The Great Outdoors

Astronuc

Someone posted an image of a trail along a ridge in the northern Carpathian mountains, in the area known as the High Tatras. It's quite a nice trail, something like the Appalacian trail in the Eastern US.

Tatra National Park, 06201 High Tatras, Slovakia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Tatras

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ta...orama01xxx.jpg

Borek

While most of the High Tatras is in the Slovakia, part is in Poland. On the second picture the rightmost peak (Rysy) is the highest point in Poland, at 2499 meters, 1 meter shy of 2.5 km. (Actually Rysy has three peaks, and the one in Poland is not the highest, but who cares about the other peaks in Slovakia ).

rhody

This takes natural selection to a whole new level.



Rhody...

Borg

Are you referring to the badger or the narrator?

rhody

Ha.... not going there...

Rhody...

Borek

Definitely indoor, and in Polish only, still worth mentioning. Few weeks ago Polish speleologists discovered an extension in the Jaskinia Niedźwiedzia (Bear Cave, named after large number of cave bear bones found inside) in Polish Sudety Mountains:

http://wiadomosci.onet.pl/regionalne...rtaz-duzy.html

Scrolling through the images should be obvious even if you don't speak Polish. Picture 6 is a map, new part is in black. Entry there is pretty difficult - through a very narrow, vertical shaft, which is why it wasn't discovered earlier.

Astronuc

Some really cool beaches to go see -

http://travel.yahoo.com/ideas/world-...t-beaches.html

CDTOE

Your reporter from a south western village in the Arabian Peninsula has come back with, what he hopes to be, beautiful outdoor images from a journey to a surrounding mountain. Enjoy!

Andy Resnick

excellent!

lisab

Beautiful, CDTOE. Looks like a great place to explore!

sas3

Anyone know what kind of insect this is? They are on a maple tree laying eggs.

sas3

A thunder storm just came through and I snapped a few photos...I just love lighting...

Borek

Nice one. I am still waiting for a good thunderstorm to take pictures of. Last years they are either too far or during a day.

Astronuc

How did you trigger the shutter? Did you leave it open and capture different strikes?

Andy Resnick

excellent shot!

Borg

I'm wondering the same thing. I see these types of pictures but I have no idea how to achieve them.
@sas3: I'll add my congratulations on an excellent shot as well.

Borek

No idea how sas3 took the picture, but there two ways of taking such pictures that I tried.

During the night open the shutter and wait till the lightning:



During a day shot a video and select the frames with the lightning:



(yes, it is from the same window and in almost the same direction)