Sunset, Sunrise
Dec. 13th, 2016 05:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenakWith the news getting steadfastly ghastlier and more grotesque by the minute, I figured I'd share some of my weekend sights. To wit, I visited the highest German mountain, the Zugspitze. Due to some RL business in nearby Garmisch, which is where the winter Olympic Games took place in the 70s. I lucked out with the weather, too, which is why you get some mountain scenery:
And that's the view greeting you when you've reached the top and look at the direction of Austria:
Whereas the German side has nearly no snow at all. You can see two of the big Bavarian lakes, the Starnberger See and the Ammersee, in the distance:
Back to the summit of the Zugspitze itself.
Zugspitze Summit, detail, where you can see the rising moon behind it:
By the the time I went down the mountain, the sun was setting and the moon was rising, hence:
And in conclusion: sunrise over Garmisch. You can see the old Olympic skiing slope with its artificial snow:
And that's the view greeting you when you've reached the top and look at the direction of Austria:
Whereas the German side has nearly no snow at all. You can see two of the big Bavarian lakes, the Starnberger See and the Ammersee, in the distance:
Back to the summit of the Zugspitze itself.
Zugspitze Summit, detail, where you can see the rising moon behind it:
By the the time I went down the mountain, the sun was setting and the moon was rising, hence:
And in conclusion: sunrise over Garmisch. You can see the old Olympic skiing slope with its artificial snow:
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Date: 2016-12-18 06:34 am (UTC)I've never been to the alps but it's still on my list of things to see here. Germany is comparatively small but there are still so many places I want to see...
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