Regular readers of my posts know about my interest in glaciers. And we all know they are becoming a rare species. The Franz Josef Glacier located on the west side of New Zealand’s Southern Alps is a very particular one. This glaicer still has the ability to grow – and does so from time to time.
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Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau – three mountains in ther Bernese Alps – are one of the Alp’s favorits. This year there was only little snow so that one could take a look at the marble like ice of Eiger Glacier
Continue reading “Marbel? No, ice! – the Eiger Glacier”
This winter a unique opportunity popped up: A dive into the Morteratsch Glacier! This glacier is located in the eastern part of the Swiss Alps and the region of the Bernina mountain range.
Continue reading “A Cathedral in green – inside the Morteratsch Glacier”
Time for reflection. Wishing all visitors of my blog and website Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a healthy 2021!
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Rarely there are no clounds at all at the Glacier Lagoon in Iceland. Below is a full 180 degree panoramic view composed of 5 landscpae shots showing on the very left the barrier of the lagoon towards the ocean, then the highest mountain in Iceland called Hvannadalshnúkur (2’110 m or 6’920 ft).
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I have been a couple of times at the Diamond Beach in the south of Iceland. Every time the light, the weather and the scenery is different. The shot above was taken on a cloudy day with the sun peaking through a hole in the clouds allowing for a pretty mystic shot.
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Caves, cracks and tunnels offer a look inside the biggest glacier in Europe – the Vatnajökull Glacier located in the southeast of Iceland. All pictures have been taken at the Breiðamerkurjökull outlet glacier, one of the tongues of Vatnajökull.
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L’Argentière Glacier, Chamonix Valley, French AlpsRegular visitors of my website know about my captivation for glaciers – created by nature but destroyed by civilization & industrialization – knowing that these shots can’t be replicated anymore a few weeks later Continue reading “Glacier d’Argentière”
Indeed, for this glacier one needs a panoramic format: This one combines seven shots!The Great Aletsch Glacier is the biggest glacier of the Alps: 23 km long and 900 m think. It surrounds the 4’193 m high Aletschorn. Unfortunately like most glaciers in the world it’s a fading … melting … beauty. Continue reading “23 km of Ice – Panoramic Views in Switzerland”
Where the Grey Glacier falls into Lago Grey mother nature constantly creates and reshapes sculptures of ice shining in all shades of blue becoming one with the blue sky and the turquoise water of the lake.
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