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From a height of 2000 m, the resort town of Rosa Khutor is visible. С высоты 2000 м виден курортный город Роза Хутор.
Caucasus Mountains, Svaneti, Georgia, 2013.
“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. I do not seek or conjecture either of them as if they were veiled obscurities or extravagances beyond the horizon of my vision; I see them before me and connect them immediately with the consciousness of my existence.”
-- Immanuel Kant, Critique of Practical Reason
Jimara (4780 m.) and Mkinvartsveri (5047 m.)
Great Caucasus
Mount Jimara (Ossetian: Джимарайы хох — Jimarayy khokh, Georgian: ჯიმარა) is the second highest point of North Ossetia–Alania, a Russia, with an altitude of 4,780 meters (15,680 ft). It is located on the border between Russia and Georgia. The mountain is located on the Khokh Range, 9 km (5.5 mi) to the west of Mount Kazbek (Mkinvartsveri).
Mount Mkinvartsveri (Kazbek) is a dormant stratovolcano and one of the major mountains of the Caucasus located on the border of Georgia's Kazbegi District. It is the third-highest peak in Georgia (after Mount Shkhara and Janga) and the seventh-highest summit in the Caucasus Mountains. Kazbegi is also the second-highest volcanic summit in the Caucasus, after Mount Elbrus. The summit lies directly to the west of the town of Stepantsminda and is the most prominent geographic feature of the area. Mount Kazbek is the highest peak of Eastern Georgia. The name in Georgian, Mkinvartsveri, translates to "Glacier Peak" or "Freezing Cold Peak". The Vainakh name Bashlam translates as "Molten Mount".
Caucasian Scarlet Poppy | Papaver commutatum 'Ladybird' | Papaveraceae
Samsung NX1 & Super-Takumar - 50mm f/1.4
10mm Macro Tube | 8 Elements | f/2.8 | Manual Focus | Available Light | Handheld
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The great historic barrier of the Caucasus Mountains rises up across the wide isthmus separating the Black and Caspian seas in the region where Europe and Asia converge. Trending generally from northwest to southeast, the mountains consist of two ranges—the Greater Caucasus (Russian: Bolshoy Kavkaz) in the north and the Lesser Caucasus (Maly Kavkaz) in the south. Mount Elbrus in the Greater Caucasus range, at 18,510 feet (5,642 metres), is the highest peak. The watershed of the Greater Caucasus, the backbone of the system, traditionally has been part of the line dividing Europe and Asia, but Europe’s eastern boundary has been the subject of much debate. One widely accepted scheme draws the dividing line along the crest of the Greater Caucasus range, putting the portion of the region north of the line in Europe and the portion south of it in Asia. Another puts the western portion of the Caucasus region in Europe and the eastern part (the bulk of Azerbaijan and small portions of Armenia, Georgia, and Russia’s Caspian Sea coast) in Asia. Still another scheme identifies the Aras River and the Turkish border as the line of continental demarcation, thereby locating Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia in Europe.
Morning view from Kazbegi Meteo Station (elev. 3653m), Greater Caucasus, Georgia.
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Spurs of Gulchi-Tau, Sugan Range, Caucasus. In the clouds on the right is Mount Mukhol 3954 m.
Отроги Гюльчи-Тау, Суганский хребет, Кавказ. В облаках справа гора Мухол 3954 м.
Sanatorium Medea / Tskaltubo / Imereti / Georgia
The Medea Sanatorium in Tskaltubo, Georgia, is one of the most famous abandoned sites in the former Soviet Union and a striking testament to the Soviet era. The sanatorium was built in the late 1940s or early 1950s in the Stalinist style – characterised by neoclassical façades, columns and elaborate ornamentation, intended to symbolise the wealth and power of the Soviet Union. At that time, Tskaltubo was one of the most renowned health resorts in the USSR, known for its healing springs and the treatment of chronic illnesses. The Medea Sanatorium, with around 330 beds, was reserved exclusively for select guests, mostly Russian visitors, and was considered one of the most magnificent places in the country. Economic difficulties and political upheavals in the early 1990s led to the decline and closure of many sanatoriums in Tskaltubo, including the Medea. Today, the building stands largely empty, but as a ‘lost place’ it attracts visitors interested in history, architecture and its unique atmosphere. The Georgian government is currently planning to sell the sanatoriums to private investors in order to convert them into luxury hotels and re-establish Tskaltubo as a health resort. However, this process is proving complex, and many buildings remain at the mercy of decay for the time being.
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Das Sanatorium Medea in Tskaltubo, Georgien, ist einer der bekanntesten Lost Places der ehemaligen Sowjetunion und ein beeindruckendes Zeugnis der sowjetischen Ära. Das Sanatorium wurde in den späten 1940er oder frühen 1950er Jahren im Stil des Stalinismus erbaut – geprägt von neoklassizistischen Fassaden, Säulen und aufwendigen Verzierungen, die den Reichtum und die Macht der Sowjetunion symbolisieren sollten. Tskaltubo war zu dieser Zeit einer der renommiertesten Kurorte der UdSSR, bekannt für seine Heilquellen und die Behandlung von chronischen Krankheiten. Das Medea-Sanatorium, mit rund 330 Betten, war exklusiv ausgewählten Gästen vorbehalten, meist russischen Besuchern, und galt als einer der prächtigsten Orte des Landes. Wirtschaftliche Schwierigkeiten und politische Umbrüche Anfang der 1990er Jahre führten zum Niedergang und zur Aufgabe vieler Sanatorien in Tskaltubo, darunter auch das Medea. Heute steht das Gebäude größtenteils leer, zieht aber als Lost Place Besucher an, die sich für Geschichte, Architektur und die einzigartige Atmosphäre interessieren. Die georgische Regierung plant derzeit, die Sanatorien an private Investoren zu verkaufen, um sie in Luxushotels umzuwandeln und Tskaltubo wieder als Spa-Destination zu etablieren. Allerdings gestaltet sich dieser Prozess als komplex, und viele Gebäude bleiben vorerst dem Verfall preisgegeben.
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