Your top 5 views that made you go "wow"
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Here's mine, in no particular order:
View from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong.
View of Hong Kong Island from Kowloon.
View of Hong Kong from Ozone on the 118th floor of the International commerce centre.
Grand Canyon - someone said they were underwhelmed, I don't see how. I knew it was big, but realised just how big when the helicopter dropped over the edge into it. I also had to have the SkyWalk pointed out to me as I couldn't see it as it was relatively small. I also knew how big it was when we landed 'in' it and upon take off the other helicopters looked like Matchbox toys against the background.
The fifth? Probably when I first came onto the Nurburgring.
View from Victoria Peak, Hong Kong.
View of Hong Kong Island from Kowloon.
View of Hong Kong from Ozone on the 118th floor of the International commerce centre.
Grand Canyon - someone said they were underwhelmed, I don't see how. I knew it was big, but realised just how big when the helicopter dropped over the edge into it. I also had to have the SkyWalk pointed out to me as I couldn't see it as it was relatively small. I also knew how big it was when we landed 'in' it and upon take off the other helicopters looked like Matchbox toys against the background.
The fifth? Probably when I first came onto the Nurburgring.
Winner for me....Whitehaven Beach in Australia. That photo is true to life when you see it from the air. There is a fissure in the earth's crust and that's white silioca sand so unlike sand anywhere else
Other places for me
- Great Barrier Reef (from the air)
- Grand Canyon
- Big Bend National Park - Texas
- Bora Bora (from the air)
Other places for me
- Great Barrier Reef (from the air)
- Grand Canyon
- Big Bend National Park - Texas
- Bora Bora (from the air)
I've only been to a few places, but here are some of my favourite views so far:
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
All of Iceland! Eg. Godafoss
Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Driving to Milford Sound, NZ in heavy rain and with the water running down the surrounding hills.
Getting up before 4am to go and see sunrise at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
All of Iceland! Eg. Godafoss
Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Driving to Milford Sound, NZ in heavy rain and with the water running down the surrounding hills.
Getting up before 4am to go and see sunrise at Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.
Edited by Matt.. on Friday 26th September 18:19
1 sunrise at Ankor Wat
2 arriving by sea on a clear crisp clear day in Tokyo bay, Mount Fuji in all it's glory
3 snorkelling with Manta rays and whale sharks in the Maldives
4 sunset over Las Vegas from THE hotel 65th floor
5 first time at the the south rim, Grand Canyon
5a Paradise road, Queenstown
5b great ocean road
5c Palenque
2 arriving by sea on a clear crisp clear day in Tokyo bay, Mount Fuji in all it's glory
3 snorkelling with Manta rays and whale sharks in the Maldives
4 sunset over Las Vegas from THE hotel 65th floor
5 first time at the the south rim, Grand Canyon
5a Paradise road, Queenstown
5b great ocean road
5c Palenque
Edited by Kenty on Friday 26th September 21:52
I tried to avoid picking locations that others had already posted photos of but even so it was tough, honourable mentions to Milford Sound (New Zealand), Sydney Harbour (Australia) and The Yasawa Islands (Fiji)!
The Great Wall, taken at Mutianyu
Tongariro Crossing, New Zealand
Cape Town dwarfed by Table Mountain
King's Canyon, Australia
The Peak, Hong Kong
The Great Wall, taken at Mutianyu
Tongariro Crossing, New Zealand
Cape Town dwarfed by Table Mountain
King's Canyon, Australia
The Peak, Hong Kong
We're lucky aren't we ? So many fantastic places to see and visit, most people never will, sad but true.
Grand Canyon.
Monument Valley.
Bryce Canyon.
Yosemite.
Kakadu National Park Aus.
A lot of the bays around NZ - Bay of Islands, Bay of Plenty.
Some of the HUGE cave systems in Vietnam.
Sapa, Vietnam - amazing how the landscape has been transformed by hand into a truely stunning scene.
Angkor Wat.
Borobudur, Indonesia.
Grand Canyon.
Monument Valley.
Bryce Canyon.
Yosemite.
Kakadu National Park Aus.
A lot of the bays around NZ - Bay of Islands, Bay of Plenty.
Some of the HUGE cave systems in Vietnam.
Sapa, Vietnam - amazing how the landscape has been transformed by hand into a truely stunning scene.
Angkor Wat.
Borobudur, Indonesia.
blueheron said:
Tunnel view at Yosemite took my breath away. Tioga lake at Yosemite is also incredible.
....and you also have an excellent choice in lunch spots
Yes, it was quite impressive going through that tunnel, coming out the other side to that. I think that picture was one of the ones I took while sitting in the car, just poked the camera up above the windscreen (convertible Mustang, natch) and snapped away.....and you also have an excellent choice in lunch spots
As for Winchester Cathedral - I'm back into just walking around it at lunchtimes now, too cold to sit out on the grass and munch.
Fun Bus said:
Grand Canyon - someone said they were underwhelmed, I don't see how. I knew it was big, but realised just how big when the helicopter dropped over the edge into it. I also had to have the SkyWalk pointed out to me as I couldn't see it as it was relatively small. I also knew how big it was when we landed 'in' it and upon take off the other helicopters looked like Matchbox toys against the background.
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Yes I definitely seem to on the minority on this thread..
Personally I have found that lots of iconic landmarks are a bit of an anti-climax because you have seen them so many times in photos that you get there and the photos do actually do them justice (see pics above) so you arrive at pretty much what you expect to arrive at. Added to the sheer number of people that you invariably find in these places it just doesn't do that much for me.
I've got infinitely far more wow factor from going to places with minimal expectations. The Scottish Highlands, for example.
It's nearby so not that special right? Yet you drive any road over the Highlands and you will be treated to view after view that is arguably more incredible than anywhere else in the world.
blindswelledrat said:
Fun Bus said:
Grand Canyon - someone said they were underwhelmed, I don't see how. I knew it was big, but realised just how big when the helicopter dropped over the edge into it. I also had to have the SkyWalk pointed out to me as I couldn't see it as it was relatively small. I also knew how big it was when we landed 'in' it and upon take off the other helicopters looked like Matchbox toys against the background.
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Yes I definitely seem to on the minority on this thread..
Personally I have found that lots of iconic landmarks are a bit of an anti-climax because you have seen them so many times in photos that you get there and the photos do actually do them justice (see pics above) so you arrive at pretty much what you expect to arrive at. Added to the sheer number of people that you invariably find in these places it just doesn't do that much for me.
I've got infinitely far more wow factor from going to places with minimal expectations. The Scottish Highlands, for example.
It's nearby so not that special right? Yet you drive any road over the Highlands and you will be treated to view after view that is arguably more incredible than anywhere else in the world.
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