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Have you ever wondered what is that Distant Landscape?

Do you want to capture the Longest Line of Sight pictures?

If this is your case, or if you just landed here moved by your curiosity, please have a seat and enjoy the view…  We are Beyond Horizons, home of the Farthest Picture on Earth!

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An amazing world where Geography, Mountaineering, Meteorology and Photography come together to achieve sights that are beyond human imagination and to show us how beautiful our planet is.

Want to beat it? Here you can find the Longest Lines of Sight on Earth!

80+

Pictured Sights

250+

Registered Sights

443 km

Longest Registered

Greatest Hits

412 kilometers Canigo – Barre des Ecrins Pyrenees – Alps	443 kilometers Finestrelles – Pic Gaspard Pyrenees – Alps
388 kilometers Canigo – Alps	307 kilometers Mallorca – Pyrenees

Worlwide Distant Sights

302 kilometers Marseille – Canigo	283 kilometers Spain – Atlas Range, Morocco
314 kilometers Rome – Corsica	332 kilometers Massif Central – Mont Blanc
260 kilometers Corsica – Mainland France	201 kilometers Italy – Croatia

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276 KM | Mallorca – Penyagolosa, Castellón

Sun setting right behind Penyagolosa peak in Castellón province, Spain, seen from the Tramuntana mountains, Mallorca island.
Cropped image from the original to show better detail

Distance	276 Kilometers
By	Pedro Miguel Mas Pons
Camera	Nikon D7200 @ ISO100 – 1/100s
Lens	Nikon 18-200 f/3.5-5.6 @300 mm – f/8.0
Date	September 4th, 2020 – 21:30 h

The distant ladscapes, now present in the Guinness book website.

We’re pleased to realize that finally the Guiness World Records Organization has incorporated among its themes the references about distant lansdcapes. and in concret the longest line of sight on earth photographed (earth to earth), which was not on its menus until now and we see that it has echoed the current one, already for more than 5 years, portrayed from the Finestrelles peak (Eastern Pyrenees) to the Alps.

Obviously we’ve already related about it from a long time, as well as the previous records ones that we previously achieved and therefore it’s not a news for us, but anyway we appreciate the official visibility in the Guiness Book (or the website) of international reference for all kinds of deeds or dreams where the best known to the strangest things or little thought by most mortals concur.

Now we wonder: When and where will we get a new record? All of us and you (readers, friends of the website) can try it. Dreams are beautiful and, in relation it, also, many other adventures are possible in different parts of the world and dreams of new contemplations very far away can come true.

Let’s keep care the planet, our clean atmosphere. And we will see it!!.

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/66661-longest-line-of-sight-on-earth

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200 KM | Gran Canaria – Lanzarote

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Close up on Lanzarote island as seen from Gran Canaria. Nice!

Distance	200 Kilometers
By	Charles Troupin
Camera	Canon 7D @ ISO640 1/200s
Lens	100 – 400 @ 400mm. f/5.7
Date	March 29th 2020 – 07:58

The Canary Islands are a place with great potential for Distant Sights, mainly for the great height and the distance between the islands. Usually, the pictures we have received involve the Teide Peak (3.718 m) – this highest in Spain – but in this case the view is from Gran Canaria onto Lanzarote, the first of its kind!

Thank you Charles for sharing it with us.

123 KM | Braciejowa / Połudik – High Tatras

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Close up on highest snow covered peaks… Great detail!

Fragment of the Panorama of High Trata Mountain Range

Distance	123 Kilometers
By	‎Sławomir Cyzio‎
Camera	Nikon D5300 @ ISO100 – 1/120 s
Lens	Sigma 70 – 300 DG APO @ 270mm – f/F8
Date	May 22th 2020

132 KM | München – Schrankogel

Distance	132 Kilometers
By	Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña
Camera	Nikon D5100 @ ISO250 – 1/250 s
Lens	TS Photo Line 115 mm. f/7 Triplet APO
Date	May 24th 2020 – 19:35

First light on the new TS APO Refractor on the most iconic Mountain in Germany (and also, the highest) which is a landmark clearly seen from München on clear days.

