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Drusenfluh (2827 m) with its majestic rock formation called Drei Türme (Three Towers) is a mountain in the Montafon valley, located on the border between Austria and Switzerland. / The big tower and the middle tower can easily be ascended even in wintertime by skis, the little tower is for climbers only with a very short climbing passage. It’s recommended to make them all three at once! (I haven’t, my children are still too small for it…) / (source: Wikipedia + Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia) Canon EOS 300X, Sigma 28-135. Original film photography, minimal processing (auto levels, sharpening). No change of color, the blue tones are due to heavy overcast. Such a rainy day…
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Drusenfluh (2827 m) with its majestic rock formation called Drei Türme (Three Towers) is a mountain in the Montafon valley, located on the border between Austria and Switzerland. / The big tower and the middle tower can easily be ascended even in wintertime by skis, the little tower is for climbers only with a very short climbing passage. It’s recommended to make them all three at once! (I haven’t, my children are still too small for it…) / (source: Wikipedia + Peakware World Mountain Encyclopedia) Canon EOS 300X, Sigma 28-135. Original film photography, minimal processing (auto levels, sharpening). No change of color, the blue tones are due to heavy overcast. Such a rainy day… This is a version with hatched border: You may want to check a photograph without border:
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Here a semi-silhouetted hiker walks the Delicate Arch elevated trail in Arches National Park in southern Utah, USA on a hot summer day. Wearing only shoes and shorts attests to the heat of the day. He also carries his camera in order to record the vast beauty around him.
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View of Mauna Kahalawai, West Maui from Kula / Protea Blossoms in Evening Light / A spectacular view from Upcountry near Kula / Haleakala Maui Hawai’i Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved “O Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me. I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and let my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made and my ears grow sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may understand the things you have taught my people. Let me learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock. I seek strength not to be greater than my brother or sister, but to fight my greatest enemy, myself. Make me always ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes So when life fades as the fading sunset my spirit may come to you without shame. Great Spirit of love, come to me with the power of the North. Make me courageous when the cold winds of life fall upon me. Give me strength and endurance for everything that is harsh, everything that hurts, everything that makes me squint. Make me move through life ready to take what comes from the North. Spirit who comes out of the East, come to me with the power of the rising sun. Let there be light in my word. Let there be light on the path that I walk. Let me remember always that you give the gift of a new day. Never let me be burdened with sorrow by not starting over. Great Spirit of creation, send me the warm and soothing winds from the South. Comfort me and caress me when I am tired and cold. Enfold me as your gentle breezes enfold your leaves on the trees. And as you give to all the earth your warm, moving wind, Give to me so that I may grow close to you in warmth. Great life-giving Spirit, I face the West, the direction of the sundown. Let me remember every day that the moment will come when my sun will go down. Never let me forget that I must fade into you. Give me beautiful colour. Give me a great sky for setting, and when it is time to meet you, I come with glory. And Giver of all life, I pray to you from the earth, help me to remember as I touch the earth that I am small and need your pity. Help me to be thankful for the gift of the earth and never to walk hurtfully on the world. Bless to love what comes from mother earth and teach me how to love your gifts. Great Spirit of the heavens, lift me up to you that my heart may worship you and come to you in glory. Hold in my memory that you are my Creator, greater than I, eager for my good life. Let everything that is in the world lift my mind, and my heart, and my life to you so that we may come always to you in truth and in heart.” ~ This prayer is thought to be First Nations Tribes in origin and is sometimes attributed to the Sioux Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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An English corruption of the Cherokee Egwanulti that means “Along The River”. This ancient valley is viewed from the Newfound Gap Road, U.S.441 GSMNP, just south of the gap on the North Carolina side. The overlook is on the right side if coming from Tennessee. The Oconaluftee River flows thru the valley and the road to Cherokee NC runs along side a lot of it. The original name of the river has been lost and this one adopted. The overlook site below what is known as the Thomas Divide. The valley cuts through Thomas Ridge on the right, and Richland Mountain on the left. Stunning views can be seen here year round….best viewed large
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Pikes Peak mountain, taken while on one of my morning treks through Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs, CO. The red rock sandstone formation at the foot of the mountain, is Kissing Camels.
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This is one of several photos I took of Pikes Peak mountain, the mountain that inspired Katherine Lee Bates to write “America the Beautiful”, taken from my home town of Colorado Springs, Colorado. This has always been my favorite mountain, over 14,000 feet above sea level, to hike. Image taken from Garden of the Gods park.
