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View images of the Common Toad, an ugly, bulky, but really sweet creature with an interesting... nightlife.
Learn about the Salsify, a beautiful plant, with edible and medicinal properties, that is currently blooming in Pelion.
Visit Mourtias, one of Pelion's most picturesque beaches on the Aegean coast.
Tour the Volos Archaeological Museum, a pretty century-old building, whose exhibits span a historical period of over 10 millennia!
Download a fantastic picture of a rickety jetty in Lefokastron, Pelion, taken by Huw Jones.
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Pelion From Space
"Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another."
Plato,"The Republic"
Although the idea of space travel fascinates me, I find images of earth floating in a pitch-black, ice-cold void somewhat disturbing.
Here we are, on an electron-like object, revolving around a massive nucleus, the sun, with only a thin layer of gases protecting us from radiation, containing the heat and water necessary for our survival and providing us with the fuel of life, oxygen. Yet, we seem resolved on destroying it or altering its composition beyond repair, by using every available weapon in our arsenal; fluorocarbons, carbon dioxide, you name it.
Moreover, the sight of our tiny, shiny-blue marble, suspended in total nothingness, brings home our insignificance and limitations as a species, which contrast sharply with our grandiose idea about ourselves. We are, after all, confined to an infinitesimal region of space, largely ignorant of the universe around us and unable - given the current state of technology - to travel beyond the bounds of our solar system, let alone other star systems.
Anyway, enough of my blabber. Enjoy some great pictures of Mt. Pelion, taken from NASA's site. Pictures were all sorts of shapes and sizes and, as a result, they did not fit well in a photo album. Images, therefore, open in a new window. So, if you've got some kind of pop-up blocker installed and can't view them, press the CTRL key and click the tumbnails at the same time.
All images are, of course, copyrighted, however they can be used freely, as long as the source is correctly cited. So here goes:
"Images courtesy of the Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center." Visit their website at http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov or drop an e-mail to earthweb@jsc.nasa.gov. Codes represent mission, roll and frame numbers, respectively. Please note that the photographs below have been color corrected by me, so if you want to use any of them, kindly link to this site.
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Mt. Pelion and Euvoia
A nice picture showing the Pagasetic Gulf and the Pelion Peninsula (top right), as well as the northern part of Euvoia Island (bottom right). |
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Volos Area
The city of Volos is the grayish-beige area, sitting on the tip of the gulf (notice the harbor's piers). The bottom right hand corner of the picture features a portion of the snow-capped Pelion mountain. |
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Zagora Area
Breathtaking image, showing Mt. Pelion's shoreline in the Zagora area. Notice how rugged the Aegean coast is! |
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Pelion Peninsula and Isles
A cool picture of the Pelion Peninsula. The landmass on the left side is Euvoia Island, while the islets on the lower part are Skopelos (bottom) and Skiathos (top). Check out the huge waves (bottom right), beating against Pelion's Aegean coast. For some reason, NASA has entitled the picture "Internal Waves", however I am not quite sure what that means... |
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Pelion and the Shuttle
Here's another picture of the Pelion peninsula, the isle of Euvoia and the Sporades chain of islands. Take a look at the tail of the Space Shuttle and observe the tile damage! |
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The Wider Area
Oops, I guess NASA's astronaut was hanging upside down when he took this picture... Anyway, it's a nice shot showing the wider area. The top part of the picture shows Peloponnesus. To left are the Cyclades islands, while Pelion is towards the lower right-hand corner of the image. |
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Aegean Coast
Awesome picture of Pelion's Aegean coast. I love the color of the sea, as it reflects the sunlight, as well as the patterns of the waves, as they approach the rugged shore. |
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The Pagasetic Gulf
Another very nice picture of the Pagasetic Gulf and the Pelion Peninsula, showing part of Euvoia (left) and Skiathos (bottom). |
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