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A good track leads from Debarek into the park of the Simien mountains.
Great plains with magnificent acacias, eucalyptuses and olives tree.
Many animals grazing.
Here it seems that the main means of transportation are small lovely donkeys.
Whenever we stop children run towards us willing to sell sheep wool hats and small colourful straw baskets.
As we climb up of heights the landscapes open us more and more wide and majestic panoramas over a chaos of mountains.
We start to notice the first gelada baboons and some small antelopes.
In the sky the first clouds appear and add dramaticity and depth to this wild place.
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The Semien Mountains lie in northern Ethiopia, north east of Gondar. They are a World Heritage Site and include the Semien Mountains National Park. The mountains consist of plateaux separated by valleys and rising to pinnacles. The tallest peak is Ras Dashen (4,543 m); other notable heights include Mounts Biuat (4,437 m) and Abba Yared (4,460 m).
Notable animals in the mountains include the Walia Ibex, Gelada Baboons and a few Ethiopian wolves.
The Semiens are remarkable as being one of the few spots in Africa where snow regularly falls.
First mentioned in the Monumentum Adulitanum of the 4th century AD (which described them as "inaccessible mountains covered with snow" and where soldiers walked up to their knees in snow), the presence of snow was undeniably witnessed by the 17th century Jesuit priest Jerónimo Lobo.[1] Although the later traveler James Bruce claims that he had never witnessed snow in the Semien Mountains, the 19th century explorer Henry Salt not only recorded that he saw snow there (on 9 April 1814), but explained the reason for Bruce's failure to see snow in these mountains -- Bruce had ventured no further than the foothills into the Semiens.
Despite their ruggedness and altitude, the mountains are dotted with villages linked by tracks. Historically inhabited by Ethiopian Jews (or the Beta Israel), who after repeated attacks by the zealous Christian Emperors in the 15th century withdrew from the province of Dembiya into the more defensible Semien mountains.
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wonderful piece of work. emotions on person's face are priceless, clouds and motion in the shot are absolutely fantastic. geometry is well calculated. i find it hard to comment this kind of photos, as this is close to perfection.
so keep posting!
marko
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Fantastic, just fantastic. The woman is at the optimal position at the bottom of the "V" of the clouds behind, the posture perfect. Right in my favorites.
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Hello Lucas,
I don't understand why your beautiful pic has so little points! This girl, a little scared, is just wonderful! Her face is perfect between the clouds!
Have a great Sunday!
Great capture - the figure, the clouds adding more dynamic. I like the light on the clothes and natural colours, too. There's a slight halo around the sihouette - the effect of PP?
Regards
Joanna
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Good point of view and decissive moment on expression, great.
Thanks for sharing.
Regards
Manuel