Snow and sunshine in the Apennines

As many of you may know, the Apennine mountain range starts in Liguria, just inland of Savona (Colle di Cadibona, and stretches all along the coast of Ligurian Sea, around La Spezia, where it suddenly bends inland and increases in width, to make what could be called the "backbone" of the Italian peninsula.

Due to the mountains being so close to the coastline, the highest peaks of Ligurian Apennines often treat the visitor's eyes with breath-taking and unobstructed views which can span almost 300 km in diameter, ranging from the Ligurian Sea, Corse, located about 150 km to the South, to the Alps which lie 150 km to the North, across the Po Plain ("Pianura Padana").

For my crack at assembling a panoramic picture, I took a series of exposures (no tripod whatsoever, just standing still and pivoting on my legs while holding the camera firmly with my hands), and later stitched them together with Canon's PhotoStitch. Below is the outcome which I've made available as an interactive panoramic view with PTViewer panorama applet.

Warning: if you can't see the panoramas, you may have a Java memory issue which can be easily fixed.  Please click here for details on how to solve it.

Lightweight version with landmark labels:

              

              

Click on the thumbnail below for a higher resolution zoomable version of the panorama: