Where to find two photographs of the same country landscape- one in the summer, one in the winter snow?

January 25, 2009 9:16 PM

Where to find two photographs of the same country landscape- one in the summer, one in the winter snow?

Preferably from the same angle. Basically the same shot taken at two opposite seasons, of a idyllic rural valley or country landscape.

posted by Liquidwolf to Science & Nature (13 answers total)

If you'ree willing to settle for autumn instead of summer, there's this. I think I first saw this on metafilter, actually. The autumn picture is a windows XP wallpaper.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 10:10 PM on January 25, 2009

I remember some in this post
posted by hortense at 11:47 PM on January 25, 2009

I would think that a number of lanscape photographers who are associated with a particular region might have images that fit your criteria; for example, Ansel Adams/Yosemite here and here
posted by TedW at 5:18 AM on January 26, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks for the help.
posted by Liquidwolf at 5:49 AM on January 26, 2009

Try checking out the sites for various botanic gardens, which are likely to document their gardens in this way, or call your local botanic garden
posted by nax at 7:44 AM on January 26, 2009

From wikimedia commons: summer and winter in the Bay Area.
posted by groar at 7:51 AM on January 26, 2009

Er, winter
posted by groar at 7:52 AM on January 26, 2009

From a post I did earlier, these guys at Gettysburg have a Little Round Top panorama series. This link covers October to December, I think if you dig around they did the whole year.
posted by marxchivist at 10:19 AM on January 26, 2009

An entire year in Norway. Video and pictures. Very beautiful and, for me, quite moving. I always have to stop watching in summer, otherwise I feel a little sad.
posted by Cobalt at 2:47 PM on January 26, 2009 [1 favorite]

Here's another Scandinavian one, from a recent post: One Year in 40 Seconds. It also has environmental sound.
posted by Tufa at 6:45 PM on January 26, 2009

Cobalt, why do you feel sad in summer? Doesn't sadness (or SAD) come in winter for most?
posted by Tufa at 6:47 PM on January 26, 2009

No, no. I meant that the other way around. If I keep watching into autumn and winter I get oddly melancholic. So, I always stop watching when summer is about to peak.

I just noticed...the videos you and I posted were made by the same guy.
posted by Cobalt at 10:00 PM on January 26, 2009

Yeah, I saw we had the same Scandinavian nature documentarist after I posted. Looks like in my link he built on what he learned in yours.

I guess it follows that early summer is your favorite time?

"Summer is a-comin’ in,
Loudly sing cuckoo;
Groweth seed and bloweth mead
And springeth wood anew"

posted by Tufa at 10:23 PM on January 26, 2009