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  • A cooking tent glows green at dawn on a trek in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Yerupaja Grande (left, east face, 6635 m or 21,770 ft) is the second-highest peak in Peru, highest in Cordillera Huayhuash, and highest point in the Amazon River watershed. At center is Yerupaja Chico (20,080 feet). On right is Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet). Published in Wilderness Travel Catalog of Adventures 2013. Published in "Light Travel: Photography on the Go" book by Tom Dempsey 2009, 2010.
    03PER-37-22-Glowing-Tent-Dawn-Peaks.jpg
  • Clouds part and reveal Mount Jirishanca ("Icy Beak of the Hummingbird," 6126 m or 20,098 feet) in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America.
    03PER-37-28-Misty-peak.jpg
  • See the ice wall of Caraz (19,700 feet) on the Santa Cruz Trek, in Huascaran National Park, Cordillera Blanca, Andes Mountains, Huaraz, Peru, South America. UNESCO honored Huascaran National Park on the World Heritage List in 1985. Cordillera Blanca mountain range is in the Sierra Central of the Peruvian Andes.
    00PER-25-Caraz.jpg
  • Trek to see Siula Grande (east face, 20,800 feet or 6344 meters elevation) and other spectacular peaks in the Cordillera Huayhuash, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. Siula Grande was the subject of the gripping 2003 British docudrama "Touching the Void." In 1985, climbers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates scaled the treacherous Siula Grande, one of the last unconquered mountains in the Andes, but after Joe broke his leg, their descent became one of the most amazing survival stories in mountaineering history. This photo shows the northeast face, but they climbed Siula Grande from a valley on the other side (the west face) and descended along the north ridge, on the upper right. The 2003 movie is based upon Joe Simpson's harrowing book, "Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival."
    03PER-39-37-Siula-Grande-telephoto.jpg
  • Morning mist rises over trees in Cradle Mountain - Lake Saint Clair National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Mostly native to Australia where they dominate the tree flora, Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees (and a few shrubs) in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Many are known as gum trees because of copious sap exuded from any break in the bark. The Tasmanian Wilderness was honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, expanded in 1989.
    04AUS-40067_mist-Cradle-Mt.jpg
  • Fall foliage colors at Kirifuri Waterfall (Kirifuri no taki, "falling mist"), an impressive, 75 meter high, two-tiered waterfall below the Kirifuri Highlands, a few kilometers northeast of the temples and shrines of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Foliage colors turn red, orange and gold in autumn, best around late October to early November. Walk 10 minutes to the observation deck from the parking lot and bus stop, near two restaurants and public toilets.
    1810JPN-4372.jpg
  • Fog, mist, and early December snow cover trees and mountains at Snoqualmie Pass, Washington, USA.
    04SNO-0038_snow-winter.jpg
  • Ascend steep switchbacks up Knapsack Pass, a notch in Mother Mountain at the headwaters of Mist Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation. Caution: the unmaintained and unmarked Knapsack Pass trail exposes experienced hikers to slippery scree and steep snow (possibly icy), best hiked in late summer using a good GPS device, map, and trekking poles.
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  • This panorama shows the headwaters of Cataract Creek in Mist Park, along the Spray Park–Knapsack Pass Loop Trail, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. In mid August, mosquitoes and blue lupin flowers predominated, plus paintbrush and a few late-blooming avalanche lilies. Caution: the unmaintained and unmarked Knapsack Pass "social trail" exposes experienced hikers to slippery scree and steep snow (possibly icy), best hiked in late summer using a good GPS device, map, and trekking poles. 4 images were stitched to make this panorama.
    2008WA-061-64-Pano.jpg
  • Fall foliage colors at Kirifuri Waterfall (Kirifuri no taki, "falling mist"), an impressive, 75 meter high, two-tiered waterfall below the Kirifuri Highlands, a few kilometers northeast of the temples and shrines of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Foliage colors turn red, orange and gold in autumn, best around late October to early November. Walk 10 minutes to the observation deck from the parking lot and bus stop, near two restaurants and public toilets.
    1810JPN-4386.jpg
  • Fall foliage colors at Kirifuri Waterfall (Kirifuri no taki, "falling mist"), an impressive, 75 meter high, two-tiered waterfall below the Kirifuri Highlands, a few kilometers northeast of the temples and shrines of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Foliage colors turn red, orange and gold in autumn, best around late October to early November. Walk 10 minutes to the observation deck from the parking lot and bus stop, near two restaurants and public toilets.
