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The terrifying tale can now be told. I have experienced a night of the 'living dead' at the base of Mount Baldy and survived to tell the tale. What started out as an innocent adventure in the Paria River Canyon soon spiraled out of control.
After a day of photographing the surreal stratified geology of the region, my travel partner and I set up our tents and had a hearty meal. The sun set below the clear skies of the desert southwest and an eerie full moon began to rise above the horizon. We soon discovered that we had chosen the worst possible time and location for our camping site. Not far away was the abandoned graveyard of the Mormon Ghost Town of Pahreah.
The earth began to tremble and from the bald mountain above a hideous demonic figure began to summon up the lost souls of Pahreah from their eternal rest. Coming above and below, the hellish music of Modest Mussorgsky thundered as if from a scene of Fantasia. Cowering behind what shelter we could find, my friend and I trembled with fear as the ghoulish apparitions floated forth.
It seemed like an eternity of terror, hour after hour. At last the tormenting scenes began to subside as dawn broke and the conjured souls began to retreat to their graves once again.
I have waited until now to reveal this story. The trauma of my experience has faded sufficiently to tell the tale so as to warn anyone foolish enough to camp near the Ghost Town of Pahreah of the folly of their actions.
This photo was taken by an Asahi Pentax 6 X 7 medium format film camera and Super-Takumar/6X7 1:2.4/105mm lens with a Zenza Bronica 67mm SO56•2C(YA3) filter using Ilford HP5 Plus 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
A closer look at the main house at Mount Vernon, the former residence and plantation of George Washington.
Like many sites in Washington DC, Mount Vernon was undergoing major renovations ahead of the USA's 250th Anniversary next year (1776 - 2026).
March 2025
Mount Jefferson, 10,495 ft., rises above the green meadows of the Metolius River at Camp Sherman, on the east side of the Cascades. One of the prettiest places on earth, in my opinion.
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Tallest peak in the Canadian Rockies, viewed facing east along the Yellowhead Highway. I much prefer this spot over the visitor center, as it really gives you a sense of how large this mountain truly is.
On New Years Day, Phyllis and I went hiking on Mount Burdell, to kick off another spin around the sun. This little-known nature preserve in Novato is lovely, with majestic oak trees that remind us there is more to life than our own stories. Happy new year!
Learn more about Mount Burdell: www.marincounty.org/depts/pk/divisions/open-space/mount-b...
Il Monte Peacock (3210m). La zona di Cape Hallett e Edisto Inlet durante le giornate di sole offre veramente dei panorami magnifici. Foto scattata durante la XXXVIII spedizione PNRA in Antartide.
Mount Coonowrin is one of the dramatic looking Glasshouse Mountains in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast in southern Queensland. It stands 377m tall and was formed as a volcanic plug approximately 26 million years ago. The mountain range was named by explorer Captain James Cook because they reminded him of glass furnaces.
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Mount Garibaldi is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Sea to Sky Country of British Columbia, 80 km (50 mi) north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located in the southernmost Coast Mountains, it is one of the most recognized peaks in the South Coast region, as well as British Columbia's best known volcano. It lies within the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific Ranges
Stunning views from Mount Tamborine over SE Queensland over Beaudesert towards the Great Dividing Range.
Mount Hehuan (Chinese: 合歡山; pinyin: Héhuān Shān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ha̍p-hoan-soaⁿ; also called Joy Mountain) is a 3,416-metre-high (11,207 ft) mountain in Central Taiwan. The peak lies on the borders of Nantou and Hualien counties and is located within Taroko National Park. Hehuanshan is a popular destination in central Taiwan. The 3,421-metre east peak and 3,422-metre north peak of Hehuanshan are both higher than the main peak.
Mount Hehuan is part of the Central Mountain Range (中央山脈).
