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Series of the route in the last comment
Serie de la ruta en el último comentario
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Liñares es la típica aldea de montaña ubicada en lo alto de la Serra do Suído.......todo el núcleo es lo que se ve, casas apiñaditas protegidas de los vientos por las montañas y con sus prados al borde del río Xesta.
Desde aquí también se accede a la famosa Cascada de A Freixa, de una altura tal que a mi llevando a las perras me pone muy nerviosa, se ponen a nadar al borde mismo de la cascada :-) asi que yo con ellas no vuelvo por allí.....
Pertenece a la parroquia de Xesta (San Bartolomé) en el ayuntamiento de A Lama y tiene un maravilloso puente llamado Ponte Liñares, por el que pasa uno de los Caminos Reales.
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Estos Caminos Reales eran utilizados entre los siglos XIV y XVII por los Arrieros, que eran los encargados de transportar el vino, en este caso desde Ribadavia hasta Pontevedra, donde lo cambiaban por productos tipicos de la costa, como la sal y el pescado.
Iban en grupos de 7 a 15 personas, con carros tirados por mulas o caballos, por lo que estas vias estaban empedradas.
The Pannonian Plain is a large plain in Central Europe that remained when the Pliocene Pannonian Sea dried out. It is a geomorphological subsystem of the Alps-Himalaya system.
The river Danube divides the plain roughly in half.
The plain is divided among Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
The plain is roughly bounded by the Carpathian mountains, the Alps, the Dinaric Alps and the Balkan mountains.
Although rain is not plentiful, it usually falls when necessary and the plain is a major agricultural area; it is sometimes said that these fields of rich loamy loess soil could feed the whole of Europe. For its early settlers, the plain offered few sources of metals or stone. Thus when archaeologists come upon objects of obsidian or chert, copper or gold, they have almost unparalleled opportunities to interpret ancient pathways of trade.
The precursor to the present plain was a shallow sea that reached its greatest extent during the Pliocene, when three to four kilometres of sediments were deposited.
The plain was named after the Pannonians, a northern Illyrian tribe. Various different peoples inhabited the plain during its history. In the first century BC, the eastern parts of the plain belonged to the Dacian state, and in the first century AD its western parts were subsumed into the Roman Empire. The Roman province named Pannonia was established in the area, and the city of Sirmium, today Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia, became one of the four capital cities of the Roman Empire in the 3rd century.
A person, who values the beauty of nature and ambient the world is far richer and happier than those, who not notices this.
Thank you to everyone who stopped to watch, leave a comment, award, an invitation to the group! :)
Thanks to those who gave just smile and admiration and those who remained
dissatisfied! :)
The basilica of the "Annunciation" is located in Esslingen (southern Germany next to Stuttgart). It is the largest Greek Orthodox church in Europe outside Greece.
The three-aisled basilica was completed in 1995. The massive concrete structure was elaborately revetted and painted in a classic, orthodox manner.
For the Greek Orthodox faithful of Esslingen, the basilica is more than just a religious place. Here, the Greek life takes place, the church means their home.
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Taken after the sunset on a windy and freezing day in Gaspesie, Quebec, Canada. Temperature was around -25 Celcius, but only god knows the windchill factor. By the way, a project might be on it's way to save this lighthouse by restoring it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed :)
Cap d’Espoir, a promontory at the north-east entrance to Chaleur Bay, Gaspesie, Canada, was noted on English charts and even by the Department of Marine as “Cape Despair,” a phontic sounding of the French name, which is totally opposite of its translation, “Cape of Hope.”
This Canadian lighthouse was proposed as early as 1868 to enable the fishermen, when coming from Miscou Bank in thick weather, to find safe harbour. Parliament voted $1,000 in 1871 for a lighthouse on the cape, but the funds were deemed insufficient, and construction was delayed until a sufficient additional sum could be obtained to build and equip a good sea light.
You can rent 2 houses on this site in winter, spring, fall and summer. It's well worth it. Capdespoir, Quebec, Canada
Actually it was taken from inside of a train on my way back from Nuremberg to Stuttgart ;-) ....
