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  • Funny sheep, curly wool. Hike along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Funny women's restroom sign with arms crossed in front. Le Chable, Switzerland.
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  • Funny men's restroom sign with arms crossed in front. Le Chable, Switzerland.
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  • Funny clay figurines dive in pond. Stein am Rhein, Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Funny sign: "YOU ARE WITHIN A NO "S" AREA ANYTIME" shown on an ambiguous highway sign in Australia
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  • Funny troll sculpture at Trollstigen (the Troll's Ladder) mountain road, Rauma, Reinheimen National Park, Norway
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  • This funny sheet sold at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, shows men twisting their bodies to form the letters of the alphabet: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z.  "The Comical HOTCH-POTCH, or the ALPHABET turned POSTURE-MASTER - Fellows form the Alphabet," artwork printed for Carington Bowles, at No. 69 St Pauls Church Yard, London.
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  • This funny vehicle patrols Mammoth Cave National Park, which was established in 1941 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981 and international Biosphere Reserve in 1990. With over 390 miles (630 km) of passageways, the Mammoth-Flint Ridge Cave System is the longest known in the world. Mammoth Cave developed in thick Mississippian-aged limestone strata capped by a layer of Big Clifty Sandstone. Descending limestone layers include the Girkin Formation, Saint Genevieve Limestone, and Saint Louis Limestone.
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  • Young kids in school uniforms parade through Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Tokyo, Japan. Shinjuku Gyoen originated during the Edo Period (1603-1867) as a feudal lord's Tokyo residence. Later it was converted into a botanical garden before being transferred to the Imperial Family in 1903 who used used it for recreation and the entertainment of guests. The park was almost completely destroyed during World War II, but was eventually rebuilt and reopened in 1949 as a public park. Access Shinjuku Gyoen park via three gates: Shinjuku Gate is a ten minute walk east from the "New South Exit" of JR Shinjuku Station or a five minute walk from Shinjukugyoenmae Station on the Marunouchi Subway Line. Okido Gate is a five minute walk from Shinjukugyoenmae Station on the Marunouchi Subway Line. Sendagaya Gate is a five minute walk from JR Sendagaya Station on the local Chuo/Sobu Line.
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  • Sweetbreads with faces & eyes in bakery along Philosopher's Path in Kyoto's Higashiyama district, Japan. The 2-kilometer path begins at Ginkakuji (Silver Pavilion) and ends in Nanzenji neighborhood. A famous Japanese philosopher Nishida Kitaro was said to meditate while walking this route to Kyoto University. This is part of Lake Biwa Canal which tunnels 20 kilometers through the mountains to Lake Biwa in nearby Shiga Prefecture. Built during the Meiji Period to revitalize the stagnating local economy, the canal powered Japan's first hydroelectric power plant.
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  • The colorful Kimono Forest art installation lines a lane to Randen Arashiyama tram station on Keifuku Arashiyama line, in Kyoto, Japan. This artwork of 600 pillars was installed by Yasumichi Morita in 2013 using 32 different patterns of textiles dyed in the traditional Kyo-yuzen style, created by Kamedatomi, a textile factory whose history dates back to Taisho period.
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  • Wash hands atop toilets after flushing. Lodging in Kyoto, Japan.
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  • Kyoto Shibori Museum opened in 2001 to protect and pass down the knowledge of the shibori traditional fabric dyeing technique, in Kyoto, Japan. Their displayed artwork "Sport in the forest", or "Shibori Manga Choju-jinbutsu-giga", shows Monkeys, frogs and rabbits enjoy sports on a piece of 40 meter silk scroll completed using shibori dyeing and tujiga-hana techniques. Originally drawn in the Heian period around the 1100s-1200s, these caricatures are derived from the scroll of Choju-jinbutsu-giga ("Animal-person Caricatures" or 'Choju-giga' for short), well-known as one of the oldest manga (cartoon) in Japan. Toba Sojo and others created the historic Choju-giga or "Scrolls of Frolicking Animals and Humans".  The coming 2020 Tokyo Olympics helped inspired the modern 40 meter silk artwork shown in Kyoto Shibori Museum.
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  • "Don't touch the geishas, no loitering, no smoking, no eating while walking, no littering, no selfies" sign in Gion district, Kyoto, Japan.
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  • Young girl in yellow and red kimono. Kitano Tenmangu Shrine is dedicated to Sugawara Michizane, a scholar and politician who was unfairly exiled by his political rivals. A number of disasters were attributed to Michizane's vengeful spirit after his death in exile, and these shrines were built to appease him. Kyoto, Japan.
