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Mount Washington from Paradise Meadows, Strathcona Provincial Park, British Columbia.
Read the story behind the image:
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Mount Kinabalu 京那巴魯山
- Using Samyang 14mm f/2.8 IF ED UMC Aspherical
Mount Kinabalu (Malay: Gunung Kinabalu) is a prominent mountain on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah and is protected as Kinabalu Park, a World Heritage Site. Kinabalu is the highest peak in Borneo's Crocker Range and is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago. Mount Kinabalu is also the 20th most prominent mountain in the world by topographic prominence.
In 1997, a re-survey using satellite technology established its summit (known as Low's Peak) height at 4,095 metres (13,435 ft) above sea level, which is some 6 metres (20 ft) less than the previously thought and hitherto published figure of 4,101 metres (13,455 ft).
Mount Kinabalu includes the Kinabalu montane alpine meadows ecoregion in the montane grasslands and shrublands biome. The mountain and its surroundings are among the most important biological sites in the world, with between 5000 and 6000 species of plants, 326 species of birds, and more than 100 mammalian species identified. Among this rich collection of wildlife are famous species such as the gigantic Rafflesia plants and the orangutan. Mount Kinabalu has been accorded UNESCO World Heritage status.
Low's Peak can be climbed quite easily by a person in good physical condition and there is no need for mountaineering equipment at any point on the main route. Other peaks along the massif, however, require rock climbing skills.
Mount Tongariro National Park, North Island, New Zealand. Also known as 'Mount Doom' as used in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Mount Everest (Tibetan: ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ, Chomolungma[4][5][6] or Qomolangma /ˈtʃoʊmoʊˌlɑːŋmə/ CHOH-moh-LAHNG-mə,[6][7] "Holy Mother"; Chinese: 珠穆朗玛峰; pinyin: Zhūmùlǎngmǎ Fēng; Nepali: सगरमाथा, Sagarmāthā[8]) is the Earth's highest mountain, with a peak at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. It is located in the Mahalangur section of the Himalayas. The international border between China and Nepal runs across the precise summit point.[citation needed] Its massif includes neighboring peaks Lhotse, 8,516 m (27,940 ft); Nuptse, 7,855 m (25,771 ft); and Changtse, 7,580 m (24,870 ft).
In 1856, the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India established the first published height of Everest, then known as Peak XV, at 29,002 ft (8,840 m). In 1865, Everest was given its official English name by the Royal Geographical Society upon a recommendation by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India. Waugh named the mountain after his predecessor in the post, Sir George Everest. Although Tibetans had called Everest "Chomolungma" for centuries, Waugh was unaware of this because Nepal and Tibet were closed to foreigners.
The highest mountain on the Earth attracts many well-experienced mountaineers as well as capable climbers willing to hire professional guides. While not posing substantial technical climbing challenges on the standard route, Everest presents dangers such as altitude sickness, weather and wind.
(Wikipedia)
The conditions never really came together for this evening, but I thought I would post this one up just for fun anyways...
This is not the vantage to photograph from, but just where the road ends. The good spot is just over on that ridge in the distance beyond all this ugly clear cutting...
This shot taken at Mount Piddington during our recent trip to the Blue Mountains. Some great walking trails with some great scenery and caves.
Mount Bromo volcano, Java island, Indonesia. One of the main tourist attractions of Indonesia.
I am in Solo (Surakarta) now, on Java island. The last week of the trip. and last night for the first time ever I got bitten by bedbugs, in a nice looking backpackers hotel, got almost no sleep, all itchy
aoraki/mount cook and the hooker valley, aoraki/mount cook national park, new zealand
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Nemrut or Nemrud (Turkish: Nemrut Dağı) is a 2,134 m (7,001 ft) high mountain in southeastern Turkey, notable for the summit. When the Seleucid Empire was defeated by the Romans in 190 BCE at the Battle of Magnesia it began to fall apart and new kingdoms were established on its territory by local authorities. Commagene, one of the Seleucid successor states, occupied a land between the Taurus mountains and the Euphrates. The state of Commagene had a wide range of cultures which left its leader from 62 BC – 38 BC Antiochus I Theos to carry on a peculiar dynastic religious program, which included not only Armenian, Greek and Persian deities but Antiochus and his family as well. This religious program was very possibly an attempt by Antiochus to unify his multiethnic kingdom and secure his dynasty's authority.
