The unincorporated Lake Junaluska community in North Carolina is centered around a beautiful 200-acre namesake lake and surrounded by 1,200 acres of rolling hills and valleys. The high peaks and stunning natural beauty of the area offers numerous photographic opportunities of landscapes.
This image has a foreground to frame the scene making it more interesting than the photo posted earlier this week.
The Peak District and Derbyshire in England are full of breathtaking and beautiful wonders with some of the most popular mountains and valleys. The greenery covered hills make for a pleasant ride through the valley.
The steep, rugged mountains of the Teton Range give way to the morainic landscape of the valley, which is dotted with glacial lakes of varying sizes.
Low clouds hover over the valley surrounded by North Carolina mountains
The Chalice Well lies in a protected area of natural beauty, at the foot of a narrow valley running between the Tor and Chalice Hill and is an integral part of the sacred landscape in and around Glastonbury, England. For over two thousand years the Red Spring, or Blood Spring, has flowed ceaselessly and is a place where people have gathered to drink the waters and find solace, peace and inspiration.
The Chalice Well
A view of the mountains and valley from a bench at Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Bench View from Shenandoah National Park
Spectacular vistas of clouds over the valley viewed from Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park
Clouds Above the Valley
Menacing clouds over the valley as viewed from Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park
Menacing Clouds
A lush green golf course stands out in the valley below Blue Ridge Mountains, North Carolina
Standing Out
A fertile valley near Munnar, Kerala provides residents of a small town distinct patches of land to grow varying vegetables and crops
Farming in Munnar Valley
These tourists sitting on a hill at Top Station, Munnar, Kerala are enjoying the serenity of fog over the mountains and valley
Admiring the View
Cattle peacefully graze in the valley near Munnar, Kerala
Grazing in the Valley
If one wakes up early in the morning for a stroll through the tea plantations of Munnar, Kerala, it is common to find fog hovering over the valley.
Morning Fog in Munnar
A village is nestled in the valley of the mountains near Chimney Rock, North Carolina
A Village in the Valley
Machu Picchu – Mountains and Valleys
A view from Machu Picchu of the river valley amidst the mountains
Machu Picchu – Living at the Top
Located 2,430 meters (7,970 ft.) above sea level, Machu Picchu is situated on a mountain ridge above the Sacred Valley. Living here must have felt like being on top of the world.
Machu Picchu – Valley View
The Machu Picchu city sits in a saddle between the two mountains Machu Picchu and Huayna ( or Wayna) Picchu, with a commanding view down two valleys and a nearly impassable mountain at its back.