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  • "Ring the bell hard against bears" sign on preserved fuedal Nakasendo route from Tsumago to Magome, Japan. Tsumago preserves an Edo Period post town on the fuedal Nakasendo route between Kyoto and Edo (present-day Tokyo). To enforce historic ambiance, phone lines and power cables are concealed, and cars are prohibited during daytime. Visitors are encouraged to stay in minshuku and ryokan lodging, and to hike a portion of the trail preserved between Tsumago and Magome villages, via pleasant rural and forest scenery. The Nakasendo, or "Central Mountain Route", was one of Five Routes (Gokaido, begun in 1601) which helped the Tokugawa shogunate to stabilize and rule Japan (1600-1868). Tsumago is in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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  • Straw horse. Tsumago preserves an Edo Period post town on the fuedal Nakasendo route between Kyoto and Edo (present-day Tokyo). To enforce historic ambiance, phone lines and power cables are concealed, and cars are prohibited during daytime. Visitors are encouraged to stay in minshuku and ryokan lodging, and to hike a portion of the trail preserved between Tsumago and Magome villages, via pleasant rural and forest scenery. The Nakasendo, or "Central Mountain Route", was one of Five Routes (Gokaido, begun in 1601) which helped the Tokugawa shogunate to stabilize and rule Japan (1600-1868). Tsumago is in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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  • Fried sweet crickets served in Japanese dinner at a minshuku (family pension). Tsumago preserves an Edo Period post town on the fuedal Nakasendo route between Kyoto and Edo (present-day Tokyo). To enforce historic ambiance, phone lines and power cables are concealed, and cars are prohibited during daytime. Visitors are encouraged to stay in minshuku and ryokan lodging, and to hike a portion of the trail preserved between Tsumago and Magome villages, via pleasant rural and forest scenery. The Nakasendo, or "Central Mountain Route", was one of Five Routes (Gokaido, begun in 1601) which helped the Tokugawa shogunate to stabilize and rule Japan (1600-1868). Tsumago is in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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  • Samurai Frogs statue on Nawate Dori, a shopping street in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto has an annual two-day Frog Festival.
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  • Frog statue on Nawate Dori shopping street, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto has an annual two-day Frog Festival.
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  • Red polka dot bus in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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  • Samurai Frogs statue on Nawate Dori, a shopping street in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto has an annual two-day Frog Festival.
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  • Frog statue on Nawate Dori shopping street, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Matsumoto has an annual two-day Frog Festival.
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  • Flower pots form a human figure. Fujiyoshida city, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
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  • Hidari Jingoro may have carved these panels to incorporate Confucius's Code of Conduct, using the monkey as a way to depict man's life cycle. Art work on storehouse in Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Japan. The monkeys are Japanese macaques, a common species in Japan. Toshogu Shrine is the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan for over 250 years until 1868. Ieyasu is enshrined at Toshogu as the deity Tosho Daigongen, "Great Deity of the East Shining Light". Initially a relatively simple mausoleum, Toshogu was enlarged into the spectacular complex seen today by Ieyasu's grandson Iemitsu during the first half of the 1600s. The lavishly decorated shrine complex consists of more than a dozen buildings set in a beautiful forest. Toshogu contains both Shinto and Buddhist elements, as was common until the Meiji Period when Shinto was deliberately separated from Buddhism. Toshogu is part of Shrines and Temples of Nikko UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • Hidari Jingoro may have carved these panels to incorporate Confucius's Code of Conduct, using the monkey as a way to depict man's life cycle. Art work on storehouse in Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Japan. The monkeys are Japanese macaques, a common species in Japan. Toshogu Shrine is the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan for over 250 years until 1868. Ieyasu is enshrined at Toshogu as the deity Tosho Daigongen, "Great Deity of the East Shining Light". Initially a relatively simple mausoleum, Toshogu was enlarged into the spectacular complex seen today by Ieyasu's grandson Iemitsu during the first half of the 1600s. The lavishly decorated shrine complex consists of more than a dozen buildings set in a beautiful forest. Toshogu contains both Shinto and Buddhist elements, as was common until the Meiji Period when Shinto was deliberately separated from Buddhism. Toshogu is part of Shrines and Temples of Nikko UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • The maxim "see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil" was popularized from the 1600s carving of the proverbial three wise monkeys on a storehouse in Toshogu shrine in