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  • Located in a scenic canyon of the Pinturas River, Cave of Hands is reached by remote paved and steep gravel roads, 169 km (105 miles) south of the town of Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in the South American region of Patagonia. In Argentina, Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of Hands) displays some of the earliest known human art in the Americas. This striking artwork is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Dating to around 5000 BCE, the silhouette paintings of mostly left hands were sprayed using a bone pipe held in the right hand. The age of the paintings was calculated from pigments found in layers of charcoal from human fires and bone remains of the spraying pipes. The hunting scenes (mostly guanaco) and representations of animals and human life all date older than the stenciled hands, to around 7300 BCE. A favorite hunting tool was the bola, where interconnected cords with weights on either end were thrown to trap animal legs. The site was last inhabited around 700 CE, possibly by ancestors of the Tehuelche people. Cueva de las Manos was first explored by researchers in 1949, followed by more extensive studies done in the 1960s. Varying paint colors come from different mineral pigments: iron oxides for red and purple, kaolin for white, natrojarosite for yellow, and manganese oxide for black.
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  • In Argentina, Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of Hands) displays some of the earliest known human art in the Americas. Located in a scenic canyon of the Pinturas River, Cave of Hands is reached by remote paved and steep gravel roads, 169 km (105 miles) south of the town of Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in the South American region of Patagonia. This striking artwork is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Dating to around 5000 BCE, the silhouette paintings of mostly left hands were sprayed using a bone pipe held in the right hand. The age of the paintings was calculated from pigments found in layers of charcoal from human fires and bone remains of the spraying pipes. The hunting scenes (mostly guanaco) and representations of animals and human life all date older than the stenciled hands, to around 7300 BCE. A favorite hunting tool was the bola, where interconnected cords with weights on either end were thrown to trap animal legs. The site was last inhabited around 700 CE, possibly by ancestors of the Tehuelche people. Cueva de las Manos was first explored by researchers in 1949, followed by more extensive studies done in the 1960s. Varying paint colors come from different mineral pigments: iron oxides for red and purple, kaolin for white, natrojarosite for yellow, and manganese oxide for black.
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  • In Argentina, Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of Hands) displays some of the earliest known human art in the Americas. Located in a scenic canyon of the Pinturas River, Cave of Hands is reached by remote paved and steep gravel roads, 169 km (105 miles) south of the town of Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in the South American region of Patagonia. This striking artwork is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Dating to around 5000 BCE, the silhouette paintings of mostly left hands were sprayed using a bone pipe held in the right hand. The age of the paintings was calculated from pigments found in layers of charcoal from human fires and bone remains of the spraying pipes. The hunting scenes (mostly guanaco) and representations of animals and human life all date older than the stenciled hands, to around 7300 BCE. A favorite hunting tool was the bola, where interconnected cords with weights on either end were thrown to trap animal legs. The site was last inhabited around 700 CE, possibly by ancestors of the Tehuelche people. Cueva de las Manos was first explored by researchers in 1949, followed by more extensive studies done in the 1960s. Varying paint colors come from different mineral pigments: iron oxides for red and purple, kaolin for white, natrojarosite for yellow, and manganese oxide for black.
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  • In Argentina, Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of Hands) displays some of the earliest known human art in the Americas. Located in a scenic canyon of the Pinturas River, Cave of Hands is reached by remote paved and steep gravel roads, 169 km (105 miles) south of the town of Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in the South American region of Patagonia. This striking artwork is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Dating to around 5000 BCE, the silhouette paintings of mostly left hands were sprayed using a bone pipe held in the right hand. The age of the paintings was calculated from pigments found in layers of charcoal from human fires and bone remains of the spraying pipes. The hunting scenes (mostly guanaco) and representations of animals and human life all date older than the stenciled hands, to around 7300 BCE. A favorite hunting tool was the bola, where interconnected cords with weights on either end were thrown to trap animal legs. The site was last inhabited around 700 CE, possibly by ancestors of the Tehuelche people. Cueva de las Manos was first explored by researchers in 1949, followed by more extensive studies done in the 1960s. Varying paint colors come from different mineral pigments: iron oxides for red and purple, kaolin for white, natrojarosite for yellow, and manganese oxide for black.
