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Mighty mountain peaks
by Glenn Strypsteen, KU Leuven, Bruges, Belgium
Hiking at sunset during a very cold snowstorm, for a short moment, sunlight broke through the gloominess of this cloudy winter day. Being there at the right time was luck. The falling snow combined with the sinking sun made an interesting color pattern in the area. Five minutes later, this spectacular moment was gone. This place reminds me so much to Mordor from the Lord of the Rings. The huge and sharp mountain peaks, the hard wind, wintery conditions and endless view add to the feeling that you are on a different planet. Therefore this moment became a symbol for me.
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- Europe (3769)
- Southern Europe (1624)
- Italy (408)
- Exact location (12.3118 E, 46.6195 N)
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- mountain (113)
- snow (114)
- sunset (119)
- landscape (49)
- high mountains (44)
- italy (42)
- rocky mountains (18)
- winter (32)
- cloudy (6)
- dolomites (4)
- snowstorm (1)
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Nikon D750
Software: Adobe Lightroom
Taken on 17
December
2017
Submitted on 8 February 2018
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Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-ND 3.0)
Credit
Glenn Strypsteen (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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