Nikko, Japan. One interpretation is to be of good mind, speech and action. But in the Western world, the phrase often refers to those who deal with impropriety by turning a blind eye. The monkeys are Japanese macaques, a common species in Japan. The three monkeys are Mizaru, covering his eyes, who sees no evil; Kikazaru, covering his ears, who hears no evil; and Iwazaru, covering his mouth, who speaks no evil. Outside of Japan, the last two of the monkeys' names have sometimes been corrupted, resulting in Mizaru, Mikazaru and Mazaru. Hidari Jingoro may have carved these panels to incorporate Confucius's Code of Conduct, using the monkey as a way to depict man's life cycle. Out of eight panels, the iconic three wise monkeys are panel 2. The philosophy likely originated with a Tendai-Buddhist legend, from China in the 700s (Nara Period). The figures may represent the three dogmas of the so-called middle school of the sect. Toshogu Shrine is the final resting place of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan for over 250 years until 1868. Ieyasu is enshrined at Toshogu as the deity Tosho Daigongen, "Great Deity of the East Shining Light". Initially a relatively simple mausoleum, Toshogu was enlarged into the spectacular complex seen today by Ieyasu's grandson Iemitsu during the first half of the 1600s. The lavishly decorated shrine complex consists of more than a dozen buildings set in a beautiful forest. Toshogu contains both Shinto and Buddhist elements, as was common until the Meiji Period when Shinto was deliberately separated from Buddhism. Toshogu is part of Shrines and Temples of Nikko UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • Cat house. Kanda House Folklore Museum in Hida Shirakawa-go. Ogimachi is the largest village and main attraction of the Shirakawa-go region, in Ono District, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995, Ogimachi village hosts several dozen well preserved gassho-zukuri farmhouses, some more than 250 years old. Their thick roofs, made without nails, are designed withstand harsh, snowy winters and to protect a large attic space that was formerly used to cultivate silkworms. Many of the farmhouses are now restaurants, museums or minshuku lodging. Some farmhouses from surrounding villages have been relocated to the peaceful Gassho-zukuri Minka-en Outdoor Museum, across the river from the town center. Gassho-zukuri means "constructed like hands in prayer", as the farmhouses' steep thatched roofs resemble the hands of Buddhist monks pressed together in prayer.
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  • Honored in a stylized statue, this tanuki, or Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus) is a subspecies of Asian raccoon dog, in the canid family. In Japanese folklore, the legendary tanuki is reputed to be mischievous and jolly, a master of disguise and shapeshifting, but somewhat gullible and absentminded. The tanuki is a common theme in Japanese art and statuary. "Tanuki" is often mistakenly translated into English as "badger" or "raccoon" (as used in the US version of the movie Pom Poko and outlined in Tom Robbins' book Villa Incognito), two unrelated types of animals with superficially similar appearances.  The city of Takayama ("tall mountain") lies in the heart of the Japan Alps, in the Hida region of Gifu Prefecture. Commonly differentiated as Hida-Takayama, city has the largest geographic area of any municipality in Japan.
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  • Odd seafood in Tsukiji Outer Market In Central Tokyo southeast of Ginza, Honshu, Japan.
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  • Zebra-tailed lizard / Callisaurus draconoides. Fall Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Zebra-tailed lizard / Callisaurus draconoides. Fall Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California, USA.
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  • Nonnative burro in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. Invasive burros (Equua asinus) are often called donkeys and can be found throughout the backcountry in Death Valley. They are an introduced species that originally descended from the African wild ass and are NOT native to North America. Invasive burro populations can grow at 20% per year, causing damage to limited native vegetation and spring ecosystems, thereby hurting native wildlife such as bighorn sheep and desert tortoise.
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  • Bison family on the road near Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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  • YES/NO! sign illustrating proper use of a western-style toilet (no squatting). Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA.
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  • Prairie dog (genus Cynomys) in Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming, USA. Prairie dogs, a type of ground squirrel, are herbivorous burrowing rodents native to the grasslands of North America.
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  • Street performer woman in white. Edinburgh, capital of Scotland, UK, Europe.
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  • Painted life-sized fiberglass Edinburgh Rugby Kyloe Cow, at Kyloe Gourmet Steak Restaurant, 1-3 Rutland Street, in Edinburgh, the capital city of Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. First mentioned in the 500s AD, Highland cattle (Scots: Heilan coo, slang: curly coo) have long horns and long wavy coats and are primarily for meat. They originated in the Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland.
