The Cosmotic Order presentsLinks to image galleries of Winter scenery |
United StatesDan Heller Photography Snowy scenes of Yellowstone, primarily of the springs and of trees. Luminous Landscapes A few images of Yellowstone at dawn. Ray L. Doan Includes some nice shots of thin, isolated tree trunks. Dale Malmedal Shots from Colorado of mountains and valleys, including some nice shots of mountains dwarfing a town with its evening lights. Ramblin' Cameras New Mexico's Organ Mountains. |
Canada and AlaskaCanadian Ice Service This page has a section for ice-related photos, but they are a bit grainy in their reproduction. Cryosphere System in Canada A collection of snow, ice, iceberg and glacier photos. Heli Canada Adventures Images of the Canadian Rockies. Point Anderson Grand photos of Alaskan peaks. Also visit his Glaciers gallery. Tongass National Forest A page of photos of the progression of the Hubbard glacier in Alaska. Northern Canada Ice Country Some wonderful ice formations. |
South AmericaLos Glaciares National Park A magnificent region of glaciers in the Argentinian Andes. Imaginature The glaciers of Patagonia. Larry Chapman Mountains from the Cordillera Blanca range in Peru. |
Arctic RegionsNational Oceanic& Atmospheric Administration Their Arctic theme page offers many fine photos (animals and boat pictures aside). Bryan and Cherry Alexander The "Sea Ice" and "Icebergs and Glaciers" galleries are especially pleasant. Also see the "Antarctic Landscape" gallery, although these are clearly images from the Arctic regions. Jean-François Maïon Several galleries including Finland, Lapland, Iceland, and the Scandanavian Mountains. Hinrich Baesemann Pictures of floating ice. You can also visit his Arctic Landscapes page, but the images are less pristine (although there is a nice image of a glacier pouring from jagged mountains into the sea). K. Bruce Lane Some images of icebergs near Newfoundland and Labrador. Scott Polar Research Images of icebergs and ice |
ScandanaviaOur Beautiful World Very peaceful Norwegian scenery. Norrlandia Visit the Forests, Mountains and Streams galleries. Pbase Scenes of snow and frost from Northern Finland. |
IcelandDestination Iceland This site disappoints, except for this page of images of a frosty waterfall at Thingvellir National Park. Imaginature Icebergs in the Jökulsárlón lagoon. Blue Lagoon Never mind the geothermal baths -- there are some attractive images here of Iceland in Winter. Vatnajökull A few decent shots of the Vatnajökull glacier. |
GreenlandJack Stephens Images An extensive collection of landscapes, ice formations, and special phenomenon. Marc Deneyer Beautiful black&white images of icebergs at Ilulissat. |
Central AsiaEvert Wesker Images of ranges in Nepal, Kashmir and Pakistan, as well as some shots from the Arctic regions. Don't miss his link to a spectacular avalanche photo. Project Himalaya It can be difficult to locate pristine photos of Everest, as alpinists on this quest are often stricken with narcissism, and dominate the images in any gallery. This site, however, does offer a few splendid images. High Altitude Medicine Guide A few photos of mountains in the Himalayas. Serac Adventure Films Images from an Everest expedition. Asia Photo Gallery Peaks and glaciers from the region, although the photos are littered with alpinists. There is a fine shot of the Mustagh-Ata glacier. |
JapanEnjoy Japan A few images, mostly from the roadside. Kawasaki Photo Studio Some scenes of frozen waters and frost. |
Antarctic WatersMark J. Thomas Blue icebergs. Cybamuse: Antarctica A nice portrayal of how Antarctic sea ice hardens to form tundras. Also visit the "icebergs" page. Other Antarctic pages are worth viewing, keeping in mind that these are images from the islands (and perhaps Arctic sources). NOAA Photo Gallery The first two galleries provide fine examples of sea ice and icebergs. Page 3 of the "Outposts" gallery is worthwhile, and you might browse the "Historic Images" index with its mixture of fact and fiction. David Stewart Images from the coastal islands, as well as a set of iceberg shots. Endurance Expedition Images Frank Hurley's photos of the Endurance caught in the pack ice, although no images of the splintering. Still, a lesson to be learned. Landscapes Antarctic Actually, icebergs and formations near the coastal islands, occasionally marred by the presence of penguins. |
AssortedPeakware World Mountain Encyclopedia An immense index assorted by world regions, which unfold to photo galleries of individual peaks. Webshots Winter Scenes Three gallery pages of dramatic photos. World on Photo A Snow & Ice page. Gerard Kingma Pictures of small-scale frost formations, possibly from Belgium or Holland. NaturExposed Photography Trees as characters in a Winter scenery. Naturbilder Snow piled heavily upon vegetation. All Azimuths Photo Alpine landscapes worldwide. Bella Bon Lux Images of moderate snow over mountains. NASA: Visible Earth Images of ice over land and water, photographed from the Cryosphere. National Snow and Ice Data Center The photo galleries in this site may take some digging to find, so here are some links: Glacier gallery (American Geographical Society Collection) Staff photos (includes a beautiful set of glacial calving) Snow gallery Peter Knight Site includes image galleries of Greenland, Iceland, and glaciers on volcanos. Hilde Aardal Various shots of floating ice. Sea Ice Nomenclature Definitions of various types of sea ice, with images. |
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