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  • In Argentina, Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of Hands) displays some of the earliest known human art in the Americas. Located in a scenic canyon of the Pinturas River, Cave of Hands is reached by remote paved and steep gravel roads, 169 km (105 miles) south of the town of Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in the South American region of Patagonia. This striking artwork is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Dating to around 5000 BCE, the silhouette paintings of mostly left hands were sprayed using a bone pipe held in the right hand. The age of the paintings was calculated from pigments found in layers of charcoal from human fires and bone remains of the spraying pipes. The hunting scenes (mostly guanaco) and representations of animals and human life all date older than the stenciled hands, to around 7300 BCE. A favorite hunting tool was the bola, where interconnected cords with weights on either end were thrown to trap animal legs. The site was last inhabited around 700 CE, possibly by ancestors of the Tehuelche people. Cueva de las Manos was first explored by researchers in 1949, followed by more extensive studies done in the 1960s. Varying paint colors come from different mineral pigments: iron oxides for red and purple, kaolin for white, natrojarosite for yellow, and manganese oxide for black.
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  • In Argentina, Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of Hands) displays some of the earliest known human art in the Americas. Located in a scenic canyon of the Pinturas River, Cave of Hands is reached by remote paved and steep gravel roads, 169 km (105 miles) south of the town of Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in the South American region of Patagonia. This striking artwork is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Dating to around 5000 BCE, the silhouette paintings of mostly left hands were sprayed using a bone pipe held in the right hand. The age of the paintings was calculated from pigments found in layers of charcoal from human fires and bone remains of the spraying pipes. The hunting scenes (mostly guanaco) and representations of animals and human life all date older than the stenciled hands, to around 7300 BCE. A favorite hunting tool was the bola, where interconnected cords with weights on either end were thrown to trap animal legs. The site was last inhabited around 700 CE, possibly by ancestors of the Tehuelche people. Cueva de las Manos was first explored by researchers in 1949, followed by more extensive studies done in the 1960s. Varying paint colors come from different mineral pigments: iron oxides for red and purple, kaolin for white, natrojarosite for yellow, and manganese oxide for black.
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  • Located in a scenic canyon of the Pinturas River, Cave of Hands is reached by remote paved and steep gravel roads, 169 km (105 miles) south of the town of Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in the South American region of Patagonia. In Argentina, Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of Hands) displays some of the earliest known human art in the Americas. This striking artwork is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Dicranopteris linearis is known as Old World forked fern, uluhe (Hawaiian), dilim (Filipino), Climbing Fern, and False Staghorn. This fern is a keystone species in Hawaiian ecosystems and often forms deep thickets. Dicranopteris linearis is widely distributed in the wet Old World tropics, Polynesia and the Pacific. The stem grows from the rhizome, branches at a 45° angle, and forms fronds that continue to bud and branch at great length, 20+ feet. Intolerant of shade, it climbs over other plants to reach direct sunlight. As a pioneer species in ecological succession, it can colonize bare lava flows, talus, and abandoned roads. Where humans eliminate the fern, invasive non-native species of plants often move in. This fern photo is from Kilauea Iki pit crater, which last erupted in 1959, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, on the Big Island, Hawaii, USA. Established in 1916 and later expanded, the park (HVNP) encompasses two active volcanoes: Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, and Mauna Loa, the world's most massive shield volcano. The park portrays the birth of the Hawaiian Islands with dramatic volcanic landscapes, native flora and fauna, and glowing flowing lava. HVNP is honored as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and International Biosphere Reserve.
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  • Dicranopteris linearis is commonly known as Old World forked fern, uluhe (Hawaiian), and dilim (Filipino), Climbing Fern, or False Staghorn. This fern is a keystone species in Hawaiian ecosystems and often forms deep thickets. Dicranopteris linearis is widely distributed in the wet Old World tropics, Polynesia and the Pacific. The stem grows from the rhizome, branches at a 45° angle, and forms fronds that continue to bud and branch at great length, 20+ feet. Being intolerant of shade, it climbs over other plants to reach direct sunlight. As a pioneer species in ecological succession, it can colonize bare lava flows, talus, and abandoned roads. Where humans eliminate the fern, invasive species of plants can move in. This fern photo is from Awaawapuhi Trail in Kokee State Park, Kauai, Hawaii, USA.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
    16SWI-8570.jpg
  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
    16SWI-8557.jpg
  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
    16SWI-8546.jpg
  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
    16SWI-8524.jpg
  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    16SWI-8518-19pan.jpg
  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
    16SWI-8512.jpg
  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    16SWI-8503-08pan.jpg
  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
    16SWI-8497.jpg
  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
    16SWI-8502.jpg
  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift. For licensing options, please inquire.