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  • Atop the Quiraing plateau, my shoe stuck in sucky mud. The Quiraing (or Cuith-Raing in Gaelic, from Norse words meaning "round fold") is a landslip on the eastern face of Meall na Suiramach, the northernmost summit of the Trotternish Peninsula on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. We hiked a muddy loop on the Quiraing, 4.5 miles with 1200 feet gain. The Trotternish Ridge escarpment was formed by a great series of landslips, of which the Quiraing portion is still moving, causing the road at its base, near Flodigarry, to require repairs each year.
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  • Sunrise views from Digg, near Staffin, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
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  • A bleating sheep with horns. The Fairy Glen (or Faerie Glen) is an unusual landscape of grassy, cone-shaped hills (with Castle Ewen most prominent) near Uig village, on the Trotternish peninsula, in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Walk an easy loop of 1.2 miles round trip (see www.walkhighlands.co.uk).
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  • Lifebuoy box: "More than a good soap - a good habit!" The Skye Museum of Island Life preserves a township of thatched cottages as they would have been in the late 1800s on the Isle of Skye, in Kilmuir village, the Trotternish peninsula, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Skye is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides.
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  • Tin of "INGLIS FOOD: Nourishing, Bland and easily digested." The Skye Museum of Island Life preserves a township of thatched cottages as they would have been in the late 1800s on the Isle of Skye, in Kilmuir village, the Trotternish peninsula, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Skye is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides.
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  • Curly Coo Bar sign in Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
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  • Dancing putto, boy symbol of love & frivolity, 1 of 37 carved replica Stirling Heads at Stirling Castle in Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Putti (plural) are traditionally associated with Cupid, the Roman god of love, and often signified the triumph of divine love, as in a royal marriage. The King's Inner Hall at Stirling Castle has a ceiling of 37 carved replica Stirling Heads, originally designed for James V and finished by his widow Mary of Guise in the 1540s.
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  • Children play inside Waterwalkerz, human hamster balls under the Falkirk Wheel, in central Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe. Built in 2002, the Falkirk Wheel reconnects the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal for the first time since the 1930s.
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  • The Kelpies, built of structural steel in 2013, are the world's largest pair of equine sculptures. Towering 30 meters above the Forth & Clyde Canal, these two horse head artworks are a monumental tribute to the horse power heritage (pulling wagons, ploughs, barges and coalships) vital to early industrial Scotland. Scottish sculptor Andy Scott designed these twin 300-tonne feats of engineering. Visit the Kelpies in the Helix parkland project, Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe.
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  • A suit of armor greets guests at Comlongon Castle, a restored Medieval Scottish tower house dating from the late 1400s. Overnight visitors 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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  • Bronze "hoblin" statue (see http://bronzehoblins.co.uk, Staffordshire) at Comlongon Castle, 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.
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  • Bronze "hoblin" statue "spud" (see http://bronzehoblins.co.uk, Staffordshire) at Comlongon Castle, 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.
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  • Grinning cow in North York Moors NP. Hike from Osmotherly to Great Broughton on the Cleveland Way Public Footpath, in North York Moors National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 10 of 14. Overnight at Wainstones Hotel, Great Broughton, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Gargoyle. Hike along the River Swale from Reeth to Marske, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 9 of 14. Overnight at Kings Head Hotel in Richmond, North Yorkshire county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Marzipan vegetable stall art. Lunch at Ghyllfoot Tea Room & Bistro in Gunnerside. We followed the River Swale via meadows, woods, and villages, on our walk from Keld to Reeth in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 8 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Sheep. We hiked the valley of Smardale Gill to cross its historic Viaduct and visit Smardale Gill National Nature Reserve, in Yorkshire Dales National Park, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 7 of 14; overnight 2 of 2 in Brownber Hall Country House, Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Colorful mismatched Crocs. Brownber Hall Country House in Yorkshire Dales National Park, near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 6 of 14: Ullswater to Kirkby Stephen. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Geese at Irton Hall, a large, mostly 1800s house with a 1300s tower; now offering luxurious Bed & Breakfast accommodation in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, United Kingdom, Europe.  England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 2 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Rabbits. Keswick Country House Hotel in Lake District National Park, Cumbria county, England, UK, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Sheep, Borrowdale valley in Lake District National Park, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14: from Wasdale Head to Seathwaite. From Wasdale Head, we climbed to 1637-foot Styhead Pass, then descended via Styhead Tarn to the valley of Borrowdale. Overnight at Keswick Country House, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Sheep seen at Wasdale Head in Lake District NP, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike with Wilderness Travel, day 3 of 14: from Wasdale Head to Seathwaite. From Wasdale Head, we climbed to 1637-foot Styhead Pass, then descended via Styhead Tarn to the valley of Borrowdale. Overnight at Keswick Country House, in Cumbria county. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • Sheep seen descending into Wasdale valley, down to Wastwater lake and the hamlet of Wasdale Head, in Lake District National Park, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. England Coast to Coast hike day 2 of 14: from Eskdale in Cumbria county, we walked to Boot for lunch at a local pub and a visit to a working medieval corn mill. We then climbed to Burnmoor Tarn, and descended to Wasdale Head. Via minibus we returned to Irton Hall for night 2 of 2. [This image, commissioned by Wilderness Travel, is not available to any other agency providing group travel in the UK, but may otherwise be licensable from Tom Dempsey – please inquire at PhotoSeek.com.]