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A beautiful winter sunrise onto Pikes Peak mountain from Colorado Springs, CO.
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This is one of several photos I took of Pikes Peak mountain, the mountain that inspired Katherine Lee Bates to write “America the Beautiful”, taken from my home town of Colorado Springs, Colorado. This has always been my favorite mountain, over 14,000 feet above sea level, to hike. Image taken from Garden of the Gods.
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An autumn picture of Helen Hunt Falls, in Cheyenne Canyon, Colorado Springs, CO.
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This is a collection of several photos I took of Pikes Peak Mountain, the mountain that inspired Katherine Lee Bates to write “America the Beautiful”, and the surrounding Colorado Springs region. Pikes Peak has always been my favorite mountain, over 14,000 feet above sea level, to hike year round. Most of the images were taken from Garden of the Gods park in the Springs, along with one of Helen Hunt Falls in Cheyenne Canyon added.
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Garden of the Gods beauty at the base of the foothills of the front range, Colorado Springs, Colorado, with a snow covered Pikes Peak mountain reaching for the heavens in the background.
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Kissing Camels red rock sandstone, sitting at the foot of the magnificent Pikes Peak mountain. The Fractalius Filter by Redfield was used to enhance the colors and detail in this scenic picture.
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Such a bittersweet site. The beautiful fall colors down the valley can be breathtaking. Gone though is the smoke rising from the villages along the river. Gone are those who once occupied the valley floor along what now is called the Oconaluftee River. Gone are the people that lived here for hundreds if not thousands of years. In about 1540 the first Europeans are thought to have encountered these people the Cherokee. Later in the 1600’s Europeans started venturing into their lands and settling. Many adopted Cherokee ways and fit into the Cherokees life of harmony with nature and personal freedom. They adapted and lived off the land,traded and married with the Cherokee. Then came larger and larger influx of immigrates. Treaties were signed and broken for 200 years. Finally under President Andrew Jackson, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830. In 1838 began a forced removal of the Cherokee from their lands to Oklahoma. Some 16-17,000 started out on the brutal marched from Georgia, about a forth died along the way. This forced removal later became known as the “Trail Of Tears”. They were some though, who were able to hold out. They hid in the mountains and valleys of the Smokies, or returned later from the Oklahoma Territory. Their children’s, children still live at the end of the valley today in what is called the Qualla Boundary. They are the Eastern Band of Cherokee. If you are around Cherokee NC, their way of life has been preserved at the Oconaluftee Indian Village…. This ancient valley is viewed from the Newfound Gap Road, U.S.441 GSMNP, just south of the gap on the North Carolina side. The overlook is on the right side if coming from Tennessee….best viewed large
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Hoo Doo at Red Rock Canyon, Utah. / Taken with a CanonPowershot SD 200. /
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A beautiful cow Moose and her yearling Calf browsing near North Pole Alaska ~ Winter Scenics
by Sharon MauThird Place Winner in the COUNTRY ROADS around the world Challenge What’s On YOUR Road? / A word of advice for everyone. Once the work is submitted to a challenge, don’t make any changes. I edited my original image and it disappeared from the challenge results. From my collection: / Emerquinox ~ The Spirit of Alaska ~ Alaska North Star Winter Scenics SOLD / 1x Matted Print A beautiful cow Moose and her yearling Calf browsing near North Pole Alaska ~ Winter Scenics Emerquinox is a word I coined when I combined the words Emerge and Equinox. This magnificent Cow Moose and her young calf were photographed with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi near North Pole Alaska. North Pole Alaska is about a twenty minute drive from Fairbanks Alaska on Badger Road. Did you know more than one Moose is still Moose? Many Moose, or two Moose, or one Moose, it is always Moose. Just thought you would want to know that. :) I have many more images of this beautiful Cow Moose and her yearling calf as they permitted me to watch and photograph them for over an hour! I have over 100 shots of them. Of course I wouldn’t wish to post them all, but I will upload a few more if you would like to see them! Thank you so much to the Hosts and to everyone for your kind notes and for voting for my image in the Country Roads Around the World challenge What’s on YOUR Road? My image won Third Place! Thank you so much!! Many of my viewers seem to perceive I am standing on the ground within arms length of this 1200+ lb Moose!! I wish for everyone to know and understand that I remained in my truck watching her with