    1810JPN-4379.jpg
  • The Maid of the Mist cruises up to Horseshoe Falls (or Canadian Falls) on the Niagara River, starting from Niagara Falls, New York, USA. The town of Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, gives excellent views of all three sections of Niagara Falls, which drops 167 feet (51 m). Niagara Falls has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world. Niagara Falls is the name for the combined flow of Horseshoe Falls, American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, on the Niagara River along the international border between Ontario, Canada and New York, USA. The Niagara River drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by vertical height combined with flow rate. The falls are 17 miles north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles south-southeast of Toronto.
    1410CAN-033_Niagara-Falls.jpg
  • Mist is backlit by the Natural Entrance of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, in the Chihuahuan Desert, southeast New Mexico, USA. Hike in on your own via the natural entrance or take an elevator from the Carlsbad Caverns National Park visitor center. Geology: 4 to 6 million years ago, an acid bath in the water table slowly dissolved the underground rooms of Carlsbad Caverns, which then drained along with the uplift of the Guadalupe Mountains. The Guadalupe Mountains are the uplifted part of the ancient Capitan Reef which thrived along the edge of an inland sea more than 250 million years ago during Permian time. Carlsbad Caverns National Park protects part of the Capitan Reef, one of the best-preserved, exposed Permian-age fossil reefs in the world. The park's magnificent speleothems (cave formations) are due to rain and snowmelt soaking through soil and limestone rock, dripping into a cave, evaporating and depositing dissolved minerals. Drip-by-drip, over the past million years or so, Carlsbad Cavern has slowly been decorating itself. The slowest drips tend to stay on the ceiling (as stalactites, soda straws, draperies, ribbons or curtains). The faster drips are more likely to decorate the floor (with stalagmites, totem poles, flowstone, rim stone dams, lily pads, shelves, and cave pools). Today, due to the dry desert climate, few speleothems inside any Guadalupe Mountains caves are wet enough to actively grow. Most speleothems inside Carlsbad Cavern would have been much more active during the last ice age-up to around 10,000 years ago, but are now mostly inactive. This panorama was stitched from 3 overlapping photos.
    1404NM-5014-16pan_Carlsbad-Caverns-N...jpg
  • Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation, as seen from the headwaters of Cataract Creek in Mist Park, along the Spray Park–Knapsack Pass Loop trail, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Caution: the unmaintained and unmarked Knapsack Pass trail exposes experienced hikers to slippery scree and steep snow (possibly icy), best hiked in late summer using a good GPS device, map, and trekking poles.
    2008WA-087.jpg
  • Caution: the unmaintained and unmarked Knapsack Pass trail exposes experienced hikers to slippery scree and steep snow (possibly icy), best hiked in late summer using a good GPS device, map, and trekking poles. Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation, seen here from the headwaters of Cataract Creek in Mist Park, along the Spray Park–Knapsack Pass Loop trail, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA.
    2008WA-088.jpg
  • Lupin flowers bloom at the headwaters of Cataract Creek in Mist Park, along the Spray Park–Knapsack Pass Loop, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Caution: the unmaintained and unmarked Knapsack Pass trail exposes experienced hikers to slippery scree and steep snow (possibly icy), best hiked in late summer using a good GPS device, map, and trekking poles.
    2008WA-068.jpg
  • Pink flowers bloom on the rim of Mist Park, along the Spray Park–Knapsack Pass Loop, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Caution: the unmaintained and unmarked Knapsack Pass trail exposes experienced hikers to slippery scree and steep snow (possibly icy), best hiked in late summer using a good GPS device, map, and trekking poles.
    2008WA-074.jpg
  • Stone path to Kirifuri Waterfall (Kirifuri no taki, "falling mist"), an impressive, 75 meter high, two-tiered waterfall below the Kirifuri Highlands, a few kilometers northeast of the temples and shrines of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Foliage colors turn red, orange and gold in autumn, best around late October to early November. Walk 10 minutes to the observation deck from the parking lot and bus stop, near two restaurants and public toilets.
    1810JPN-4384.jpg
  • Fall foliage colors at Kirifuri Waterfall (Kirifuri no taki, "falling mist"), an impressive, 75 meter high, two-tiered waterfall below the Kirifuri Highlands, a few kilometers northeast of the temples and shrines of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Foliage colors turn red, orange and gold in autumn, best around late October to early November. Walk 10 minutes to the observation deck from the parking lot and bus stop, near two restaurants and public toilets.
    1810JPN-4376.jpg
  • Kirifuri Waterfall (Kirifuri no taki, "falling mist") is an impressive, 75 meter high, two-tiered waterfall below the Kirifuri Highlands, a few kilometers northeast of the temples and shrines of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Foliage colors turn red, orange and gold in autumn, best around late October to early November. Walk 10 minutes to the observation deck from the parking lot and bus stop, near two restaurants and public toilets.
