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  • Tesla automobile drivers on Highway 395 can recharge for free while visiting the Museum of Western Film History, at 701 S. Main Street, Lone Pine, California, 93545, USA. Tesla Motors, Inc. is an American automotive and energy storage company that designs, manufactures, and sells electric cars, electric vehicle powertrain components, and battery products (NASDAQ stock symbol TSLA). It first posted profits in 2013. The Tesla Roadster was the world's first fully electric sports car; and the Model S is a fully electric luxury sedan. As of 2015, CEO Elon Musk envisions Tesla Motors as an independent automaker aimed at eventually offering electric cars at prices affordable to the average consumer.
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  • The car from the film High Sierra (1941) is a 1937 Plymouth Coupe (loaned from the James E Rogers Collection), displayed at the Museum of Western Film History, 701 S. Main Street, Lone Pine, California, 93545, USA. In the climactic movie sequence, "Mad Dog" Earle, played by Humphrey Bogart, flees from police by accelerating the Plymouth Coupe up scenic Whitney Portal Road. Web site: www.lonepinefilmhistorymuseum.org
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  • A broken, antique rusting car with flat tires rusts at James Cant Ranch Historic District, Sheep Rock Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA. The Cant Ranch interpretive site shows visitors an early 1900s livestock ranch. James Cant owned the ranch from 1910 to 1975, after which he sold to the National Park Service.
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  • A broken, antique rusting car with flat tires rusts at James Cant Ranch Historic District, Sheep Rock Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA. The Cant Ranch interpretive site shows visitors an early 1900s livestock ranch. James Cant owned the ranch from 1910 to 1975, after which he sold to the National Park Service.
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  • Villarrica, one of Chile's most active volcanoes, rises to 2847 meters (or 9341 ft) elevation in Villarrica National Park in the Andes mountain range, above the lake and town of the same name, in the Los Lagos Region, Zona Austral, Chile, South America. Cattle wander in front of a car on a gravel access road. The volcano is also known as Rucapillán, a Mapuche word meaning "House of the Pillán." Villarrica, with its lava of basaltic-andesitic composition, is one of only five volcanoes worldwide known to have an active lava lake within its crater. The volcano usually generates strombolian eruptions, with ejection of incandescent pyroclasts and lava flows. Melting of snow and glacier ice as well as rainfalls often cause massive lahars (mud and debris flows), such as during the eruptions of 1964 and 1971. What international tourist literature calls the "Chilean Lake District" usually refers to the Andean foothills between Temuco and Puerto Montt including three Regions (XIV Los Ríos, IX La Araucanía, and X Los Lagos) in what Chile calls the Zona Sur (Southern Zone). In Chile, Patagonia includes the territory of Valdivia through Tierra del Fuego archipelago. Spanning both Argentina and Chile, the foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants ("Patagão" or "Patagoni" who were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm taller than the Spaniards) who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world.
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  • Visit Lake Argentina and Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park as a day trip from El Calafate, in southwest Santa Cruz province, in the southern Andes, Argentina. A red Volkswagon four door hatchback car rented for the day gave four of us flexibility to explore on our own schedule compared to a bus tour. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.
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  • Geirangerfjorden (the Geiranger fjord) is a stunningly beautiful 15-kilometer (9.3-mile) long branch of Storfjord (Great Fjord, the fifth longest in Norway). Geirangerfjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Take the car ferry for an impressive sightseeing trip between Geiranger and Hellesylt, in Stranda municipality, Sunnmøre region, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Panorama stitched from 10 overlapping photos.
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  • Mt Kidd along Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail), Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Highway 93 cuts narrowly through Sinclair Canyon. Radium Hot Springs, Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Comlongon Castle is a restored Medieval Scottish tower house dating from the late 1400s. Guests can stay in the attached Edwardian hotel, a baronial style mansion built 1900-02, set in 120 acres of manicured gardens, sweeping lawns, carp pond, lakes and woodlands, near Clarencefield and Dumfries, in southwest Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Originally built by the Murrays of Cockpool, Comlongon Castle remained in the Murray family until 1984. The castle is 50 feet square and stands 70 feet high, with walls over 4 meters thick, with impressive displays of weapons, armor and banners.
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  • Mt. Chephren (3307 m or 10,850 ft) soars above Waterfowl Lakes in Mistaya River Valley along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, the Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. Banff NP is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Banff is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. This panorama was stitched from 10 overlapping photos.
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  • Mt. Chephren (left) and Kaufmann Peaks rise above Mistaya River Valley along the Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, the Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. Banff NP is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 in the Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Banff is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO in 1984. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping images.
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  • A handsome stone bridge of the Blue Ridge Parkway (Milepost 45.6) crosses over US-60 (which goes west to Buena Vista & Lexington and east to Amherst) in Virginia, USA. Notice the white stalactites forming under the old arched stones. The scenic 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway was built 1935-1987 to aesthetically connect Shenandoah National Park (in Virginia) with Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina, following crestlines and the Appalachian Trail. The Parkway is carried across streams, railway ravines and cross roads by 168 bridges and six viaducts. The Blue Ridge Mountains are a subset of the Appalachian Mountains.
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  • Visitors flock to see views from Waterrock Knob at Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 451.2 in North Carolina, USA. Waterrock Knob (summit elevation 6292 feet) is the highest peak of the Plott Balsam Range, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This view looks west to the Qualla Boundary, the Eastern Cherokee Reservation, and Great Smoky Mountains. At upper left edge are the Unicoi Mountains (traversed by Cherohala Skyway). Local trees release hydrocarbons into the atmosphere and create a characteristic blue haze on pristine days as seen in this photo; but more often a white or gray haze caused by air pollution obscures distant views. The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway connects Shenandoah National Park (in Virginia) with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. (The Smokies are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains, all part of the Appalachian Mountains.)