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  • In Findeln (formerly called Findelen), admire authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, a popular walk is the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop hike is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
    16SWI-8483.jpg
  • In Findeln (Findelen), admire the Matterhorn and authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
    16SWI-8477.jpg
  • In Findeln (Findelen), admire the Matterhorn and authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
    16SWI-8476.jpg
  • In Findeln (Findelen), admire the Matterhorn and authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
    16SWI-8469.jpg
  • In Findeln (formerly called Findelen), admire authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, a popular walk is the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop hike is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
    16SWI-8466.jpg
  • In Findeln (Findelen), admire the Matterhorn and authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
    16SWI-8456.jpg
  • In Findeln (Findelen), admire the Matterhorn and authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
    16SWI-8455.jpg
  • In Findeln (formerly called Findelen), admire authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, a popular walk is the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop hike is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
    16SWIC-822.jpg
  • In Findeln (formerly called Findelen), admire authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, a popular walk is the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop hike is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
    16SWI-8446.jpg
  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
    16SWI-8445.jpg
  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • A handsome stone bridge of the Blue Ridge Parkway (Milepost 45.6) crosses over US-60 (which goes west to Buena Vista & Lexington and east to Amherst) in Virginia, USA. Notice the white stalactites forming under the old arched stones. The scenic 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway was built 1935-1987 to aesthetically connect Shenandoah National Park (in Virginia) with Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina, following crestlines and the Appalachian Trail. The Parkway is carried across streams, railway ravines and cross roads by 168 bridges and six viaducts. The Blue Ridge Mountains are a subset of the Appalachian Mountains.
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  • Gloucester County Court House was re-erected in 1766 in Virginia, USA. Its Square is now a Historic District and a state Historic Landmark. Keeping its rural character, Gloucester County is part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA. Formed in 1651 in the Virginia Colony, the county was named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, third son of King Charles I of Great Britain. Located in the Middle Peninsula region, the county borders the York River and the lower Chesapeake Bay, about 75 miles east of Virginia's capital, Richmond. Gloucester County was the site of Werowocomoco, a capital of the large and powerful Native American Powhatan Confederacy, which affiliated 30 tribes under a paramount chief. It was home to members of early colonial First Families of Virginia and important leaders in the period up to the American Revolutionary War.
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  • From Hostal Corihuasi, look towards the Plaza de Armas (central square) of Cuzco (Cusco or Qosqo), in Peru, South America. Cuzco was the site of the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 1200s to 1532 and was honored on the World Heritage List in 1983 by UNESCO. Quechua oral history says that the first Inca, Manco Capac, the son of the sun god (inti), founded the city of Cuzco in the 1100s AD. After 1430 AD, the Incas burst out of Cuzco and quickly imposed their culture from southern Colombia to central Chile. The Incas used their absolute rule and organizational genius to build vast terraces for growing food on the steep Andes Mountains in a moderate climate, away from the dry desert coast and above the mosquito-filled Amazon Basin. The Incas developed textiles, pottery, metals, architecture, amazingly fitted rock walls, empire-wide roads, bridges, and irrigation, but never discovered the wheel, arch, or writing. Despite their amazing accomplishments, the Inca Empire lasted barely a century.
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  • Knossos palace is partially restored at Heraklion (Iraklion), on the island of Crete, in Greece, Europe. Knossos is a Minoan archeological site associated with the Labyrinth and Minotaur of Greek mythology. The Bronze Age palace of Knossos was first built around 1900 BC, destroyed by a large earthquake or foreign invaders in 1700 BC, rebuilt more grandly, then damaged several more times by earthquakes, by invasions, and in 1450 BC by the colossal volcanic eruption of Thera (modern Thira or Santorini). Invading Mycenaeans used Knossos as their capital as they ruled the island of Crete until 1375 BC. Archaeologist Arthur Evans excavated the Palace at Knossos from 1900-1905 and named the Minoan civilization of Crete after king Minos from Greek mythology. Homer's epic poems of the Iliad and Odyssey are the first Greek literature to mention Minos as a king of Knossos, Crete. Minos was son of Zeus and Europa. Every nine years Minos made King Aegeus pick seven men and seven women to go to the Labyrinth to be eaten by the Minotaur, a creature half man and half bull. After his death, legendary Minos became a judge of the dead in Hades. The vast building complex at Knossos is popularly thought to be the site of the Labyrinth, which Greek mythology says was designed by architect Daedalus with such complexity that no one could ever find its exit. Crete is the home of Europe's first advanced civilization, the Minoan, which was contemporary with nearby advanced Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultures. Water pipes running 18 kilometers from mountains to the Knossos supplied the world's first known flush toilets and sewers by around 1500 BC, when the Minoans reached their peak. Three-story townhomes and the first known paved roads in Europe also indicate a wealthy, organized society.
