🏔️ Word of the Week: Orography! The study of mountains and how their shape and height influence rainfall, weather patterns, and ecosystems. 🌦️ Perfect for #InternationalMountainDay! Which science word should we explore next?
Celebrate #InternationalMountainDay with the timeless beauty of Lawren S. Harris and Bess Larkin Housser Harris' mountain peaks! 🏔️✨
Experience this stunning trio of works in person, on view now in 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 → mcmichael.com/exhibition/c...
In fact, the name Lebanon itself comes from the Semitic root L-B-N, meaning "white" in reference to the area's snow-capped mountains. #InternationalMountainDay
Mountain ecosystems may be more resilient to climate change than previously believed, according to a Science study from earlier this year, which reported little empirical support for the widely recognized “escalator to extinction.”
Learn more on #InternationalMountainDay: scim.ag/4q3DLIL
Brainard Lake CO
#internationalmountainday #photography #solitude #landscape #pano #panorama #wilderness #eastcoastkin #weareroamers
High in the #mountains, survival depends on relationships 🏔️
This #InternationalMountainDay reminds us that mountains are living systems—linking climate, wildlife, water & people. New #SLResearch shows #ClimateChange is disrupting these links
#MountainsMatter #Glaciers @fao.org @undp.org @unep.org
Happy #internationalmountainday #mountains Made using #Sora #AI and #Canva
A pen and ink illustration of a bird and mouse ice skating. There is a mountain range in the background and trees on both sides of the pond.
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Happy International Mountain Day 💙
#artadventcalendar #artyear #artsky #artshow #adorablethursday #art #illustration #illustrator #artist #cartoon #kidlitart #whimsical #iceskating #figureskating #pond #mountains #mountainrange #internationalmountainday #forest #bird #mouse #wildlife #winter
"There's a place called Hell Mountain?" - CHRIS GETHARD, SJIATW Parks! featuring Kelly!, New Jersey Is The World #NewJersey #NewJerseyIsTheWorld #InternationalMountainDay #ChrisGethard
Colour photograph, with white snow and grey rocks in foreground. A person with their back to the camera is in the middle distance at centre. In the distance at centre is a large mountain with snow and dark trees. The horizon is at the middle of the image, with a blue sky above it.
Since it’s #InternationalMountainDay, (and also #ThrowbackThursday), here’s a view of Giant from Rocky Peak Ridge, taken last winter.
Four members of the Missouri Botanical Garden / Western Washington University joint feild team stand on a small summit on an alpine ridgeline with Mt. Olympus behind them; Olympic National Park Summer 2025.
Happy International Mountain Day! I'm feeling grateful for Elk Mountain and Gray Wolf Mountain, which hosted our alpine plant fieldwork this summer as part of the Garden's research with the GLORIA consortium on climate change impacts on mountain plants. #InternationalMountainDay
Happy #InternationalMountainDay
Some sights of the beautiful Rocky Mountains from Banff to Jasper.
Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦
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Happy International Mountain Day! 🏔️💚
Mission of 11-year-old Eco-Hero Josué Arias Calderón (Colombia). He defends the critical páramos that provide water for 85% of his country by leading planting campaigns!
#InternationalMountainDay #EcoHero #Páramo #Colombia #ActionForNature #EcoHeroAwards
Celebrate #InternationalMountainDay with the timeless beauty of Lawren S. Harris and Bess Larkin Housser Harris' mountain peaks! 🏔️✨
Experience this stunning trio of works in person, on view now in 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 → mcmichael.com/exhibition/c...
"There was still snow in the mountains!" - ED HELMS, S4E4: Paul Scheer and the Johnstown Flood, SNAFU with Ed Helms #SNAFU #InternationalMountainDay #EdHelms
Photograph of layers of desert mountain and hills in dappled light and shadow. The mountains rise from a barren valley in three layers: low shaded hills, then a rugged middle ridge displaying banded limestone geology, then a higher ridge dominated by two massive-looking peaks.
Happy International Mountain Day! Desert mountains are awesome mountains too!
#greatbasin #californiadesert #geology #desertmountains #internationalmountainday
The greatest victories come from the toughest struggles! No one wants to go through hard ordeals, but if it happens to you, just remember bad luck isn't fatal! You will overcome your obstacles! Don't let your difficulties make you lose hope! #Mentalhealth #InternationalMountainDay #Christmas #xmas
Polar Bicycle 1.38:22 9.03km 118bpm 2023-11-21
It looks like yesterday is International Mountain Day! 🗻🚲
#Polar #PolarVeritySense #internationalmountainday
This #InternationalMountainDay we spotlight research showing how community-led preparedness strengthens safety in regions facing rising GLOF risk. Training, shared knowledge and local early-warning tools make a real difference.
Read more: bit.ly/48wxhfP 🌍
Discover the global significance of mountains and the crucial role these bioregions play in biodiversity and climate regulation. 🏔️ #InternationalMountainDay
On International Mountain Day, we celebrate the richness and fragility of mountain ecosystems and spotlight the need for climate action, habitat protection, and respect for the cultures tied to these heights.
#Glacierwatch #InternationalMountainDay #Biodiversity #ClimateAction #IYGP #Cryosphere
"The plane crashed into a mountain." - KARINA LONGWORTH, Star Wars Episode II: Carole Lombard and Clark Gable, You Must Remember This #YouMustRememberThis #InternationalMountainDay #KarinaLongworth
Today is #InternationalMountainDay! ⛰ If you would like to be in nature today but can't, you can explore the vast lands of Insule in #Oppidum🍃 instead to celebrate it! 💪
On #InternationalMountainDay, we highlight PNG’s Managalas Plateau, where remote mountain communities lead conservation, shaping a future where people and forests thrive.
Full story:🔗 https://bit.ly/48SMo2d
#InternationalMountainDay #MountainsMatter #Trees4Resilience
This #InternationalMountainDay, we’re raising awareness on the importance of mountains and their crucial role in sustaining high altitude ecosystems.
Did you know the snow leopard and the manul (Pallas’s cat)—two focal species in our Bhutan Wild Cat Health Project—
Happy #InternationalMountainDay! ⛰️
🔎 Explore how mountains form with the Constructive Forces of Mountain Building activity from Esri: bit.ly/mountain-building-activity
Using ArcGIS maps, students compare mountain ranges, investigate tectonic boundaries, & more!
#PlateTectonics #STEMeducation