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  • The rooty, muddy Pihea Trail passes through cloud forest starting at end of road in Kokee SP, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. Pihea Trail traverses a spectacular cliff edge of Na Pali-Kona Forest Reserve, overlooking the Kalalau Valley in Na Pali Coast State Park down to the Pacific Ocean, a breathtaking 4000 feet below, on the island of Kauai. Slippery wet clay makes this a challenging hike of 2.6 miles round trip with 500 feet gain to Pihea Peak. (Optionally continue past Pihea Peak to Alaka'i Swamp Trail.) Pihea Trail begins at Pu'u O Kila Lookout at the end of the road in Koke'e State Park. For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Face in giant tropical leaf. The exquisite Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo is my favorite garden in the Hawaiian Islands! Delightful paths and boardwalks take you through a soothing green tropical wonderland endowed with streams (Alakahi Stream, Boulder Creek), waterfalls (Onomea Falls) and oceanfront vistas across Onomea Bay. Purchased in 1977 and transformed over 8 backbreaking years by Dan and Pauline Lutkenhouse, the garden opened to the public in 1984 and was donated to a nonprofit trust in 1995. On the Big Island, a few minutes north of Hilo off of Route 19, take the narrow four-mile Pepe'ekeo Scenic Drive which winds along coastal cliffs, across one-lane wooden bridges over picturesque waterfalls, to reach this peaceful oasis. The garden grows over 2000 plant species, representing more than 125 families and 750 genera, with diverse palms (nearly 200 species), heliconias (80+ species) and bromeliads (80+ species). Address: 27-717 Old Mamalahoa Highway, Papaikou, HI 96781, USA. For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Introduced to Hawaii, the gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) is native to northern Madagascar and the Comoros. It is commonly known as the mascot of GEICO. This lizard photo is from Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Big Island, Hawaii, USA..
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  • Snorkelers: man & woman selfie in rippled water. We kayaked on a Kona Boys tour to the Captain Cook Monument in Kealakekua Bay State Historical Park starting from Napoopoo Pier, on the Kona Coast of the Big Island, Hawaii, USA. With one of the most pristine coral reefs for snorkeling in the state, Kealakekua Bay is protected as a State Marine Life Conservation District (MLCD). British Captain James Cook was the first European to reach the Hawaiian islands (in January 1778 at Waimea harbour on Kauai), and he named the archipelago the "Sandwich Islands." During his second voyage to the Hawaiian Islands, Captain Cook arrived at Kealakekua Bay in 1779. Thought by the natives to be a god, due to his arrival during a celebration and time of peace for Lono, Cook was treated royally. But the following month he was killed in a skirmish on the shores of Ka'awaloa Cove following a series of incidents between his crew and the Hawaiians. In 1874, the 27-foot monument was erected nearby in Cook's honor by his countrymen. On the lava flats behind Cook Monument are the ruins of the ancient village of Ka'awaloa. For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A bold sign "LEAVING TSUNAMI EVACUATION AREA" shows a person running from waves. Did you notice the bright green gecko clinging to the sign? Introduced to Hawaii, the gold dust day gecko (Phelsuma laticauda) is native to northern Madagascar and the Comoros. It is commonly known as the mascot of GEICO. Laupahoehoe Point County Park, on the Hamakua Coast, Big Island, Hawaii, USA.
