Small Mountains, Distant Mountains, Mountains in the Background

in #mountainmonday6 years ago (edited)

Hey folks, this week your mountain man feels a little tired and I'm going to stick close to home again. Every week when I put out my #mountainmonday post someone will comment and tell me there are no mountains near them.

I just want to let you know we're pretty casual here at #mountainmonday headquarters. Any kind of mountain will do, even if it's really just a hill, or if the mountain is not the main focus of the image, or even if there's just a hint of the mountain in the background or whatever. Basically, if it's even slightly mountainous in nature, go ahead and make a post, and drop me a link in the comments. I'll resteem and upvote your post, but you sure won't get rich from my vote these days! What the heck, it's all just for fun at this point here in crypto land...

If you can, tell me something about your little hill or whatever it is. Words and images just go great together. This week I'm going to show you some hills that want to be mountains when they grow up! Perhaps a snowcapped mountain may appear, but it won't be actual point of the image... see, I'm going to show how to to cheat at #mountainmonday! LOL :)

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Above: on the beach at the bird sanctuary. Someone made these giant birds out of driftwood - that's a Great Blue Heron there. There's a fishing boat in the middle distance and just a hint of mountains out there on the horizon.

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Little Saanich Mountain or "Observatory Hill" in Victoria has an observatory with a 72" telescope (1.83 meter) inside that white dome. It was supposed to be the largest telescope in the world when they were constructing it in 1918, but a labour dispute put them behind schedule and the 100" scope at Mount Wilson, California was finished first. It would not have held the record long in any case. Even if they had finished on schedule, Mt. Wilson would have taken the title within six months.

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A small boat leaving the Oak Bay Marina. A little hill over on San Juan Island, Washington just managed to sneak into the scene.

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Ok, what's next here... I was just taking a shot of this golfer and happened to catch a mountain in the background. By the way, look at this guy walking up to his ball... nice putt! We golf here year round, but sometimes you'll see golfers looking pretty comical in their big winter coats!

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Wanna by a crypto Whale? Better keep posting even if Steem goes down to $0.01. Hustle baby, and get rich quick! Oh yes, I think there's a mountain or a hill back there on the horizon.

Ok, my friends, that all I got. Let's see yours!

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PERFECT Mountain Monday post, thanks for sharing! Have a great day :)

Thank you! Long live the mountains and Mountain Monday!

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Beautiful views there @keithboone!
That is a very cool whale tail!
Here is our little hill :-)
Mt Redoubt

Happy #mountainmonday!
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That's quite a hill here @shasta! :) Thank you!

Cool #mountainmonday photos @keithboone! Here's a recent photo shot from a mountain, with a mountain in the background: https://steemit.com/mountainmonday/@scottshots/rainbow-bridge-sunrise-for-mountainmonday Cheers!

That was great, Scott, and you wound up with a lovely photo. Even though there wasn't as much colour as you hoped for, it looked awesome to me!

Glad you enjoyed that! Yeah, the color only lasted a short time at sunrise but I was lucky and ended up with one "keeper".

Glad to know that hills will be acceptable! I've still got a couple weeks worth of mountains left! You are lucky to be surrounded by these beauties! Here is mine! https://steemit.com/mountainmonday/@melinda010100/baou-de-saint-jeannet-6799a36f954b2

Thank you, Melinda! You made a great post! I might have to start entering "mountains of rice" or something if I don't get some new mountain shots soon!

Ha! That would be creative, at least!

Howdy sir keithboone! I love that top photo, there are so many things to focus on in that one, it's very cool but all of them are great!

Thank you @janton! I've been searching for something for you, and just found it. I'm not sure if you know about our "redneck province" of Alberta, but they love playing at being cowboys there, and in Calgary where they host the annual Calgary Stampede, the White Stetson is the symbol of the city. Take a look at this if you want to see the Calgary White Hat Stetson:
https://smithbilthats.com/product-category/western/

They love the stetson so much in Calgary that at one point they were going to design their hockey arena as a giant Stetson. This never happened, and they actually designed it as a saddle instead - The Calgary Saddledome... thought you might get a kick out of that! :)

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Ha! The Saddle Dome! wow. and those great looking hats on that site. Man, they're more obsessed than Texas! That is so funny. I've seen alot of pictures of the Calvary Stampede but I didn't know about the redneck province in Alberta, lol. Very interesting! Well, those cowboys up there must be tough because I couldn't handle working outside in those winters! Thanks for all this great information!

My daughter and her husband are likely moving there next year and I'm thrilled because it's only a 1.5- hour flight or an easy two day drive through the BEST scenery in Canada (rocky mtns) if we want to visit! :)

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