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  • On the Blue Ridge Parkway, view brilliant fall colors in mid October, in North Carolina, USA. This photo is at Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 455 in the Plott Balsam Range, within the Qualla Boundary between Soco Creek and Soco Gap. The Qualla Boundary is a land trust supervised by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs for the Tribe of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who reside on the adjacent Reservation in western North Carolina. The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway was built 1935-1987 to aesthetically connect Shenandoah National Park (in Virginia) with Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. The Smokies are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains.
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  • On the Blue Ridge Parkway, view brilliant fall colors in mid October, in North Carolina, USA. This photo is at Blue Ridge Parkway Milepost 455 in the Plott Balsam Range, within the Qualla Boundary between Soco Creek and Soco Gap. The Qualla Boundary is a land trust supervised by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs for the Tribe of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who reside on the adjacent Reservation in western North Carolina. The 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway was built 1935-1987 to aesthetically connect Shenandoah National Park (in Virginia) with Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. (The Smokies are a subrange of the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains.)
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  • Enjoy fall foliage colors in mid October at Grandfather Mountain on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina, USA. This photo is from Beacon Heights Parking Area (Parkway Milepost 305.2, elevation 4220 feet) near the intersection with Hwy 221 (near Grandfather Mountain Entrance Road). Don't miss walking the Beacon Heights Trail, a half-mile round trip with 130 feet gain to a rock outcropping with vast views. The scenic 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway was built 1935-1987 to aesthetically connect Shenandoah National Park (in Virginia) with Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina, following crestlines and the Appalachian Trail.
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  • Behind glass reflecting Bodie ghost town is a dress form in Boone Store and Warehouse (built 1879). This building was owned by Harvey Boone (a direct descendent of Daniel Boone), who may have owned a business longer than anyone else in town. Bodie is California's official state gold rush ghost town. Bodie State Historic Park lies in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, near Bridgeport, California, USA. After W. S. Bodey's original gold discovery in 1859, profitable gold ore discoveries in 1876 and 1878 transformed "Bodie" from an isolated mining camp to a Wild West boomtown. By 1879, Bodie had a population of 5000-7000 people with 2000 buildings. At its peak, 65 saloons lined Main Street, which was a mile long. Bodie declined rapidly 1912-1917 and the last mine closed in 1942. Bodie became a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and Bodie State Historic Park in 1962.
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  • Behind glass reflecting Bodie ghost town is a dress form in Boone Store and Warehouse (built 1879). This building was owned by Harvey Boone (a direct descendent of Daniel Boone), who may have owned a business longer than anyone else in town. Bodie is California's official state gold rush ghost town. Bodie State Historic Park lies in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, near Bridgeport, California, USA. After W. S. Bodey's original gold discovery in 1859, profitable gold ore discoveries in 1876 and 1878 transformed "Bodie" from an isolated mining camp to a Wild West boomtown. By 1879, Bodie had a population of 5000-7000 people with 2000 buildings. At its peak, 65 saloons lined Main Street, which was a mile long. Bodie declined rapidly 1912-1917 and the last mine closed in 1942. Bodie became a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and Bodie State Historic Park in 1962.
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  • 1927 Dodge Graham blue truck at antique gas station in Bodie, California's official state gold rush ghost town. Bodie State Historic Park lies in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, near Bridgeport, California, USA. After W. S. Bodey's original gold discovery in 1859, profitable gold ore discoveries in 1876 and 1878 transformed "Bodie" from an isolated mining camp to a Wild West boomtown. By 1879, Bodie had a population of 5000-7000 people with 2000 buildings. At its peak, 65 saloons lined Main Street, which was a mile long. Bodie declined rapidly 1912-1917 and the last mine closed in 1942. Bodie became a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and Bodie State Historic Park in 1962.
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  • 1927 Dodge Graham blue truck at antique gas station in Bodie, California's official state gold rush ghost town. Bodie State Historic Park lies in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, near Bridgeport, California, USA. After W. S. Bodey's original gold discovery in 1859, profitable gold ore discoveries in 1876 and 1878 transformed "Bodie" from an isolated mining camp to a Wild West boomtown. By 1879, Bodie had a population of 5000-7000 people with 2000 buildings. At its peak, 65 saloons lined Main Street, which was a mile long. Bodie declined rapidly 1912-1917 and the last mine closed in 1942. Bodie became a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and Bodie State Historic Park in 1962.
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  • Volkswagon Eurovan Camper in Onion Valley Campground in the Sierra Nevada west of Independence, California, USA. A spectacular hike leads from here through John Muir Wilderness in Inyo National Forest over Kearsarge Pass into Kings Canyon National Park.
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  • Volkswagon Eurovan Camper in Onion Valley Campground at sunrise in the Sierra Nevada west of Independence, California, USA. A spectacular hike leads from here through John Muir Wilderness in Inyo National Forest over Kearsarge Pass into Kings Canyon National Park.
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  • Antique rusting tractor at the Eastern California Museum, 155 N. Grant Street, Independence, California, 93526, USA. The Museum was founded in 1928 and has been operated by the County of Inyo since 1968. The mission of the Museum is to collect, preserve, and interpret objects, photos and information related to the cultural and natural history of Inyo County and the Eastern Sierra, from Death Valley to Mono Lake.
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  • Rusting vehicle near Lost Cabin Mine. Off Highway 88 near Carson Pass, hike a varied loop through lush wildflower fields from Woods Lake Campground to Winnnemucca Lake then Round Top Lake, in Mokelumne Wilderness, Eldorado National Forest, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. The excellent loop trail is 5.3 miles with 1250 feet gain (or 6.4 miles with 2170 feet gain if adding the scramble up Round Top).