    1810JPN-4377.jpg
  • Fall foliage colors at Kirifuri Waterfall (Kirifuri no taki, "falling mist"), an impressive, 75 meter high, two-tiered waterfall below the Kirifuri Highlands, a few kilometers northeast of the temples and shrines of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Foliage colors turn red, orange and gold in autumn, best around late October to early November. Walk 10 minutes to the observation deck from the parking lot and bus stop, near two restaurants and public toilets.
    1810JPN-4373.jpg
  • Fall foliage colors at Kirifuri Waterfall (Kirifuri no taki, "falling mist"), an impressive, 75 meter high, two-tiered waterfall below the Kirifuri Highlands, a few kilometers northeast of the temples and shrines of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Foliage colors turn red, orange and gold in autumn, best around late October to early November. Walk 10 minutes to the observation deck from the parking lot and bus stop, near two restaurants and public toilets.
    1810JPN-4368.jpg
  • Sunset seen through Pacific Ocean mist at Kalalau Lookout. Kokee State Park, Kauai, Hawaii, USA. The scenic Koke'e State Park is in northwestern Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. Perched on a plateau between 3200 and 4200 feet, the park gets temperatures at least 15 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than at sea level. Koke'e receives 50-100 inches of rain per year, mostly from October to May. Its forests are dominated by Acacia koa and ohia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) trees.
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  • Pink hybrid rhododendron flowers (Papa San crossed with Muncaster Mist) bloom in Meerkerk Gardens, on Whidbey Island, in the state of Washington, USA. To see the park's blossoms at their spectacular peak, visit around late April or early May. Getting there: 2 miles south of Greenbank, turn east at the corner of Highway 525 and Resort Road, and go to 3531 Meerkerk Lane. (Photo was taken May 22, 2015.)
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  • Mist is backlit by the Natural Entrance of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, in the Chihuahuan Desert, southeast New Mexico, USA. Hike in on your own via the natural entrance or take an elevator from the Carlsbad Caverns National Park visitor center. Geology: 4 to 6 million years ago, an acid bath in the water table slowly dissolved the underground rooms of Carlsbad Caverns, which then drained along with the uplift of the Guadalupe Mountains. The Guadalupe Mountains are the uplifted part of the ancient Capitan Reef which thrived along the edge of an inland sea more than 250 million years ago during Permian time. Carlsbad Caverns National Park protects part of the Capitan Reef, one of the best-preserved, exposed Permian-age fossil reefs in the world. The park's magnificent speleothems (cave formations) are due to rain and snowmelt soaking through soil and limestone rock, dripping into a cave, evaporating and depositing dissolved minerals. Drip-by-drip, over the past million years or so, Carlsbad Cavern has slowly been decorating itself. The slowest drips tend to stay on the ceiling (as stalactites, soda straws, draperies, ribbons or curtains). The faster drips are more likely to decorate the floor (with stalagmites, totem poles, flowstone, rim stone dams, lily pads, shelves, and cave pools). Today, due to the dry desert climate, few speleothems inside any Guadalupe Mountains caves are wet enough to actively grow. Most speleothems inside Carlsbad Cavern would have been much more active during the last ice age-up to around 10,000 years ago, but are now mostly inactive.
    1404NM-5019_Carlsbad-Caverns-NP.jpg
  • Mist covers a ridge near Punta Union Pass on the Santa Cruz Trek, Huascaran National Park, Cordillera Blanca, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America. UNESCO honored Huascaran National Park on the World Heritage List in 1985. Cordillera Blanca mountain range is in the Sierra Central of the Peruvian Andes.
    00PER-35-Misty-Ridge.jpg
  • Trees reach into the mist of Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, near Quito, Ecuador, South America.
    09ECU-2070_Bellavista-Ecuador.jpg
  • Multnomah Falls upper tier (542 feet plunge) blasts mist onto a mossy boulder in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, located on Historic Columbia River Highway and Interstate 84, Oregon, USA.
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  • Multnomah Falls upper tier (542 feet plunge) blasts mist onto a mossy boulder in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, located on Historic Columbia River Highway and Interstate 84, Oregon, USA.
