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Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is a photograph of a green rolling hills and daytime sky with cirrus clouds . Charles O'Rear , a former National Geographic photographer, took the photo in January 1998 near the Napa – Sonoma county line, California, after a ...
It is a 97 km (60 mi) [1] long mountain pass which cuts through the southern Baffin Mountains. Two rivers flow from Akshayuk Pass, the Owl river in the north and the Weasel river in the south. The highest point is Summit Lake, which is 420 m (1,380 ft) [1] above sea level. Akshayuk Pass was carved by glaciers during the last glacial period. [5]
The mountain rises 1,100–1,400 m (3,600–4,600 ft), [1] [2] and offers a view over Al-Ain. Jebel Hafeet was a well-known landmark throughout the area's history, and is a contemporary tourist attraction. [22] An extensive natural cave system winds through Jabal Hafeet.
Overlook Mountain is the southernmost peak of the Catskill Escarpment in the central Catskill Mountains near Woodstock, New York.The centerpiece of the 590-acre (240 ha) Overlook Mountain Wild Forest area of Catskill Park, the mountain is the site of one of the remaining five Catskill Mountain fire towers and the Overlook Mountain House, a hotel which was built at a higher elevation than any ...
At 1,365 m (4,478 ft) Parasnath is the highest mountain peak in the state of Jharkhand, and is theoretically inter-visible (by direct line of sight on a perfectly clear day) with Mount Everest over 450 km (280 mi) away. [7] There is a beautiful Jain temple on the mountain peak known as "Svarna Bhadra koot "("cottage of golden grace"). [8]
The Amphitheatre with the Tugela River. The Amphitheatre is one of the geographical features of the Northern Drakensberg, South Africa.The cliff face of the Amphitheatre is roughly three times the size of the total combined area of all the cliff faces in Yosemite's famous El Capitan, and more than 10 times the size of El Capitan's most famous (South Western) face.
The Star on the Mountain is a man-made star-shaped landmark on the Franklin Mountains in El Paso, Texas, that is illuminated nightly by the El Paso Chamber.It was first lit as a Christmas decoration in 1940 and was meant as a reminder to people on both sides of the nearby Mexico–United States border that America was at peace during the holiday season.
Tiger and Turtle – Magic Mountain is an art installation and landmark in Duisburg, Germany, built in 2011. [1] [2] It was designed by Ulrich Genth and Heike Mutter. It resembles a roller coaster, but it is a walkway with stairs. Its vertical loop continues the walkway and stairs but is unwalkable and blocked off.