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  • The Needles District of Canyonlands National Park is seen from a campsite at Needles Outpost Campground just outside the park, in Utah, USA. The Permian rocks of the Needles District formed where red alluvial fans from the east interwove with white dunes from the west, making spires striped red and white. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • An orange sunset illuminates clouds in the blue sky at dusk over our 1999 Volkswagon Eurovan Camper. We camped on BLM land on Blue Notch Canyon Road, a mile west of Highway 95 in White Canyon, near Hite Marina, Utah, USA.
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  • Sunrise illuminates our campervan in Goblin Valley State Park Campground, San Rafael Swell, in central Utah, USA. Admire fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat. As part of the Colorado Plateau, the San Rafael Swell is a giant dome-shaped anticline of rock (160-175 million years old) that was pushed up during the Paleocene Laramide Orogeny 60-40 million years ago. Since then, infrequent but powerful flash floods have eroded the sedimentary rocks into valleys, canyons, gorges, mesas, and buttes. This panorama was stitched from 6 overlapping photos.
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  • Sunrise illuminates our campervan in Goblin Valley State Park Campground, San Rafael Swell, in central Utah, USA. Admire fanciful hoodoos, mushroom shapes, and rock pinnacles in Goblin Valley State Park, in Emery County between the towns of Green River and Hanksville. The Goblin rocks eroded from Entrada Sandstone, which is comprised of alternating layers of sandstone (cross-bedded by former tides), siltstone, and shale debris which were eroded from former highlands and redeposited in beds on a former tidal flat. As part of the Colorado Plateau, the San Rafael Swell is a giant dome-shaped anticline of rock (160-175 million years old) that was pushed up during the Paleocene Laramide Orogeny 60-40 million years ago. Since then, infrequent but powerful flash floods have eroded the sedimentary rocks into valleys, canyons, gorges, mesas, and buttes.
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  • Two motorcycles cruise Utah State Route 24 through the Waterpocket Fold in Capitol Reef National Park, USA. The 100-mile-long Waterpocket Fold is the steep eastern limb of the Circle Cliffs Uplift, formed in Late Cretaceous time, during the Laramide Orogeny. Pressure caused by the subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath the North American Plate along the west coast caused several huge folds like this in southeast Utah. Steeply tilted Triassic and Jurassic rocks form the hogbacks of the Waterpocket Fold and Capitol Reef, which is built of dark-red dune-formed Wingate Sandstone, thinly bedded river deposits of the Kayenta Formation, crested by the massive, white, dune-formed Navajo Sandstone.
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  • Hike to Rim Overlook, in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, USA. (Along the way, don't miss the side trip to majestic Hickman Natural Bridge.) Capitol Reef National Park is centered upon the 100-mile-long Waterpocket Fold, the steep eastern limb of the Circle Cliffs Uplift, formed in Late Cretaceous time, during the Laramide Orogeny. Pressure caused by the subduction of the Farallon Plate beneath the North American Plate along the west coast caused several huge folds like this in southeast Utah, USA. Steeply tilted Triassic and Jurassic rocks form the hogbacks of the Waterpocket Fold and Capitol Reef, which is built of dark-red dune-formed Wingate Sandstone, thinly bedded river deposits of the Kayenta Formation, crested by the massive, white, dune-formed Navajo Sandstone. This panorama was stitched from 13 overlapping photos.
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  • Trekkers lunch near Yerupaja Grande (6635 m or 21,770 ft), Peru's second highest peak. Day 8 of 9 days trekking around the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Andes Mountains, LLamac, Peru, South America. Published in Wilderness Travel 2017 Catalog of Adventures. For licensing options, please inquire. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • A happy trekker carries an Apple iPad to record Nevado Trapecio (5653 m), which rises above Portachuelo de Huayhuash pass (4780 m). Day 4 of 9 days trekking around the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A mototaxi (three-wheeled auto rickshaw) provides cheap public transportation in Huaraz, in the Santa Valley (Callejon de Huaylas), Ancash Region, Peru, South America.
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  • Stagecoach wheel of historic Butterfield Overland Mail. Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site is popular for birding and bouldering (rock climbing) in El Paso County, Texas, USA. History: Throughout the last 10,000 years, Hueco Tanks has provided water, food and shelter to travelers in the Chihuahuan Desert. People left clues to their stories in unique pictographs and petroglyphs visible today. Starting in 1858, Hueco Tanks served for a year as a relay station and water source for the historic Butterfield Overland Mail (which was then shifted south to a safer route). Twice a week, the Butterfield stagecoach carried passengers and US Mail in just 22 days to San Francisco starting from Memphis, Tennessee or St. Louis, Missouri; for the first time, people separated by nearly 2000 miles of wilderness could communicate. Escontrias Ranch started here in 1898, became a tourist attraction by the 1940s and became a country park in 1965, then a state park in 1969. Directions: From El Paso's Montana Avenue (US Highway 62/180), turn north at RM 2775.