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♫ All the birds have a feather
Do what we love most of all
Moon and the stars, sun and guitars
That's why we love carnaval
Loving our life in the jungle
Everything's wild and free
Never alone, 'cause this is our home
Magic can happen for real, in Rio
All by it self (by it self)
You can't see it coming
You can't find it anywhere else
I'm a kako wero kinga kinga kinga kinga
Birds like me, 'cause I'm a hot winga (there's your hota winga)
Here everybody loves samba (I like the Samba)
Rhythm you feel in you heart (I'm the Samba master)
Beauty and love, what more could you want
Everything can be for real, in Rio
Here's something else (something else)
You just feel it happening
You won't find it anywhere else. ♫
* Todas as fotos foram tiradas na Praia de Botafogo e estão abertas,
pois já foram publicadas anteriormente.
Foto: Praia de Botafogo e o Pão de Açúcar - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Video: ♪ Real in Rio ♪ - Rio Movie
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The year 2013 was a fairly slow year for my photography. Although I came home with many great images it seemd like Mama Nature was out to get me way too often. The previous evening I completely missed an absolutely stunning sunset and walked out of work an hour after sunset to see the sky was *still* ablaze with color. It looked like Mama Nature was out to get me again. The next day, this day, the clouds looked to be sticking around and I had no intentions of missing out.
Willie and I left work and drove up to the SF Coast with the intentions of photographing the Sutro Baths. In typical 2013 fashion Mama Nature didn't want my plan to go smoothly and fog began to roll in almost as soon as we got there. Guess we weren’t going to shoot the coast. Our only option was to cross the Golden Gate Bridge and hope the fog stayed low and continued to fill in. The heat of the sun kept the fog away from the Golden Gate Bridge and we, once again, had to abandon our plan and try something else. We hiked over a small hill to see what the fog looked like on the Pacific Ocean side of the coast and were greeted with a stunning layer of fog. Willie quickly suggested using the telephoto lens to get some intimate fog shots.
One area of fog that peaked my interest was a bowl-like section of fog that was creating dunes of fog. The rolling hills of fog were stunning to look at. I tried a number of compositions and ultimately decided I liked leaving some room on the right for the lines of fog to let the eye flow. I also knew that I wanted to smooth out the fog, hence I threw the Lee Big Stopper on and increased my shutter speeds to 20 seconds. What do you think, a neat patch of fog?
Nikon D800 w/Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED:
145mm, f/11, 20 sec, ISO 100
Additional fog dunes: here and here.
Viewed best nice and large
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View from Poestlingberg to the city centre.
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First HDR try...
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for 52 Weeks of Pix 2014 - Week 9 - Looking Down
for 52 Weeks Project - Week 9
We were away in Greece the week before last and very much enjoyed our winter sun :-)
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Created for Sliders Sunday
Created for Me Again Monday : Stripes
"Just as one can compose colors, or forms, so one can compose motions."
Alexander Calder
texture by SkeletalMess thank you
I've been wanting to do this awhile now, ONE LONG 30 second exposure...
happy sliders sunday, have a fantastic upcoming week!
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Cleavers (Galium aparine) are herbaceous annual plants of the family Rubiaceae, which are native to North America and Eurasia.
Cleavers creep along the ground and over the tops of other plants, attaching themselves with the small hooked hairs which grow out of the stems and leaves. The stems can reach up to three feet or longer, and are angular or square shaped.
The leaves are simple, narrowly oblanceolate to linear, and borne in whorls of six to eight.
Cleavers have tiny, star-shaped, white to greenish flowers, which emerge from early spring to summer. The flowers are clustered in groups of two or three, and are borne out of the leaf axils.
The globular fruits grow clustered 1-3 seeds together; and are covered with hooked hairs (a burr) which cling to animal fur, aiding in seed dispersal.
Galium aparine is edible. The leaves and stems of the plant can be cooked as a leaf vegetable, if gathered before the fruits appear. However, the numerous small hooks which cover the plant and give it its clinging nature, can make it less palatable if eaten raw. Geese also thoroughly enjoy eating G. aparine, hence one of its other common names, "goosegrass".
Cleavers are in the same family as coffee. The fruits of cleavers have often been dried and roasted, and then used as a coffee substitute (which contains a much lower amount of caffeine) (Wikipedia)
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♫ Você pensa que cachaça é água
Cachaça não é água não
Cachaça vem do alambique
E água vem do ribeirão ♫
* Todas as fotos da sequencia estão abertas, pois já foram publicadas anteriormente
Foto: O Pulo dos amigos - Pedra da Gávea vista da Pedra Bonita - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Video: ♪ Você Pensa que Cachaça é agua ♪ - Saudosas Marchinhas de Carnaval
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no time for committing settings today. i've taken advantage of the leftovers from yesterday and gone minimal
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It was a beautiful day for a walk in the Barr Lake State Park, Colorado. In the background you can see the Rocky Mountains.
