Archivo de la etiqueta: Landscape
Celestial Arch
En Español más abajo December 9 dawned raining, with overcast skies and the forecast was that the aurora would be quite faint, so nothing boded well for an epic night. However, sometimes perseverance pays off. In the previous days I … Sigue leyendo
Winter textures
En español más abajo In those days, driving on the roads of southern Iceland was very difficult. A strong, gustywind swept across the coastal plains at the foot of the Vatnajökull glacier. The blizzardwhipped up massive amounts of snow, reducing … Sigue leyendo
En español mas abajo. During the winter a large amount of snow had accumulated on the mountains that crowned the fjords. Continuous storms had relentlessly battered the northern coast of Norway, blanketing white from the peaks to the … Sigue leyendo
The canyon. El cañón
En español más abajo Stuðlagil is one of the largest and most beautiful collections of basalt columns in Iceland. It looked very different until a few years ago, before the course of the Jökulsá á Dal was diverted to build … Sigue leyendo
Waterfall in the Storm. La Cascada en la Tormenta.
En español más abajo. It is almost a decade since I first visited the Faroe Islands. I had the opportunity to make a visit of a few days taking advantage of a stopover in the port of Tórshavn of … Sigue leyendo
King of the Mountain
Pinus Longaeva grow only in the most inhospitable places in the mountains of Nevada, Utah and Eastern California. Thanks to their slow development, they produce a hard and very resistant wood, which can take thousands of years to decompose. … Sigue leyendo
The Valley of the Waterfalls
Versión ene español más mas abajo From this perspective, a row of waterfalls seems to emerge directly from the walls of this spectacular canyon in the Icelandic highlands. This striking effect is produced by water seeping through the rock … Sigue leyendo
Room with a view
En Español más abajo On May 3, 2018, an eruption began on Hawaii’s Big Island that marked a new episode in Kilauea’s history. Magma erupted from twenty-four fissures that flooded an inhabited area of more than 35 km2 with … Sigue leyendo
The Survivor
En una remota zona desértica de Utah existe una gran roca de arenisca roja que ha sido horadada por la erosión a través de milenios de inclemente meteorología, creando una serie de hoyos perfectamente circulares, en los que de … Sigue leyendo
El factor suerte en la fotografía de paisaje
Si existe una imagen que ha influido en mi manera de entender la fotografía a lo largo de estos últimos treinta años, esa es sin duda Arco iris sobre el Palacio del Potala, una instantánea tomada en 1981 en la … Sigue leyendo