This time, specially clear air allows us to see even the summit facilities.

And, if looking closely, also the very cable from the cable car can be seen descending into the Valley, in Garmisch – Partenkirchen.

To achieve the very high quality of this shot, I have used a technique which comes from Astrophotography and helps reduce the noise of DSLR images to an incredible amount: Stacking.

In Stacking, several images are taken at once (instead of a single shot) and combined in any image processing software (such as Photoshop). This removes the statistically random variablity of noise between the pixels and keeps the original object of the image much clearer.

225 KM | Fuerteventura – Teide, Canary Islands

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Details on Teide peak, with its unmistakeable summit shape seen perfectly against the horizon

Beautiful colors in this Winter sunset, as seen from Fuerteventura Island

Distance	278 Kilometers
By	Nelson González Diez
Camera	Nikon Z6 @ ISO100 1/40s
Lens	Tamron 70mm. – 300mm. @ 135mm. f/9
Date	January 18th 2020 – 18:30

Yet again, a new picture from the Canary Island!

Such a wonderful place for tourism: trekking, oceans, volcanoes, surf and, of course, distant sights! What a fantastic way to end the day: looking at the highest summit in the Archipielago, Teide, at more than 200 km. away.

Thanks to Nelson for sharing this masterpiece with us!

We have of course a simulation by Ulrich Deuschle:

All credits fo to udeuschle.de

238 KM | Piran, SLO – Alps, IT

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Distance	238 Kilometers
By	Charles Troupin
Camera	Canon EOS 7D @ ISO250 – 1/80s
Lens	100 – 400 @ 350mm. f/11
Date	September 25th 2018 – 18:00

Another great Picture from Charles, this time from the Coast of Slovenia, where in a clear Autumn day he was able to spot the Alps in the horizon.

A classic view of the far distant mountains over the sea line, crossing over the entire width of the Adriatic Sea.

Usually, the light of the afternoon (and the sunrise) will help to detect distant objects, as it improves the contrast ratio between the mountains and the background.

You can always find more in: Visibility Facts

190 KM | Tarnica, PL – Tatras Mountains

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Distance	190 Kilometers
By	Sławomir Cyzio
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Date	March 15th 2020

Here we have a Crystal – Clear picture from Poland!

Snow covered Kralova Hola (1946 m) (SK) in the Low Tatras and Slovak and Polish Tatras (right) seen from Tarnica (1346 m) (PL).

The highest peak of the Tatra Mountains is Gerlach (2655 m) (SK) and the entire Carpathian Mountains.

The Picture has been taken from Tarnica (1346 m) (PL), which is the highest peak in the Polish Bieszczady Mountains.

Snowdon (Wales) – Isle of Man & Lamachan Hill (Scotland). 223 Kms

A part of the Isle of Man and more distant landscapes to the north. Click to enlarge. Really a wonderful wiew from the highest point of Wales, looking to Scotland at 223 Kms.

May be the most distant picture between landscapes in the British islands?

We haven’t notice about anything far awaw!.  Thanks a lot Kriss Williams!

We can compare the picture with this virtual panorama. In this case this graffic has been generated for Jonathan Ferranti and also shown in his excellent website: Wiewfinderpanoramas.org. You can read his description also with more details. He’s really an expert about distant horizons also and he developed a simulator of panoramas of high quality. In addition, in his country he’s especially knowledgeable about its landscapes and all its max. potential.

CAMERA DATA:

Distance	223 Kilometers
By	Kriss Williams
Camera	Sony SLT-A99V.  ISO:500
Oberture and time	40 mm  v:1/4
Date	15 July 2015

METEOROLOGICAL DATA

Metoffice showed a High-pressure Atlantic ridge began to enter the territory, providing clean and calmer air. On the other hand, we also have to take into account the light factor. At that time of the year, both the light of the morning dawn and the twilight in the afternoon occur in the north quadrant for medium-high latitudes, so this facilitates a good visual contrast due to the screen effect if the air is transparent. That’s for the same reason that we’ve sometimes get distant views of the Alps from the Pyrenees.

 

 

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