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Barr Lake State Park is a Colorado state park established in 1977 in Adams County near Brighton, Colorado. The 2,715-acre (10.99 km2) park has 12 miles (19 km) of trails, including an 8.8-mile (14.2 km) trail that circles Barr Lake. Fishing and boating are allowed in the northern half of the park. The southern half is a wildlife refuge, with several wildlife viewing stations and a nature center. Numerous Bald Eagles spend the winter at Barr Lake and one pair nests every year. The park is popular with birders; over 350 species have been observed. The headquarters of the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory is inside the park on the west side of the lake. (Wikipedia)
Much better in Large On Black
More from Denver in my set Denver.
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Car racing through the streets of Havana, Cuba. An old and rusty Plymouth captured in the streets of Old Havana. I kind of liked the beaten beauty of this oldtimer and matching red & white colors of the car and the walls, but the weather was so dull and grey that I couldn't resist the temptation to pour unhealthy dosage of Topazco spicify sauce over the image...
"Some cars are built like this
Some cars are built like that
But the way I'm built
Now, don't you call me fat
Cause I'm built for comfort
I ain't built for speed
But I got ev'rything
that a good car needs"
to paraphrase Willie Dixon
♫ You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up: To more than I can be ♫
Esta talvez seja um dos ângulos mais conhecidos e divulgados da Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas,
mas incrivelmente apesar de ter algumas fotos semelhantes em algumas sequencias,
nunca coloquei uma foto deste ângulo como principal.
* The numbers in the sequence correspond to the location that is indicated in the picture.
* The first two photos of the sequence show the place I was when I took the main photo
* Na foto principal indiquei com números os locais que eu estava nas fotos da sequencia
* As duas primeiras fotos mostram a visão inversa da foto do local que estava na foto principal que era o Corcovado.
* Exceto a ultima foto da sequencia, todas as outras estão abertas, pois já foram publicadas anteriormente
Foto: Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas Vista do Corcovado - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Video: ♪ You Raise Me Up ♪ - Westlife
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Mine! Get your own fish.
This Osprey was seen this winter at Canaveral National Seashore near Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, USA
Canon Rebel XSi and Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
I have finally reached 100 uploads! Something I never thought I will, but it has taken close to 5 years of intermittent activity. Still I feel glad that I stuck with it as I have learnt a lot in terms of places to visit, composition and techniques from a lot of people here for which I am very thankful...
Coming to this one, when I reached the Lands End, as luck would have it, the whole day was bright and sunny and as dusk neared, the rain started and to be honest it was almost incessant and torrential as well. I was told that in the UK, if the rain is pouring down like there is no tomorrow in summer, two things can happen. It would either continue to pour down or it would start clearing...
I always knew I would not visit this place again and as it was raining, there was a small shed nearby this spot where I took shelter. I literally went down on my knees and started praying for the rain to relent because this is such a beautiful place that I did not want to go back empty handed...Now I am not saying all my prayers get answered, but in about half an hour, the clouds started moving easterly as the breeze picked up.
I got about 20 mins to complete my shoot after which the clouds engulfed the area completely and it rained well into the night. I could not do much of experimentation as the clouds were building up all around me. So I unpacked, got a few shots and ran back to the room. Even in this shot, you can see that it is raining in the horizon. One of my favourite shoots as it not only involved a gorgeous location, but getting a shot of this place was an adventure in itself...The first of the rock formation is known as the Enys Dodnan and the one farther than that is the Armed Knight.
Thanks for viewing and have a nice weekend everyone!
I could not decide which I like best. Therefore you see all three Valentine's images ;-)).
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Light on the Aramoana mole/breakwater and Taiaroa head from Heyward hill.
Partly because I was detained by a band of fantails, this walk to Heyward point took longer than expected ;-) Tho it did mean we got to see the last of the golden light.
The harbour (Otago) stretches 22km back to Dunedin city.
On average it is 2.3km wide.
The mole itself is 1200 metres long.
It starts at the beginning of the Aramoana Spit.
The channel for ships is quite narrow here and the spit/headland/mole make great places to view vessels arriving or leaving the harbour (small boats to cruise ship highrises).
And for a real aerial view:
www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/22620/otago-peninsula-and...
... or what do you think ?
Happy Valentine's Day !
