Photo Essay: 13 Places to Get Close to the EDGE
1. Preikestolen, Norway
Photographer: claudiomoderini
2. Gozo Cliffs, Malta
Photographer: ino paap
3. Mystery spot: Let us know in the comments below where this photograph was taken. To the first person that gets it right we’ll send a new Laken water bottle.
Photographer: ?–contact us
4. The Eiger, Switzerland
Photographer: Ai@ce
5. Gordon’s Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa
Photographer: danflo
6. Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, USA
Photographer: jurvetson
7. Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls, Idaho, USA
Photographer: Mister M•
8. White Mountains, New Hampshire, USA
Photographer: BurningQuestion
9. The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
Photographer: w00kie
10. Kjerag, Lysefjorden, Norway
Photographer: hakonthingstad
11. Mont Margeriaz, Rhone-Alpes, France
Photographer: *pascal*
12. Zion National Park, USA
Photographer: pawpaw67
13. Pikes Peak, Colorado, USA
Photographer: ishrona
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I’m so clumsy that I’d probably fall or roll off these precipices.
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I’m scared… and inspired
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I was waiting for a picture from Angel’s Landing in Zion and there it was at #11! Isn’t the world a beautiful place from the top?
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You’re the flipping MASTER of the photo essay. These are really cool. #4 is shockingly great.
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god bless flickr cc, that’s all i’ve got to say.
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These are fantastic! Funny thing about spectacular views though – part of me always wants to jump off and into them.
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I so totally know what you mean
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anybody else feel a little too grounded after looking at these? I love that swoon that the abyss gives the brave looker!
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That unidentified picture is Trolltunga, Norway. It seems to have come from this blog. I identified it by looking at the EXIF data, which included the photographer’s name, then with just a little Google searching I found his blog.
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Nice job! The new Laken water bottle is yours!
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If this isn’t a motivator to travel and see the beauty this world has to offer, I don’t know what is…
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I love all the photos – they are absolutely incredible and I wonder if number 3 might be Turkey? Be great to expand the list as well and feature some edge images from Asia etc
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Coolness!
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Fedward is correct: Number 3: ‘Mystery Spot’ is indeed Trolltunga, Norway. (Translated: The Trolls Tounge)
Here are a couple of geotagged images of the same spot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjokoko/3348460809/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/daniel8275/2677292917/ Fascinating place:-)By the way: Do you want to see the picture being taken in picture 10, above? Here it is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nodland/2771827177/in/set-72157606790218904/
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Hi ,
If you still don’t know the richt place of pic 3 : Its the Trolltunga near ODDA in Norway
Regards,
Gert
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Nice! I would add Copper Canyon near chihuahua, mexico.
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I would think the ‘Devils Pool’ of Victoria Falls in Zambia would be a good addition. The pictures are pretty surreal.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fritz_da_kat/1489349707/sizes/l/
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Wow, right now I want to go to all of these places and I’m sure when I get there, I’ll get scared and not be able to look over the edge, haha. I guess I should conquer that fear in the meantime!
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@ #3:
Trolltunga = The tongue of the troll.(Just too bad I didn’t see this and comment until now, hence not getting the water bottle… )
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There are awesome. I’d love to visit every one of these places, as wanderlust is real in me. I might start with the White Mountains, or preferably Half Dome.
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there are 1000 places like these throughout Newfoundland.
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fantastic pics – made my stomach turn though!
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I am a thief and embezzler and major liar. Ain’t it fun?
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I’m still a freakin liar and theif. No mater how I spel my name.
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You got number nine wrong – it’s the Cliffs of Insanity!
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They are absolutely incredible I love your photos.
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It’s nowhere near the top ten, but the view from the top of Ouzoud falls in Morocco is pretty spectacular. Plus you can walk right up to the edge of the side!
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These are really incredible photos! Another great photo essay, thanks Hal!
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Chiryculapo in Gonzanama Ecuador is a lot like this. Very pretty scenery and deep drop. Unfortunately I don’t have a photo…
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I have been to Angel’s Landing. It is absolutely amazing!!! And the climb is just the right amazing of freakyness and difficulty. I loved it, and that picture does it justice…amazing.
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The number 3 picture was taken in Geiranger Fjord, Norway. Is that right?
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I’m not sure on the name of the fjord, but the rock itself is called Trolltunga, or “Troll’s Tongue.”
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the number 3 is New Zealand!!!
Wow this pictures are great!!!
Ive just landed some days ago from a paradisiac place that also should be in this listing: cartagena down in colombia,.
its wonderful place and this is the place I stayed http://www.casablancabyb.com/
wonderful!!
number 9 looks sooo frightening!↵ -
Looking at those places online is the closest I ever want to get to any of them……..
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definitely going to the norway and sweden locations!
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great to see the cliffs of moher in with all these savage photographs. its just a shame about the picture, it looks like your bog-standard cliff that could be anywhere in the world!
this is a tad closer to whats its like:
http://www.tailor-madetours.com/Drive/drive%20Images/Cliffs%20of%20Moher.jpg
pretty good for place surfing these days too…irishman
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Excellent shot, Dave. I wish I would have found that one as I was browsing Flickr Creative Commons for these pics.
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Great pictures. I would be to afraid to go as close to the edge as some of those people.
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They don’t let you hang over the edge at the Cliffs of Moher. I tried, they didn’t appreciate me jumping their barriers.
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