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  • "Hein's Trein" is the nickname for the locomotive used to lift heavy dishes of the Very Large Array (VLA) radio astronomy telescope, near Socorro, New Mexico, USA. The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) is one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories. Visit the VLA on the Plains of San Agustin fifty miles west of Socorro, between the towns of Magdalena and Datil, in New Mexico. US Route 60 passes through the scientific complex, which welcomes visitors. The VLA is a set of 27 movable radio antennas on tracks in a Y-shape. Each antenna is 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter. The data from the antennas is combined electronically to give the resolution of an antenna 36km (22 miles) across, with the sensitivity of a dish 130 meters (422 feet) in diameter. After being built 1973-1980, the VLA’s electronics and software were significantly upgraded from 2001-2012 by at least an order of magnitude in both sensitivity and radio-frequency coverage. The VLA is a component of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). Astronomers using the VLA have made key observations of black holes and protoplanetary disks around young stars, discovered magnetic filaments and traced complex gas motions at the Milky Way's center, probed the Universe's cosmological parameters, and provided new knowledge about interstellar radio emission. The VLA was prominently featured in the 1997 film "Contact," a classic science fiction drama film adapted from the Carl Sagan novel, with Jodie Foster portraying the film's protagonist, Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, a SETI scientist who finds strong evidence of extraterrestrial life.
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  • Localized downdrafts form mammatus under a cumulonimbus cloud near Austin, Texas, USA. Mammatus (from the Latin root mamma, meaning breast) is a cellular pattern of bubble-like pouches hanging beneath the base of a cloud. A Volkswagon Eurovan Camper makes a great economical RV for two people.
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  • A turbulent cumulonimbus cloud drops rain near Austin, Texas, USA.
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  • Old horse-drawn ranch wagon, James Cant Ranch Historic District, Sheep Rock Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA. The double steel tires on the rear wheels show it was intended for hard use. The Cant Ranch interpretive site shows visitors an early 1900s livestock ranch. James Cant owned the ranch from 1910 to 1975, after which he sold to the National Park Service.
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  • A model fire engine, firemen, and burnt house are part of a large train diorama at Mom & Pop RV Park, Farmington, New Mexico, USA. Its sign reads "Fine German Dining & Hotel."
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  • A tall Dolomites peak rises above Strada Statale 641 which narrows between village buildings in Val di Fassa, near Canazei, Italy, Europe. The Dolomites are part of the Southern Limestone Alps, in northern Italy. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009.
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  • Marmolada reflects in Lago di Fedaia, a two-part reservoir just west of Passo di Fedaia (2057 meters or 6749 feet) along Strada Statale 641, at the head of Val di Fassa, in the Veneto region of Italy, Europe. Marmolada (Queen of the Dolomites) is capped by the biggest (and only skiable) glacier in the Dolomiti: Ghiacciaio della Marmolada. Known as Marmoleda in Ladin, the highest peak in the Dolomites rises to 3343 meters (10,968 feet) elevation at Punta Penia. The World War I museum at Serauta lift station describes the amazing City of Ice (Die Eisstadt or Citta di Ghiaccio, 1917), where Austrian soldiers inside the Marmolada Glacier built quarters in tunnels extending 12 kilometers with a vertical drop of over 1000 meters! Nine thousand Austrian and Italian soldiers died on the front line in a stalemate on and around Marmolada over 2 years. After Austria lost World War I, its South Tirol became Italy's Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region (bordering the Veneto). The Dolomites are part of the Southern Limestone Alps, in Europe. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009. This panorama was stitched from 8 overlapping photos.
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  • At moonrise, the Pala Dolomites (Pale di San Martino) soar majestically above Passo Rolle, near the mountain resort of San Martino di Castrozza in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region of Italy, Europe. The sharp peak of Cimon della Pala (right, 3129m) is eclipsed in height by Cima della Vezana (behind left, 3192m, highest of the Pala Dolomites). 200 million years ago, Triassic coral reefs fossilized into Dolomite. Collision of tectonic plates lifted the Dolomites within the Southern Limestone Alps. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009. This panorama was stitched from 2 overlapping photos.
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  • El Chaltén is a frontier tourist town in the southern Andes mountains, Argentina, South America. Glacier clad peaks of the Cordon del Bosque mountains rise up the valley of Rio de las Vueltas (River of the Turns) to the north. El Chaltén was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile. The nearest airport is 220 km south at El Calafate. Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.
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  • Mount Fitz Roy (3405 meters or 11,170 feet) rises abruptly on the border between Argentina and Chile in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in the southern Andes mountains, near El Chaltén village, in Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, South America. In 1877, explorer Perito Moreno named "Cerro Fitz Roy" for Robert FitzRoy (no space before the capital R) who, as captain of the HMS Beagle, had travelled up the Santa Cruz River in 1834 and charted much of the Patagonian coast. First climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone, Mount Fitz Roy has very fickle weather and is one of the world's most challenging technical ascents. It is also called Cerro Chaltén, Cerro Fitz Roy, and Monte Fitz Roy (with a space before the R). Chaltén comes from a Tehuelche (Aonikenk) word meaning "smoking mountain" (explained by frequent orographic clouds). Cerro is a Spanish word meaning hill. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile, and now tourism supports it, 220 km north of the larger town of El Calafate. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards. Mount Fitz Roy is the basis for the Patagonia company's clothing logo, after Yvon Chouinard's ascent and subsequent film in 1968.
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  • An old broken down bus named Natalia is missing its engine in El Chaltén village, Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina, South America. El Chaltén village was built in 1985 by Argentina to help secure the disputed border with Chile, and now tourism supports it, 220 km north of the larger town of El Calafate. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.
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  • Self portrait under a balanced rock near Lee's Ferry, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Arizona, USA. Published in PC Photo, June 2003, page 55 battery advertisement.