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  • Kangaroo Island Kangaroos (Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus) roam freely near the Visitor Centre and campground in Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Upon landing in 1802, famous explorer Captain Matthew Flinders shot the first Kangaroo Island Kangaroo. Not until the 1990s did taxonomists clarify that it was a subspecies of the Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus, a large brown marsupial mammal species in the Macropod family, Macropodidae), which lives across the southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales and Queensland. It breeds year round with a peak during summer months. Be cautious of kangaroos when driving roads at night.
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  • Bronze statue of Pocahontas at Historic Jamestowne, Virginia, USA. Pocahontas (c. 1595-1617) was a Native American woman who married an Englishman, John Rolfe, and became a celebrity in London in the last year of her life. She was a daughter of Wahunsunacock (also known as Chief or Emperor Powhatan), who ruled an area encompassing almost all of the neighboring tribes in the Tidewater region of Virginia (called Tenakomakah at the time). Her formal names were Matoaka (or Matoika) and Amonute. Pocahontas was a childhood nickname referring to her frolicsome nature (in the Powhatan language it meant "little wanton", according to William Strachey). After her baptism, she went by the name Rebecca, becoming Rebecca Rolfe on her marriage. Her father's rule over most of "Tidewater Virginia" refers to all areas where water level is affected by the tides, which is most of the land east of present-day I-95 and north of U.S. 460. This is now the 27th largest metropolitan area in the US. It includes Hampton Roads, the rest of the Virginia Peninsula, the Middle Peninsula, the Northern Neck, and the Eastern Shore. Most people of the southeastern area of Virginia refer to Tidewater as the areas of Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hampton, Newport News, Yorktown, Poquoson, Williamsburg and Gloucester.
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  • In Argentina, Cueva de las Manos (Spanish for Cave of Hands) displays some of the earliest known human art in the Americas. Located in a scenic canyon of the Pinturas River, Cave of Hands is reached by remote paved and steep gravel roads, 169 km (105 miles) south of the town of Perito Moreno, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, in the South American region of Patagonia. This striking artwork is honored on UNESCO's World Heritage List. Dating to around 5000 BCE, the silhouette paintings of mostly left hands were sprayed using a bone pipe held in the right hand. The age of the paintings was calculated from pigments found in layers of charcoal from human fires and bone remains of the spraying pipes. The hunting scenes (mostly guanaco) and representations of animals and human life all date older than the stenciled hands, to around 7300 BCE. A favorite hunting tool was the bola, where interconnected cords with weights on either end were thrown to trap animal legs. The site was last inhabited around 700 CE, possibly by ancestors of the Tehuelche people. Cueva de las Manos was first explored by researchers in 1949, followed by more extensive studies done in the 1960s. Varying paint colors come from different mineral pigments: iron oxides for red and purple, kaolin for white, natrojarosite for yellow, and manganese oxide for black.
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  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • Grindjisee. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift.
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  • In Findeln (Findelen), admire the Matterhorn and authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
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  • In Findeln (formerly called Findelen), admire authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, a popular walk is the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop hike is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
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  • In Findeln (Findelen), admire the Matterhorn and authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
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  • In Findeln (Findelen), admire the Matterhorn and authentic Walser houses, barns, and stores built of larch timber blackened by the sun, above Zermatt, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. The Walser people are named after Wallis (Valais), the uppermost Rhône valley, where they settled from the 900s in the late phase of the migration of the Alamanni (confederation of Germanic tribes) crossing from the Bernese Oberland. From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee.
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  • From Zermatt, hike the Five Lakes Trail from Sunnegga Express funicular, in the Pennine Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Although especially nice for families, the 5-Seenweg loop walk is aesthetically marred with ski slope infrastructure throughout (5 dammed artificial lakes, power lines, lifts, dusty roads, snow-making sprinklers, etc). Visually, the most aesthetic features are the old wood buildings in upper Findeln, and the reflecting lakes of Grindjisee and Stellisee. Experience Stellisee best at sunrise with great reflections of the Matterhorn, after overnight at relaxing Fluhalp (half board meals, coin showers, private rooms), 40 minutes walk from Blauherd lift. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • In Virginia in 1974, Gloucester County adopted the beehive on its seal, symbolizing the unity and labor of a colony, or the unity of a community working together. Local use of the beehive symbol dates back to the early 1800s. Keeping its rural character, Gloucester County is part of the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA. Formed in 1651 in the Virginia Colony, the county was named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, third son of King Charles I of Great Britain. Located in the Middle Peninsula region, the county borders the York River and the lower Chesapeake Bay, about 75 miles east of Virginia's capital, Richmond. Gloucester County was the site of Werowocomoco, a capital of the large and powerful Native American Powhatan Confederacy, which affiliated 30 tribes under a paramount chief. It was home to members of early colonial First Families of Virginia and important leaders in the period up to the American Revolutionary War.
