In 2023, I walked through the mountains and seas, enjoyed countless beautiful scenery, and left countless good memories, but the most memorable thing is the figures walking between heaven and earth.
Mount Kedringa in the Icelandic Highlands on January 7, 2023. The valley here is littered with geothermal sulphur vents, and columns of steam can be seen everywhere, sizzling into the air. The steam-eroded slopes take on a variety of strange colors, and the unmelted snow dots the valley like an abstract painting. Can you see the photographer taking the picture in this photo?
On January 18, 2023, the red stone arch bridge on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland, the black volcanic rocks are dotted with green grass, and some stones that have been dyed white by a large number of seagull droppings.
On January 30, 2023, in the South Island of the Faroe Islands, a famous seaside cliff crevasse. Both the photographer and the model need to have the courage to stand on the edge of the cliff, after all, there is a vertical drop of several hundred meters below.
On February 7, 2023, I hiked to the northernmost tip of the island of Kalsoy, the Faroe Islands, where the ends of three other islands overlapped in the distance: vertical seaside cliffs, waterfalls plunging into the sea, sharp coastal reefs, and rainy weather. Here, I captured the moment when the hikers walked up the ridge.
On March 7, 2023, Nuogan Ancient Village, Jingmai Mountain, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province.
On June 24, 2023, a landscape photographer's ** photo of the desert. For landscape photographers, attention is always paid to the presentation of their surroundings. This drone ** photo in the Dunhuang Desert, in order to better present the tall drop of Mingsha Mountain and the layering of light and shadow of the sand dune lines, it unconsciously flew farther and farther, and finally the character became a small dot.
On June 28, 2023, Heidushan, Lenghu Town, Mangya City, Qinghai.
On June 29, 2023, the spectacular starry sky of Oboliang Yadan, Qinghai.
On July 3, 2023, I came to the Xinjiang Hongshan Stone Forest where the Kuqa-Russia Railway train passed, which is located on the Duku Highway near the mysterious Grand Canyon Scenic Area of the Kuqa Tianshan Mountains. This time I found a path to climb up the hill, and from the heights I could see the rich layers of the stone forest beyond.
On August 5, 2023, the Landmannalaugar Plateau in inland Iceland is home to colorful rhyolite mountains that look great on both sunny and rainy days. I used a drone to take a ** photo of myself while hiking, as if I had walked into a painting.
People looking at waterfalls in Iceland on August 10, 2023.
A man looks at the sea on the black sand beach in Iceland on August 13, 2023.
On August 28, 2023, under the pinnacles and cliffs of the westernmost part of the Faroe Islands, on the edge of the mountains and the sea, in the face of the sublime nature of nature, human beings are small but full of courage.
September 1, 2023, Faroe Islands, a beacon of dreams.
Kizil Red Stone Forest in Aksubai City, Xinjiang, October 28, 2023.
On October 30, 2023, Ichicreek at the southern foot of the Tien Shan Mountains.
On November 18, 2023, in Djawatan, Indonesia, the huge and dense "long-haired" monkey pod trees make people feel like they have arrived on an ancient earth.
Djawatan Forest Park (Djawatan), Indonesia, November 18, 2023.
On December 28, 2023, when I took a boat close to the CNOOC Jinzhou 9-3 oilfield platform on the Bohai Sea for the first time, I was immediately shocked by these giant buildings standing on the sea.
Photography and text by Chu Weimin.