her adorable calf for well over an hour. And while she did approach me as I remained in my truck watching her, (with my engine idling and heater blowing as the temps were subzero!) once she decided I was no threat to her, she seemed as curious about me as I was about her and her darling calf! The Cows are very protective of their young, and the Bulls are aggressive and unpredictable as well. And I would advise everyone to never approach a Moose. She is a ‘resident’ Moose, and she and her calf live in the deep forest surrounding my home in the wilderness when I lived in Alaska near North Pole. She is wild, and certainly not tame, as someone asked. A Cow Moose will kill you if you come between her and her calves. Cows are generally not hunted, and she is simply accustomed to being around humans since she is one of several generations of Moose born in this area. With an abundance of Diamond Willow (their favourite) and other tender shoots along the roadways, and the remnants of summer gardens, they simply brush off the snow with their noses and browse. She has no need to migrate. There are many many more in this area. They are elusive however, and nocturnal for the most part, so it is always a thrill to see one! It is only in winter when one sees them struggling to survive the deep winter browsing during the “daylight” hours. And then too, in winter it is dark for so many hours so the night is extended! Most people think of Alaska as The Land of the Midnight Sun. That is true only for a short time in a very brief summer. In winter Alaska is The Land of Perpetual Darkness. The calf’s first winter is the most precarious. This calf is experiencing her first winter. I can see that she is a female calf by her fine feminine sex characteristics. The male calves are larger and masculine. During summer it is generally late evening, dusk, during the night and early morning when one sees the beautiful Moose browsing and foraging in the forests and along the rivers and roadways. ~ Sharon Mau Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved / My images do not belong to the public domain and may not be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without my written authorization. Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Currently with 1459+ Views
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A sailboat drifts past across crystalline blue water in Georgian Bay. This photograph was taken from high atop the cliffs of the headland known as Lion’s Head. Lion’s Head is a provincial park in Ontario accessible only by foot, via the Bruce Trail, Canada’s oldest and longest hiking trail.
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Standing here at sea level on the bleached white coral and black lava rocks of Kanaio Beach near this beautiful anchialine pond with my back to ocean about 30 feet behind me while gazing mauka (toward the mountain) at the green southern slopes of Haleakala rising before me it is interesting to know that the summit is 10,023 feet above. This is a composite of two portrait landscape shots stitched together with some dodge and burn to highlight the ripples in the water and the shadows on the mountain with slight selective colour saturation. The green low growing bush on the right is Milo and the grasses are called Makaloa. Sea Purslane (Akulikuli) and Naupaka (Scaevola taccada Naupaka which is native and indigenous, also known as Scaevola frutescens and Scaevola sericea) also grows here, Kanaio Beach is in a remote area of the protected Ahihi Kinau Nature Preserve, the site of the most recent lava flow on Maui when Haleakala volcano erupted in or about 1790. The only active volcano in Hawai`i outside the Big Island is Haleakala on Maui. The last eruption of Haleakala occurred in the late 1700s, possibly as late as 1790, on the lower southwest rift zone. The vents for these flows are just upslope of La Perouse Bay / If you enter here bring plenty of water, fresh unperishable food and a hat as there is no shade and of course no facilities. Sharon Anne Mau 13 March 2009 pano 3 gazing at Haleakala from one of the beautiful anchialine ponds of Kanaio Beach east of Ahihi Kinau (also known as La Perouse) / Ulupalakua Maui Hawai’i. It is important to protect this area of cultural and geological significance and when one hikes into this area you must stay on the trails and not venture off. Don’t leave anything behind and don’t bring anything out. You can still see the large smooth stepping stones in some places along the trail which are a part of the Hoapili Trail, the ancient Hawaiian King’s Trail or King’s Highway, it is also called Alaloa, a foot path which once encircled the entire island. Hand drystacked lava rock walls, ancient sacred Heiau’s (platforms and altars, places of worship), ancient foundations of homes and fascinating archeological sites are throughout this beautiful area. Around 1516 Kiha, son of Chief Piilani, completed constructing the Alaloa (Long Road) around Maui’s entire coastline which his father began. According to historian Inez Ashdown, what remains of the the road has been variously called The King’s Road, Piilani’s Highway, and Hoapili’s Horse Trail. It’s hard to believe, looking at the harsh, arid landscape of the southern part