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View of Killarney National Park


View of Killarney National Park
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Copyright: Niek Bouwen (SunToucher) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2227 W: 199 N: 2486] (9084)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2003-07-28
Categories: Mountain, River
Camera: Fuji Finepix S602Zoom
Exposure: f/9.0, 1/60 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-01-23 13:10
Viewed: 1776
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This a shot I took in 2003 when traveling through Ireland. I took this picture when it was typical Irisch weather (foggy and drizzel) This is the same spot Queen Victoria stoot when she visited Killarney.

South and west of the town of Killarney are the world famous Lakes of Killarney. Killarney National Park, 10,236 hectares in extent, comprises the mountains and woodlands surrounding the Lakes as well as the three Lakes themselves. The Park includes the peaks of Mangerton, Torc, Shehy and the Purple mountains while just to the west of the Park rises MacGillycuddys Reeks, the highest mountain range in Ireland.

The nucleus of the National Park is the 4,000 hectare Bourn Vincent Memorial Park, formerly known as the Muckross Estate, which was presented to the State in 1932 by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bourn and their son-in-law Senator Arthur Vincent to be Ireland's first National Park. In recent years, lands and waters of the former Kenmare Estate have been added, including Knockreer, Ross Island and Innisfallen.

In 1981, the Park was designated by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve, part of a world network of natural areas which have conservation, research, education and training as major objectives.
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Good to see the Irish mists here. To ensure an evergreen environment they need the rain. Your photo captures some unsoiled countryside. Very interesting to see. TFS.

Wooooooowwwwwwwwww!

Beautiful landscape!
Great shot!

TFS,
Chris

How lucky you are to be able to travel so much! I'm jealous... I've lived in the USA all 24 years of my life, and I've never had the opportunity to travel outside of this country.

I like your picture. My favorite part is the winding river and how you can really follow it in the shot. I do wish you could see what is even further in the distance, but it looks like it's the fog/mist that's preventing that, not the cropping.

Hello Niek,
A rainy day in Ireland... I guess that is a fact, not all days are sunny as we are lead to believe when looking at images!
Nice point of view, where you capture a lot of water on the ground too...
Greetings,
Pablo -

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