11 hours ago by Maggie Koerth-Baker

Here's a conundrum: The African and European plates of the Earth's crust are no longer pushing into each other, but the Alps (created by the collision of those plates) are growing by about .05 in. per year. At first glance, those facts might make you question plate tectonics. But the real explanatio ...

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11 hours ago by Maggie Koerth-Baker

Here's a conundrum: The African and European plates of the Earth's crust are no longer pushing into each other, but the Alps (created by the collision of those plates) are growing by about a half-inch per year. At first glance, those facts might make you question plate tectonics. But the real explan ...

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22 hours ago by Wiggin

Hoy os traemos el trabajo de Michael Rissi, con unos videos realizados con la técnica del timelapse (que ya nos explicó en su día Nilo Merino) de los mejores que hemos visto. Pinche aquí para ver el vídeo Están realizados en los Alpes Suizos, en muchas localizaciones a las que sólo se puede acceder ...

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23 hours ago by Steve

At Lochgoilhead, attached to the impressive Drimsynie House Hotel, enjoy a range of outdoor and all weather activities second to none in the west of Scotland. Set in the midst of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, backed by mountains and overlooking Loch Goil, it offers you an ideal base f ...

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1 day ago by dolomitesport

Janine and I get asked a lot about our favorite trips for mountain sports. While I loathe the idea of “Top Whatever Lists”, I am going to report my favorites because it is a good reason to delve into my own memories and see what has been most rewarding. As professional mountain sport photographers, ...

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2 days ago by RGS

Ok packing my stuff for a vacation in the Alps. Awesome work! - Hostels in Austria and Switzerland

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2 days ago by phaedrus

Get your week started in peacefulness, with soothing views of the Alps.

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2 days ago by professionaldreamers

Francesco Bocchetti, Gianni Zotta Prefazione di Enrico Camanni ISBN 978-88-904295-1-4, pp. 220 – € 35 Ordina il libro Il libro è uno studio in forma di diaro fotografico che ripercorre il viaggio compiuto quarant’anni fa da Aldo Gorfer e Flavio Faganello tra i masi dell’Alto Adige, e testimonia i ca ...

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2 days ago by Judy

Description In this German national TV documentary, light is shed on the myth of Castle Neuschwanstein. Neuschwanstein is only a part of the romantic oeuvre conceived, created, and lived by the “Fairy Tale King,” Ludwig II. To this day, Ludwig II is admired as a man who lived his dreams until the en ...

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3 days ago by luke

Just finished another time lapse video with footage from the Swiss mountains. Footage was shot using my Canon PowerShot G10 (using an external Yongnuo MC-36b intervalometer), and my Nikon D3. The movie was then edited in Final Cut, and background music created in-house was added. I’ve made a quick h ...

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