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 | One of the world's highest weather observatories at 3,106 metres in the Austrian Alps. |  | 09/07/2005 | 485 | 
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 | The almost perfectly circular shape of the Taranaki (or Egmont) volcano, in New Zealand. |  | 09/06/2005 | 306 |
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 | The famous lookout point (elevation 5645m) above Gorak Shep Camp (5145m). You can see the trail from camp to top. Kala Pattar is a foothill of Mt. Pumori and a fairly easy and untechnical climb. Almost any Everest panorama picture is taken from here. Zoom down, tilt and turn the view and you can get an impression of the view from up there. It is not as good as the real thing but you'll save bre... | | 09/02/2005 | 499 |
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 | This is the tallest mountain in mainland Australia and named after a Polish General. Aussies generally call it Cossie-os-ko much to the disdain of the Polish.
Click here for more info. |  | 09/02/2005 | 336 |
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 | Formerly Covadonga Ntnl. Park, the newly enlarged Park covers three impressive limestone massifs, the highest in Northern Spain's Cantabrian Mountains. Loved by trekkers, naturalists and rock climbers from all Europe. The most famous mountain is Picu Urriellu or Naranco de Bulnes (2510m), where many alpinists lost their lifes. | | 09/02/2005 | 494 |
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 | This is the base camp of Everest located at 5160 meters. |  | 09/01/2005 | 1,123 |
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 | Mt. Pinatubo, Philippines |  | 09/01/2005 | 442 |
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 | Mayon Volcano is found in the province of Albay. Its almost perfectly-shaped cone is considered by many people to be more beautiful than Mt. Fuji in Japan.
Mayon is the most active volcano in the Philippines, having erupted around 50 times for the past 400 years. | | 09/01/2005 | 918 |
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 | Google Earth provides a nice spring view of the Pyrenees...but combining it with a winter NASA image, you can make the winter come and the snow fall! |  | 09/01/2005 | 402 |
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 | Ordesa National Park is at the heart of the Pyrenees mountains, between Spain and France. It's Spain's oldest Ntnl. Park and covers several glaciar valleys. You can see the Monte Perdido (Lost Mountain), the highest mountain of the park. (3350 mts.) | | 08/31/2005 | 325 |
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 | Lava spews into the sea at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. This island also contains Mauno Loa and Kilauea volcanoes. | | 08/30/2005 | 710 |
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 | The highest mountain of Turkiye. Also known as the holder of the wreck of Noah's famous ship. | | 08/28/2005 | 646 |
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 | Here is an overlay of the Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador | | 08/27/2005 | 447 |
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 | It's the wonderful white marble which looks like snow on the mountains of Massa-Carrara, Tuscany, Italy. | | 08/25/2005 | 317 |
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 | The Mountain range of the Mantiqueira is the most important mountainous bulk of the country and that it is spread for the verge of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio De Janeiro. It possesss a line of tops more raised than if it initiates next the São Paulo Bragança from there following in the direction north-northeast, delineating the verge of the three States until the region of National Park of... | | 08/25/2005 | 293 |
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 | Irelands holy mountain. You can see the broad pilgrims way even from an eye altitude of 30000 feet | | 08/25/2005 | 273 |
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 | Pico Bolivar, the highest mountain in the Venezuelan Andes (5007m/15260ft) | | 08/25/2005 | 370 |
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 | Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, is about 85kms (about 52 miles) west of Sydney at an altitude of 950m (about 3,117ft). It is a major tourist attraction with its shear sandstone cliffs. The name Blue Mountains was given because of the blue haze when seen from the distance. This haze comes from sun reflecting on the minute particles of eucalyptus oil given off by the gum trees. | | 08/25/2005 | 384 |
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 | This is a series of Volcanos in Guatemala. You can see a volcano called Pacaya, that is active. | | 08/24/2005 | 444 |
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 | Lanzarote is a beautiful island that is of volcanic origin. The Spanish island, is the easternmost of the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean ca. 125 km off the coast of Africa as well as 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. In 1730, the island was hit by a volcanic eruption. The eruption created 32 new volcanoes with a stretch of 18 km. You know, everything that appears black is lava ! | | 08/24/2005 | 812 |
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 | The formation itself may not seem that interesting, but the historical facts are! Info at Wikipedia. | | 08/24/2005 | 654 |
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 | This is a detailed overlay of the Vulkaneifel and the Eifelmaare near Daun, Germany.
These vulcanic caldera lakes, called Maar, are located in the beatifull Eifel Montains, Germany. They are of vulcanic origin and very deep (200 feet and more). In some lakes you can swim, some are closed for watersports. | | 08/23/2005 | 747 |
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 | French ski resort locate in ALPES near GRENOBLE and GAP. | | 08/23/2005 | 322 |
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 | smoking volcano south of japan | | 08/23/2005 | 503 |
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 | Touristic mountain at Chile |  | 08/23/2005 | 420 |
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