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  • Feral rooster in Waimea Canyon State Park, island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA. This wild rooster on Kauai resembles its ancestor, the wild red junglefowl from Southeast Asia, which was brought by Polynesians to Hawaii, in several waves around 300-1000 AD. Cross-breeding with European domestic chickens followed Captain Cook's landing on the archipelago in 1778. But the past few decades have seen a sudden population explosion of thousands of feral chickens on Kauai, hurting the local ecology. While some look like farm chickens, many others, with burnt orange and black plumage for the males, look like a reversion to red junglefowl from the forests of India or Vietnam. The feral hens on Kauai revert to their ancestral shape of smaller body and smaller combs. Polynesians likely never made it to South America, because chickens on that continent don't have the Polynesian bird's genetic signposts.
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  • Ornamental Koi (nishikigoi, "brocaded carp") were selectively bred from domesticated common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Japan starting in the 1820s. If allowed to breed freely, the koi subspecies will revert to original carp coloration within a few generations. Native to Central Europe and Asia, carp were first bred for color mutations in China more than a thousand years ago, where selective breeding of the Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) eventually developed goldfish (Carassius auratus), which is a species distinct from common carp and koi. The koi were photographed at peaceful Byodo-In Temple in Valley of the Temples Memorial Park, at 47-200 Kahekili Highway, Kaneohe, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA.
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  • Ornamental Koi (nishikigoi, "brocaded carp") were selectively bred from domesticated common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in Japan starting in the 1820s. If allowed to breed freely, the koi subspecies will revert to original carp coloration within a few generations. Native to Central Europe and Asia, carp were first bred for color mutations in China more than a thousand years ago, where selective breeding of the Prussian carp (Carassius gibelio) eventually developed goldfish (Carassius auratus), which is a species distinct from common carp and koi. The koi were photographed at peaceful Byodo-In Temple in Valley of the Temples Memorial Park, at 47-200 Kahekili Highway, Kaneohe, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA.
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  • On the dock beside USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor, "Embracing Peace" (by sculptor Seward Johnson) recalls the iconic Alfred Eisenstaedt photograph, "V-J Day in Times Square," of a US Navy sailor kissing a stranger in New York City's Times Square on Victory over Japan Day (August 14, 1945). The photo was published in Life magazine with the caption, "In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers." Ordered in 1940 and active in June 1944, the USS Missouri ("Mighty Mo") was the last battleship commissioned by the United States. She is best remembered as the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World War II on September 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay. In the Pacific Theater of World War II, she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands. She fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. Decommissioned in 1955 into the United States Navy reserve fleets (the "Mothball Fleet"), she was reactivated and modernized in 1984 and provided fire support during Operation Desert Storm in January-February 1991. The ship was decommissioned in March 1992. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum at Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire.
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  • On the dock beside USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor, "Embracing Peace" (by sculptor Seward Johnson) recalls the iconic Alfred Eisenstaedt photograph, "V-J Day in Times Square," of a US Navy sailor kissing a stranger in New York City's Times Square on Victory over Japan Day (August 14, 1945). The photo was published in Life magazine with the caption, "In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers." Ordered in 1940 and active in June 1944, the USS Missouri ("Mighty Mo") was the last battleship commissioned by the United States. She is best remembered as the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World War II on September 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay. In the Pacific Theater of World War II, she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands. She fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. Decommissioned in 1955 into the United States Navy reserve fleets (the "Mothball Fleet"), she was reactivated and modernized in 1984 and provided fire support during Operation Desert Storm in January-February 1991. The ship was decommissioned in March 1992. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum at Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Beside the USS Missouri at Pearl Harbor, "Embracing Peace" (by sculptor Seward Johnson) recalls the iconic Alfred Eisenstaedt photograph, "V-J Day in Times Square," of a US Navy sailor kissing a stranger in New York City's Times Square on Victory over Japan Day (August 14, 1945). The photo was published in Life magazine with the caption, "In New York's Times Square a white-clad girl clutches her purse and skirt as an uninhibited sailor plants his lips squarely on hers." Ordered in 1940 and active in June 1944, the USS Missouri ("Mighty Mo") was the last battleship commissioned by the United States. She is best remembered as the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan which ended World War II on September 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay. In the Pacific Theater of World War II, she fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and shelled the Japanese home islands. She fought in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. Decommissioned in 1955 into the United States Navy reserve fleets (the "Mothball Fleet"), she was reactivated and modernized in 1984 and provided fire support during Operation Desert Storm in January-February 1991. The ship was decommissioned in March 1992. In 1998, she was donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association and became a museum at Pearl Harbor, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A presentation of Samoan culture. The Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) is a major theme park and living museum, in Laie on the northeast coast (Windward Side) of the island of Oahu, Hawaii, USA. The PCC first opened in 1963 as a way for students at the adjacent Church College of Hawaii (now Brigham Young University Hawaii) to earn money for their education and as a means to preserve and portray the cultures of the people of Polynesia. Performers demonstrate Polynesian arts and crafts within simulated tropical villages, covering Hawaii, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Fiji, Samoa, Tahiti, Tonga and the Marquesas Islands. The PCC is run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). For this photo’s licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A pet African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata or Geochelone sulcata, or Grooved Tortoise) eats red hibiscus flowers in a yard in Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. It is the third largest tortoise in the world and the largest mainland tortoise. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) finds that the African Spurred Tortoise is Vulnerable to extinction due to habitat loss (urbanization and over grazing by domestic livestock), being eaten by nomadic tribes, being used to make longevity potions in Japan, and being captured for the pet trade in Europe and North America. This desert-dwelling tortoise is native to the southern edge of the Sahara Desert from Senegal and Mauritania, east through Mali, Chad, the Sudan and Ethiopia, to Eritrea. Red hibiscus is native to tropical Asia, and is cultivated in Hawaii.