of Maui now, but in previous times, the native forests on the slopes of Haleakala extended from just below the cinder cones down to sea level. The rainforest trees attracted clouds which fed watercourses and underground springs and there were numerous villages all along the coastline. The Alaloa had few turns and no bridges, but travelers swam or swung by handmade ropes across streams that cut through the trail. Canoes sometimes ferried people across streams or along the shore. Trained, speedy runners (kukini) carried messages or fresh food for the chiefs along the Alaloa and people heaped their wares (hala mats, feathers, kapa, and various food offerings) in certain spots for the taxcollectors. When the first explorers sailed along Maui’s coast, they saw many villages along the Long Road. Today, the entire area is mostly uninhabited. Much of the Road has disappeared with modern road building, but one of the finest remaining portions is the original highway built by Piilani which begins at La Perouse Bay and extends eastward across a huge expanse of unstable jagged lava known as the Paea flow. The Paea flow is the last recorded flow from Haleakala. One part of the flow started above Puu Mahoe, the cone that stands above the Ulupalakua road as it winds from Ulupalakua to Hana. The lava meets the sea at the remains of two fishponds at the site of the ancient village of Lae Kinau, which is the name of the cape that is part of the Ahihi-Kinau Reserve. It is said that the goddess Pele was angered when Paea, a man she wanted, rejected her because he was in love with a woman, Kalua, who lived in the village. The signs of Pele’s rage remain still. In the sea at the bottom of the flow, there is a stone called Po’o Kanaka (Man’s Head), which Ashdown says resembles the island of Maui on a map. It is there that Pele’s flow caught the stubborn man who refused her advances. Seaward of the Ulupalakua road stands Puu Naio and Puu Kalualapa. Ka naio means the destruction. Kalua lapa is named for the woman whose lapa, or body, became the ridge forming part of Puu Naio. The existing remnant of the King’s Highway travels from La Perouse Bay, named for the French explorer who was the first recorded European to step ashore on Maui in 1787, to Nu’u, a village whose ruins lie entirely hidden by a heavy growth of koa haole. It traverses an area that is hot, dry and covered with clinkery sharp ‘a’a lava. Along the shore evidence of former habitation – house sites, heiau (temples), canoe sheds – still remain Here below are more informative and interesting links. Anchialine ponds exist in inland lava depressions near the ocean. They are fed by freshwater springs or from percolation from the water table. The water level rises and falls with the tide and salinity varies from fresh to saltier than sea water. Although the anchialine ponds do not have any direct connection to the ocean, somehow, the opae-ula colonized these ponds. Calliasmata pholidota live in the anchialine ponds of Ahihi-Kinau, Maui Anchialine ponds, where the shrimps live, are generally coastal ponds with no surface connection to the sea, but which rise and fall with the tides, suggesting some underground connection. They can range in salinity from nearly as salty as the ocean to quite fresh, with the fresh water often flowing from the mountains toward the sea. Often the water is layered, with the freshest water lying near the surface and saltier water below. Three of the six species of anchialine pool shrimp are candidates for listing as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act,” said Lorena Wada, candidate conservation coordinator for the Fish and Wildlife Service for the Pacific islands. The three listed are the Metabetaeus, the Procaris and the Palaemonella. Hawaiian anchialine shrimps tend to be found in clean water in either lava coastlines or limestone areas with open sinkholes. The best known of the six Hawaiian anchialine ‘ōpae is the ‘ōpae ‘ula, of which eight distinct genetic lineages have been located—indicating that once these creatures take up residence in a new part of the island, they tend to be isolated there and evolve into unique forms. The ‘ōpae ‘ula are found on Maui, Hawai’i and O’ahu. Read more here on Raising Islands From the Honolulu Advertiser on State plans to close Maui’s Ahihi-Kinau reserve posted 03 February 2008 “A blind cave spider, brackish water shrimp and rugged dryland plants are among the native species living on and around the old lava flows protected by the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve. But studies show the ecosystems of anchialine pools and lava tubes scattered along the edges of Cape Kinau are being degraded, trampled on, and contaminated with the litter and wastes of visitors trekking through the South Maui reserve. Historical archaeological features are also being damaged, according to the staff responsible for protecting the 2,000 acres of lava intruding into the ocean between Ahihi Bay and La Perouse Bay. With a preservation plan to help the natural area recover and to prevent further damage, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources is proposing to temporarily restrict access to portions of the popular and heavily used reserve for two years. The