Weekend Image Post – Hills and Mountains

Barren hills or majestic mountains offer spectacular views. Mountains are generally less preferable for human habitation as the weather is harsher and less food is available. But more than half of humanity depends on mountains for water as most of the world’s rivers are fed from mountain sources. Most people enjoy hiking, hillwalking, skiing, rock climbing, and climbing steep mountains as a hobby or profession. Ski resorts are popular tourist destinations.

Weekend image post brings you some amazing and majestic images of hills and mountains.

Amazing and Majestic Pics of Hills and Mountains

1 Amazing view of Peña Telera, a route for extreme climbing.

Photo Credit: Alfonso – tochis (Flickr)

2 Blue Ridge Mountains In winter snow and rime coat the Blue Ridge Mountains, where the rising sun striking icy branches appears to set the trees afire.

Photograph: Amy White and Al Petteway Source: National Geographic

3 Himalayan Trails.

Photo Credit: Rajesh (Flickr)

4 Dolomiti – le Odle viste dal Seceda.

Photo Credit: Luigi – gigi62 (Flickr)

5 Goddess Mother of the Universe. Qomolangma, Mount Everest, Tibet. The Tibetan name, Qomolangma, translates to Goddess mother of the Universe. The Nepali name Sagarmatha means “Head of the sky”. It rises some almost 8,900 meters high.

Photo Credit: Stefan – Unitopia (Flickr)

6 Mountains of Abruzzo, Italy.

Photo Credit: Lorenzaccio (Flickr)

7 Sun kisses Mountain Galtür, Tirol, Austria.

Photo Credit: 8#X (Flickr)

8 Mount Rainier stands 13,210 feet (4,030 m) above its surroundings. Mount Rainier is an active stratovolcano (also known as a composite volcano) in Pierce County, Washington, located 54 miles (87 km) southeast of Seattle, Washington, in the United States.

Photo Credit: papalars (Flickr)

9 Mt Kangchenjunga (3rd highest mountain in the world, 8,586m) as viewed from Pelling, West Sikkim, India.

Photo Credit: Uttam Kumar Chatterjee (Flickr)

10 Biharinath is the tallest hill of Bankura District, in the Indian state of West Bengal, and one of the dense forest areas of the district. It is 451 metres high.

Photo Credit: Uttam Kumar Chatterjee (Flickr)

11 Nanga Parbat (Killer Mountain, 9th highest peak in the world, 8125m) in Pakistan as seen from Base Camp.

Photo Credit: Faisal Saeed (Flickr)

12 Machu Picchu (Old Peak in Quechua) is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km northwest of Cusco (elevation: 2,350 m).

Photo Credit: Michel – mtchm (Flickr)

Hills and Mountains Gallery

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