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  • A pet African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata or Geochelone sulcata, or Grooved Tortoise) eats red hibiscus flowers in a yard in Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii, USA. It is the third largest tortoise in the world and the largest mainland tortoise. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) finds that the African Spurred Tortoise is Vulnerable to extinction due to habitat loss (urbanization and over grazing by domestic livestock), being eaten by nomadic tribes, being used to make longevity potions in Japan, and being captured for the pet trade in Europe and North America. This desert-dwelling tortoise is native to the southern edge of the Sahara Desert from Senegal and Mauritania, east through Mali, Chad, the Sudan and Ethiopia, to Eritrea. Red hibiscus is native to tropical Asia, and is cultivated in Hawaii.
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  • Least Chipmunk (Tamias minimus). Castilleja (Indian paintbrush or Prairie-fire, in the family Orobanchaceae). Burroughs Mountain Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. For vigorous training, hike a scenic 10 mile loop with 3200 feet ascent, from White River Campground up Glacier Basin Trail, to Second and First Burroughs, then back via Shadow Lake. Through mid July, be cautious of steep snow below Second Burroughs.
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  • The hoary marmot (Marmota caligata) is the largest North American ground squirrel. Burroughs Mountain Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. For vigorous training, hike a scenic 10 mile loop with 3200 feet ascent, from White River Campground up Glacier Basin Trail, to Second and First Burroughs, then back via Shadow Lake. Through mid July, be cautious of steep snow below Second Burroughs.
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  • A black slug (terrestrial gastropod mollusc) crawls on moss leaving a slime trail. Wallace Falls State Park offers good hiking and camping beneath mossy trees on the rushing Wallace River near the town of Gold Bar, Washington, USA.
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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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  • "Lady of the Wood" (2009) costume by David Walker is made of mahogony, lacewood, maple and cedar. 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. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • "Ornitho-Maia (The Bird Mother)" (2008) costume by Nadine Jaggi. 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. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • "Inkling" (2013) costume by Gillian Saunders. 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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  • Guitar tower artwork. As of 2016, the EMP Museum is now called MOPOP (Museum of Pop Culture), Seattle, Washington, USA.
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  • A hiker fakes lifting a huge diameter fallen tree. Goat Lake trail is in Henry M. Jackson Wilderness (Trail #647), east of Barlow Pass, in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, in the Central Cascades, accessed from the Mountain Loop Highway, Washington, USA.
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  • Startiling crocodile sculpture on Shoreview Drive, Freeland, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA: "CROCODILES - NO SWIMMING" sign.
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  • Crocodile sculpture on a mailbox. Freeland, Whidbey Island, Washington, USA.
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  • A great blue heron (in the Ardeidae family of birds) on a boat spears a fish along the Cheshiahud Lake Union Loop in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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  • Alpine ibex males carry big horns above Lake Louvie, near Verbier, in the Pennine/Valais Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Alpine ibex or steinbock (Capra ibex, in the Bovidae family) is a wild goat native to the European Alps. After being eliminated from most of the European Alps by the 1800s, the ibex was successfully reintroduced. Four distinct social groups tend to form: adult male groups (shown here), female-offspring groups, groups of young individuals, and mixed sex groups; but Adult males and females segregate for most of the year, coming together only to mate.
