The Great Canadian Skyline Thread! II - Page 133

isaidso · #**2641** Posted **Oct 10, 2012, 2:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by Calgarian

How so?

In the sense that you can live in a place that's pancake flat and be thousands of feet above sea level. I'm obviously not suggesting that Calgary is pancake flat, but I'm sure you get the point.

Calgarian · #**2642** Posted **Oct 10, 2012, 2:43 PM**

This is true, doesn't mean it's insignificant though. Anyway that would be a discussion for another thread (like the weather thread), back to skylines!

chrisallard5454 · #**2643** Posted **Oct 10, 2012, 3:37 PM**

My picture.

isaidso · #**2644** Posted **Oct 10, 2012, 4:01 PM**

I wish there were a thousand buildings like that all over Canada.

Kevin_foster · #**2645** Posted **Oct 10, 2012, 4:50 PM**

From Bulliver:

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Originally Posted by bulliver

This morning:

5 image pano >>>

Original (19780 x 3337px):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/badcomputer/8056871083/sizes/o/in/photostream/

Martin Mtl · #**2646** Posted **Oct 11, 2012, 8:14 PM**

By Christina Karchevskaya on Flickr

Nouvellecosse · #**2647** Posted **Oct 11, 2012, 8:27 PM**

Wow, she must have been really high when she took those!

Like in a plane or something.

SignalHillHiker · #**2648** Posted **Oct 11, 2012, 9:18 PM**

Rue Notre-Dame, Vieux-Montréal by Olivier Benny, on Flickr

Autumn colours, Victoria Park by bonniedoon2011, on Flickr

Habitat 67, Montreal by Olivier Benny, on Flickr

Calgary Downtown skyline sunrise by thefatguyjj, on Flickr

spaceprobe · #**2649** Posted **Oct 12, 2012, 5:24 AM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Are you sure? I just checked around and it looks almost flat. except some little bumps that I dont call ''mountains''

This is west of calgary : https://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=fr&ll=50....WdvGTsj3Z9Nmjc7EAFQ&cbp=12,37.97,,0,9.01
Or here : https://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=fr&ll=51....l5UumSSSRIRMOTK65w&cbp=12,287.72,,0,8.72

Anyways, foothills or not, they're not far, and it's an unbelievable asset to this city to be that close of the great rockies!!

Compared to that, our little Laurentians north of Quebec city with some peaks of 1100-1200m is shameful

lol

Edit : Oh by the way, could someone tell me why they're stopping the sprawl right here (was always wondering that) : https://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=fr&ll=50.9714,-114.170265&spn=0.081397,0.224361&gl=ca&t=k&z=13
Is it a conservation area of something ??

the mountains near QCity may be 1100 m...but Quebec city is at sea level, so those mountains are pretty high if their base is where Quebec city is.

The Rockies are very tall mountains....but the plains of Alberta are also very high. Calgary is at around 1100 m above sea level already....so you should really count the height of the rockies as x m above their base (subtract 1100 from the height of those mountains). That would be the maximum potential height you could climb/ski/sight see from etc.

harls · #**2650** Posted **Oct 13, 2012, 10:45 PM**

Ottawa, from this afternoon.

By me.

FrAnKs · #**2651** Posted **Oct 13, 2012, 11:21 PM**

Wonderfull harls. Est-ce que c'est proche du Lac pink ?

harls · #**2652** Posted **Oct 13, 2012, 11:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by FrAnKs

Wonderfull harls. Est-ce que c'est proche du Lac pink ?

Un peu plus loin vers l'ouest. King mountain trail.

Park was filled with leaf gawkers today.

flar · #**2653** Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 12:04 AM**

Great shot Harls. The leaves are just about peak colour over the past week.

Witty Nickname · #**2654** Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 1:48 AM**

The area in the foreground is part of the Tsuu T'ina Native Reservation that borders the deep Southwest of Calgary. This shot is about 22 Kilometres from downtown.

Calgary Skyline: Rural View by Witty nickname, on Flickr

MTLskyline · #**2655** Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 1:58 AM**

2012

http://www.lapresse.ca/voyage/destinatio...e-record-pour-le-tourisme-a-montreal.php

2005

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:VuedeMontreal.jpg

FrAnKs · #**2656** Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 2:18 AM**

The never changing skyline

Rico Rommheim · #**2657** Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 2:53 AM**

Even with the Canadiens tower and l'Avenue this vista will hardly change. The skyline will look drastically different when seen from the west and from the north.

Andrewjm3D · #**2658** Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 3:02 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by neltron3030

Obvious Answers by Neil Ta | I am Bidong, on Flickr

A great shot By neltron.

MTLskyline · #**2659** Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 3:27 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

Even with the Canadiens tower and l'Avenue this vista will hardly change. The skyline will look drastically different when seen from the west and from the north.

Those won't plug the hole between le 1000 and le 1250?

Wooster · #**2660** Posted **Oct 14, 2012, 4:08 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Witty Nickname

The area in the foreground is part of the Tsuu T'ina Native Reservation that borders the deep Southwest of Calgary. This shot is about 22 Kilometres from downtown.

A rare view, very cool.