Above the Clouds II

Posted by Illuci (Hurdegaryp, Netherlands) on 19 July 2007 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

PLease read the text and give comments my friends, but I am on holidays now until 22th of July (Sunday). I posted some images in advance until the 20th of July.

After ten minutes, the cloud stretched underneath us like a blanket over the valley deep below...

Th epicture is non-digital, scanned

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Comments (12)

Evi from Athens, Greece

Breath taking capture! My compliments!

19 Jul 2007 7:12am

@Evi: Thanks, Evi! I praise myself lucky to have a camera with me. It was breathtaking indeed.

Soodabeh from Yazd, Iran

So beautiful scenary! What a mystic place!One likes to touch clouds!

19 Jul 2007 8:22am

@Soodabeh: Thanks, Soodabeh, it was our reward for the climbing walk which started underneath these clouds and we felt pity that the weather wasn't clear, but this changed when we were high enough, as you can see.

priya from ON, Canada

You must have enjoyed the best moments living in that beautiful world.

19 Jul 2007 11:56am

@priya: Thanks, Priya, I'm sure you have these mountains in Canada, too, but I think these circumstances we have met are rare even in the Alps. But we enjoyed the best moments!

chacha from United States

cool shot

20 Jul 2007 12:30am

@chacha: Thanks, Chacha, I almost regret not to have a digital camera at that time, but one cannot have everything!

ally! from Singapore, Singapore

this is a fabulous picture! the clouds look quite walkable (:

20 Jul 2007 2:20am

@ally!: I'm glad we didn't try it :-), but we were rather tired as you can see: Janine has put her backpack on the ground for a couple of moments.

Stephen from Calgary, Canada

Wow Erik!!!! What a magical picture! It looks like one can run and dive right into it - like a large soft bed.

20 Jul 2007 4:43am

@Stephen: Thanks, Stephen I'm glad I can share the picture with a group of people all around the world who feel the same as I did when I saw the phenomenon!

Tal from Canada

Wow, what a beautiful shot! That must have been even more amazing to see in person but you have captured it well through this photo!

20 Jul 2007 2:25pm

@Tal: Thanks, Tal, we were very surprised indeed when we came above this blanket, at first we thought it was a bit of mist but apparently Nature can draw a sharp boundary between mist and clarity, and the sun does the rest. You notice the same in a plane: during climbing there's nothing but mist outside and all of a sudden you are above a snow white blanket in the sun.