Antiochus supported the cult as a propagator of happiness and salvation. Many of the ruins on Mount Nemrud are monuments of the imperial cult of Commagene. The most important area to the cult was the tomb of Antiochus I, which was decorated with colossal statues made of limestone. Although the imperial cult did not last long after Antiochus, several of his successors had their own tombs built on Mount Nemrud. For around half of the year, Mount Nemrud is covered in snow,the effect of which increases weathering, which has in part caused the statues to fall in ruin.
where a number of large statues are erected around what is assumed to be a royal tomb from the 1st century BC.
The name is a relatively modern one, dating back to the Middle Ages. In Armenian legend, Hayk defeated the Biblical king Nimrod (equated with Bel) and buried him in these mountains. The conquering Arabs gave many ancient ruins they encountered the name Nimrud, including the famous Assyrian capital.
Mount Olympus as seen from the top of Hurricane Hill on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park near Port Angeles, Washington on Saturday, August 18, 2018. At 7,980 feet, Mount Olympus is the tallest mountain in the park.
I blogged about this here: View 411: Hurricane Hill Trail.
At 2,351 meters Mount Pico on Pico Island in the Azores is the highest mountain in Portugal. In 1718 a lava flow down the volcano reached the coast.
Mount Stewart is an 18th-century house and garden in County Down, Northern Ireland, owned by the National Trust. Situated on the east shore of Strangford Lough, a few miles outside the town of Newtownards and near Greyabbey, it was the Irish seat of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry. The house and its contents reflect the history of the Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, who played a leading role in British and Irish social and political life (courtesy of Wikipedia!). The house is currently closed for renovation but will re-open in April 2015.
With a new crew having recently arrived, 8252, 8136, 8127 and 8152 prepare to depart Pennys Road AWB with 5936N.
Bellata, NSW.
Friday 7 May 2021.
A climber ventures into the gigantic cave on Mount Column with its huge columns of rhyolite. It's a fantastic place to climb!
Tussock in the vicinity of Mount Ngauruhoe.
Exclusion plot on Island Saddle in the South Island of New Zealand. The enclosure prevents herbivory by introduced mammals resulting in a higher recruitment of tussocks within the plot.
Tussock grasslands form expansive and distinctive landscapes in the South Island and to a lesser extent in the central plateau region of the North Island of New Zealand. Most of the plants referred to as tussocks are in the genera Carex, Chionochloa, Festuca, and Poa.
Many species have long roots that may reach 2 meters (6.6 ft) or more into the soil, which can aid slope stabilization, erosion control, and soil porosity for precipitation absorption. Also, their roots can reach moisture more deeply than other grasses and annual plants during seasonal or climatic droughts. The plants provide habitat and food for insects (including Lepidoptera), birds, small animals and larger herbivores, and support beneficial soil mycorrhiza. The leaves supply material, such as for basket weaving, for indigenous peoples and contemporary artists.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Mount Moran reflecting in the Snake River, in Grand Teton National Park from the Oxbow Bend Turnout.
Mount Fuji, located on Honshū, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m, 2nd-highest peak of an island in Asia, and 7th-highest peak of an island in the world. It is a dormant stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–1708. Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometers south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day. Mount Fuji's exceptionally symmetrical cone, which is snow-capped for about 5 months a year, is a well-known symbol of Japan and it is frequently depicted in art and photographs, as well as visited by sightseers and climbers.
Mount Warspite as seen from Little Lawson. Fall/Autumn. Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Kananaskis Country, Alberta