    10GOR-0340.jpg
  • Burney Falls is a beautiful National Natural Landmark on Burney Creek in McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park, Shasta County, California, USA. The water comes from underground springs above and at the falls, which plunges 129 feet. The waterfall was named after pioneer settler Samuel Burney who lived nearby in the 1850s. The McArthurs settled nearby in the late 1800s and their descendants saved the waterfall from development, bought the property and gifted it to the state in the 1920s. The park is northeast of Redding, six miles north of Highway 299 on Highway 89 near Burney. The Pacific Crest Trail passes through the park.
    1412CA-019_Burney-Falls.jpg
  • A fractured tree hangs suspended in the air along Wapaloosie Mountain Trail, in Colville National Forest, Kettle Range, Washington, USA
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  • A rainbow glows in the mist of Chorrillo del Salto waterfall in Los Glaciares National Park. The falls is 7 km round trip from El Chalten by vehicle or on foot. Walkers can start at the end of Av. San Martín, on the same trailhead as Laguna De los Tres, but soon taking the path to the right which parallels the road to Lago del Desierto. Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America.
    2002PAT-2440.jpg
  • Upper Mesa Falls plunges 114 feet over a 300 foot wide cliff face along Henrys Fork (also known as North Fork, a tributary of the Snake River) in Caribou-Targhee National Forest in southeastern Idaho, USA. Turn off Highway 47 on the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway about 15 miles north of the city of Ashton. On sunny days from about 9 am until 1 pm, the mist from powerful Upper Mesa Falls creates a beautiful rainbow. The falls flow over Mesa Falls Tuff, which formed 1.3 million years ago. A cycle of rhyolitic volcanism from the Henrys Fork caldera depositing a thick layer of rock and ash which compressed and hardened over time. Between 200,000 and 600,000 years ago, the river eroded a wide canyon which was subsequently partly filled with basalt lava flows. The Henrys Fork of the Snake River carved a channel through the basalt to create todays inner canyon.
    04ID-0089.jpg
  • Upper Mesa Falls plunges 114 feet over a 300 foot wide cliff face along Henrys Fork (also known as North Fork, a tributary of the Snake River) in Caribou-Targhee National Forest in southeastern Idaho, USA. Turn off Highway 47 on the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway about 15 miles north of the city of Ashton. On sunny days from about 9 am until 1 pm, the mist from powerful Upper Mesa Falls creates a beautiful rainbow. The falls flow over Mesa Falls Tuff, which formed 1.3 million years ago. A cycle of rhyolitic volcanism from the Henrys Fork caldera depositing a thick layer of rock and ash which compressed and hardened over time. Between 200,000 and 600,000 years ago, the river eroded a wide canyon which was subsequently partly filled with basalt lava flows. The Henrys Fork of the Snake River carved a channel through the basalt to create today's inner canyon.
    04ID-0040.jpg
  • The Merced River plunges 317 feet (97 meters) in the waterfall of Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Starting at Happy Isles trail head in Yosemite Valley, hike the steep, paved Mist Trail 2.4 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain to Vernal Fall. Don’t miss Emerald Pool and Nevada Fall further upstream. 100 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada crystallized into granite from magma 5 miles underground. The range started uplifting 4 million years ago, and glaciers eroded the landscape seen today in Yosemite National Park.
    1111CAL-450_Vernal-Fall_Yosemite.jpg
  • Mist forms a rainbow under Deer Creek Falls in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA. Starting at River Mile 134.5, a portion of our party disembarked our rafts for a hike one way up beautiful Tapeats Creek Trail to the wondrous Thunder Spring and River, across remote Surprise Valley Trail, then down Deer Creek Trail to meet others of our group at The Patio and Deer Creek Falls at River Mile 136.9. This scenic one-way traverse was 8 miles with 2300 feet gain (measured by my smartphone GPS app). Day 10 of 16 days rafting 226 miles down the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.
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  • Hiking the Spray Park–Knapsack Pass Loop, shown here at the headwaters of Cataract Creek in Mist Park, in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. Mount Rainier rises to 14,411 feet elevation.
    2008WA-066.jpg
  • A rainbow glows in the mist of Chorrillo del Salto waterfall in Los Glaciares National Park. The falls is 7 km round trip from El Chalten by vehicle or on foot. Walkers can start at the end of Av. San Martín, on the same trailhead as Laguna De los Tres, but soon taking the path to the right which parallels the road to Lago del Desierto. Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America.
    2002PAT-2445.jpg
  • Mount Adams rises above blue mountains and valley mist seen from atop Mount Rainier, Washington, USA. In the distance on right is Mount Hood in Oregon.
    82RAI-01-25_Mt-Adams+Hood-from-Raini...jpg
  • Blue ridges rise above morning mist below climbers on Mount Rainier at 12,000 feet on Emmons Glacier, which terminates 7,000 feet below in the White River. Permitted climbers can ascend Mount Rainier via the Camp Sherman route starting at White River Campground in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA. For licensing options, please inquire.
