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Middle-Earth Tours
Tour 2: The Places of Middle-Earth
The East Face of the Mountains
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This time [Bilbo] was allowed to climb on to an eagle's back and cling between his wings. The air rushed over him and he shut his eyes. The dwarves were crying farewells and promising to repay the lord of the eagles if ever they could, as off rose fifteen great birds from the mountain's side. The sun was still close to the eastern edge of things. The morning was cool, and mists were in the valleys and hollows and twined here and there above the peaks and pinnacles of the hills. --The Hobbit, "Queer Lodgings"
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Flying with Eagles, by Michael Hague |
Eagles' Eyrie, by J.R.R. Tolkien |
Eagles' Eyrie, by Rob AlexanderLook closely at Tolkien's picture of the eyrie, and you'll see Bilbo lying behind the eagle. |
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Mirrormere, by Alan Lee |
Less than a mile away, and a little below them...there lay a mere. It was long and oval, shaped like a great spear-head thrust deep into the northern glen; but its southern end was beyond the shadows under the sunlit sky. Yet its waters were dark: a deep blue like clear evening seen from a lamp-lit room. Its face was still and unruffled. About it lay a smooth sward, shelving down on all sides to its bare unbroken rim. --description of the Mirrormere, FotR, "Lothlorien"
Look, my friends!' he called. 'Here's a pretty hobbit-skin to wrap an elven-princeling in! If it were known that hobbits had such hides, all the hunters of Middle-earth would be riding to the Shire.' --FotR, "Lothlórien" |
The Mithril-Coat, by
Anke-Katrin Eiszmann |
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image from a TV commerical on the official movie site |
Dimrill Dale, image from a
Decipher trading card |
screen capture from Classic XF |
Full-size versions of these pictures are on display at Rolozo Tolkien and the official LotR movie site
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