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The Rędzin Bridge (Most Rędziński) on the Oder River is the longest and highest bridge in Poland. Is one of the most attractive sites in Wroclaw. It catches your eye from far away. It is the largest river crossing in Poland: - it is 1742-metres long (30 metres longer than the Solidarity Bridge over the Vistula River in Plock) and the pylon on which it is suspended is 122-metres high (8 metres higher than the viewing terrace of the Palace of Culture and Science - Pałac Kultury i Nauki).
The pylon is H-shaped. The construction employs an original solution: the two multi-lane routes are attached separately to the arms of the pylon positioned on an isle in the Oder River.
The Rędzin Bridge is part of the Wroclaw Motorway Ring Road
The chief construction engineer of the Rędzin Bridge is Jan Biliszczuk, a professor at the Wroclaw University of Technology.
Curio:There are over 130 bridges and gangways in Wroclaw
No one was sitting down to enjoy the breathtaking majestic snow peaks of the Dhaulagiri or White Mountain Himalayas Nepal. It is the 7th highest mountains in the world.
Mullaghcleevaun Mountain is the second highest mountain in Co. Wicklow and is 849m high. The name in Irish means "the summit of the cradle" and Cleevaun Loch is a wonderful small jewel of a lake on its eastern slope.
Pollaphuca reservoir with Black and Sorrel hills can be seen in the distance and on a clear day, the Hills of Wales are visible but Ive been caught in the rain up there on my last two visits and had to abandon the trip.
Tragedy occurred there in the 70s when a group of young men drowned while swimming in the lake and there is a monument on the cliff side to their memory. It can be a dangerous place.
The mountain is best accessed from the military [ R115 ] road across the shoulder of Carrigshouk, over Mullghcleevaun East Top [795m] and along the ridge to the main mountain itself. Its about 10km round trip but its difficult, or at least I found it so.
Its a great place to find pieces of white quartz which are very visible protruding from the dark brown peat. You can see it in the foreground where the lake overflows . I always take some home as its a pretty stone. Within 5 minutes of taking this pic, the cloud came down and the rain started. Visibility went down to 10m so I beat a hasty retreat back to the car which took about one hour.
Its a wild rugged beautiful place and very peaceful. Its highly unlikely that you will meet anyone up there as there not all quite as mad as me!!!!! There are some lovely big granite rocks along the way where you can sit and take in the spectacle and eat your sandwiches which will taste better than anything else you have ever eaten!! I can never figure out why! Lol!
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Wow! Im really delighted that so many of my friends like this pic! It makes my bit of an effort so rewarding and its, well, er, nice! And your all nice too!!!
Im honoured that my good friend Steve-h has chosen this photo for his wonderful "Ireland" album. There are some amazing images in there so do have a look and comment/fave any that you like!
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Highest position EXPLORE: # 45 on Saturday, September 4, 2010
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Highest Explore Position #126 ~ On December 14th 2008.
Sunset - St James's Park, London, England - Saturday December 6th 2008.
This beautiful photo "Highest Collective Thoughts" was taken with a SAMSUNG GALAXY A13 mobile phone in Isle of Pines in New Caledonia. Enjoy and share your highest thought with others with Gratitude, Love and Light!
The highest point in the community is the summit of the 988-meter-high Hohe Peißenberg. Because of its overwhelming panoramic view, it is also called the “Bavarian Rigi” or, much less often, “mons parnanssus”. It is considered the most beautiful panoramic mountain in Bavaria and is a popular destination. The mountain's early nicknames were "mons doctus" because of its scholarship and meteorological research. The majority of the inhabitants live on the south side of the mountain, another smaller part is on the west side (districts: Hetten and Buchschorn), a small proportion of the inhabitants is on the north and east sides.
The main town is on the left bank of the Ammer River. The Ammer flows through the Ammer Gorge below the south side of the village.
In Explore. Highest position: 6
Just thought I'd let you know that the BBC has published an article on my photography on their "Get Creative" arts magazine website. They chose the image above as one to spotlight, I originally posted it a long time ago, so I thought I'd use this as an excuse to resurrect it again.
The Article: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5wWbzZZ93H73HkkHhTl8Yp3...
This was my first ever attempt at macro photography.
For those of you who think the bug was dead, here's the next photo when it wandered off during the exposure:
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.
The Cristal peak is the sixth highest peak in Brazil, with 2,769.05 meters of altitude, according to the measurement made by the IBGE and the Military Institute of Engineering, through the Pontos Culminantes do Brasil Project, and revised by the IBGE through a new mapping of the geoid of the Brazilian territory in 2016.
It is located in the Serra do Caparaó, within the Caparaó National Park, in the municipality of Alto Caparaó, State of Minas Gerais, at 20º 26' 37" south latitude and 41º 48' 42" west longitude. A measurement on Google Earth shows the border of Espírito Santo just 930 meters east of Pico do Cristal, and Pico da Bandeira, the third highest mountain in Brazil and the highest in the Southeast Region, at 1,940 meters to the northeast. The two peaks are visible from each other.