    82RAI-01-09_Mt-Rainier.jpg
  • A "Maid of the Mist" boat tours beneath American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. The town of Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, gives excellent views of all three sections of Niagara Falls, which drops 167 feet (51 m). Niagara Falls has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world. Niagara Falls is the name for the combined flow of Horseshoe Falls, American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, on the Niagara River along the international border between Ontario, Canada and New York, USA. The Niagara River drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by vertical height combined with flow rate. The falls are 17 miles north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles south-southeast of Toronto.
    1410CAN-162_Niagara-Falls.jpg
  • The "Maid of the Mist" boats tour beneath American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. The town of Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, gives excellent views of all three sections of Niagara Falls, which drops 167 feet (51 m). Niagara Falls has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world. Niagara Falls is the name for the combined flow of Horseshoe Falls, American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, on the Niagara River along the international border between Ontario, Canada and New York, USA. The Niagara River drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by vertical height combined with flow rate. The falls are 17 miles north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles south-southeast of Toronto.
    1410CAN-135.jpg
  • The Maid of the Mist cruises up to Horseshoe Falls (or Canadian Falls) on the Niagara River. The town of Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, gives excellent views of all three sections of Niagara Falls, which drops 167 feet (51 m). Niagara Falls has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world. Niagara Falls is the name for the combined flow of Horseshoe Falls, American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, on the Niagara River along the international border between Ontario, Canada and New York, USA. The Niagara River drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by vertical height combined with flow rate. The falls are 17 miles north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles south-southeast of Toronto.
    1410CAN-097_Niagara-Falls.jpg
  • The Maid of the Mist cruises up to Horseshoe Falls (or Canadian Falls) on the Niagara River. The town of Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, gives excellent views of all three sections of Niagara Falls, which drops 167 feet (51 m). Niagara Falls has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world. Niagara Falls is the name for the combined flow of Horseshoe Falls, American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, on the Niagara River along the international border between Ontario, Canada and New York, USA. The Niagara River drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by vertical height combined with flow rate. The falls are 17 miles north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles south-southeast of Toronto.
    1410CAN-089_Niagara-Falls.jpg
  • Pan-American Highway 1 clings to a cliff above the South Pacific Ocean in the coastal desert north of Lima, in Peru, South America. From May to October along the coast of Peru, the heavy fog called "garua" blocks the sun but drops almost no rainfall, just a fine mist, enough to wet desert plants on high coastal hills. In contrast, around this time, the high Andes are generally sunny, warm, and dry (from June to September), great for trekking or touring.
    14PER2-042_Lima-coast-Peru.jpg
  • Upper Mesa Falls plunges 114 feet over a 300 foot wide cliff face along Henrys Fork (also known as North Fork, a tributary of the Snake River) in Caribou-Targhee National Forest in southeastern Idaho, USA. Turn off Highway 47 on the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway about 15 miles north of the city of Ashton. On sunny days from about 9 am until 1 pm, the mist from powerful Upper Mesa Falls creates a beautiful rainbow. The falls flow over Mesa Falls Tuff, which formed 1.3 million years ago. A cycle of rhyolitic volcanism from the Henrys Fork caldera depositing a thick layer of rock and ash which compressed and hardened over time. Between 200,000 and 600,000 years ago, the river eroded a wide canyon which was subsequently partly filled with basalt lava flows. The Henrys Fork of the Snake River carved a channel through the basalt to create todays inner canyon.
    04ID-0092.jpg
  • Upper Mesa Falls plunges 114 feet over a 300 foot wide cliff face along Henrys Fork (also known as North Fork, a tributary of the Snake River) in Caribou-Targhee National Forest in southeastern Idaho, USA. Turn off Highway 47 on the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway about 15 miles north of the city of Ashton. On sunny days from about 9 am until 1 pm, the mist from powerful Upper Mesa Falls creates a beautiful rainbow. The falls flow over Mesa Falls Tuff, which formed 1.3 million years ago. A cycle of rhyolitic volcanism from the Henrys Fork caldera depositing a thick layer of rock and ash which compressed and hardened over time. Between 200,000 and 600,000 years ago, the river eroded a wide canyon which was subsequently partly filled with basalt lava flows. The Henrys Fork of the Snake River carved a channel through the basalt to create todays inner canyon.