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  • A person descends stone steps in an alley towards the Plaza de Armas (central square) of Cuzco (Cusco or Qosqo), in Peru, South America. Cuzco was the site of the historic capital of the Inca Empire from the 1200s to 1532 and was honored on the World Heritage List in 1983 by UNESCO. Quechua oral history says that the first Inca, Manco Capac, the son of the sun god (inti), founded the city of Cuzco in the 1100s AD. After 1430 AD, the Incas burst out of Cuzco and quickly imposed their culture from southern Colombia to central Chile. The Incas used their absolute rule and organizational genius to build vast terraces for growing food on the steep Andes Mountains in a moderate climate, away from the dry desert coast and above the mosquito-filled Amazon Basin. The Incas developed textiles, pottery, metals, architecture, amazingly fitted rock walls, empire-wide roads, bridges, and irrigation, but never discovered the wheel, arch, or writing. Despite their amazing accomplishments, the Inca Empire lasted barely a century.
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  • John Mitchell’s 1775 map shows the British colonies in North America extending indefinitely west, overriding rival French claims. First published in 1755, the map's pro-English interpretation of boundaries and geography served as a political tool (propaganda) during the French and Indian War (1754–1763, part of the global Seven Years' War). Mitchell’s important map guided the Treaty of Paris peace negotiations between Great Britain and her former American colonies in 1783 and helped resolve many later treaty negotiations and boundary disputes as recently as 1932 for the United States (USA). Thomas Jefferson recommended that Nicholas King use Mitchell’s map in preparing a new map for Meriwether Lewis, saying: “it was made with great care we know from what is laid down in those western parts with which we have lately become acquainted.” Notice how British Colonial claims of Virginia, Georgia, North and South Carolina extend beyond the Mississippi towards the Pacific Ocean, and Virginia spreads north into present-day Michigan. See the map at the Governor's Palace tour at Colonial Williamsburg, the historic district of Williamsburg (colonial Virginia's capital from 1699 to 1780). Map title for this 1775 version (the fourth edition): "A Map of the British Colonies in North America with the Roads, Distances, Limits, and extent of the Settlements, Humbly Inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Halifax, and the other Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners for Trade & Plantations by Their Lordships most obliged and very humble servant, John Mitchell."
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  • Trollstigen (the Troll's Ladder) is a steep (9% grade) mountain road with eleven hairpin turns in Rauma, Norway, part of Norwegian National Road 63 connecting Åndalsnes in Rauma and Valldal in Norddal. Surrounding the road is Reinheimen National Park, Norway's third largest. Trollstigen was opened 1936 by King Haakon VII after 8 years of construction. See impressive Stigfossen waterfall tumble 320 meters as you zig zag up or down this popular, mostly single-lane tourist road. Panorama stitched from 10 overlapping photos.
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  • Trollstigen (the Troll's Ladder) is a steep (9% grade) mountain road with eleven hairpin turns in Rauma, Norway, part of Norwegian National Road 63 connecting Åndalsnes in Rauma and Valldal in Norddal. Surrounding the road is Reinheimen National Park, Norway's third largest. Trollstigen was opened 1936 by King Haakon VII after 8 years of construction. See impressive Stigfossen waterfall tumble 320 meters as you zig zag up or down this popular, mostly single-lane tourist road. Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • Trollstigen (the Troll's Ladder) is a steep (9% grade) mountain road with eleven hairpin turns in Rauma, Norway, part of Norwegian National Road 63 connecting Åndalsnes in Rauma and Valldal in Norddal. Surrounding the road is Reinheimen National Park, Norway's third largest. Trollstigen was opened 1936 by King Haakon VII after 8 years of construction. See impressive Stigfossen waterfall tumble 320 meters as you zig zag up or down this popular, mostly single-lane tourist road. Panorama stitched from 4 overlapping photos.