MOUNT KAILASH PHOTO MADE BY KAILASH MANSAROVAR FOUNDATION, SWAMI BIKASH GIRI , www.sumeruparvat.com , www.naturalitem.com
Mount Kailash (also Mount kailas; Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེKangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰,Gāngrénbōqí fēng, Sanskrit: कैलास Kailāsa) is a peak in the Kailas Range (Gangdisê Mountains), which forms part of the Transhimalaya in Tibet. It lies near the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia: the Indus River, the Sutlej River (a major tributary of the Indus River), the Brahmaputra River, and the Karnali River (a tributary of the River Ganga). It is considered a sacred place in four religions: Bön, Buddhism, Hinduism andJainism. The mountain lies near Lake Manasarovar and Lake Rakshastalin Tibet.
According to Hinduism, Lord Shiva, the destroyer of ignorance and illusion, resides at the summit of a legendary mountain named Kailās, where he sits in a state of perpetual meditation along with his wife Pārvatī.
According to Charles Allen, one description in the Vishnu Purana of the mountain states that its four faces are made of crystal, ruby, gold, and lapis lazuli.[7] It is a pillar of the world and is located at the heart of six mountain ranges symbolizing a lotus.[7]
Every year, thousands make a pilgrimage to Kailash, following a tradition going back thousands of years. Pilgrims of several religions believe that circumambulating Mount Kailash on foot is a holy ritual that will bring good fortune. The peregrination is made in a clockwise direction by Hindus and Buddhists. Followers of the Jain andBönpo religions circumambulate the mountain in a counterclockwise direction. The path around Mount Kailash is 52 km (32 mi) long.
Some pilgrims believe that the entire walk around Kailash should be made in a single day, which is not considered an easy task. A person in good shape walking fast would take perhaps 15 hours to complete the 52 km trek. Some of the devout do accomplish this feat, little daunted by the uneven terrain, altitude sickness and harsh conditions faced in the process. Indeed, other pilgrims venture a much more demanding regimen, performing body-lengthprostrations over the entire length of the circumambulation: The pilgrim bends down, kneels, prostrates full-length, makes a mark with his fingers, rises to his knees, prays, and then crawls forward on hands and knees to the mark made by his/her fingers before repeating the process. It requires at least four weeks of physical endurance to perform the circumambulation while following this regimen. The mountain is located in a particularly remote and inhospitable area of the Tibetan Himalayas. A few modern amenities, such as benches, resting places and refreshment kiosks, exist to aid the pilgrims in their devotions. According to all religions that revere the mountain, setting foot on its slopes is a dire sin. It is claimed that many people who ventured to defy the taboo have died in the process[citation needed]. It is a popular belief that the stairways on Mount Kailash lead to heaven.
Following the political and border disturbances across the Chinese-Indian boundary, pilgrimage to the legendary abode of Lord Shiva was stopped from 1954 to 1978. Thereafter, a limited number of Indian pilgrims have been allowed to visit the place, under the supervision of the Chinese and Indian governments either by a lengthy and hazardous trek over the Himalayan terrain, travel by land from Kathmandu or from Lhasa where flights from Kathmandu are available to Lhasa and thereafter travel over the great Tibetan plateau by car. The journey takes four night stops, finally arriving at Darchen at elevation of 4,600 m (15,100 ft), small outpost that swells with pilgrims at certain times of year. Despite its minimal infrastructure, modest guest houses are available for foreign pilgrims, whereas Tibetan pilgrims generally sleep in their own tents. A small regional medical center serving far-western Tibet and funded by the Swiss Ngari Korsum Foundation was built here in 1997.
