Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hello Jayanand, You're right about Mauna Kea (more than 10.000 from its base, they say). I'm not a specialist at all, I just was thinking about some major oceanic trenches (Philippine, Japan, Mariana, etc.) and about the thousands islands floating over... Probably someones are higest the Everest. And I was remember we only watch and photograph the smallest part of this earth. Cheers, Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand en gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug en leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Recession/Crisis in the Hudson Valley >I think only the Mauna Kea/Mauna Loa massif is taller than the Everest by > 150m or so, if you take mountains from the sea bed into consideration. Are > there any others? > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:37 PM, <foto en marcdufour.net> wrote: > >> Higest mountains are under the sea, and only few ones emerge. Our >> perception is so limited ;-) >> Marc >> >> >> > Real mountains are the Himalayas, followed by the Andes, then the >> > Rockies/Alaska and finally the Alps (-: . I will be off to the >> > Himalayan >> > foothills in June, to a town called Dalhousie, to see the Dalai Lama. >> > Cheers >> > Jayanand >> > >> > On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Doug Herr >> > <wildlightphoto en earthlink.net>wrote: >> > >> >> Mark Rabiner wrote: >> >> >> >> >But I want to go to Alaska. That's where the real mountains are I >> >> think. >> >> >> >> Once you go everything else will drop a few notches on your >> >> 'favorites' >> >> list. >> >> >> >> Doug Herr >> >> Birdman of Sacramento >> >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Leica Users Group. >> >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Leica Users Group. >> > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information