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  • Stigfossen waterfall. Trollstigen (the Troll's Ladder) is a steep (9% grade) mountain road with eleven hairpin turns in Rauma, Norway, part of Norwegian National Road 63 connecting Åndalsnes in Rauma and Valldal in Norddal. Surrounding the road is Reinheimen National Park, Norway's third largest. Trollstigen was opened 1936 by King Haakon VII after 8 years of construction. See impressive Stigfossen waterfall tumble 320 meters as you zig zag up or down this popular, mostly single-lane tourist road.
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  • A Subaru Legacy accidentally shredded a tire and ditched on the McCarthy Road, in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA. McCarthy and Kennecott Mines National Historic Landmark are nestled under the glacier-clad Wrangell Mountains. Old mine buildings, artifacts, and colorful history attract summer visitors. Remote McCarthy is connected to Chitina via the McCarthy Road spur of the Edgerton Highway. At the east end of McCarthy Road, visitors must park their vehicle and walk across the footbridge to McCarthy. From McCarthy, a privately-operated shuttle takes visitors 5 miles to Kennecott. After copper was discovered between the Kennicott Glacier and McCarthy Creek in 1900, the Kennecott town, mines, and Kennecott Mining Company were created and named after the adjacent glacier. Kennicott Glacier and River had previously been named after Robert Kennicott, a naturalist who explored in Alaska in the mid-1800s. The corporation and town stuck with a mistaken spelling of "Kennecott" with an e (instead of "Kennicott" with an i). Partly because alcoholic beverages and prostitution were forbidden in the company town of Kennecott, the neighboring town of McCarthy grew quickly to provide a bar, brothel, gymnasium, hospital, and school. The Copper River and Northwestern Railway reached McCarthy in 1911 to haul over 200 million dollars worth of ore 196 miles to the port of Cordova on Prince William Sound. By 1938, the worlds richest concentration of copper ore was mostly gone, the town was mostly abandoned, and railroad service ended. Not until the 1970s did the area began to draw young people for adventure and the big money of the Trans Alaska Pipeline project. Declaration of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in 1980 drew adventurous tourists who helped revive McCarthy with demand for needed services. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve (the largest National Park in the USA) is honored by UNESCO as part of a World Heritage Site.
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  • Trollstigen (the Troll's Ladder) is a steep (9% grade) mountain road with eleven hairpin turns in Rauma, Norway, part of Norwegian National Road 63 connecting Åndalsnes in Rauma and Valldal in Norddal. Surrounding the road is Reinheimen National Park, Norway's third largest. Trollstigen was opened 1936 by King Haakon VII after 8 years of construction. See impressive Stigfossen waterfall tumble 320 meters as you zig zag up or down this popular, mostly single-lane tourist road.
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  • On the old Royal Mail road of Stalheimskleiva, the steepest road (18% grade) in Northern Europe, view Sivle Waterfall in the Nærøy Valley (Nærøydalen) in Voss municipality, Hordaland county, Norway.
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  • A gravel side road and fence extend into the Valley of the North Fork of Flathead River, along Outside North Fork Road. The Livingston Range in Glacier National Park demarks the Continental Divide, Montana, USA.
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  • Trees jut through atmospheric fog and snow. A pleasant snowshoe trip follows Eightmile Creek Road #7601 from Bridge Creek Campground and Eightmile Campground, in Wenatchee National Forest, a side trip from Icicle Creek Road, Leavenworth, Washington, USA.
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  • At Twelve Apostles Marine National Park, the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers) pounds and erodes soft miocene limestone bluffs of Port Campbell National Park, along the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km highway along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial.
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  • At Twelve Apostles Marine National Park, the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers) pounds and erodes soft miocene limestone bluffs of Port Campbell National Park, along the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km highway along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial. Panorama stitched from 5 overlapping images.
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  • Twelve Apostles Marine National Park protects several collections of miocene limestone sea stacks in the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers) visible from bluff walkways in Port Campbell National Park, along the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km highway along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial.
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  • A tesselated pavement of rocks erodes on a beach on Cape Otway, Great Otway National Park, Victoria, Australia. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km road along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial.
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  • At Twelve Apostles Marine National Park, the Indian Ocean (or Southern Ocean according to Australian geographers) pounds and erodes soft miocene limestone bluffs of Port Campbell National Park, along the Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia. The Great Ocean Road (B100) is a 243-km highway along the southeast coast of Australia between Torquay and Warrnambool, in the state of Victoria. Dedicated to casualties of World War I, the Great Ocean Road was built by returned soldiers between 1919 and 1932 and is the world's largest war memorial.