Walking around the holy mountain—a part of its official park—has to be done on foot, pony or yak, taking some three days of trekking starting from a height of around 15,000 ft (4,600 m) past the Tarboche (flagpole) to cross the Drölma pass 18,200 ft (5,500 m), and encamping for two nights en route. First, near the meadow of Dirapuk gompa, some 2 to 3 km (1.2 to 1.9 mi) before the pass and second, after crossing the pass and going downhill as far as possible (viewing Gauri Kund in the distance).
amblehimalaya.com/package/kailash-mansarovar Mount Kailash Mansarovar Yatra is the yatra or tour to beautiful Mount Kailash and taking a holy dip in Mansarovar Lake. Every year thousands and thousands of people visit from all around the word. It holds the significant power for several religions. It includes Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bon.
The Pilatus railway is a mountain railway in Switzerland and is the steepest rack railway in the world, with a maximum gradient of 48% and an average gradient of 35%.
MOUNT KAILASH PHOTO MADE BY KAILASH MANSAROVAR FOUNDATION, SWAMI BIKASH GIRI , www.sumeruparvat.com , www.naturalitem.com
Mount Kailash (also Mount kailas; Tibetan: གངས་རིན་པོ་ཆེKangrinboqê or Gang Rinpoche; simplified Chinese: 冈仁波齐峰,Gāngrénbōqí fēng, Sanskrit: कैलास Kailāsa) is a peak in the Kailas Range (Gangdisê Mountains), which forms part of the Transhimalaya in Tibet. It lies near the source of some of the longest rivers in Asia: the Indus River, the Sutlej River (a major tributary of the Indus River), the Brahmaputra River, and the Karnali River (a tributary of the River Ganga). It is considered a sacred place in four religions: Bön, Buddhism, Hinduism andJainism. The mountain lies near Lake Manasarovar and Lake Rakshastalin Tibet.
According to Hinduism, Lord Shiva, the destroyer of ignorance and illusion, resides at the summit of a legendary mountain named Kailās, where he sits in a state of perpetual meditation along with his wife Pārvatī.
According to Charles Allen, one description in the Vishnu Purana of the mountain states that its four faces are made of crystal, ruby, gold, and lapis lazuli.[7] It is a pillar of the world and is located at the heart of six mountain ranges symbolizing a lotus.[7]
Every year, thousands make a pilgrimage to Kailash, following a tradition going back thousands of years. Pilgrims of several religions believe that circumambulating Mount Kailash on foot is a holy ritual that will bring good fortune. The peregrination is made in a clockwise direction by Hindus and Buddhists. Followers of the Jain andBönpo religions circumambulate the mountain in a counterclockwise direction. The path around Mount Kailash is 52 km (32 mi) long.
Some pilgrims believe that the entire walk around Kailash should be made in a single day, which is not considered an easy task. A person in good shape walking fast would take perhaps 15 hours to complete the 52 km trek. Some of the devout do accomplish this feat, little daunted by the uneven terrain, altitude sickness and harsh conditions faced in the process. Indeed, other pilgrims venture a much more demanding regimen, performing body-lengthprostrations over the entire length of the circumambulation: The pilgrim bends down, kneels, prostrates full-length, makes a mark with his fingers, rises to his knees, prays, and then crawls forward on hands and knees to the mark made by his/her fingers before repeating the process. It requires at least four weeks of physical endurance to perform the circumambulation while following this regimen. The mountain is located in a particularly remote and inhospitable area of the Tibetan Himalayas. A few modern amenities, such as benches, resting places and refreshment kiosks, exist to aid the pilgrims in their devotions. According to all religions that revere the mountain, setting foot on its slopes is a dire sin. It is claimed that many people who ventured to defy the taboo have died in the process[citation needed]. It is a popular belief that the stairways on Mount Kailash lead to heaven.
