Tag: “Mountain”
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Morning Light at Rocky Mountain National Park
It was much too early in the morning for me to be up, but I'm glad I was to see Rocky Mountain National Park in the beautiful, morning light.
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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.
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Independence Pass
Taken along Independence Pass, the 12,000 high Colorado mountain pass between Leadville and Aspen.
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The Top of Independence Pass
Mountain views and snow in June along Independence Pass, the Colorado mountain pass that goes between Leadville and Aspen.
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Dawn over Mount Kenya
Dawn over Mount Kenya from the Ark Hotel, Aberdares National Park
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Mount Tasman
Cool view of Mount Tasman from motel room New Zealand
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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.
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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.
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Tubing in Vang Viang
Tubing in Vang Viang is one of the most popular activities for backpackers in Laos. The rules are simple.
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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.
