Have you ever heard the tale of Darth Plagueis the wise?

Okay, you and your dad have 45 years experience in photography. How much you got in post processing?

I was there yesterday and took a much worse photo. https://i.imgur.com/ftHQUbd.jpg

This place really is beautiful.

Never would've guessed 2500m. It looked like hill I could sprint up on a minute

I first learned the word tarn from The Fall of the House of Usher.

From the U.S. Natonal Park Service:

"Cirques are bowl-shaped, amphitheater-like depressions that glaciers carve into mountains and valley sidewalls at high elevations. Often, the glaciers flow up and over the lip of the cirque as gravity drives them downslope. Lakes (called tarns) often occupy these depressions once the glaciers retreat."

No it's illegal

Well you know NZ can be proud about mountains and volcanoes and naturally they are part of Maori mythology and so this isn't called Mt Egmont any more.

I seem to remember this volcano got used as a stand-in for Mt Fuji in that Tom Cruise movie. Fuji obviously being really important in Japanese religion.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that mountains are awesome.

Taranaki always makes me think of Flight of the Conchords. Beautiful picture.

For sure but in a sub like this I think you’re kind of obligated to show the unique angle if you only have one shot.

It's used as a substitute for it in movies shot here supposedly.

i just came😈😈😈

This IS how i imaginé the pyramids looked like a Long time ago

what is unnatural about places barely touched by man...? virtually the definition of natural

I was hoping it was Mars.

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Could someone throw a banana in there for scale?

"Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptang Zoo Boing!" then.

Happy New Year, friendo.

Agreed. My entire life I heard how incredible the Grand Canyon was. I heard it so much that I was afraid the over-hype would lead to an underwhelming experience when I finally visited it in my 40's. It's one of those rare places that no matter how high your expectations are, they are exceeded when you see it for the first time.

EDIT: Getting up early and making your way to the rim when it's still dark to watch the sunrise is an absolute must.

Looks like a pimple on the island

I have done the ferry from Prince Rupert to Skagway and then driven from Skagway-Whitehorse-Dawson City-Top of the World-Chicken- back around to Kluane. Then done the interior back down through Yukon/B.C.

From a drive perspective was incredibly fun and the roads were surpeisingly good. Beautiful too.

I'll still give the slight edge to Gaspe.

Many of the most dangerous volcanic mountains are stratovolcanoes (also known as composite volcanoes).

This includes Mt Taranaki as pictured above, but also Mt Rainier, Hood, St Helens in the US; Mt Fuji of Japan; Vesuvius, Etna, and Stromboli of Italy; And of course, many more!

My graduate degree focus is on stratovolcanic structure and I absolutely adore them

Something to be said though about showing an angle that no one else shows off for those of us who have never been. Just as beautiful from this angle.

Both are stratovolcanoes, and because of that, share very similar features!

Naked Mount Fuji

Looks very much like my home mountain, Mt. Hood