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  • Alpine ibex males carry big horns above Lake Louvie, near Verbier, in the Pennine/Valais Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Alpine ibex or steinbock (Capra ibex, in the Bovidae family) is a wild goat native to the European Alps. After being eliminated from most of the European Alps by the 1800s, the ibex was successfully reintroduced. Four distinct social groups tend to form: adult male groups (shown here), female-offspring groups, groups of young individuals, and mixed sex groups; but Adult males and females segregate for most of the year, coming together only to mate.
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  • Alpine ibex males carry big horns above Lake Louvie, near Verbier, in the Pennine/Valais Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Alpine ibex or steinbock (Capra ibex, in the Bovidae family) is a wild goat native to the European Alps. After being eliminated from most of the European Alps by the 1800s, the ibex was successfully reintroduced. Four distinct social groups tend to form: adult male groups (shown here), female-offspring groups, groups of young individuals, and mixed sex groups; but Adult males and females segregate for most of the year, coming together only to mate.
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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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  • Meiringen, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Grindelwald, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A restroom sign says no feet on the toilet, as sitting is required on Western toilets, contrary to Asian style. Pfingstegg gondoloa lift station to Berghaus Bäregg, above Grindelwald, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe.
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  • Ready for the mountain? A backpacker points to an imagined elbow owie. "Mountain Hiking - but Safe" campaign (sponsored by SWICA, one of Switzerland's leading health and accident insurers): www.sicher-bergwandern.ch. Lauterbrunnen village is in the canton of Bern, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Berggasthaus Alter Säntis is perched dramatically atop Säntis (2502 m / 8218 feet), the highest peak of the Alpstein range and the Appenzell Alps, located in northeast Switzerland, Europe. Shared by three cantons, Säntis can be reached easily via aerial tramway (Luftseilbahn) from Schwägalp, or with effort via wonderful trails, to see vast mountain views across six countries: Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein, France and Italy. We highly recommend staying overnight on top of Säntis as we did at Berggasthaus Alter Säntis, a fifth-generation family-run mountain inn since 1850, offering modern private double and dormitory lodging with good food and magnificent views. From where we joined it at Rotsteinpass, the spectacular, rocky Lisengrat trail to Säntis is rigged with safety cables in case of icy or wet conditions (and can be scary for those with fear of heights). In rainy weather the next day, we took the easy tram down to Schwägalp instead of hiking to Ebenalp. The Appenzell Alps rise between Lake Walen and Lake Constance.
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  • Cattle graze at Bollenwees alp, at scenic Fälensee lake in the Alpstein range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Berggasthaus Bollenwees, founded in 1903, is a wonderful place to stay overnight in private double ensuite or dormitory rooms. A spectacular multi-day ridge walk covered in wildflower gardens starts at Hoher Kasten, reached via cable car from Brülisau, just 10 minutes bus ride from Appenzell village. Hike a scenic ridge via Staubern to beautiful Bollenwees and onwards to more wonders. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
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  • Cattle graze at Bollenwees alp, at scenic Fälensee lake in the Alpstein range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Berggasthaus Bollenwees, founded in 1903, is a wonderful place to stay overnight in private double ensuite or dormitory rooms. A spectacular multi-day ridge walk covered in wildflower gardens starts at Hoher Kasten, reached via cable car from Brülisau, just 10 minutes bus ride from Appenzell village. Hike a scenic ridge via Staubern to beautiful Bollenwees and onwards to more wonders. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).
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  • Friendly climbers atop Mount Rainier pose with Mount Saint Helens, in Washington, USA. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • Climbers celebrate at Camp Schurman on Mount Rainier in Washington, USA. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • A mother and son play a game of checkers on the porch of an old cabin at Humpback Rocks Mountain Farm, a restored 1890s farmstead open to the public at Milepost 5.8 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, in Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains (a subset of the Appalachian Mountains), USA. In summer, costumed interpreters demonstrate 1890s southern Appalachian mountain life. European settlers of the Appalachian Mountains forged a living from abundant native materials: hickory, chestnut, and oak trees provided nuts for food, logs for building, and tannin for curing hides; and the rocks were used as foundations, chimneys and stone fences. This farm was originally a Land Grant tract dispensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia to induce pioneers to settle; and later it became known as the William J. Carter Farm. For licensing options, please inquire.
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