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  • Howland Hill Road, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Del Norte County, California, USA. The last major free flowing river in California, the Smith River, flows past old growth redwoods protected in this coastal park established in 1929. As part of two trapping expeditions from 1826-1830, explorer Jedediah Smith was the first white American to travel overland from the Mississippi River to California, and the first to reach the Oregon Country overland via the California coast. The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, in the cypress family Cupressaceae) is the tallest tree species on Earth, reaching up to 379 feet (115.5 m) high and up to 26 feet (7.9 m) diameter at breast height. This evergreen tree can live 1200 to 1800 years or more. Since the 1850s, more than 95% of the original old-growth redwood forest was cut down for lumber along coastal northern California and southwestern Oregon. The coastal redwood forest is a remnant of a larger group of trees that has existed for 160 million years. California's Redwood National and State Parks were honored as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1980.
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  • Orange rays of sunset brighten clouds over Peterborough, Victoria, Australia. Apollo campervan.
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  • While we stop our rental camper to view wild emus (sign), a "road train" (a tractor with double trailer, sometimes triple) roars by in Western Australia. Published 2010 in print and internet by Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia, Perth.
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  • The Breithorn (3785 meters or 12,418 feet) of Lötschental rises above a pop top camping vehicle by a river in Loetschental valley in the Valais canton of Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. UNESCO lists “Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch” as a World Heritage Area (2001, 2007).
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  • Hike the Garden Wall Trail from Logan Pass in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Rocks in the park are primarily sedimentary layers deposited in shallow seas over 1.6 billion to 800 million years ago. During the tectonic formation of the Rocky Mountains 170 million years ago, the Lewis Overthrust displaced these old rocks over newer Cretaceous age rocks. Glaciers carved spectacular U-shaped valleys and pyramidal peaks as recently as the Last Glacial Maximum (the last "Ice Age" 25,000 to 13,000 years ago). Of the 150 glaciers existing in the mid 1800s, only 25 active glaciers remain in the park as of 2010, and all may disappear by 2020, say climate scientists. (Panorama stitched from 7 overlapping images.)
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  • An Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens, or coachwhip) desert plant flowers red, along a dirt road traveled by a camper beneath mountains of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California, USA.
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  • See Mont Blanc (4808 meters or 15,774 feet, the highest mountain in Western Europe) from Aiguille du Midi (12,600 feet) station on the téléphérique (cable car, aerial tramway) from Chamonix, France, the Alps. Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco in Italian) was first climbed in 1786 by two men from Chamonix. Chamonix is an important world center for mountaineering. Panorama stitched from 2 overlapping images.
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  • See the Needles of Chamonix (Aiguilles du Chamonix) and Mont Blanc massif from spectacular Aiguille du Midi station (12,600 feet) on the téléphérique (cable car, aerial tramway, or Seilbahn) from Chamonix (3300 feet elevation), France, the Alps, Europe. Published in Wilderness Travel 2015 Catalog of Adventures.
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  • See the Needles of Chamonix (Aiguilles du Chamonix) and Mont Blanc massif from spectacular Aiguille du Midi station (12,600 feet) on the téléphérique (cable car, aerial tramway, or Seilbahn) from Chamonix (3300 feet elevation), France, the Alps, Europe.
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  • An old car body, shot with bullet holes, missing its engine, rusts in Elkhorn State Park, Montana, USA.
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  • A Subaru Legacy accidentally shredded a tire and ditched on the McCarthy Road, in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. McCarthy and Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark are nestled under the glacier-clad Wrangell Mountains. Old mine buildings, artifacts, and colorful history attract summer visitors. Remote McCarthy is connected to Chitina via the McCarthy Road spur of the Edgerton Highway. At the east end of McCarthy Road, visitors must park their vehicle and walk across the footbridge to McCarthy. From McCarthy, a privately-operated shuttle takes visitors 5 miles to Kennecott. After copper was discovered between the Kennicott Glacier and McCarthy Creek in 1900, the Kennecott town, mines, and Kennecott Mining Company were created and named after the adjacent glacier. Kennicott Glacier and River had previously been named after Robert Kennicott, a naturalist who explored in Alaska in the mid-1800s. The corporation and town stuck with a mistaken spelling of "Kennecott" with an e (instead of "Kennicott" with an i). Partly because alcoholic beverages and prostitution were forbidden in the company town of Kennecott, the neighboring town of McCarthy grew quickly to provide a bar, brothel, gymnasium, hospital, and school. The Copper River and Northwestern Railway reached McCarthy in 1911 to haul over 200 million dollars worth of ore 196 miles to the port of Cordova on Prince William Sound. By 1938, the worlds richest concentration of copper ore was mostly gone, the town was mostly abandoned, and railroad service ended. Not until the 1970s did the area began to draw young people for adventure and the big money of the Trans Alaska Pipeline project. Declaration of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in 1980 drew adventurous tourists who helped revive McCarthy with demand for needed services. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (the largest National Park in the USA) is honored by UNESCO as part of a World Heritage Site.
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  • Fiesheralp mid station of Eggishorn cable car, in Valais canton of Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. From Fiesch, ascend via cable car to see stunning views from atop the Eggishorn (2926 m), then return to the mid station of Fiesheralp, where you can hike to a spectacular ridge above Aletsch Glacier via Hohbalm, Moosfluh, Hohfluh, Riderfurke, and Riederalp. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Fiesheralp mid station of Eggishorn cable car, in Valais canton of Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. From Fiesch, ascend via cable car to see stunning views from atop the Eggishorn (2926 m), then return to the mid station of Fiesheralp, where you can hike to a spectacular ridge above Aletsch Glacier via Hohbalm, Moosfluh, Hohfluh, Riderfurke, and Riederalp. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Fiesheralp mid station of Eggishorn cable car, in Valais canton of Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. From Fiesch, ascend via cable car to see stunning views from atop the Eggishorn (2926 m), then return to the mid station of Fiesheralp, where you can hike to a spectacular ridge above Aletsch Glacier via Hohbalm, Moosfluh, Hohfluh, Riderfurke, and Riederalp. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • The Grütschalp funicular (60% maximum gradient, 2005 photo) was replaced by a cable car from Lauterbrunnen in 2006. Grütschalp is a station on the Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Murren (BLM) mountain railway, in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The new cable car carries up to 100 passengers in 4 minutes, beating 11 minute on the former funicular.