    04ID-0051_viewing-platform-Upper-Mes...jpg
  • Bluff Knoll rises to 1099 metres (3606 feet) above sea level in the Stirling Range in Western Australia. Bluff Knoll is one of only a few places to receive regular snowfalls in most years in Western Australia (WA). Its aboriginal name Koikyennuruff describes the “place of ever-moving about mist and fog.” Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 123 orchid species grow here. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth. The Stirling Range was born from river delta sediments deposited 1800-2000 million years ago (Palaeoproterozoic), then metamorphosed weakly into sandstone, quartzite, and shale rocks and deformed more than 1200 million years ago. Buried deep in the Earth's crust, today's Stirling Range was gradually exposed by weathering and erosion over time. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet. Allow three to four hours  to complete 5 km round trip on the Top Trail.
    04AUS-11176_Grass-tree_Bluff-Knoll_S...jpg
  • Bluff Knoll rises to 1099 metres (3606 feet) above sea level in the Stirling Range in Western Australia. Its aboriginal name Koikyennuruff describes the “place of ever-moving about mist and fog.” Bluff Knoll is one of only a few places to receive regular snowfalls in most years in Western Australia (WA). Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 123 orchid species grow here. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth. The Stirling Range was born from river delta sediments deposited 1800-2000 million years ago (Palaeoproterozoic), then metamorphosed weakly into sandstone, quartzite, and shale rocks and deformed more than 1200 million years ago. Buried deep in the Earth's crust, today's Stirling Range was gradually exposed by weathering and erosion over time. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet. Allow three to four hours  to complete 5 km round trip on the Top Trail.
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  • Grass trees grow on Bluff Knoll, which rises to 1099 metres (3606 feet) above sea level in the Stirling Range in Western Australia. Bluff Knoll is one of only a few places to receive regular snowfalls in most years in Western Australia (WA). Its aboriginal name Koikyennuruff describes the “place of ever-moving about mist and fog.” Stirling Range National Park was declared in 1913 and is now an ecological island in a sea of farmland. 1500 species of flora are packed within the park, more than in the entire British Isles. 123 orchid species grow here. 87 plant species found in the Stirling Range occur nowhere else on earth. The Stirling Range was born from river delta sediments deposited 1800-2000 million years ago (Palaeoproterozoic), then metamorphosed weakly into sandstone, quartzite, and shale rocks and deformed more than 1200 million years ago. Buried deep in the Earth's crust, today's Stirling Range was gradually exposed by weathering and erosion over time. Bluff Knoll is 337 km (4.5 hours drive) southeast of Perth and 100 km northeast of Albany via Chester Pass Road. An ideal time to visit is late spring and early summer (October to December), when days are beginning to warm up and the wildflowers are at their best. Winter, between June and August, is cold and wet. Allow three to four hours  to complete 5 km round trip on the Top Trail.
    04AUS-11141_Grass-tree_Bluff-Knoll_S...jpg
  • The Merced River plunges 317 feet (97 meters) in the waterfall of Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Starting at Happy Isles trail head in Yosemite Valley, hike the steep, paved Mist Trail 2.4 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain to Vernal Fall. Don’t miss Emerald Pool and Nevada Fall further upstream. 100 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada crystallized into granite from magma 5 miles underground. The range started uplifting 4 million years ago, and glaciers eroded the landscape seen today in Yosemite National Park. Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
    1111CAL-437-440pan_Vernal-Fall.jpg
  • A rainbow glows in the mist of Chorrillo del Salto waterfall in Los Glaciares National Park. The falls is 7 km round trip from El Chalten by vehicle or on foot. Walkers can start at the end of Av. San Martín, on the same trailhead as Laguna De los Tres, but soon taking the path to the right which parallels the road to Lago del Desierto. Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America.
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  • The Maid of the Mist cruises up to Horseshoe Falls (or Canadian Falls) on the Niagara River. The town of Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada, gives excellent views of all three sections of Niagara Falls, which drops 167 feet (51 m). Niagara Falls has the highest flow rate of any waterfall in the world. Niagara Falls is the name for the combined flow of Horseshoe Falls, American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls, on the Niagara River along the international border between Ontario, Canada and New York, USA. The Niagara River drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by vertical height combined with flow rate. The falls are 17 miles north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles south-southeast of Toronto.
