I see Middle-earth

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Loslote

I live in a huge valley, and the mountains look just like the Misty Mountains right now. I can't get a good picture, though, because the roads/fence/satellite dish/telephone wires keep getting in the way. Also, the forest behind my house looks very Fangorny.

Well, don't they all in Alaska? It's not very Shire like here, but there is always something that catches your fancy, something that looks like Middle-Earth.

[Loslote]

Actually, there's a field near my house that does look Shire-esque. Unfortunately, it has no trees, so when the big winds come, you can't drive there for fear of being blown off the road because there's nothing to slow it down.

[Andsigil]

Michigan's Upper Peninsula reminds me a lot of Middle Earth.

This is the town of Copper Harbor, which is on the northernmost tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula (of the Upper Peninsula), as viewed from the top of Brockway Mountain in October:

[Andsigil]

This lighthouse in Manistique, Michigan, on the south coast of the U.P., looks like something from Dol Amroth:

[Andsigil]

This is the stone harbor wall/pathway that leads to the lighthouse. Very Gondorian, if you ask me:

[Andsigil]

This is the rest of the wall/path around the 90 degree bend. We took these pictures on vacation a week ago:

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Loslote

Actually, there's a field near my house that does look Shire-esque. Unfortunately, it has no trees, so when the big winds come, you can't drive there for fear of being blown off the road because there's nothing to slow it down.

Is that near where that fire happened. Every time we drive past those dead trees, I think of Saruman and it makes me sad. The funny thing though, is that those trees have been dead almost as long as I've been alive!

[Eönwë]

Wow! Those are some amazing pictures Lauri!

The first three look to me like a stonier version of Rohan, or possibly some of the wilderness in the North, and yes, the fourth does look like the Mountains of shadow to me as well.

I agree with Legate about the last three.

Great photography, Laurinquë!

Originally Posted by Mithalwen

Yes .. but I think your idea of Downs is a bit rugged for somewhere so close to the Shire perhaps a wilder part of middle earth... There are barrows on downs on the Isle of Wight ( a short ferry ride away from me) . The last Wight walking festival had one event that was "Walk the Barrow Downs"!!!

Well when you have Barrow Downs in the Isle of Wight, it's not too hard to imagine a Tolkienish environment, is it?

[Laurinquë]

Originally Posted by Eönwë

Wow! Those are some amazing pictures Lauri!

The first three look to me like a stonier version of Rohan, or possibly some of the wilderness in the North, and yes, the fourth does look like the Mountains of shadow to me as well.

I agree with Legate about the last three.

Great photography, Laurinquë!

Thank you! The 'Barrow-downs' pictures were taken at a place called Finger Mountain about 140 miles north of Fairbanks. And I am quite open to interpretations of the whereabouts of these pictures, do feel free to improve on my assumptions.

Originally Posted by Aganzir

Lauri I'd rep you again for those photos but unfortunately I don't think I'm allowed. Very beautiful work. And now you've made up my mind for me to stop in Hawaii on my future round-the-world trip.

Thank you very much! And yes, you really should stop in for a visit there! There's no other place like it in the world.

Originally Posted by Legate

Eugh! A TRUE plateau of Gorgoroth!! (The first one also made me think a bit of the desolation before Morannon. Posibly from a large part because of the rocks. The third could be a shot from the other side of the Gate, somewhere inside Udun. Ha, in other words: you are a bad photographer, Lauri, why did you not take a picture of the Black Gate, when it's obvious that it is just right there outside the frame)

Oh believe me, I would have but alas my camera ran out of battery right then. But perhaps this may interest you:



Ignore those annoying trees, they were just some Ents that were insisting on following me about and getting in the way of my picture.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Laurinquë

Oh believe me, I would have but alas my camera ran out of battery right then.

Ah, all right. Well, good warning for you for the next time - recharge your battery properly, or at least get some backup batteries!

Ignore those annoying trees, they were just some Ents that were insisting on following me about and getting in the way of my picture.

Aren't they getting a bit too bold lately? I mean, attacking Isengard is one thing, but storming the Black Gate itself is quite a daring deed...

Anyway, very nice!! (if that is the proper word to use for the appearance of Mordor...)

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I see Old Man Willow, or at least his kid brother:

[Loslote]

Originally Posted by TheGreatElvenWarrior

Is that near where that fire happened. Every time we drive past those dead trees, I think of Saruman and it makes me sad. The funny thing though, is that those trees have been dead almost as long as I've been alive!

No (it's a farm thingi) but I know what you mean, and it does look like something Saruman would do. There's a marsh thing near my house that sometimes looks like the Paths of the Dead.

[TheGreatElvenWarrior]

Originally Posted by Loslote

No (it's a farm thingi) but I know what you mean, and it does look like something Saruman would do. There's a marsh thing near my house that sometimes looks like the Paths of the Dead.

Nice. Its always lovely to be able to walk by something that might be a bit creepy.