Pico do Cristal is the highest mountain located entirely within the territory of Minas Gerais, as the other highest peaks in the state are on the border with Espírito Santo (Pico da Bandeira), São Paulo (Pedra da Mina) or Rio de Janeiro. January (Agulhas Negras peak).
Until recently, the peak of Cristal was considered the fourth highest mountain in Brazil, with 2,798 meters. Later, another measurement pointed to the summit of the peak at 2,780 meters. More recently, within the scope of the Pontos Culminantes do Brasil Project, where more precise technology was used, the IBGE confirmed the summit of the peak at 2,769.76 meters, which places Pico do Cristal as the sixth highest mountain in the country. In 2016, the IBGE revised the altitudes of the highest points in Brazil, based on the geoid mapping of the Brazilian territory, and confirmed the altitude of Pico do Cristal as being 2,769.05 meters.
The peak of Cristal is a massive point that has this denomination due to its abundant rock formations of quartz, in which it presents landscapes of extreme beauty, being considered by some the most impressive place than the peak of the Flag, where the vegetation is formed basically by bromeliads and lilies on rocky outcrops, the site being part of the highest altitude zone of the park.
For those departing from the Tronqueira campsite, in Minas Gerais, the trail goes up towards Pico da Bandeira, where, close to this, you head south to Pico do Calçado and then west.
For those coming from the Casa Queimada side, you can reach Pico do Cristal by going up the trail to Pico da Bandeira and heading east before climbing Pico do Calçado. From its summit, it is possible to see the imposing Pico da Bandeira, with its characteristic abyss on the Espírito Santo side and softer slopes on the Minas Gerais side.
The first morning sunlight strikes the upper slopes of Dhaulagiri (8,167 m), the seventh highest mountain in the world. The name Dhaulagiri means dazzling mountain in Nepali.
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The highest point is the 4,450 m high Cerro Arquitectos (Architects Hill), and the elevation of roads reaches higher than 4,310 meters (13,550 feet). About 270 lakes and lagoons can be found in the páramo of Cajas. Luspa is the largest of these lake and extends over 78 hectares with a maximum depth of 68 m at a perimeter of 5,161 m. Like the other lakes it is of glacial origin, and glaciation shaped the landscape of Cajas leaving U-shaped valleys and ravines. Cajas provides about 60% of the drinking water for the Cuenca area. Two of the four rivers of Cuenca originate from Cajas, the Tomebamba and Yanuncay rivers which eventually drain into the Amazon river.
Highest Explore Position #229 ~ On March 27th 2009.
Sunset - Southwold, Suffolk, England - Saturday March 21st 2009.
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Highest point near Robin Hood's Bed *
on the Pennine Way above Rochdale, Gtr. Manchester, UK
(*Addendum...This is the highest point of Blackstone Edge not the whole Pennine Way) pw
Explore highest position: 156 on Monday, December 1, 2008, Thank you!
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The Messeturm by architect Helmut Jahn is Frankfurt's second-highest tower building. Seen from the grounds of the former police HQ, it doesn't look very imposing in this view. This will be the last shot from my visit to the police HQ.
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A mushroom with two common names, it is also known as the Poached Egg fungus. Very common, edible after washing to remove gluten. I've tried these and they're not worth the effort.
This photo has been uploaded for enjoyment of the image not to aid in identification. Picking wild mushrooms to eat without expert knowledge will probably result in you dying.
location: Europe
edibility: Edible
fungus colour: White to cream
stem type: Lateral, rudimentary or absent, Ring on stem
flesh: Mushroom slimy or sticky
spore colour: White, cream or yellowish
habitat: Grows in woods, Grows on wood
Oudemansiella mucida (Schrad. ex Fr.) Kühn. syn. Armillaria mucida (Schrad. ex Fr.) Kummer Buchen-Schleimrühling, Collybie mucide Porcelain fungus, Poached Egg fungus. Cap 2–8cm across, convex then flattening, pale greyish when young becoming more white often with an ochraceous flush at the centre, semi-translucent, slimy. Stem 30–100×3–10mm, white striate above the membranous ring, slightly scaly below. Flesh thin, white. Cystidia thin-walled cylindric or utriform. Spore print white. Spores subglobose 13–18×12–15m. Cap cuticle hymeniform, of erect club-shaped cells. Habitat on the trunks of beech, often high up and in large clusters. Season late summer to late autumn.
info by Roger Phillips:
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ᴅᴇᴇᴘ sᴛᴀᴛɪᴄ | ʀᴇᴇsᴇ ɢʟᴀssᴇs
ʟᴀ ᴘʟᴜᴍᴇ | ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴀʀɴɴᴏ - ᴍᴀʟᴇ ᴘᴏsᴇs
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EXPLORE: Highest position: 2 on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Once upon a time...