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  • Upper Mesa Falls plunges 114 feet over a 300 foot wide cliff face along Henrys Fork (also known as North Fork, a tributary of the Snake River) in Caribou-Targhee National Forest in southeastern Idaho, USA. Turn off Highway 47 on the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway about 15 miles north of the city of Ashton. On sunny days from about 9 am until 1 pm, the mist from powerful Upper Mesa Falls creates a beautiful rainbow. The falls flow over Mesa Falls Tuff, which formed 1.3 million years ago. A cycle of rhyolitic volcanism from the Henrys Fork caldera depositing a thick layer of rock and ash which compressed and hardened over time. Between 200,000 and 600,000 years ago, the river eroded a wide canyon which was subsequently partly filled with basalt lava flows. The Henrys Fork of the Snake River carved a channel through the basalt to create todays inner canyon.
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  • Upper Mesa Falls plunges 114 feet over a 300 foot wide cliff face along Henrys Fork (also known as North Fork, a tributary of the Snake River) in Caribou-Targhee National Forest in southeastern Idaho, USA. Turn off Highway 47 on the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway about 15 miles north of the city of Ashton. On sunny days from about 9 am until 1 pm, the mist from powerful Upper Mesa Falls creates a beautiful rainbow. The falls flow over Mesa Falls Tuff, which formed 1.3 million years ago. A cycle of rhyolitic volcanism from the Henrys Fork caldera depositing a thick layer of rock and ash which compressed and hardened over time. Between 200,000 and 600,000 years ago, the river eroded a wide canyon which was subsequently partly filled with basalt lava flows. The Henrys Fork of the Snake River carved a channel through the basalt to create todays inner canyon.
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  • The waterfall of Nevada Fall plunges 594 feet (181 meters) on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Starting at Happy Isles trail head in Yosemite Valley, hike the steep Mist Trail 2.7 miles with 2000 feet gain to the top of Vernal Fall, via Vernal Fall and Emerald Pool. Return in 3 miles via the John Muir Trail and Clark Point, a favorite loop hike. 100 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada crystallized into granite from magma 5 miles underground. The range started uplifting 4 million years ago, and glaciers eroded the landscape seen today in Yosemite National Park.
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  • The waterfall of Nevada Fall plunges 594 feet (181 meters) on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Starting at Happy Isles trail head in Yosemite Valley, hike the steep Mist Trail 2.7 miles with 2000 feet gain to the top of Vernal Fall, via Vernal Fall and Emerald Pool. Return in 3 miles via the John Muir Trail and Clark Point, a favorite loop hike. 100 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada crystallized into granite from magma 5 miles underground. The range started uplifting 4 million years ago, and glaciers eroded the landscape seen today in Yosemite National Park.
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  • The waterfall of Nevada Fall plunges 594 feet (181 meters) on the Merced River in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Starting at Happy Isles trail head in Yosemite Valley, hike the steep Mist Trail 2.7 miles with 2000 feet gain to the top of Vernal Fall, via Vernal Fall and Emerald Pool. Return in 3 miles via the John Muir Trail and Clark Point, a favorite loop hike. 100 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada crystallized into granite from magma 5 miles underground. The range started uplifting 4 million years ago, and glaciers eroded the landscape seen today in Yosemite National Park.
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  • The Merced River plunges 317 feet (97 meters) in the waterfall of Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Starting at Happy Isles trail head in Yosemite Valley, hike the steep, paved Mist Trail 2.4 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain to Vernal Fall. Don’t miss Emerald Pool and Nevada Fall further upstream. 100 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada crystallized into granite from magma 5 miles underground. The range started uplifting 4 million years ago, and glaciers eroded the landscape seen today in Yosemite National Park.
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  • The Merced River plunges 317 feet (97 meters) in the waterfall of Vernal Fall in Yosemite National Park, California, USA. Starting at Happy Isles trail head in Yosemite Valley, hike the steep, paved Mist Trail 2.4 miles round trip with 1000 feet gain to Vernal Fall. Don’t miss Emerald Pool and Nevada Fall further upstream. 100 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada crystallized into granite from magma 5 miles underground. The range started uplifting 4 million years ago, and glaciers eroded the landscape seen today in Yosemite National Park.
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  • In late December, orange-red flowers of Rhodophiala splendens (Amaryllidaceae family) bloom in an enchanting Monkey Puzzle Tree forest in Nahuelbuta National Park, Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, a coast range near Angol (north of Temuco), Chile, South America. Mysterious mists water a garden of yellow lichen draped over the forest. Monkey Puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana) are conifers which are usually dioecious, where male and female cones grow on separate trees, though some individuals bear cones of both sexes. Its edible seeds (about 200 in each female cone) are similar to large pine nuts. Araucaria araucana, the national tree of Chile, is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. As the hardiest species of its genus, this tree has become popular in gardens. Unfortunately, due to logging, burning, grazing, and habitat conversion to Pinus radiata plantations, Araucaria araucana is listed as an endangered species by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). Branches form an umbrella of sharp leaves on a straight trunk which grows to over 100 feet high. In France, the Monkey Puzzle tree is known as désespoir des singes or "monkeys' despair." In the native Mapuche language, Nahuelbuta means "big tiger." What international tourist literature calls the "Chilean Lake District" usually refers to the 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).