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  • To reach Highland Mary Lakes Trailhead (11,000 feet elevation) on County Road 4, we parked our RV in the flat designated camping area below the ruins of an old mine (beyond the white landfill bench shown in this image), near Silverton, Colorado, USA. At right are two winter avalanche chutes. Breathlessness due to thin air turned us back after 4.4 miles round trip with 1200 ft gain, including 2 miles round trip on road too steep for RVs or underpowered vehicles. Silverton is a former silver mining camp, now the federally-designated Silverton Historic District. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • At Nabesna Road Mile Post 16.6, Kettle Lake picnic site offers a great view of the Wrangell Mountains. A humorous sign here says "TOILET 1 MILE". in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, southeast Alaska, USA. Nabesna Road offers spectacular scenery in a seldom-seen, wild corner of Alaska, the headwaters of the Copper River. The Wrangell Lavas built the Wrangell Mountains over the past 10 million years. Mount Wrangell (14,163 ft) is the largest andesite shield volcano in North America. The cinder cone of Mount Zanetti (13,009 ft) rose prominently 1000 feet above its northwest flank during the past 25,000 years. Wrangell reportedly erupted in 1784 and 1884–85. Occasional steam plumes rise from the park's only active volcano, and ash sometimes coats the summit snow. Flowing northward from it is the Copper Glacier, source of Copper River which flows northward, then westward along the end of the Wrangell Range, then southward to the Gulf of Alaska near Cordova, cutting through the coastal barrier of the Chugach Mountains, marking most of Park's western boundary.
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  • Views from upper Chuzenjiko Skyline Road, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. This area is especially beautiful in mid to late October, when the autumn colors reach their peak. See panoramic views of Lake Chuzenji along the Chuzenjiko Skyline, an eight kilometer long former toll road accessible by bus or car, which also connects to scenic hiking trails.
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  • Views from upper Chuzenjiko Skyline Road, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. This area is especially beautiful in mid to late October, when the autumn colors reach their peak. See panoramic views of Lake Chuzenji along the Chuzenjiko Skyline, an eight kilometer long former toll road accessible by bus or car, which also connects to scenic hiking trails.
    1810JPN-4020.jpg
  • Views from upper Chuzenjiko Skyline Road, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. This area is especially beautiful in mid to late October, when the autumn colors reach their peak. See panoramic views of Lake Chuzenji along the Chuzenjiko Skyline, an eight kilometer long former toll road accessible by bus or car, which also connects to scenic hiking trails.
    1810JPN-4009.jpg
  • Snow falling along Trail Ridge Road (Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway), which stretches 48 miles on U.S. Highway 34 traversing Rocky Mountain National Park from Grand Lake (near Kawuneeche Visitor Center) in the west to Estes Park, in Colorado, USA. Trail Ridge Road reaches 12,183 feet elevation.
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  • Trail Ridge Road (Beaver Meadow National Scenic Byway) stretches 48 miles on U.S. Highway 34 traversing Rocky Mountain National Park from Grand Lake (near Kawuneeche Visitor Center) in the west to Estes Park, in Colorado, USA. Trail Ridge Road reaches 12,183 feet elevation.
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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.
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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.
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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.
    1701HAW-1467.jpg
  • Bicyclists pedal through a barren black landscape on emergency road/Highway 130 towards lava which enters the ocean in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, near Kalapana, Hawaii, USA. A sign reads "NO SHOULDER. 25 MPH." On Kilauea volcano's south flank, Pu'u O'o crater has been erupting continuously since 1983, making it the world's longest-lived rift-zone (flank) eruption of the last 200 years. The eruption has consumed 189 buildings and 8.7 miles of highway. Since 1987, the coastal highway has been closed, buried under lava up to 115 feet thick. After June 30, 2016, the County of Hawaii opened a section of the emergency road/Highway 130 to lava viewing (8 miles round trip, open 3pm-9pm), limiting vehicles to bicycles (rented at the roadblock in Kalapana for $15+ for 3 hours), local residents' cars, and emergency vehicles. See updates at: USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov and www.hawaiicounty.gov/lava-viewing/. Kilauea is between 300,000 and 600,000 years old and emerged above sea level about 100,000 years ago.
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  • The orange-red and white "Candyland" towers along Cottonwood Road are upturned layers of Entrada Sandstone Formation. Hike Cottonwood Wash Narrows, in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. Families enjoy this easy walk 3 miles round trip with 340 feet gain. The Cottonwood Wash Narrows slice through the Cockscomb, which was uplifted 65 million years ago as part of the East Kaibab Monocline, a major feature of the Colorado Plateau. Directions: On Highway 89, drive 10 miles west of Big Water, and between mileposts 17-18, turn north on Cottonwood Canyon Road (#400) then drive 25 miles to Cottonwood Narrows North Trailhead sign (located 12.5 miles southeast of Kodachrome Basin State Park).