closure will allow reserve personnel to formally establish and mark trails, install educational signs, and prepare baseline measurements of the marine, geological and cultural resources to compare against the condition of the resources after the areas are reopened to the public Natural area reserves are designated by the state Board of Land and Natural Resources to protect biologically rich and geologically unique areas. When Ahihi-Kinau was designated, it was known to be a habitat for a number of rare and endangered plants and animals, most of them so small few observers would even recognize their unique qualities. Endemic species found in the reserve include an endangered coastal plant, awikiwiki, spiders unique to the lava tubes in Hawaii and shrimps found only in anchialine ponds. Ramsey said researchers pointed out that degradation is occurring in and around anchialine ponds – brackish pools formed in the lava fields from ocean water seeping through the porous rocks – with people walking in ponds, picking up tiny shrimps and dumping their waste. The rules for natural area reserves prohibit taking materials or damaging the natural habitat, but enforcement is difficult. Researchers recommended that the state bar people from the ponds and from using trails that come close to the ponds, Ramsey said. The anchialine ponds in the reserve are considered the premiere examples of the marine feature, with six of eight known rare anchialine species found in the Ahihi-Kinau reserve. Anchialine ponds are unique in that marine species are found in them although the ponds have no direct connection to the ocean” Information Source: Honolulu Advertiser story posted 03 February 2008 The shoreline beyond the natural area reserve offers good ulua fishing and opportunities for diving on overnight trips. Shore casting for ulua – any of several species of jack fish, some growing to more than 100 pounds – normally is conducted at night, when the fish come closer to shore to feed. The committee and DLNR are committed to restricting access because an influx of often poorly informed visitors – around 700 a day – is causing damage to the natural and cultural resources in the area Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
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Dark, blue-gray storm clouds roll in over the scenic farms and woodlands of the Beaver Valley in Grey County. Taken from atop the 150 meter high cliffs of Old Baldy. in the Old Baldy Conservation Area near Kimberly, Ontario, Canada. This vista is accessible only by foot, on a loop on the Bruce Trail, Canada’s longest hiking trail.
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SOLD One Matted Print ~ A Beautiful Cow Moose and her yearling Calf browsing near North Pole Alaska ~ Winter Scenics
by Sharon MauAloha, mahalo nui loa, thank you so much to the anonymous buyer / who purchased one of my matted prints this morning! I very much app…
Aloha, mahalo nui loa, thank you so much to the anonymous buyer / who purchased one of my matted prints this morning! I very much appreciate your kindness, thank you so much! / I sincerely hope you enjoy my image of the beautiful Moose displayed in your home. Please let me know how it looks when you receive it. I would love to know who purchased this matted print to thank you personally, but if you prefer to remain anonymous I certainly understand. Thank you so much for your gift of Aloha!!_ Mahalo nui loa!! E pili mau na pomaika`i ia `oe! Aloha e Malama pono Sharon Mau Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 SOLD / 1x Matted Print A beautiful cow Moose and her yearling Calf browsing near North Pole Alaska ~ Winter Scenics
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Alaska North Star Winter Scenics / From my collection: / Same Music ~ Different Station ~ Variation on a Theme Happy is he who can know the world’s origins ~ At the Outer Edge “Neither today nor ten times ten yesterdays, / in my backyard or in the tents of squalor that seem continents away; / neither at searing noon nor soaring midnight, beaten by the wind or bewildered at sea; Not ever, anywhere, has God’s omnipotence been hesitant about supplying good, / or constituting law, / or being All. Mind’s movement moves the universe; / Soul’s absolute precision marks no lapses, moratoriums, or negligence, / not now or then or sometime when ... Nothing has ever interfered with His eternal seeing, or with Love’s reality, / including man. / Including me. There is no dreamer of exceptions to His infinite control.” ~ Poetry by Darren (Stone) Nelson A Suspended Silence ~ Where the Wild Things Are Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / My images do not belong to the public domain. Reproduction is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved Beautiful Art and Greeting Cards For Sale ~ Shop securely and view my collection here Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Shooting Date/Time 20 October 2007 11:54:28 / Tv Shutter Speed 1/250 Av Aperture Value 10 / ISO 400 Lens EF28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
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A simple photoshop work of a motorcyclist in the ozark hills.
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