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From the exotic to the familiar, whether you’re traveling or in your own backyard, we would love to see the world through your eyes.
BigJimSlade
It did rain on us a little bit on this hike, but nothing serious. But the clouds were changing all the time, with some striking results. Then we have a couple of shots back in town, of our hotel and St. Michel Church.
From left to right, les aiguilles de Chamonix, with Aiguille du Midi having some clouds shouldering up to it, and Mt. Blanc blanketed.
A little bit later, and a closer view, the clouds are starting to swallow them all up.
Zoomed in on Aiguille du Midi, getting grayed out. It was disappearing and reappearing. I was glad I brought the telephoto zoom lens :-)
Le Brévent when it’s clear.
Le Brévent when some clouds have snuck up behind it.
Gondola to nowhere. OK, it’s going to Le Brévent, but it was wonderful to see the gondola like this.
The flower pictures post were taken just below and to the left of what you see here – St. Michel Church, and a clear view of Le Brévent in the background!
Our hotel from the back – we had the room at the top left. You can see here, barely, that it’s 2 buildings, a smaller building in front and the larger one with most (maybe all) the rooms in back.
Steve in the ATL
The Alps are just amazing. Great photos.
JPL
Magical!
Traveller
Thank you! as you noted the gondola image really is special. However, all of them were actually special and the cloud formations almost seemed like a solid wall as they packed themselves against the mountains off the distance. great stuff, thanks again.
AM in NC
Thanks for the photos – so cool! My husband and I are lucky enough to have retired early this year, and when the kids are fledged in the fall, we are looking to get on the road to have adventures like this. Just stunning.
Anyway
Great pictures! I am partial to Aiguille du Midi and love saying it with an exaggerated (faux) French accent …
Betty
Just great photos.
frosty
Great views of a stunning landscape. BTW, I picked up an 18-200 zoom for travel and it has worked out great for everything except birds that are a little too far away.
munira
L’Aiguille du Midi in the clouds – so eerie and beautiful. Great photos.
pieceofpeace
Beautiful photos of those gorgeous mountains.
StringOnAStick
Gorgeous! Love the Alps.
BigJimSlade
Thanks for the nice comments everyone!
BigJimSlade
@frosty: Birds. It seems like they are everywhere, until you try to take a picture of one. So, respect to Albatrossity!
BigJimSlade
Looks like I forgot to put my “embiggen” links in. Oh, well.
cope
Thank you for showing us these beautiful places.
sherparick
Brings back some wonderful memories. I made at least 5 ski trips to Chamonix and took the guided ski trip down the Valle d’ Blanc all the way once (and had to help a second group who were overmatched climb back up to L’Brevent roped together – adventure!). The food in the town is also amazing!
Tehanu
Love the Alps. How lucky you were to see them and take such great photos.