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oldies but goodies Entrevaux Southern French Alps : watch my last instalement in my oldies but goodies series :

youtu.be/PmtJ79-u2sw

#travel #Alps #family #visit #France #trip #tourism #medieval #entrevaux #SouthernAlps #castle #citadel #filmphotography
Entrevaux medieval town travel southern french alps
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September 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
kitler182.bsky.social
Beautiful Christchurch 😍 #cats #catsofbluesky #christchurch #southernalps #winter
July 23, 2026 at 1:25 AM
youstorm.bsky.social
Mt Aspiring area South Island New Zealand under clear high pressure conditions seen by #Sentinel2 on 9 June 2026 #NewZealand #SouthernAlps
June 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
oggielander.bsky.social
#WideShotWednesday - Hooker Valley, Aoraki National Park, NZ

#Panoramic #Pano #PanoPhotos #Panorama #Photography #iPonography #Aoraki #NZ #MtCook #NewZealand #LandscapePhotography #SouthernAlps #Glacier
June 10, 2026 at 2:11 AM
va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
[animal remains]

Less-snowy pictures from the Cascade Saddle day. #SouthernAlps
Less-high peaks surrounding the Dart River, with scrub and small trees. The peak on the right is mostly in shade, but there is a slope that is still in the sun. The peak on the left is mostly in the sun and there are some rocky runnels on it. Flats above the Dart River. On the left there is a glacier, on the other side of the Dart, above rocky terrain. On the right there is a smaller slope with grass and shrub. There is a rounded snowy mountain in the distance. Remains of a brown hair. It's mostly vertebrae with some fur. A person with a backpack descending something that is closer to a ladder than to stairs, with a bridge visible not too far away. This is in the shaded forest, though there is still sun visible across the valley. Not in the picture is the kea welcoming committee: about 5 kea are hanging around.
May 12, 2026 at 4:06 AM
va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
I have processed all of my Cascade Saddle pictures, although I did the last set on May 1, so that'll be part of the June thread. Maybe I'll also finish some other mountain pictures for that thread. The archives are endless.

Some mountain pictures from the Cascade Saddle day. #SouthernAlps
Crevasse field atop a mountain. Although this picture is taken at about the same time as the others, it looks like much earlier in the day, and the colours look more like full daylight than early evening. Brückner and Hesse glaciers, across the Dart River, in the midst of rocky peaks. A wider angle shot of the Brückner and Hesse glaciers in late-day light, with the sun shining directly on some parts of the snow, while other parts are in the shade. Lots of rock also. No vegetation. Sky has high cloud; eventually there will be some rain, but not quite yet. The toe of the Brückner glacier is reasonably high up. Here we have blue ice covered by little rocks and dirt in what looks like a frozen riverbed. There is more snow, ice, and rock further above.
May 12, 2026 at 2:49 AM
dnlmra.bsky.social
Image Credit: Tomás Malík
#SouthernAlps #fog #mountainrange
#hiking #outdoor #ContinentalEurope
#sunrise #morning #Dolomites
April 25, 2026 at 6:40 PM
va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
Flying to Queenstown and renting a car would have been super expensive when we were buying tickets, so we flew to Christchurch instead. I think that saved us $$$$. I don't love the extra driving, but we did get great views of Aoraki both ways. #SouthernAlps
A person on the shores of Lake Pukaki ponders the azure lake and the mountain behind. Zoomed-in view of Mount Cook/Aoraki. It's a triangular prism, with the triangular side closest to us in the shade, and then the rectangle side showing a bunch of snow in the sun. Smaller subpeak to the right.
April 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM
va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
Flying to Queenstown and renting a car would have been super expensive when we were buying tickets, so we flew to Christchurch instead. I think that saved us $$$$. I don't love the extra driving, but we did get great views of Aoraki both ways. /fin #SouthernAlps
A person on the shores of Lake Pukaki ponders the azure lake and the mountain behind. Zoomed-in view of Mount Cook/Aoraki. It's a triangular prism, with the triangular side closest to us in the shade, and then the rectangle side showing a bunch of snow in the sun. Smaller subpeak to the right.
April 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM
va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
Here are some more views mostly from the Cascade Saddle walk, including Mount Māori (thanks for the id!), a tarn with tufts, and a silty stream. #SouthernAlps #tramping
View from Dart Hut in the morning with pink clouds in a blue sky, some more Southern Alps in the background, the bed of the Dart River in the foreground, and some smaller hills nearby. That picture of Mount Māori again, with steep snowy slopes, and clouds off its right, under an otherwise blue sky. A tarn getting towards the campsite on Cascade Saddle, with tufts of plants growing in the water. Rocky moraine with a stream that is so silty that it is also grey.
April 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
We went from Raspberry Creek to Aspiring Hut and then over the Cascade Saddle to Dart Hut, finishing with the Rees Track and seeing takahē. There are a couple of pictures I've posted before. #SouthernAlps #birdsnz
The view at Cascade Saddle itself: the ground is mostly flat sloped upwards left-to-right with golden grass on it. There is a track visible in the middle of the picture, with cliffs to the right of the track. There is a person standing on the track near the cliff. A takahē in the wild, coming for its evening stroll to Shelter Rock Hut. It has walked out from the long grass and is in short grass. It is various shades of purple, green, and blue, with red feet (banded white and red) and a red beak. A small waterfall taken at slow shutter speed relatively early in the day. Next to the waterfall there are various plants. On the last day of the walk, we were in the boggy flats surrounded by snow-covered peaks like this one. There is a small cloud near the biggest peak in the picture.
April 4, 2026 at 1:38 AM
va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
I spent my copious free time in March writing a trip report for our Cascade Saddle tramp in February. It sure is scenic. #nz #tramping #SouthernAlps

