielen, begann man im Jahr 1953 die Quelle fachgerecht zu fassen. Im Juni 1957 wurde in Palmschoß eine kleine Abfüllanlage von der Plose Quelle AG in Betrieb genommen und mit der Abfüllung des Mineralwassers in Flaschen begonnen. 1974 entstand in der Industriezone von Brixen ein moderner Abfüllbetrieb. Im Jahr 2002 wurden weitere 3 Nebenquellen der Plose gefasst, um die Produktion des Mineralwassers zu steigern. Das Familienunternehmen Plose Quelle AG ist von Beginn an bis heute im Besitz der Familie Fellin.
(Wikipedia)
A view of the Tetons from the String Lakes Trail. It started to rain just as I finished the shot and we booked it back to the car.
Park Strijthagen, Landgraaf, The Netherlands
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This photo was taken in a street with a big slope (rua da bica) where the path is connected with two trams
Daytime long exposure: 65 seconds. B+W ND110 filter.
I came home from work and all of the sudden the sun was shining and there was a gorgeous cloudy sky, so I got my camera and tripod and rushed out the door to take a stroll and take some long exposures...
Only to then find out that I forgot to bring my shutter release... So I shot this from the hand and held my breath for 65 seconds. And yes, I know this could have been a helluva lot sharper if I brought the shutter release. But I still kind of like it.
With Igloo Mountain in the distance, a tapestry of Autumn hues adorns the terrain of the Alaska Range in Denali National Park.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/11.0, 31mm, 1/400s
Machu Picchu is tangible evidence of the urban Inca Empire at the peak of its power and achievement—a citadel of cut stone fit together without mortar so tightly that its cracks still can’t be penetrated by a knife blade.
The complex of palaces and plazas, temples and homes may have been built as a ceremonial site, a military stronghold, or a retreat for ruling elites—its dramatic location is certainly well suited for any of those purposes. The ruins lie on a high ridge, surrounded on three sides by the windy, turbulent Urubamba River some 2,000 feet (610 meters) below.
Scholars are still striving to uncover clues to the mysteries hidden here high in the eastern slopes of the Andes, covered with tropical forests of the upper Amazon Basin. Machu Picchu appears to lie at the center of a network of related sites and trails—and many landmarks both man-made and mountainous appear to align with astronomical events like the solstice sunset. The Inca had no written language, so they left no record of why they built the site or how they used it before it was abandoned in the early 16th century.
Landscape engineering skills are in strong evidence at Machu Picchu. The site’s buildings, walls, terraces, and ramps reclaim the steep mountainous terrain and make the city blend naturally into the rock escarpments on which it is situated. The 700-plus terraces preserved soil, promoted agriculture, and served as part of an extensive water-distribution system that conserved water and limited erosion on the steep slopes.
The Inca’s achievements and skills are all the more impressive in light of the knowledge they lacked. When Machu Picchu was built some 500 years ago the Inca had no iron, no steel, and no wheels. Their tremendous effort apparently benefited relatively few people—some experts maintain that fewer than a thousand individuals lived here.
The Moravian–Silesian Beskids (Czech: Moravskoslezské Beskydy, Slovak: Moravsko-sliezske Beskydy) is a mountain range in the Czech Republic with a small part reaching to Slovakia. It lies on the historical division between Moravia and Silesia, hence the name. It is part of the Western Beskids, which is in turn part of the Outer Western Carpathians.
The mountains were created during the Alpine Orogeny in the Tertiary. Geologically, they consist mainly of flysch deposits. In the north, they steeply rise nearly 1,000 m (3,300 ft) over a rather flat landscape; in the south, they slowly merge with the Javorníky. In the south-west, they are separated from the Vsetínské vrchy by the Rožnovská Bečva valley; in the north-east, the Jablunkov Pass separates them from the Silesian Beskids.
The highest point is Lysá hora mountain at 1,323 m (4,341 ft), which is one of the rainiest places in the Czech Republic with around 1,500 mm (60 in) of precipitation a year. Many legends are bound to Radhošť Mountain, 1,129 m (3,704 ft), which is one of the most visited places in the mountains together with the nearby Pustevny resort.
The Moravian-Silesian Beskids create the largest part of the Beskydy Landscape Protected Area (Czech: Chráněná krajinná oblast Beskydy or Czech: CHKO Beskydy for short). The mountains are 80% forested, though mainly by plantations of spruce which were in some parts severely damaged by emissions from the Ostrava industrial region. Originally, the mountains were covered by mixed forest with dominant beech which are preserved in many places. Recently, permanent occurrence of all three large Central European carnivours – lynx, bear and wolf – have been confirmed in the area.
(Wikipedia)
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During last October, we did another autumn weekend hike across the eastern part of the Moravian–Silesian Beskids, which is far much less visited that its western part - nice weather, fine views, solitude, and lots of freedom - it's an area definitely worth visiting and exploration.
Taken during the hike from Horní Lomná settlement to Úplaz and Velký Polom nature reserves.