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  • Hear the warble of exotic birds as you walk through an enchanting Monkey Puzzle tree forest in Nahuelbuta National Park, Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, the coast range near Angol (north of Temuco), Chile, South America. Mysterious mists water a garden of yellow lichen draped over the trees. Branches form an umbrella of sharp leaves on a straight trunk which grows to over 100 feet high. Monkey Puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana) are conifers which are usually dioecious, where male and female cones grow on separate trees, though some individuals bear cones of both sexes. Its edible seeds (about 200 in each female cone) are similar to large pine nuts. Araucaria araucana, the national tree of Chile, is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. As the hardiest species of its genus, this tree has become popular in gardens. Unfortunately, due to logging, burning, grazing, and habitat conversion to Pinus radiata plantations, Araucaria araucana is listed as an endangered species by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). In France, the Monkey Puzzle tree is known as désespoir des singes or "monkeys' despair." In the native Mapuche language, Nahuelbuta means "big tiger." What tourist literature calls the "Chilean Lake District" is termed Zona Sur (Southern Zone) in Chile (located between Zona Central and Zona Austral). Zona Sur stretches from below the Río Bío-Bío river to just below Isla de Chiloé.
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  • Hear the warble of exotic birds as you walk through an enchanting Monkey Puzzle tree forest in Nahuelbuta National Park, Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, a coast range near Angol (north of Temuco), Chile, South America. Mysterious mists water a garden of yellow lichen draped over the trees. Branches form an umbrella of sharp leaves on a straight trunk which grows to over 100 feet high. Monkey Puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana) are conifers which are usually dioecious, where male and female cones grow on separate trees, though some individuals bear cones of both sexes. Its edible seeds (about 200 in each female cone) are similar to large pine nuts. Araucaria araucana, the national tree of Chile, is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. As the hardiest species of its genus, this tree has become popular in gardens. Unfortunately, due to logging, burning, grazing, and habitat conversion to Pinus radiata plantations, Araucaria araucana is listed as an endangered species by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). In France, the Monkey Puzzle tree is known as désespoir des singes or "monkeys' despair." In the native Mapuche language, Nahuelbuta means "big tiger." What international tourist literature calls the "Chilean Lake District" usually refers to the 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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  • Hear the warble of exotic birds as you walk through an enchanting Monkey Puzzle tree forest in Nahuelbuta National Park, Cordillera de Nahuelbuta, a coast range near Angol (north of Temuco), Chile, South America. Mysterious mists water a garden of yellow lichen draped over the trees. Branches form an umbrella of sharp leaves on a straight trunk which grows to over 100 feet high. Monkey Puzzle trees (Araucaria araucana) are conifers which are usually dioecious, where male and female cones grow on separate trees, though some individuals bear cones of both sexes. Its edible seeds (about 200 in each female cone) are similar to large pine nuts. Araucaria araucana, the national tree of Chile, is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. As the hardiest species of its genus, this tree has become popular in gardens. Unfortunately, due to logging, burning, grazing, and habitat conversion to Pinus radiata plantations, Araucaria araucana is listed as an endangered species by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora). In France, the Monkey Puzzle tree is known as désespoir des singes or "monkeys' despair." What international tourist literature calls the "Chilean Lake District" usually refers to the 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). Published in: 1) The "Dinosaur Encyclopedia" 2007 by British publisher Dorling Kindersley; and 2) United States Fish and Wildlife Service, International Affairs web site concerning CITES.
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  • Mists of Lower Yosemite Falls refract a rainbow. Yosemite Falls plunge 2425 feet (739 m) in several tiers, making it the highest waterfall in North America and seventh highest in the world. Yosemite National Park is in the Sierra Nevada of California, USA. Designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. 100 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada crystallized into granite from magma 5 miles underground. The range started uplifting 4 million years ago, and glaciers eroded the landscape seen today in Yosemite.
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  • Trekkers walk along a misty cloud forest trail beneath lichen and moss covered trees near Dhampus in the Annapurna Range of Nepal. .Published in 2009 on Swedish trekking company site www.adventurelovers.se.
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  • Misty rain falls on Lake Harris and Mount Xenicus on the Routeburn Track, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand. In 1990, UNESCO honored Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand as a World Heritage Area.
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