Trasimeno Lake (PG) - Italy
The road up to the highest peak of the beautiful Blackstairs Mountains. And unfortunately one has to walk it as it is closed to general road traffic. I can tell you, it is STEEP!!! Mind you the views are absolutely out of this world spectacular. The weather today was also perfect albeit windy which was on our backs on the way up.
Explore Highest #326 on February 23, 2010
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Highest Explore Position #419 ~ On January 1st 2008.
Beach Scene - Brest, Brittany, France - December 27th 2007.
My 8000th image...mostly rubbish mind..lol..:O)
The highest point of this volcano and I feel so fine.
Elevation: 5,604 meters (18,386 ft) above sea level.
13th. highest elevation around San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.
Chile's highest peak is the Nevado Ojos del Salado, at 6.891,3 meters or 22,615 ft, which is also the highest volcano in the world.
1st. Mount Everest - 8,848 m or 29,025 ft.
***Aconcagua with a summit elevation of 6,960.8 metres (22,837 ft), is the highest mountain in both the Southern and Western Hemispheres. It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the Mendoza Province, Argentina, and lies 112 km (70 mi) northwest of its capital, the city of Mendoza, about five km (3.1 mi) from San Juan Province and 15 km (9.3 mi) from the international border with Chile. The mountain itself lies entirely within Argentina, immediately east of Argentina's border with Chile. Its nearest higher neighbor is Tirich Mir in the Hindu Kush, 16,520 kilometres (10,270 mi) away. It is one of the Seven Summits.
Wonderful misty freezing sunrise panorama- Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado
These are the highest dunes in North America
Wunderschöner neblig eisiger Sonnenaufgang - Great Sand Dunes Nationalpark, Colorado
Das sind die höchsten Dünen in Nordamerika
A happy couple at the summit of the rock at Haytor. They were brave to stand upright as it there was quite a blustery wind up there, however they didn't stay long, just enough to enjoy the panoramic views of Dartmoor before descending back to terra firma.
Highest Explore Position #115 ~ On April 27th 2009.
Orford Castle, Orford, Suffolk - Saturday February 21st 2009.
Explore Highest #24 on September 19, 2009
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Northern Hawk Owl on the highest perch allows him to see what's around him. It also gives a clear and unobstructed view of the owl itself.
Explore Highest position: 165 on Saturday, May 2, 2009
Taken at Bempton cliffs.
Dear flickr friends. Sorry for not commenting on your wonderful photos. I do still visit your photostreams but i'v been having alot of fits just lately and am waiting for tests for epilepsy.
After a highest temperature of 102F (39ºC) in the capital, some storms developed in the surroundings of Madrid, reaching the city. The colors of the torrid sunset was intensified by the clouds.
In this image, you can see the Five Towers from Hortaleza, a district in the northeast of Madrid with some rain curtains in the background.
I wish you a good Tuesday or Wednesday, wherever you are.
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Atardecer tormentoso sobre Madrid, España
Después de alcanzar una temperatura máxima de 39ºC en la capital, se desarrollaron algunas tormentas en los alrededores de Madrid, llegando a la ciudad. Los colores del tórrido atardecer se intensificaron con las nubes.
En esta imagen se pueden ver las Cinco Torres desde Hortaleza, un barrio del noreste de Madrid con unas cortinas de lluvia al fondo.
Te deseo un buen martes o miércoles, estés donde estés.
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Whiteface Mountain is the fifth-highest mountain in the U.S. state of New York, and one of the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains. Set apart from most of the other High Peaks, the summit offers a 360-degree view of the Adirondacks and clear-day glimpses of Vermont and even Canada, where the skyscrapers of Montreal, 80 miles (130 km) away, can be seen on a very clear day. Located in the town of Wilmington, about 13 miles (21 km) from Lake Placid, the mountain's east slope is home to a major ski area which hosted the alpine skiing competitions of the 1980 Winter Olympics
28-April-2022: here we are above the Vellacher kotschna/Bela kočna (Cirque), which is the only area of the Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe/Steiner Alpen in Austrian territory (Carinthia traditional region).
The 4 highest peaks (see notes), all located in the Western (right) part of the main chain of the region (the "B" group), are the only ones over 2500m a.s.l. and, like the whole chain, are in Slovenian territory.
From this Austrian area you can see all 4 at the same time, otherwise difficult downstream or more to the East.
The shot was taken just 15 minutes after the end of the last seasonal snowfall at medium altitudes.
It was the result of a weak cold front slipped along the border between Slovenia and Austria and that, by contrast between the colder air from the North and the milder one recalled from the South-West, generated a local squall-line with rather intense and partly unexpected snow showers.
The precipitation core was in Savinja, slightly to the East of this location, with over 30cm/3hrs at 1400m a.s.l., but with temporary snow dusting up to 1100m.