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  • Tateyama Cable Car (funicular) station. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route carries visitors across the Northern Japan Alps via cablecars, trolley buses and a ropeway. Completed in 1971, this transportation corridor connects Toyama City in Toyama Prefecture with Omachi Town in Nagano Prefecture. The Tateyama Mountain Range lies within Chubu Sangaku National Park.
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  • Elevated car racks on the Stornoway – Ullapool ferry. Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK, Europe.
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  • "American Dream" (2009) stylish car part dress by Sarah Thomas. WOW, World of Wearable Art (TM) is New Zealand’s largest arts show. This showcase of work emerges from WOW, a spectacular international design competition where art and fashion intersect. This July 8, 2016 photo is from an exhibition at the EMP Museum, now called MOPOP (Museum of Pop Culture), Seattle, Washington, USA.
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  • See the Matterhorn and Weisshorn (left to right) from Riederalp ridge, in the Pennine Alps, Valais/Wallis canton, Switzerland, Europe. Getting there: from Fiesch, take the Eggishorn cable car for vast views, then lift back to Fiesheralp mid station, where you can enjoy walking above Aletsch Glacier via Hohbalm, Moosfluh, Hohfluh, Riderfurke, and Riederalp. Or an easier hiking option is via Betten-Bettmerhorn cable car then hiking to Riederalp-Mörel gondola.
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  • See the Matterhorn and Weisshorn (left to right) from Riederalp ridge, in the Pennine Alps, Valais/Wallis canton, Switzerland, Europe. Getting there: from Fiesch, take the Eggishorn cable car for vast views, then lift back to Fiesheralp mid station, where you can enjoy walking above Aletsch Glacier via Hohbalm, Moosfluh, Hohfluh, Riderfurke, and Riederalp. Or an easier hiking option is via Betten-Bettmerhorn cable car then hiking to Riederalp-Mörel gondola.
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  • See the Matterhorn and Weisshorn (left to right) from Riederalp ridge, in the Pennine Alps, Valais/Wallis canton, Switzerland, Europe. Getting there: from Fiesch, take the Eggishorn cable car for vast views, then lift back to Fiesheralp mid station, where you can enjoy walking above Aletsch Glacier via Hohbalm, Moosfluh, Hohfluh, Riderfurke, and Riederalp. Or an easier hiking option is via Betten-Bettmerhorn cable car then hiking to Riederalp-Mörel gondola. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • See the Matterhorn and Weisshorn (left to right) from Riederalp ridge, in the Pennine Alps, Valais/Wallis canton, Switzerland, Europe. Getting there: from Fiesch, take the Eggishorn cable car for vast views, then lift back to Fiesheralp mid station, where you can enjoy walking above Aletsch Glacier via Hohbalm, Moosfluh, Hohfluh, Riderfurke, and Riederalp. Or an easier hiking option is via Betten-Bettmerhorn cable car then hiking to Riederalp-Mörel gondola.
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  • Bettmerhorn cable car, Bettmeralp, Switzerland, Europe. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Artwork at Fiesheralp, the middle station of the Eggishorn cable car, in Valais canton of Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. From Fiesch, ascend via cable car to see stunning views from atop the Eggishorn (2926 m), then return to the mid station of Fiesheralp, where you can hike to a spectacular ridge above Aletsch Glacier via Hohbalm, Moosfluh, Hohfluh, Riderfurke, and Riederalp. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • A cable car from Brülisau reaches Hoher Kasten mountain in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, overlooking the Rhine in Eastern Switzerland, Europe. Hoher Kasten (1795 m) is on the border between the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and St. Gallen. A revolving restaurant is on the top. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
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  • A cable car from Brülisau reaches Hoher Kasten mountain in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, overlooking the Rhine in Eastern Switzerland, Europe. Hoher Kasten (1795 m/5876 ft) is on the border between the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and St. Gallen. A revolving restaurant is on the top. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
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  • Abstract: A car hood reflects a lined pattern of a fiberglass roof, in Lima, Peru, South America.
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  • See downtown Sydney from Taronga Zoo Sky Safari cable car, New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Sydney Opera House was opened in 1973 on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honor, in 2003: “There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece… one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.” The Sydney Opera House was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007.
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  • Take the spectacular Aiguille du Midi téléphérique (world’s highest vertical ascent cable car) from Chamonix (3300 feet elevation) to Aiguille du Midi (12,600 feet) in the Mont Blanc massif, France, Europe.
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  • See the top of Aiguille du Midi (3842 meters or 12,605 feet) téléphérique station (cable car, aerial tramway, or Seilbahn) from Chamonix, France, the Alps, Europe. It is the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world, from 1035 meters to 3842 m.
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  • If weather is good on top of Aiguille du Midi, board the Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway (also called Funivia dei Ghiacciai, or Télécabine Panoramic Mont-Blanc) to Pointe Helbronner, France, Europe. Don’t miss the Téléphérique de l’Aiguille du Midi cable car from Chamonix (France) to a spectacular shoulder of the Mont Blanc Massif. Take the world’s highest vertical ascent cable car, from 1035 meters to 3842 m (12,605 feet).
    05ALP_2158-Mont-Blanc-telecabines-He...jpg
  • In Chamonix (France, Europe), Le Brevant cable car carries visitors up the Aiguilles Rouges massif for impressive views of Mont Blanc (4808 meters or 15,774 feet), the highest peak in Western Europe. Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco in Italian) was first climbed in 1786 by two men from Chamonix. Chamonix is an important world center for mountaineering.
