Tag: “Mountain”

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  1. Panorama on top of Rocky Mountain National Park

    This is a panorama taken from well above the timberline at Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, Colorado.

  2. Independence Pass

    Taken along Independence Pass, the 12,000 high Colorado mountain pass between Leadville and Aspen.

  3. The Top of Independence Pass

    Mountain views and snow in June along Independence Pass, the Colorado mountain pass that goes between Leadville and Aspen.

  4. Utah Salt Flats

    Utah Salt Flats after heavy rainfall

  5. Bwindi National Park

    Home to the mountain gorillas on the Ugandan side of the Virunga Mountains, but also the main village of the pygmies of the Impenetrable Rainforest. Bwindi isn't much, a frontier town blooming with the small amounts of cash left by the rich tourists who trickle through.

  6. Palgong Mountain (Palgongsan)

    Palgong Mountain (Palgongsan) is located just north of the city of Daegu, and is a great destination for a day trip out of the city. The mountain is home to numerous Buddhist temples and hiking trails.

  7. Tubing in Vang Viang

    Tubing in Vang Viang is one of the most popular activities for backpackers in Laos. The rules are simple.

  8. Bluefield, West Virginia

    Nature's Air-Conditioned City

    (Provided by Wikipedia)

    The history of Bluefield begins in the 1780s, when two families settled in a rugged and remote part of what is now southern West Virginia, and built a small village with a mill, a church, a one-room schoolhouse, and a fort for defending the small settlement against invasions by the much larger Shawnee Indian tribe on the banks of the Bluestone River. The Davidson and Bailey family had to sell a portion of their land when in 1882, Captain John Fields, of the Norfolk and Western Railroad pioneered the area and began building a new railroad through the hills of Bluefield (named after the chicory flowers in the area that painted the landscape a purplish blue hue during the summer) and nearby Harman, Virginia.

    Underneath the feet of the Davidsons and Baileys lie the largest and richest deposit of bituminous coal in the world - the soft burning coal which was ripe for fueling the industrial machines of the developing world.

  9. Remnants of war

    Bullet holes inside the Imperial fortress on Srdj mountain, above the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

    This old fortress used to be a tourist attraction before the civil war, but in 1991 it was the front line that saw bitter fighting and guarded Dubrovnik from the North.

  10. On the Edge Once More...

    There are many vistas to admire along the many path on the ground of the Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York located in the Catskill Mountains. This lone tree "on the edge" seemed to have become one with the fence along the path.