Following the political and border disturbances across the Chinese-Indian boundary, pilgrimage to the legendary abode of Lord Shiva was stopped from 1954 to 1978. Thereafter, a limited number of Indian pilgrims have been allowed to visit the place, under the supervision of the Chinese and Indian governments either by a lengthy and hazardous trek over the Himalayan terrain, travel by land from Kathmandu or from Lhasa where flights from Kathmandu are available to Lhasa and thereafter travel over the great Tibetan plateau by car. The journey takes four night stops, finally arriving at Darchen at elevation of 4,600 m (15,100 ft), small outpost that swells with pilgrims at certain times of year. Despite its minimal infrastructure, modest guest houses are available for foreign pilgrims, whereas Tibetan pilgrims generally sleep in their own tents. A small regional medical center serving far-western Tibet and funded by the Swiss Ngari Korsum Foundation was built here in 1997.
Walking around the holy mountain—a part of its official park—has to be done on foot, pony or yak, taking some three days of trekking starting from a height of around 15,000 ft (4,600 m) past the Tarboche (flagpole) to cross the Drölma pass 18,200 ft (5,500 m), and encamping for two nights en route. First, near the meadow of Dirapuk gompa, some 2 to 3 km (1.2 to 1.9 mi) before the pass and second, after crossing the pass and going downhill as far as possible (viewing Gauri Kund in the distance).
Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, about 9 km (5.6 mi) east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes which form the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera caused by the collapse of an earlier and originally much higher structure.
Still a long way to go yet. South Mount Elbert is on the left and Mount Elbert is farther away on the right. The second highest point in the continental United States. This picture was taken in the middle of summer and this was the last bit of snow left on the mountain.
Mount Jefferson - Oregon (10,497 feet / 3,199 m)
From: Walder, et.al., 1999, Volcano Hazards in the Mount Jefferson Region, Oregon: USGS Open-File Report 99-24
Details regarding eruptive events at Mount Jefferson are poorly known for several reasons. The last major eruption occurred a long time ago, and since that time the volcano has been covered by large glaciers that eroded away many deposits, including much of the lahar record. Furthermore, we know the dates of only a few of the eruptive products that have been preserved. Nonetheless, although many details are unknown, we do know that Mount Jefferson has a history that extends back for several hundred thousand years and that it has exhibited a wide range of eruptive styles -- from highly explosive events to lava flows and lava domes.
What we do know of the history of Mount Jefferson can be summarized as follows. The oldest rocks at Mount Jefferson are about 300,000 years old and crop out on the west-southwest side of the volcano. The next oldest rocks are found in the Park Butte area and are about 150,000 years old. Sometime between 35,000 and 100,000 years ago, a very large explosive eruption occurred. Tephra from this eruption has been found as far away as southeast Idaho, and within 20 kilometers (12 miles) of volcano is locally 2 meters (6 feet) thick. During this same broad period of time, pyroclastic flows moved down two drainages on Mount Jefferson (Whitewater River on the east side and Whitewater Creek on the west side).
Most of the cone (upper 1,000 meters) of Mount Jefferson is less than 100,000 years old, with much of it younger than the explosive event described above. The upper cone is composed largely of dacite lava flows and domes, many of which appear to have been emplaced when glaciers on the volcano were much larger than at present. It is likely that during growth of the domes, material was shed off to form pyroclastic flows and lahars, but if so, that record has been largely removed by glacial erosion.
During the last few centuries, several small lakes were formed on the flanks of Mount Jefferson when small tributary valleys became dammed by glacial moraines (ridges of sediment left behind by glaciers). Several of these moraines have breached during the 20th century, producing local floods and small lahars.
The youngest lava flows in the Mount Jefferson area are basaltic lava flows from Forked Butte and an unnamed butte south of Bear Butte. Both of these flows postdate the large eruption of Mount Mazama (Crater Lake) of about 7,600 years ago.
Mount Grace Priory, in the parish of East Harlsey, North Yorkshire, England, within the North York Moors National Park, is today the best preserved and most accessible of the ten medieval Carthusian houses in England.
Founded by Thomas Holland in 1398, the priory consisted of a Church and two cloisters.
Unlike other orders which ate, drank, slept, and worked together, the Carthusians had private cells and lived in silence, devoting their whole existence to solitary contemplation and working on their garden plots.