Photos of 10 Amazing and Mostly Unknown Mountains
We come across a lot of photos of the Alps and the Himalayas, but there are so many other hidden gems in the world. Check out these pictures of 10 amazing places on earth that you likely have yet to see: 1. Bungle Bungle Range, Australia 2. Fairy Chimneys, Turkey 3. Cerro Torre, Patagonia 4. Chocolate Hills, Philippines 5. Devils Tower, United States of America 6. Mount Mouaroa, Moorea 7. Mount Otemanu, Bora Bora 8. Rainbow Mountains,...
Ridge shot of the first ascent of Mustang Himal
Jon Mancuso was part of the first ascent of Mustang Himal, along with Melissa Arnot and Ben Jones. This is a 6,279 meters/20,600 feet high, previously unclimbed mountain in the Mustang region of Nepal. In such extreme places, the weather plays a great part in determining how good your shots are. At most times, the light is too harsh or it is raining/snowing too heavily. This group managed to find good weather just before reaching the...
Amazing Lightning Shot by Kristjan Madalvee
Capturing lightning can be very tricky, as well as dangerous. A higher vantage point usually provides the best place to capture any image. However, in the case of thunderstorms, this increases the likelihood of being hit by a bolt. Getting the exposure right is also a tough job. Too much and your foreground or background will burn out. Too little and all you will get are the lightning streaks. Then again, a single bright strike can...
10 stunning photos of autumn colors
Between the hot summers and frigid winters, there is a magical time called autumn. The fall brings with it hues that simply can’t be matched at any other time of the year. Here are ten amazing shots of autumn colors, right out of a fairy tale. Makes you want to be out there, right away. 1. A Walk in Autumn 2. This exquisite tree is even more captivating in this season Via 3. Japanese tea house in autumn Via 4. Yellow never...
Wyoming time-lapse videos of weather and landscape
Photographer Nicolaus Wegner has traveled the vast and beautiful expanses of Wyoming and compiled some stunning time-lapse videos. After 20,000 miles and 150 days in the wild, here is the amazing stuff he managed to come up with: These days, it isn’t too difficult to create some nice time-lapse videos of even mundane scenes. However, this is something else completely. You can really see the effort put in and the creative mind...
Boat and Ice
There is something really special about this photo that caught my eye. Shot by Майк Рейфман, it combines the distant wilderness with our exploratory past. The sailboat is not something we see often these days. I’m unable to trace where this was taken. Such glaciers, right next to the sea, are usually found in the polar regions so it could be Antarctica or Greenland....