I could not decide which I like best. Therefore you see all three Valentine's images ;-)).
Heart sweets formed to a large heart and the word LOVE.
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Walk through the Roxborough State Park, Colorado, United States.
The state park is known for dramatic red sandstone formations. Located in Douglas County 25 miles (40 km) south of Denver, Colorado, the 3,339-acre (13.51 km2) park was established in 1975. In 1980 it was recognized as a National Natural Landmark because of the number of ecological systems and geological formations. It is also a State Historic Site and National Cultural District because of the number of archaeological sites.
Roxborough State Park is a designated Colorado Natural Area and National Natural Landmark for its 300 million year old red sandstone Fountain Formation that tilt at a 60 degree angle. The park includes great examples of exposed Precambrian to Late Mesozoic hogback, monolithic and spire formations from the Permian, Pennsylvanian and Cretaceous age. Carpenter Peak's exposed granite is from Precambrian era.
The park consists of forests of ponderosa pine and Douglas fir, prairie land, and woodlands that support many forms of wildlife. There are 145 bird, over 50 butterfly and moth, and 11 amphibian and reptile species. Mammals commonly found in the park include black bear, coyote, deer, elk, fox, mountain lion, prairie dog, and rabbit. Sources of water include Little Willow Creek, Willow Creek and Mill Gulch. Elevations range from 5,900 to 7,280 feet (1,800 to 2,220 m).
There are six hiking trails in Roxborough State Park, a network of easy to moderate trails that also connect to Douglas County trail system, Pike National Forest and Waterton Canyon trails. (Wikipedia)
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More from Roxborough and Colorado in my sets Denver and USA
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The winter doesn't want to finish... It is cold and bright outside. The sun makes beautiful effects on the icy trees sometimes.
Thank you for the support, my friends.
THERE'S SERIES IN THE FIRST COMMENT
HAY UNA SERIE EN EL PRIMER COMENTARIO
Esta es una serie de fotos tomadas por los montes de la aldea donde vivo, Peitieiros....por supuesto en el Reino de Gondor :-)
La razón por la cual se llaman Montes del Matalagartos, la desconozco ......por este sendero pasa la ruta de gran recorrido GR-58, conocida como Sendero das Greas.
Los montes son propiedad de la Comunidade de Montes Veciñais en Man Común de Peitieiros, a la que pertenecemos todos los vecinos de la parroquia.
Subimos muy a menudo a pasear, pero casi nunca hago fotos, realmente no me gustan mucho estos montes......son sucios porque están llenos de acacias y de eucaliptus y arden todos los años, por la misma razón.
Pero tienen la belleza intrínseca de sus riachuelos que en invierno bajan espectaculares y unas maravillosas vistas sobre el Monte Galiñeiro y la Bahía de Baiona.
Enfin, ahí van unas pinceladas......en el primer comentario.
♫ I can show you the world, Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did You last let your heart decide?
I can open your eyes take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under on a magic carpet ride
A whole new world, A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no, or where to go, or say we're only dreaming
A whole new world, A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here, It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
Unbelievable sights, Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky
A whole new world ♫
Desejo a todas as pessoas de boa vontade que visitam minha pagina diariamente ou não,
um excelente fim de semana, repleto de Saúde, Paz e Alegrias.
* Todas as fotos da sequencia foram tiradas no Parque da Cidade em Niteroi
e de onde vemos as Montanhas que estão dentro da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro,
foram tiradas em ocasiões e horarios diferentes e todas estão abertas,
pois já foram publicadas anteriormente
Foto: Fim de Tarde no Parque da Cidade - Niteroi - Rio de Janeiro
Video: ♪ A Whole New World ♪ - Sandi Patty & David Phelps
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Created for Tis' The Season ~ Play Misty For Me ~
“Let us go in; the fog is rising.”
Emily Dickinson
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happy hump day everyone!!!
♫ Um cantinho e um violão, Este amor, uma canção
Pra fazer feliz a quem se ama
Muita calma pra pensar e ter tempo pra sonhar
Da janela vê-se o Corcovado, O Redentor que lindo ♫
Algumas pessoas comentaram sobre o ângulo diferente da foto anterior,
ela foi tirada deste local chamado Mirante do Urubu, para chegar nele a pessoa tem que
subir um trilha relativamente fácil e de onde podemos observar toda a Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas.
Na foto esta meu primo que começou a acompanhar nossas saídas.
