Tarn Hows is one of the many gems in the English Lake District. There are a lot of ‘tarns’ and ‘hows’ in that part of the world: tjörn is an Old Norse word meaning ‘small mountain lake’ and haugr is from the Old Norse for hill or mound.
Tarn Hows
While this image can’t capture the three dimensional landscape well, the golf green below is about 75 feet lower than the tee box. The view of the mountains, sky, clouds, and greenery is spectacular.
A Green Below
Mt. Fuji in Japan is not covered with snow in summer but is still impressive as a mountain. Circa 1985.
Snowless Mt. Fuji
The splendor of Teton Mountain Ranges circa 1985
A Natural Composition
Sunset Hills Vineyard offers spectacular mountain views, pastoral old-world style farm grounds, and a stunning Amish restored historic barn located in Loudoun County, Virginia.
Will be posting this week some sunset views from this location ….
Sunset at the Vineyard
A panorama of mountain ridges and dramatic clouds viewed from Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
A Panorama of Ridges
Clouds, mountain ranges and greenery combine to make a landscape image of North Carolina
Clouds Formations over the Ridges
Brasstown Bald in Georgia is 4,784 feet above sea level, making it 326′ taller than Blood Mountain, its neighbor to the southwest. The mountain, and almost 13,000 acres of land surrounding it are part of the Brasstown Bald Wilderness Area.
View of Lakes from Brasstown Bald
It appears the mountain ridges are reaching out to the grey skies above to create a natural composition
Grey Skies over the Mountains
Only one half of the sun is visible as it rises behind the mountain in Mandu, Madhya Pradesh
Half Sun
The green tea bushes help to soften the hard boulders in the mountains of Munnar, Kerala
Softening a Mountain
Living in North Carolina, we can see seemingly endless mountain ranges from Blue Ridge Parkway. It was pleasing to see the blue ridges in Kerala, India.
Blue Ridges of Kerala
Green valleys full of tea plantations surrounded by mountains greet visitors to Munnar, Kerala
A Valley in Munnar
A solitary, very small tree on the huge mountain against the while clouds in a blue sky seems so insignificant, but has the persistence to survive
Insignificant by Comparison
A road that leads to the varied mountain landscape of Kerala captured from the hills around Thekkady
A Kerala Mountain Landscape
The hills around Thekkady, Kerala provide spectacular views of the landscape and sunsets. Will be posting views from these hills in the next few weeks.
Here is an image of a lonely tree at the crest of the brown mountain with greenery in the foreground and white clouds against a blue sky in the background.
A Lonely Tree at the Crest
Rainfall in Fall in North Carolina provides sufficient water for this waterfall flowing down the mountain
Water Flow in Fall
A lonely home with fantastic views is nestled way up in the mountains surrounding Chimney Rock, North Carolina. It must be a challenge to get up there in winter.
A House Up in the Mountains
A House Up in the Mountains Close Up
Lake Lure as viewed from Chimney Rock, North Carolina. The lake is approximately 720 acres, with about 21 miles of shoreline with great stretches of water, three long bays, an island of seven acres and many small bays and inlets with a background of tree-clad hills and mountains.
Lake Lure
Just a glimpse of the setting sun as it disappears behind a distant mountain
The Setting Sun