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Naerodal Pass, Norway
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Caption | Naerodal Pass, Norway. The "Naerodal" is a magnificent mountain-gorge extending inland and upward from the equally sublime "Naerofjord." It is characteristic of the wonderful coast of Norway, that long arms of the sea, called "Fjords," wind inland from the Atlantic for nearly one hundred miles, bordered by gigantic, gloomy, aumost perpendicular cliffs, which approach each other at times so closely that the spray from their countless cascades may be blown over the deck of the steamer as it glides along at their base. At the extremity of almost every such fjord the grooved formation of the coast still continues towards the interior, and no doubt such wild ravines as the Nacrodal once contained water; the gradual elevation of the shore having caused the ocean to retire. Ages ago, therefore, human beings, if any had then existed here, could have sailed through this Naerodal, where travellers now drive or wall Is is a place of great sublimity. On either hand tower dark and almost perpendicular rmountains, without a serap of vegetation on their barren sides, though down their savage, wrinkled face: stream numberless waterfalls. One of these mountains, called the Jordalsnut, has the form of an enormous thimble, and, as its composition is silvery feldepar, it presents a most brilliant and beautiful appearance, especially at sunset or under the refulgence of the moon. From a Portfolio of Photographs (Werner, c 1890). |
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Creator | American Photographer (19th Century) |
Artwork medium | black and white photograph |
Credit | Look and Learn |
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