Mountains 📍

The World Is Studded With Artificial Mountains – Atlas Obscura

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The World Is Studded With Artificial Mountains – Atlas Obscura

From atop the jagged mountain, cars, people, and houses appear as tiny versions of themselves, the noise of their day to day activity muted so high in the air. Scrubby vegetation grows from cracks in the rock, soaking up the sun and rustling in the slight breeze. Birds caw as they alight at the top of a slope, observing the expanse below them.

The mountain is just another part of the topography to those that live near it, but it is not a natural part of the landscape. The mountain is completely artificial, a colossus formed not by eons of geologic change but the vigor of industrial concrete production. Artificial mountains have sprung up all over the world, the result of hellish manufacturing processes, piled construction and mining waste, or in some cases built deliberately to add a humongous new feature to the horizon.

The World Is Studded With Artificial Mountains

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The World Is Studded With Artificial Mountains

From atop the jagged mountain, cars, people, and houses appear as tiny versions of themselves, the noise of their day to day activity muted so high in the air. Scrubby vegetation grows from cracks in the rock, soaking up the sun and rustling in the slight breeze. Birds caw as they alight at the top of a slope, observing the expanse below them.

The mountain is just another part of the topography to those that live near it, but it is not a natural part of the landscape. The mountain is completely artificial, a colossus formed not by eons of geologic change but the vigor of industrial concrete production. Artificial mountains have sprung up all over the world, the result of hellish manufacturing processes, piled construction and mining waste, or in some cases built deliberately to add a humongous new feature to the horizon.

High Peaks

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If I hike up Hoyes Crest, I can say I’ve been to the highest point in Maryland at 3,360 feet. Driving up Spruce Knob will get me to the highest in West Viriginia at 4,862 feet, and then I just have to hit Meyersdale PA to hike up Mount Davis to hit the highest part of Pennsylvania 3,213 feet.

Top of the Mountain State

Looking Back at 2011 in Photos

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Today will take a look back at Year of 2011 in photos. Next week, I plan on doing an article featuring the Best of Photos of 2011. UNIX_TIMESTAMP(‘2011-1-1’) AND `date` < UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2012-1-1') ORDER BY `date` ASC"; $query = mysql_query("$sql"); while ($series = mysql_fetch_assoc($query) ) { $date = strtotime($series['dated']); if ($prevdate != date('F', $date) ) { echo '

‘.date(‘F Y’, $date).’.

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$min = strtotime( date(‘F 1, Y’, $date) );
$max = strtotime( date(‘F t, Y’, $date).’ 11:59 AM’);

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\n\n

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}

echo “{$series[‘title’]} / “.date(‘F j, Y’, $date).”
“;

$prevdate = date(‘F’, $date);

}

?>

20 Newest Maps

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This an automagically generated list of recent the maps I’ve uploaded to my blog. Click on map to display a high resolution version of the map for printing and download.

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$sql = “SELECT `photos`.`id`
FROM `photos`, `phototypes`
WHERE `photos`.`typeid` = `phototypes`.`id`
AND `phototypes`.`filename` LIKE ‘maps%’
ORDER BY `photos`.`upload` DESC LIMIT 20”;

$query = mysql_query(“$sql”);

require_once(BLOG_ROOT.’/inc/textparse.php’);

while ($id = mysql_fetch_row($query) ) {

echo fodderPhoto($id[0]);

}
?>

Alphabetical List of Maps I’ve Posted to My Blog

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This an automagically generated list of all of the maps I’ve uploaded to my blog. It is in alphabetical order, based on the name. Right now, there are maps on the blog. Click on the link to view the smaller version or high resolution version map.

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}

echo ‘‘.$map[‘title’].’ (‘.substr($map[‘typetitle’],6).’) – Preview – High Resolution‘.’
‘;

$prev = substr($map[‘title’],0,1);
}

?>