CHIMBORAZO VOLCANO Photo

Photographer’s Note

Although the summit of Mount Everest reaches a higher elevation above sea level, the summit of Chimborazo is widely reported to be the farthest point from Earth's center (Senne 2000, [5]), although this could be challenged by Huascarán.[3] Chimborazo is just one degree south of the equator and the earth's diameter at the equator is greater than at Everest's latitude (nearly 28° north), with sea level also being elevated. So, despite being 2,581 m (8,568 ft) lower in elevation above sea level, it is 6,384.4 km (3,968 mi) from the Earth's center, 2.1 km farther than the summit of Everest.[4]

Until the beginning of the nineteenth century it was thought that Chimborazo was the highest mountain on Earth (measured from sea level), and such reputation led to many attempts on its summit during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. In 1802 during his expedition to South America, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, accompanied by Aimé Bonpland and the Ecuadorian Carlos Montúfar attempted to reach the summit. From his description of the mountain it seems he reached a point at 5,875 m, from where he and his companions returned suffering from altitude sickness. At that point they had reached the highest point attained by any European in recorded history.[5] Chimborazo's summit was then first climbed by Briton Edward Whymper and the brothers Louis and Jean-Antoine Carrel in 1880. As there were many critics who doubted that Whymper had reached the summit, later in the same year he climbed to the summit again choosing a different route (Pogyos) with the Ecuadorians David Beltrán and Francisco Campaña (Whymper 1892).

maloutim, Paul57, mfonda, jean-marie, jlbrthnn, patdeph, zeca has marked this note useful

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melmcree (2261) 2007-05-07 13:10

Nice landscape. the shadow on the mountain is nice as they show nice texture to the terrain. Well done.

dospordostres (1127) 2007-05-07 13:14

Hi, nice and clean shot of the mighty Chimborazo. Is the sky a bit over-saturated?
Cheers,
Daniel

mfonda (889) 2007-05-07 13:29

Hi Joan,

Beautiful capture of this volcano. I like the composition to include the landscape below. Excellent colors, and good job with the exposure for the snow to not be blown out. Well done, thanks for sharing!

-Matt

ahaberal (6455) 2007-05-07 13:47

hi. İt is very beautiful shot.Well done.Thanks for sharing. Asim

marianita (3356) 2007-05-08 2:56

JOAN
the landscape is so strnage yet expectacular! it doenst seem like such a high peak, yet it is! beautiful contrast
marianna

jean-marie (3088) 2007-05-08 6:05

Hello Joan,

J'ai beaucoup le patchwork des champs au pied de cette montagne, ils aident à donner l'échelle de cette impressionnante montagne.
Bravo
Amicalement
Jean-MArie

jlbrthnn (39451) 2007-05-08 16:42

Hello Joan and Natalia,
Good photo on this interesting volcano. Il like colours of fields on foot of the mountain.
Well realized
Bravo
Cordially
Joël

CENT-TRETZE (2135) 2007-05-08 17:42

Hola amics:

A més de la preciosa fotografia, malgrat sigui escanejada, plena de colors i tonalitats, ben enquadrada, en resum molt ben feta, la explicació que ens doneu fa que puguem compartir pràcticament la vivència con si hi haguéssim estat amb vosaltres.

Gràcies per fer-me gaudir de tot plegat.

Salutacions cordials

Josep

patdeph (18590) 2007-05-09 3:31

hola Joan and Natalia
very interesting note for a very beautiful photo.I like very much the contrast between the blue,white and brown of the foreground.Very well done.
Pascale

alfreherrero (998) 2007-05-09 3:40

Hola amigo una magnifica foto, y una gran presentacion mi enhorabuenas y un coordial saludo.

jonathan_hart (22737) 2007-05-10 4:13

hola Natalia i Joan,
this is an amazing POV, with nice patterns of fields and the mount under snow, nice blue sky, good light, good composition, maybe framing lower would have been fine too, however it's well done
regards
jo

clnaef (6289) 2007-05-11 4:47

Bonjour,
Beau cadrage qui met bien en évidence la montagne enneigée.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

Bruno40 (6442) 2007-05-11 4:59

Amigos,
Simplemente fantastica la foto.
Asumo que esta escaneada de film, no?
Saludos
Jorge

zeca (20026) 2007-05-12 8:48

Wonderful landscape, Joan! I like the lights and colours. Very good contrast.
Regards,
Zeca

bruce_wayne (1507) 2007-05-14 5:40

Hi!!
Very good shot, this peak is beautiful, good contrast and POV...well done!

Bruce W.

Paul57 (1667) 2007-05-16 13:24

Hi Joan,
Excellent compo and an amazing blue sky. The almighty Chimborazo is beautiful from every angle. I have also been in Ecuador in 1991 and had the opportunity of driving from Ambato to Guaranda on the slopes of this majestic mountain. TFS.
Paul

luiscar (3282) 2007-07-16 21:37

Hola Pareja, bella imagen de este volcan.
la verdad es que tiene que ser impresionante poder observar esta imagen en directo.
buen trabajo documental y fotografico.
un saludo.

Zelanda (5692) 2007-07-31 1:45

Hola pareja,
Bella foto de este famoso volcán. Me gusta el contraste entre la nieve y el campo. Estupenda nitidez y color para ser escaneada.
Saludos cordiales
Ros

Charo (32126) 2007-07-31 1:48

Hola Joan i Natalia,
Que bonita imagen del volcán, la luz es estupenda al igual que la definición.
Excelente captura.
Saludos cordiales
Charo