* Exceto a primeira foto, todas as outras fotos estão abertas pois já foram
publicadas anteriormente
Foto: Corcovado, Redentor e a Lagoa - Rio de Janeiro - Brasil
Video: ♪ Corcovado ♪ - Astrud Gilberto e Tom Jobim
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"La piazza è mia" da una scena del film "Nuovo cinema Paradiso" di Giuseppe Tornatore.
Piazza Umberto I° è la piazza principale di Palazzo Adriano,
in primo piano la Fontana Ottagonale del 1600 e sullo sfondo
la Chiesa di Maria Santissima Assunta di rito greco - bizantino
e il Palazzo Municipale (Ex Palazzo Dara).
Joyeux Anniversaire [http://www.flickr.com/photos/fifichat/]!
Big Birthday Besos! ♥
text. by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/chorando/] thank you
happy tuesday everyone!
A beautiful Monday with our warmest temperatures of the month and the forecast is for snow tomorrow!
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The Fusshörner are a group of peaks located on the south ridge of the Gross Fusshorn. On the east side lies a glacier named Driestgletscher and the Geisshorn.
Location: Aletsch-Arena, Valais, Switzerland
Tarde de colores en el cielo y el mar Mediterráneo. Decidí hacer la foto desde la playa de Marbella, España por la nitidez que se ve el Estrecho de Gibraltar y los colores del cielo y el mar.
Locomotive 107 at Valentia (Valencia) Harbour Station in Co. Kerry…
Photographer: Robert French of Lawrence Photographic Studios, Dublin
Date: Between 1901 and 1908
NLI Ref.: L_CAB_06562
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Loch Tarsan is a reservoir, dammed at both ends, not far from Dunoon. I've started to play around with the settings on my camera a bit (baby steps so please bear with me) I took this on aperture priority at 22. I'm pleased with it in that I think the focus is much sharper throughout the image than any other shots I've taken with this camera, but it's more or less wiped out all the detail in the shadowed area in the foreground. Any advice on how to set up the shot so that doesn't happen would be much appreciated, for example would I have been better doing a slightly longer exposure with a lower iso, or a much longer exposure with a tripod and filter, or something else altogether?
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The Matterhorn (German), Cervino (Italian) or Cervin (French), is a mountain in the Pennine Alps. With its 4,478 metres (14,692 ft) high summit, lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy, it is one of the highest peaks in the Alps and its 1,200 metres (3,937 ft) north face is one of the Great north faces of the Alps.
The individual pieces of the chocolate bar Toblerone are claimed by its maker Kraft to be formed in the likeness of the Matterhorn.
Zermatt (French: Praborgne) is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
It is located at the northern base of the Matterhorn in the Pennine Alps, about 10 km from the border with Italy.
Zermatt has a permanent population of around 5,500 people, although the actual population varies considerably through the seasons as tourists come and go. The village is situated at the end of Mattertal, a north-facing valley, at an altitude of 1,620m (5,315ft). The valley is a dead end; although the border with Italy is close, it cannot be crossed by road, as it traverses a glacier at an altitude of over 3,000m. Zermatt is the starting point of the Patrouille des Glaciers and the Haute Route.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matterhorn
The Alps (French: Alpes; German: Alpen; Italian: Alpi; Romansh: Alps; Slovene: Alpe) is the name for one of the great mountain range systems of Europe, stretching from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west. The word "Alps" was taken via French from Latin Alpes (meaning "the Alps"), which may be influenced by the Latin words albus (white) or altus (high) or more likely a Latin rendering of a Celtic or Ligurian original.
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc, at 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), on the Italian-French border. All the main peaks of the Alps can be found in the list of mountains of the Alps and list of Alpine peaks by prominence.
The Alps are generally divided into the Western Alps and the Eastern Alps. The division is along the line between Lake Constance and Lake Como, following the Rhine. The Western Alps are higher, but their central chain is shorter and curved; they are located in Italy, France and Switzerland. The Eastern Alps (main ridge system elongated and broad) belong to Austria, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovenia and Switzerland.
The Alps are a classic example of what happens when a temperate area at lower altitude gives way to higher elevation terrain. Elevations around the world which have cold climates similar to those found in polar areas have been called alpine. A rise from sea level into the upper regions of the atmosphere causes the temperature to decrease. The effect of mountain chains on prevailing winds is to carry warm air belonging to the lower region into an upper zone, where it expands in volume at the cost of a proportionate loss of heat, often accompanied by the precipitation of moisture in the form of snow or rain.