https://patricklam.ca/post/20260331-trip-report-cascade-saddle/
The Dart Glacier is mostly white, with some rocky bits to its left. It's in a glacial cirque and surrounded by snowy mountains underneath a mostly sunny sky. About as scenic as the best of the Canadian Rockies. A tramper with an overnight pack is in the middle of flattish brown grass, with a snwoy dome in the distance. An olive green parrot (kea) sits on top of a roof. Its wing is more green with a tinge of blue. Moonset near Dart Hut: a crescent moon is setting (I think) amid pink clouds, with some ridgelines in the frame.
April 4, 2026 at 1:28 AM
va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
This worked really well last time. Let's see if it works again. Maybe this is Mount Tyndall? It's close to the other picture, on the Cascade Saddle track. #nz #SouthernAlps
Another pointy snow-covered summit under a blue sky. This one is flanked by a large snowy slab below it to the right, with some rocky features interrupting the slab. There is some green bush, not very visible, towards the bottom of the picture.
April 1, 2026 at 4:06 AM
va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
I found a wider angle pic of Mt Māori in my collection too (thanks @damianpeterson @zl2tod). #nz #SouthernAlps
Another picture of mountains with a bunch of snow on them. Mt Māori is centred. Probably Plunket Dome to the right, a big bunch of snow that takes a lot of space. Dart Glacier barely visible and I think Pench Glacier on the slopes of Mt Māori. Blue sky, clouds coming up over Mt. Māori.
March 29, 2026 at 4:08 AM
va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy
Really not managing to ID this peak from near Cascade Saddle. It shouldn't be that hard! #nz #SouthernAlps
A rocky peak with some steep snow slopes and cloud coming up one of the sides. Glaciers in foreground.
March 29, 2026 at 2:35 AM
glacioverse.bsky.social
Some photos during a scenic flight over some glaciers in Southern Alps, NZ

#glaciers #NewZealand #SouthernAlps #mountains
March 18, 2026 at 9:06 PM
beraterichikura.bsky.social
'Der Blick von oben' #FotoVorschlag

Blick auf die #Südalpen, #Neuseeland aus dem Flugzeug.
#Newzealand #Southernalps
Blick auf die Südalpen, Neuseeland aus dem Flugzeug.
March 16, 2026 at 9:22 AM
tomstahlphoto.bsky.social
Sometimes it is important to feel small...we rode a helicopter back from Milford Sound to Queenstown. The views of the Southern Alps were stunning.
#newzealand #fiordlands #southernalps
March 11, 2026 at 2:13 PM
glacioverse.bsky.social
Wrote a small blog on "What I learned from my visit to the Southern Alps"

Do have a read, if you like glacial geomorphology and landforms.

#SouthernAlps #Glaciers #Climate #NewZealand #PhD #Science

medium.com/p/what-i-lea...
What I learned from my visit to the Southern Alps
My fascination with glacial geomorphology and landforms truly began during my first visit to the Drang Drung Glacier in Ladakh in the year…
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March 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
spacewalkmusic.bsky.social
A misty, drizzly day in the beech-forested mountains of Arthur’s Pass, the Southern Alps 💚

#arthurspass #southernalps #southisland #newzealand #island #beechforest #mountains #Instatravel #travel #photooftheday #beautifuldestinations #travelgram #yourshotphotographer #worldpix
February 27, 2026 at 5:55 AM
ukcsi.bsky.social
Lake Matheson near Fox Glacier, New Zealand, February 2016
Easy to see why it's nicknamed 'Reflection Lake' with the stunning views to the Southern Alps.
#Landscape #Photography #Photo #NewZealand #Lake #Reflections #SouthernAlps
A lake with an incredibly calm surface, trees around the edge drawing the eye to the mountains of the Southern Alps in the distance, snow lingering on their sides and peaks. The blue summer sky is perfectly reflected in the still water showing just a few wispy white clouds. The mountains of the Southern Alps nestled beneath a blue summer sky, snow still visible on the higher peaks. a small river running across the front of the image with 2 trees on the other side almost framing the view to the mountains beyond Some of the peaks of the Southern Alp Mountains against a background of a light blue summer sky, snow still visible on the higher peaks. The mountains framed by nearby trees in the foreground
February 26, 2026 at 2:18 PM
rixster.bsky.social
Title: Blinded by the Light
📍 Southern Alps, South Island, New Zealand

🎶 Song pairing: Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

450mm x 300mm. Acrylic, metallic, fluro + ink on wood.

#SouthernAlps #ModernLandscape #ArtProcess #OriginalArt #artsky #blueskyartshow #art #painting #fluro
February 17, 2026 at 5:23 AM
rixster.bsky.social
Title: Oh oh oh oh ohh oh ohh
🎶 Song pairing: Standing in the way of Control by Gossip

📍 Lake Tekapo, South Island New Zealand

#art #landscape #painting #newzealand #nz #southisland #metallic #southernalps #acryllic #ink #mountains #impressionism #laketekapo #lake #tekapo
February 4, 2026 at 2:04 AM
rixster.bsky.social
Title: Crystal
🎶 Song pairing: Crystal by New Order

📍 Mount Aoraki/Cook National Park, South Island New Zealand

#art #landscape #painting #newzealand #nz #southisland #metallic #southernalps #acryllic #ink #mountains #impressionism
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
michusa.bsky.social
steep descent Hike in Southern French Alps
watch the full YouTube video : Steep descent Gars to Brianconnet and back hike with my father southern french alps

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#hike #travel #SouthernAlps #Grasse #backcountry #view #Provence #France #trip #hiking
steep descent Gars to Brianconnet and back hike with my father southern French Alps
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January 7, 2026 at 8:57 PM