Mountains are the magnificent formations on the surface of Earth, silent witnesses of the planet evolution that have always amazed people with their greatness, power, mute calmness, and pure beauty. They have watched us hunting mammoth, making the first iron tools, conquering new lands, developing industries, and, finally, fighting against the industry-related environment pollutions… Everything changes on planet Earth, and only mountains seem to be just the same as they were thousands of years ago. These grand watchers always attracted the masters of art photography, who did their best to show all the magnificence, sacred wisdom and natural beauty of mountains on the photos.

They say, those, who ascended a mountain at least once, will definitely get back again. There is some mysterious force in mountains, attracting and inviting people to feel the breathing of eternity. It looks like even the time stops or goes in some specific way in the mountains. There are no other landscapes like mountains. Photographs and paintings, featuring mountains, demonstrate some unique combination of calmness, tranquility and, at the same time, extreme power and emotions. Unbelievable textures, unique forms, amazing color combinations – all these create fantastic sceneries, authored by the genius of Nature. Praise should be given to those photographers, who created these amazing mountain photos, allowing us to feel all the beauty of the mountains.


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