This is a relatively new day, only enacted in Japan in 2014 as a way of encouraging people to get to know mountains, and the blessings that come from them. Of course, it helps that Japan has some absolutely stunning mountains formed mostly by volcanic activity. Mt Fuji is, of course, the most famous but there are thousands more cone-shaped volcanic peaks. And I can certainly recommend snowboarding down a few of them in the depths of Japanese winter, then following it up with a dip in an onsen, and a fantastic meal of sushi and local seafood in a small family-run taverna. I digress.

I decided for today to see if we could get AI to conjure up an homage to the classic historical images of mountains presented in aspect for comparative purposes. Alexander von Humboldt perhaps created one of the most famous but many more exist. It’s a fairly illustrative request this one so let’s see…

Original prompt (ChatGPT)

There are many famous depictions of the world’s largest mountains all shown on one sheet in aspect, overlapping one another, with the smaller mountains in the foreground. There are all highly illustrative and often beautiful historical images. I’d like you to recreate this style of ‘map’ showing the world’s top ten mountains. Please try and make them as faithful to what the actual mountains look like in real life. Please add key statistical information such as the name, surveyed height, and the first known ascent, plus any other useful trivia. On the page, please have a small locator map that indicates where these mountains exist in the world.