North Atlantic Skyline - - Photographs from the west of Ireland (Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Roscommon and even Leitrim)

The Magic Kingdom

While a huge storm was sweeping over Connacht, there was nothing more than a hair-ruffling wind gusting through the MacGillacuddy Reeks in Kerry. I climbed Carrauntoohil for the second time in three months though I still haven't seen the view from the top - I'll have to come back during the summer. The picture above was taken on December 30th, 2006, as weak sunlight cast the shadow of Carrauntoohil across a raised valley - the rocky outcrop known as the Hag's Tooth dominates the view. By New Year's Day, the tips of the Reeks were dusted with snow. If you look closely, you can see the tiny forms of two climbers standing in the 'saddle' behind the Tooth. Here, you can find a gallery of my climbing route to Carrauntoohil.

Because I was in Kerry, I didn't get a chance to take shots of the flooding in Salthill on New Year's Eve - you can see some pictures of the flood on Flickr here. I did take some before-and-after pictures of flooding on the Shannon in the midlands a while back - you'll have to make do with them instead.

Camera= Canon 5D, lens= Canon 24-105@28mm, ISO=250, aperture=f5, speed=1/800 sec. [Yes, I lugged the 5D up the hill and back].

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Posted by Monasette at January 2, 2007 11:47 PM