Watkins Glen State Park Watkins Glen State Park is the most famous of the Finger Lakes State Parks located on the edge of the village of Watkins Glen, New York, south of Seneca Lake in Schuyler County. The main feature of the park is the hiking trail that climbs up through the gorge, passing over and under waterfalls. The park has a lower part that is next to the village and an upper part that is open woodland. Watkins Glen State Park is in a 400-foot-deep narrow gorge cut through rock by a stream that was left hanging when glaciers of the Ice age deepened the Seneca valley, increasing the tributary stream gradient to create rapids and waterfalls wherever there were layers of hard rock. The rocks of the area are sedimentary of Devonian age that are part of a dissected plateau that was uplifted with little faulting or distortion. They consist mostly of soft shales, with some layers of harder sandstone and limestone The gorge path winds over and under waterfalls and through the spray of Cavern Cascade.
Tremendous Nature Photography May 8th, 2011 Rachel In recent decades the term surroundings has gain wide practice. Jay Appleton (see Environmental psychology) distinguished environment from landscape by referring to the latter as “the environment perceived”. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. Canadian Rockies, Alberta The Canadian Rockies are the easternmost part of the Canadian Cordillera, the collective name for the mountains of Western Canada. They form part of the American Cordillera, an essentially continuous sequence of mountain ranges that runs all the way from Alaska to the very tip of South America. The Cordillera in turn are the eastern part of the Pacific Ring of Fire that runs all the way around the Pacific Ocean. photo source Flanking Alberta’s western border with their rugged peaks and ranges, the Canadian Rockies are home to alpine meadows, emerald lakes, wild waterways, backcountry wilderness, and some of the best hiking and skiing in the world. photo source Five national parks are located within the Canadian Rockies, four of which interlock and make up the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage site. photo source photo source photo source photo source photo source photo source photo source photo source photo source
Beautiful Lakes from Around the World The lakes are the nature’s most beautiful feature. All around the world you can find beautiful lakes that are different in widths, deeps and they are all beautiful at their own way. If you are passionate traveler and you enjoy in nature, visiting some of the lakes from our list can be beautiful experience for you and your friends or family. The bigger lakes offers boat riding, fishing trips, divings and much more activities that allows you to explore all it’s beauties. Bellow is list of 16 stunning lakes we collected for you and we hope you’ll enjoy…
Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1) 98 Flares Facebook 13 Twitter 15 Google+ 60 StumbleUpon 0 Pin It Share 10 10 98 Flares × Kayangan Lake, Coron islands, Palawan, Philippines Preachers Rock, Preikestolen, Norway Blue Caves – Zakynthos Island, Greece Skaftafeli – Iceland Golden Eye Hotel – St. Plitvice Lakes – Croatia Crystalline Turquoise Lake, Jiuzhaigou National Park, China Devetashkata Cave – Bulgaria Four Seasons Hotel - Bora Bora Ice skating on Paterswoldse Meer, a lake just South of the city of Groningen in the Netherlands. Marble Caves, Chile Chico, Chile YingXi Corridor of Stone Peaks, China The Gardens at Marqueyssac Ice Canyon – Greenland Coron Palawan, Philippines Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia Awapuhi Trail Kauai, Hawaii Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada Multnomah Falls, Oregon Seljalandsfoss Waterfall on the South Coast of Iceland Petra – Jordan (at night) Madeira, Portugal Wineglass Bay, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Picturesque of Green Tsunami from Moravia Here you will find a selection of stunning photos from the Polish photographers Kedrovsky Marek and Krystof Brovko, Green Hills form the amazing waves, which from some angles look like a great green tsunami, check out the amazing beauty… Moravia – the historical region of the Czech Republic to the east of the Czech Republic. This is the edge of the meadow forests, vineyards and fertile fields. This land, once bore the name of Great Moravia, famous for its rich history and folklore traditions, and became the trademark green fields, stretching beyond the horizon. It is not surprising that this wonderful region of cultivated vineyards, blossoming orchards and fertile fields became the object of Polish art photographers – Marek Kiedrowski and Krystof Brovko. These Polish photographers are great masters of landscape photography. Ads by Google