    05ALP_2073-Le-Brevant.jpg
  • A hiker and peaks of Eiger and Mönch reflect in Grauseeli lake below Birg, the midway station on the Schilthorn cable car in the Berner Oberland, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The Bernese Highlands are the upper part of Bern Canton. UNESCO lists “Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch” as a World Heritage Area (2001, 2007).
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  • Wellington cable car, tree fern, New Zealand, North Island
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  • From the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, ride a cable car lift to Tofana di Mezzo (3244 meters / 10,643 feet, third highest peak in the Dolomites) in Tofane mountain group, in the Dolomiti (a part of the Southern Limestone Alps), in the Province of Belluno, Veneto region, Italy, Europe. This ski resort hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics and motion pictures including: "The Pink Panther" (1963), "For Your Eyes Only" (1981, James Bond stunt sequences); and "Cliffhanger" (1993). Here at the head of Valle del Boite, nearby peaks include Pomagagnon to the north, Cristallo to the northeast, Faloria and Sorapiss to the east, and Becco di Mezzodì, Croda da Lago and Cinque Torri to south. The Dolomites were declared a natural World Heritage Site (2009) by UNESCO.
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  • From the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, ride a cable car lift to the sun deck at Tofana di Mezzo (3244 meters / 10,643 feet, third highest peak in the Dolomites) in Tofane mountain group, in the Dolomiti (a part of the Southern Limestone Alps), in the Province of Belluno, Veneto region, Italy, Europe. This ski resort hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics and motion pictures including: "The Pink Panther" (1963), "For Your Eyes Only" (1981, James Bond stunt sequences); and "Cliffhanger" (1993). Here at the head of Valle del Boite, nearby peaks include Pomagagnon to the north, Cristallo to the northeast, Faloria and Sorapiss to the east, and Becco di Mezzodì, Croda da Lago and Cinque Torri to south. The Dolomites were declared a natural World Heritage Site (2009) by UNESCO. Panorama stitched from 5 overlapping photos.
    11ITA-1839-43pan_Tofana-di-Mezzo_Dol...jpg
  • From the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, ride a cable car lift to Tofana di Mezzo (3244 meters / 10,643 feet, third highest peak in the Dolomites) in Tofane mountain group, in the Dolomiti (a part of the Southern Limestone Alps), in the Veneto region, Italy, Europe. This ski resort hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics and motion pictures including: "The Pink Panther" (1963), "For Your Eyes Only" (1981, James Bond stunt sequences); and "Cliffhanger" (1993). Here at the head of Valle del Boite, nearby peaks include Pomagagnon to the north, Cristallo to the northeast, Faloria and Sorapiss to the east, and Becco di Mezzodì, Croda da Lago and Cinque Torri to south. The Dolomites were declared a natural World Heritage Site (2009) by UNESCO. Panorama stitched from 10 overlapping photos.
    11ITA-1821-1830pan_Cortina_Tofana-di...jpg
  • A car drives Flint Ridge Road through a tunnel of orange, yellow, and green fall leaves in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA.
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  • See Lake Segl from top station of Corvatsch cable car. Hike from Pontresina up Roseg Valley to Fuorcla Surlej for stunning views of Piz Bernina and Piz Rosegg, finishing at Corvatsch Mittelstation Murtel lift. Walking 14 km, we went up 1100 meters and down 150 m. Optionally shorten the hike to an easy 4 km via round trip lift. Pontresina is in Upper Engadine, in Graubünden (Grisons) canton, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. The Swiss valley of Engadine translates as the "garden of the En (or Inn) River" (Engadin in German, Engiadina in Romansh, Engadina in Italian). This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Bettmerhorn cable car, Bettmeralp, Switzerland, Europe. The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch region is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • An ice tunnel exits to climbing routes from Aiguille du Midi (12,600 feet), a station on the téléphérique (cable car, aerial tramway) from Chamonix, France, the Alps, Europe. For licensing options, please inquire.
    05ALP_2156-Ice-cave-Aiguille-du-Midi.jpg
  • Aiguille Verte and Les Droites, Chamonix, the Alps, France, Europe. See the Needles of Chamonix (Aiguilles du Chamonix) and Mont Blanc massif from spectacular Aiguille du Midi station (12,600 feet) on the téléphérique (cable car, aerial tramway, or Seilbahn) from Chamonix (3300 feet elevation), France, the Alps, Europe.
    05ALP_2120-Aiguille-Verte_Les-Droite...jpg
  • Dome du Gouter (Dôme du Goûter 14,121 feet or 4304 meters) is a shoulder of massive Mont Blanc (out of sight to left at 15,782 feet). Take the spectacular Aiguille du Midi téléphérique (world’s highest vertical ascent cable car) from Chamonix (3300 feet elevation) to Aiguille du Midi (12,600 feet) in France, Europe.
    05ALP_2103-Aiguille-du-Midi_Mont-Bla...jpg
  • In Chamonix (France, Europe), Le Brevant téléphérique (cable car, aerial tramway, or Seilbahn) carries visitors up the Aiguilles Rouges massif for hikes and impressive views of Mont Blanc (4808 meters or 15,774 feet), the highest peak in Western Europe. Mont Blanc (Monte Bianco in Italian) was first climbed in 1786 by two men from Chamonix. Chamonix is an important world center for mountaineering.
