| Distance | 324 Kilometers |
| By | Marcos Molina |
| Camera | Canon eos 5D Mark III |
| Lens | Nikon f/5.6 600mm (manual) |
| Date | February 11th, 2018 – 17:00 h |
World Record for the longest line of sight In – Country!
Continue readingOn the way up to the Tramuntana mountains, Mallorca, Balearic islands. Spain’s Mainland can be seen one hundred miles away above the horizon, only under very exceptional atmospheric conditions.
| Distance | 205 Kilometers |
| By | Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña |
| Camera | Nikon D5100 @ ISO200 – 1/3200 |
| Lens | ED80 APO Refractor Telescope |
| Date | December 26th 2015 – 17:30 |
205 kilometers is such a distance that, when you are able to see though it, it seems like magic.
Ridges, snow caps, summits… Every detail in this picture is almost perfectly visible as a high pressure system set over northern Spain, allowing this clear views on sunset.
| Distance | 120 Kilometers |
| By | Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña |
| Camera | Nikon D5100 @ ISO200 – 1/1600 |
| Lens | Sigma 70 – 300 DG APO @ 70 mm. – f./9 |
| Date | April 23rd 2016 – 10:10 |
There is no surprise here that from Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands in mid – Atlantic, one can see the other six Islands.
Standing at 3.718 meters above sea level, it provides a clear view at over 300 km.
In this case, although no that far, La Palma Island is seen above the tree line, at about 2.000 meters above sea level.
| Distance | 283 Kilometers |
| By | Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña |
| Camera | Nikon D5100 @ ISO250 – 1/80 |
| Lens | Sigma 70 – 300 DG APO @ 70 mm. – f./9 |
| Date | December 29st 2017 – 18:24 |
For those that know this website for a while, you will notice that this is not the first picture taken from Poqueira refuge, in Sierra Nevada, South of Spain,
This magnificient view was also observed and captured almost (exactly) 5 years ago, from the same place, and at the sime time.
This is a great place to see Africa from Europe, and one of the most beautiful ones.
| Distance | 210 Kilometers |
| By | Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña |
| Camera | Nikon D5100 @ ISO160 – 1/800 |
| Lens | ED80 APO Refractor Telescope (900 mm. equiv.) |
| Date | December 26th 2015 – 17:25 |
Continue readingEven with not the perfect conditions, Monte Perdido is always a landmark in the horizon when trying to see the Pyrenees from a long distance.
It is a mountain that can be easily seen from Spain, but that is almost hidden behind other high peaks when is seen from France. This may be the reason for its name, as Monte Perdido is Spanish means “Lost Mountain”.
| Distance | 285 Kilometers |
| By | Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña |
| Camera | Nikon D5100 @ ISO160 – 1/400 |
| Lens | ED80 APO Refractor Telescope (900 m. equiv.) |
| Date | December 22nd 2014 – 09:12 |
Continue readingAgain another example of the great day that happened almoste 3 years ago, when almost all the peaks in the Pyrenees were able to be seen from a single viewing location.
Exceptionally good visibility conditions allowed us to see further than 250 kilometers away, covering the whole range, from the peaks in Navarra to the peaks in Cataluña.
| Distance | 255 Kilometers |
| By | Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña |
| Camera | Nikon D5100 @ ISO160 – 1/400 |
| Lens | ED80 APO Refractor Telescope |
| Date | December 22nd 2014 – 09:09 |
Continue readingMoving moutains, or refration doing its job in long distance pictures.
The above images show the very same mountains on the same day, just separated by a handful of minutes. In this time the layers of air are moving enough to change the direction of the beams of light, thus modifying the layout of the complete view.
As you can see, it almost seems that the mountains are growing in seconds!
| Distance | 249 Kilometers |
| By | Juanjo Diaz de Argandoña |
| Camera | Nikon D5100 @ ISO320 – 1/160 |
| Lens | ED80 APO Refractor Telescope |
| Date | February 22nd 2016 – 08:40 |
Continue readingOne of the traditional lines of sights of Spain, that has been many times captured during the last decades, now has a place in Beyond Horizons as well.
A very cold and windy morning of February, just after the sunrise, the conditions were met to achieve more than 200 kilometers, even though the conditions averall were not so good.
Take a look at the building in the bottom right corner!
Winter Morning view of the Alps
| Distance | 436 Kilometers |
| By | Marc Bret |
| Camera | Panasonic Lumix FZ72 @ ISO100 – 1/125 |
| Lens | Nikkor AF-N 180 @ 187 mm – f./5.5 |
| Date | February 21th 2016 11:06 am |
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Getting to see the Alps from the Pyrenees seemed an extremely difficult goal a few years ago. No photos existed, or at least were not published.
Achieving it in complete daylight without the help of the alignment of the sun or the dawn screen effect still seemed more difficult.
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Continue readingAlps sectors with more zoom, and a little over contrasted, to ease the view of the details. One album with other pics of that day can be found here. The panoramic simulation of Ulrich is available here.
The Doigt de Dieu was the most distant summit and the World Record for distant pictures until July of the same year. Currently World Record is from another summit of the Pyriness although in this case with a contemplation before the sunrise.
Beyond Horizons 