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Damavand


Damavand
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Copyright: Mohammad Shirani (mohammad_s14) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 13 W: 2 N: 21] (248)
Genre: Landscapes
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-12-31
Categories: Mountain
Camera: Canon Powershot A310
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/1600 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Iranian Mountains [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-09-09 12:44
Viewed: 1960
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Damavand is the most famous mountain in Iran and one of the world's most spectacular stratovolcanoes, a near-perfect cone which rises almost 15000 ft (4500 m) above the capital city of Tehran at a distance of less than 40 miles (65 km). Like Elbrus atop the Caucasus, Damavand towers over the Elburz Mountains, a great range of non-volcanic, folded/uplifted rocks which reaches about 16000 ft (4800 m) in elevation yet lies only a few miles south of the Caspian Sea, an inland salt lake (the world's largest lake) at an elevation of -92 feet (-28 m) relative to sea level. Unlike the volcanoes of northwest Iran, Damavand is quite young, with a well-preserved summit crater containing fumaroles and a small lake in summer. The smooth slopes are cut by prominent barrancos (radial erosion gullies), but are relatively unscarred by glacial erosion. Damavand has two large slope glaciers, one on the northeast side just below the summit and another farther down the north slope. Due to its height and easy accessibility from Tehran, Damavand is a very popular climb and has been rapidly gaining popularity with ski mountaineers over the past several years. With skiable slopes on every aspect and descents of over 10000 vertical feet (3000 m) possible in spring, Damavand is clearly one of the world's finest ski mountaineering objectives.
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It's beautiful view, Mohammad.
The colours are very nice. Well composed, good details, well exposed and good POV.
Very well done.

Nice view Mohammad of this volcano, though it would be better without the houses being so prominent in the image though they do help to give a sense of scale to it.
A very intresting note as well.TFS

Ficou linda!!!

Salam Mohammad,

Fantastic view of Damavand Peak.
Very sharp and detailed. I love snow on beautiful house's roof.
Congratulations,

Javad.

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