    05ALP_2079-Le-Brevant.jpg
  • From the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, ride a cable car lift to Tofana di Mezzo (3244 meters / 10,643 feet, third highest peak in the Dolomites) in Tofane mountain group, in the Dolomiti (a part of the Southern Limestone Alps), in the Province of Belluno, Veneto region, Italy, Europe. This ski resort hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics and motion pictures including: "The Pink Panther" (1963), "For Your Eyes Only" (1981, James Bond stunt sequences); and "Cliffhanger" (1993). Here at the head of Valle del Boite, nearby peaks include Pomagagnon to the north, Cristallo to the northeast, Faloria and Sorapiss to the east, and Becco di Mezzodì, Croda da Lago and Cinque Torri to south. The Dolomites were declared a natural World Heritage Site (2009) by UNESCO.
    11ITA-1892.jpg
  • From the ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo, ride a cable car lift to Tofana di Mezzo (3244 meters / 10,643 feet, third highest peak in the Dolomites) in Tofane mountain group, in the Dolomiti (a part of the Southern Limestone Alps), in the Province of Belluno, Veneto region, Italy, Europe. This ski resort hosted the 1956 Winter Olympics and motion pictures including: "The Pink Panther" (1963), "For Your Eyes Only" (1981, James Bond stunt sequences); and "Cliffhanger" (1993). Here at the head of Valle del Boite, nearby peaks include Pomagagnon to the north, Cristallo to the northeast, Faloria and Sorapiss to the east, and Becco di Mezzodì, Croda da Lago and Cinque Torri to south. The Dolomites were declared a natural World Heritage Site (2009) by UNESCO.
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  • Cable cars from Brülisau reach Hoher Kasten mountain in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, in Eastern Switzerland, Europe. In the distance is Appenzell village. Hoher Kasten (1795 m) is on the border between the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and St. Gallen. A revolving restaurant is on the top. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area). This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Cable cars from Brülisau reach Hoher Kasten mountain in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, in Eastern Switzerland, Europe. In the distance is Appenzell village. Hoher Kasten (1795 m) is on the border between the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden and St. Gallen. A revolving restaurant is on the top. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area). This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Swan pedal boats on Lake Chuzenji (Chuzenjiko), a scenic lake in the mountains above the town of Nikko, in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It's at the foot of Mount Nantai, Nikko's sacred volcano, whose eruption blocked the valley below, thereby creating Lake Chuzenji 20,000 years ago. Chuzenjiko's shores are mostly undeveloped and forested except at the eastern end where the growing hot spring town of Chuzenjiko Onsen was built. Chuzenjiko is especially beautiful in mid to late October, when the autumn colors reach their peak along the lake's shores and surrounding mountains. See panoramic views of Lake Chuzenji along the Chuzenjiko Skyline, an eight kilometer long former toll road accessible by bus or car, which also connects to scenic hiking trails.
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  • Restaurant front in Chuzenjiko Onsen, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Lake Chuzenji (Chuzenjiko) is a scenic lake in the mountains above the town of Nikko. It's at the foot of Mount Nantai, Nikko's sacred volcano, whose eruption blocked the valley below, thereby creating Lake Chuzenji 20,000 years ago. Chuzenjiko's shores are mostly undeveloped and forested except at the eastern end where the growing hot spring town of Chuzenjiko Onsen was built. Chuzenjiko is especially beautiful in mid to late October, when the autumn colors reach their peak along the lake's shores and surrounding mountains. See panoramic views of Lake Chuzenji along the Chuzenjiko Skyline, an eight kilometer long former toll road accessible by bus or car, which also connects to scenic hiking trails.
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  • Swan pedal boats on Lake Chuzenji (Chuzenjiko), a scenic lake in the mountains above the town of Nikko, in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It's at the foot of Mount Nantai, Nikko's sacred volcano, whose eruption blocked the valley below, thereby creating Lake Chuzenji 20,000 years ago. Chuzenjiko's shores are mostly undeveloped and forested except at the eastern end where the growing hot spring town of Chuzenjiko Onsen was built. Chuzenjiko is especially beautiful in mid to late October, when the autumn colors reach their peak along the lake's shores and surrounding mountains. See panoramic views of Lake Chuzenji along the Chuzenjiko Skyline, an eight kilometer long former toll road accessible by bus or car, which also connects to scenic hiking trails.
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  • Decaying old swan pedal boats on Lake Chuzenji (Chuzenjiko), a scenic lake in the mountains above the town of Nikko, in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It's at the foot of Mount Nantai, Nikko's sacred volcano, whose eruption blocked the valley below, thereby creating Lake Chuzenji 20,000 years ago. Chuzenjiko's shores are mostly undeveloped and forested except at the eastern end where the growing hot spring town of Chuzenjiko Onsen was built. Chuzenjiko is especially beautiful in mid to late October, when the autumn colors reach their peak along the lake's shores and surrounding mountains. See panoramic views of Lake Chuzenji along the Chuzenjiko Skyline, an eight kilometer long former toll road accessible by bus or car, which also connects to scenic hiking trails.
    1810JPN-4267.jpg
  • Decaying old swan pedal boats on Lake Chuzenji (Chuzenjiko), a scenic lake in the mountains above the town of Nikko, in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It's at the foot of Mount Nantai, Nikko's sacred volcano, whose eruption blocked the valley below, thereby creating Lake Chuzenji 20,000 years ago. Chuzenjiko's shores are mostly undeveloped and forested except at the eastern end where the growing hot spring town of Chuzenjiko Onsen was built. Chuzenjiko is especially beautiful in mid to late October, when the autumn colors reach their peak along the lake's shores and surrounding mountains. See panoramic views of Lake Chuzenji along the Chuzenjiko Skyline, an eight kilometer long former toll road accessible by bus or car, which also connects to scenic hiking trails.
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