25 Most Beautiful Animals Photography on StumbleUpon I think the most beautiful pictures are those made in nature. Nothing compares with the expression of a tiger, the majestic flight of an eagle or the strength of a white bear. Below you can see 25 the most beautiful animal photographs that will capture your attention, and were stumbled on StumbleUpon. Amazing Places To Experience Around the Globe (Part 3) Devetashkata Cave - Bulgaria Ben Bulben at County Sligo, Ireland Shark Island - Sydney Baatara Gorge Waterfall, Tannourine - Lebanon Abel Tasman National Park - New Zealand Myrtos Beach, Kefalonia - Greece Sichuan - China In The Gardens of Prague Castle Neist Point, Isle of Skye - Scotland Aiguill e du midi, Chamonix, France The Hamilton Pool Nature Preserve in Texas, USA 4 Hands - Etretat, France Río Tampaón in San Luis Potosí -México Madeira, Portugal Six Senses Evason Ma’In Hot Springs, Jordan Méandre - En-Vau - Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) More Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1 - click here) More Amazing Places to Experience Around The Globe (Part 2 - click here ) Discovered a place we should include in Part 4 of Amazing Places? We'll be publishing Amazing Places as a book in late 2012
Paisagens de Alexandre Deschaumes - Revista Foto Grafia por Vitor Ebel em 29 de março de 2012 Alexandre Deschaumes é um fotógrafo francês de paisagens, começou a se dedicar na fotografia em 2003 de forma totalmente autodidática. Atualmente mora nos Alpes franceses, o que pode justificar sua opção por fotografar paisagens e sua intimidade com a natureza, que declara ser uma fonte inesgotável de inspirações. Procura sempre deixar um sentimento e uma interpretação muito pessoal em suas paisagens retratadas, luzes dramáticas e melancólicas são carregadas de um desejo de captar a atmosfera peculiar de cada lugar que passa. “A realidade visível não é quem me inspira. + alexandredeschaumes.com autor do post Vitor Ebel Fotógrafo e estudante da Pós-Graduação em Fotografia da Univali, é colaborador do blog da revista Foto Grafia.
Top 20 Earth Pictures found on Stumble Upon | Earth Pictures Everybody knows that Stumbleupon is an great source for beautiful photography, nature, pets, arts and much more. They have millions of users and they are probably the most wide used source for finding quality content. Today, we collected 20 popular photographs from Stumbleupon. Most of them have been seen for more than million times each. We hope you’ll enjoy… Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Photo Source Source Photo Source Source Suggested by ISSy; Source You don’t want to miss our new post: 20 Gorgeous Animal Photos. Check out more HERE.
Marvel at the Magnificent Marble Caves [35 PICS] Can you imagine something happening that would endanger these exquisite azure caverns? It might if Chile continues with plans to build five hydro-power dams in Patagonia. Photo #7 by © Jorge Leon Cabello The water has eroded the marble to create cavities and marble caves. Amazing geological formations on Chilean side of Lake Carrera. It would be a real shame if the hydro-power dams damage the lake and the marble caves on top of the surrounding natural habitats for wildlife. View of the lake and where to find the marble caverns in the Aysen region of Chile.
The Mind-Blowing Mount Roraima Mount Roraima is the highest of the Pakaraima mountain chain in South America and one of the world’s most extraordinary natural geological formations. The 31 square kilometer summit area of Mount Roraima is defined by 400 meter tall cliffs on all sides and includes the borders of Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana. The tabletop mountains of the Pakaraima’s are considered some of the oldest geological formations on Earth, dating back to over two billion years ago. The result is the staggering landscape of Mount Rariama which we tour below in photographs and video:
Mind Blowing Examples Of LandScape Photography Mind Blowing Examples Of LandScape Photography Discover the Real Beauty of Planet Earth with the Professional Photographers of National Geographic Team, Delivering you the Best to let you Discover the Earth in it’s Finest way with their Professional Shots of Beautiful Places. View the Brilliance of Landscape Photography as follows. Source: National Geographic Be Sociable, Share!