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January 6, 2019 | Categories: City, Drone, Landscape, Photography, Switzerland, tourism, Travel, Zurich | Tags: alps, Drone, lake, Landscape, landscape photography, mountains, photography, photos, sunset, swiss alps, Switzerland, travel, Travel and Tourism, Zurich | 1 Comment
Sunrise warms the majestic Matterhorn (4,478 meters /14,692 ft) over the Gorner Glacier, the second-longest glacier in the Alps. This is the view that rewards you after completing the arduous trek over the glacier to the new Monte Rosa hut. I took this picture in 2010 after having made the trek to the hut with my wife and father.
March 28, 2017 | Categories: Landscape, Photography, Switzerland, tourism, Travel | Tags: alps, Gorner Glacier, Matterhorn, Monte Rosa, Monte Rosa hut, mountains, Sunrise, Switzerland, tourism, travel, Zermatt | 2 Comments
Picturesque Alpine Village and UNESCO heritage site
Hallstatt is an idyllic and unbelievably charming Austrian village in the Salzkammergut region of Austria. This tiny town consists of traditional 16th-century alpine homes built on a narrow strip of land nestled between the adjacent towering Alps and the beautifully tranquil Lake Hallstatt.
Hallstatt is known for its salt mines, which are the oldest in the world and date back to prehistoric times. The mines have been worked since the Neolithic period (Late Stone age, 7 to 10 thousand years ago!), and flourished during the Bronze and Iron ages. The early Iron age is actually known as The Hallstatt Period (800 to 400 BC) in Europe.
Hallstatt is so spectacular that in 2012 a Chinese mining company built a $940 million “clone” of Hallstatt in the Guangdong region of Southern China. I hear that the views through the smoggy Chinese industrial heartland are not quite as spectacular as the original.
March 30, 2016 | Categories: Photography, Street Photography, Travel | Tags: alps, austria, hallstatt, HDR, mountains, Nikon D90, photography, salt, Travel and Tourism, water, World Heritage Site | 1 Comment
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