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  • The orange-red and white "Candyland" towers along Cottonwood Road are upturned layers of Entrada Sandstone Formation. Hike Cottonwood Wash Narrows, in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. Families enjoy this easy walk 3 miles round trip with 340 feet gain. The Cottonwood Wash Narrows slice through the Cockscomb, which was uplifted 65 million years ago as part of the East Kaibab Monocline, a major feature of the Colorado Plateau. Directions: On Highway 89, drive 10 miles west of Big Water, and between mileposts 17-18, turn north on Cottonwood Canyon Road (#400) then drive 25 miles to Cottonwood Narrows North Trailhead sign (located 12.5 miles southeast of Kodachrome Basin State Park).
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  • A backhoe digger gouges a culvert ditch on the McCarthy Road in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA.
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  • Atop the old Royal Mail road of Stalheimskleiva, the steepest road (18% grade) in Northern Europe, view the Nærøy Valley (Nærøydalen) and Jordalsnuten mountain from Stalheim Hotel's terrace, in Voss municipality, Hordaland county, Norway.
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  • Fall foliage colors beneath Mt Sneffels, seen via RV on gravel road to Blue Lakes Trailhead on Ouray County Road 7, in Uncompahgre National Forest, San Juan Mountains, out of Ridgway, Colorado, USA. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Wrangell Mountains, seen from Nabesna Road, in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, southeast Alaska, USA. Nabesna Road offers spectacular scenery in a seldom-seen, wild corner of Alaska, the headwaters of the Copper River. Here at Mile Post 16.6, Kettle Lake picnic site offers a great view of the Wrangell Mountains. A humorous sign here says "TOILET 1 MILE". The Wrangell Lavas built the Wrangell Mountains over the past 10 million years. Mount Wrangell (14,163 ft) is the largest andesite shield volcano in North America. The cinder cone of Mount Zanetti (13,009 ft) rose prominently 1000 feet above its northwest flank during the past 25,000 years. Wrangell reportedly erupted in 1784 and 1884–85. Occasional steam plumes rise from the park's only active volcano, and ash sometimes coats the summit snow. Flowing northward from it is the Copper Glacier, source of Copper River which flows northward, then westward along the end of the Wrangell Range, then southward to the Gulf of Alaska near Cordova, cutting through the coastal barrier of the Chugach Mountains, marking most of Park's western boundary. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Salmon Glacier, British Columbia, Canada. Salmon Glacier is the world's largest glacier accessible via road and the fifth largest in Canada. Salmon Glacier is a 37km (23 mile) drive from Stewart, past Hyder and beyond the Bear viewing platform, along Salmon Glacier Road, built to connect Stewart to mining interests.
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  • Views from upper Chuzenjiko Skyline Road, Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. This area is especially beautiful in mid to late October, when the autumn colors reach their peak. See panoramic views of Lake Chuzenji along the Chuzenjiko Skyline, an eight kilometer long former toll road accessible by bus or car, which also connects to scenic hiking trails. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
    1810JPN-4021-p1-Pano.jpg
  • 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.
    1701HAW-1466.jpg
  • 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.
    1701HAW-1464.jpg
  • 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.
    1701HAWC-128.jpg
  • The orange-red and white "Candyland" towers along Cottonwood Road are upturned layers of Entrada Sandstone Formation. Hike Cottonwood Wash Narrows, in Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. Families enjoy this easy walk 3 miles round trip with 340 feet gain. The Cottonwood Wash Narrows slice through the Cockscomb, which was uplifted 65 million years ago as part of the East Kaibab Monocline, a major feature of the Colorado Plateau. Directions: On Highway 89, drive 10 miles west of Big Water, and between mileposts 17-18, turn north on Cottonwood Canyon Road (#400) then drive 25 miles to Cottonwood Narrows North Trailhead sign (located 12.5 miles southeast of Kodachrome Basin State Park).
    1303UT-1569.jpg
  • Take the old Royal Mail road of Stalheimskleiva, the steepest road (18% grade) in Northern Europe, to view the Nærøy Valley (Nærøydalen) and Jordalsnuten mountain, starting from Stalheim Hotel, in Voss municipality, Hordaland county, Norway.
    11NOR-2220.jpg
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