!!!Mountains

by
members of the [AirPano Team|Geography/About/Consortium/AirPano,_Team] that is a member of the [global-geography Consortium|Geography/About/Consortium]. \\

6 August 2016

with kind permission of [AirPano|http://www.AirPano.com]

Mountains

"An affirmative form of the relief" or "abrupt elevation of the earth's
surface" - that's the scientific definition of the word "mountain", but
that's not what we actually think of it. For many people mountains in
the first place are strongly associated with romantic, wild nature,
fresh air and incredible landscapes. And now you can witness all this
beauty with the help of the AirPano panoramas.

The highest peak on Earth bears two names simultaneously: local
Chomolungma (Tibetan for "Goddess Mother of Life") and international
Mount Everest. Occasionally the mountain changes its altitude, but
rather insignificantly: its current official height is 8,848 as
recognised since 8 April 2010, but after the 2015 earthquake it has
reduced by 2,54 centimetres.

[{Image src='01_Mountains.jpg' caption='Everest, 8848 meters\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='600'}]

The European highest point is considered to be Mont Blanc lying on the
border between France and Italy, and, probably, Russian mountain Elbrus.
The point is that there is no distinct border between Europe and Asia,
and each of the parts of the world can refer Elbrus, which has two peaks
rising at 5,642 and 5,621 meters above sea level, to their own
territory. Have a look at both this record-breaking mountains, and even
stars above them!

[{Image src='02_Mountains.jpg' caption='Mont Blanc, Italy-France\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='573'}]

Much more often mountains become famous not only because its height, but
also due to the beauty of the landscape together with accessibility for
tourism. In Europe both these criteria can be met in the Alps, and
especially the part that is named the Dolomites. Covering the area of
15,9 thousand square meters, stretching approximately 150 kilometres and
having 18 summits above 3,000 meters, this massif possesses couple of
dozens ski-resort with the total route length of around 1,260
kilometres.

[{Image src='03_Mountains.jpg' caption='Sassolungo mountain\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='429'}]

The most famous resort towns in the Pennine Alps are Swiss town Zermatt
and Italian Breuil-Cervinia, both lying at the foot of the 4,478 meters
high mountain of Matterhorn. And finally, the amazing Alpine resort
Saint-Moritz in Switzerland can offer not only many stunning peaks, but
also the highest mountain in the Eastern Alps - the 4,048 meters high
mountain of Piz Bernina.

AirPano project has travelled to many places all around the world,
including China. This country is rich with great number of cultural and
natural monuments. One of them is Guilin National Park. The peaks that
are actually limestone formations once were hidden by the sea and later
arose from it due to severe earthquakes. Nowadays these mountains
elevate at around 100 meters high and stand quite close to each other
almost vertically. They are covered with vegetation that change its
colour depending on the season. Right in the centre of the park there is
a 152 meters high Duxiu Feng, its name means "Solitary Beauty Peak".

[{Image src='04_Mountains.jpg' caption='Karst mountains of Guilin\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='378'}]

There are many mountain ranges in Russia, but, probably, nothing can
compare to the beauty of Kamchatka and its volcanoes. Some of them are
not active (for example the 2,173 meters high Viluchinsky volcano and
the 2,161 meters high Kambalny volcano), but the majority of them, such
as Mutnovsky (2,322 meters) or the massif of Tolbachik (3,682), erupt
regularly. So, our panoramas can show not only the calm beauty of
Kamchatka's mountain landscape, but also the "living" breath of two
volcanoes: Plosky Tolbachik (3,140 meters) and Klyuchevskaya Sopka
(4,835 meters). By the way, the latter one is a 7,000-year-old volcano
that is also the highest active volcano in Eurasia.

[{Image src='05_Mountains.jpg' caption='Klyuchevskaya Sopka eruption\\© [AirPano|https://www.AirPano.com]' alt='' width='900' popup='false' height='601'}]

In reality expeditions to the mountains can be associated with many
difficulties: oxygen deficiency, enormous physical activity and even the
danger of a volcano eruption. But AirPano panoramas will let you enjoy
the breathtaking views without any problem.

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