Dark Peak

Posted by Richard_Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 10 June 2007 in Landscape & Rural.

This shot was taken in the Goyt Valley, part of the dark peak region of Derbyshire

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Comments (13)

allyy`* from Singapore, Singapore

love the contrust between land and sky

10 Jun 2007 1:23am

Stunner from Kingston, Jamaica

Lovely scene! Great shot Richard.

10 Jun 2007 1:31am

{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States

Great horizontal balance...! Nicely done!

10 Jun 2007 4:20am

Bhavin from Mississauga, Canada

This is a really cool shot. I love it :D

10 Jun 2007 7:37am

travelingrant from Kanazawa, Japan

That is a cool shot, but I'll admit that I expected something a little more 'peaky' from the title. I guess that between living in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains and the Southern Japan Alps I've become a tad spoiled! Good picture though!

10 Jun 2007 11:32am

@travelingrant: Thanks for your comment. Just to clarify my title, the word comes from the regional name of this district of England. Running up the spine of England we have a ridge of hills which are called the Pennines. At the southern end are two very distinct areas (geologically speaking), called 'The white Peak' (because it is dominated by limestone), and 'The Dark Peak', because it is dominated by Millstone grit, which gives it a darker, foboding atmosphere (as seen in my image). These are not mountainous regions in the sense of The rockies, the alps etc, but are fairly extensive uplands, at around 600mtrs asl. If you type 'The peak District' into any search engine, you'll see loads of info on this famous region.

hamidreza from Tehran, Iran

great colors and contrast. an attractive photo.

10 Jun 2007 2:40pm

Behrooz from Tehran, Iran

Again very nice colors and tones!

10 Jun 2007 3:02pm

kaveh from TEHRAN, Iran

beautiful perspective.

10 Jun 2007 4:13pm

Amy from Rocky Mountain House, Canada

It's so barren... it's hard to envision such a landscape from a country where it's known for it's rain. Like the contrast of browns to the blue of the sky. ;-)

10 Jun 2007 8:22pm