Eggishorn 6 by jcv2

Photography • Landscape • posted on Nov 01, 2005

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Once on the ridge it's not so far to the Eggishorn. Many tourists have come here ascending the mountain by cable railway and only few of them dare to go to the top because the track is made of large boulders (with sizes of 30-60 cm, 1-2 feet), not easy when you don't have appropriate boots. The last meters are still hard on me, the air is thin and my body tells me this is not the first effort of the day. But slowly I achieve the goal of the day, at last! Once again tears of pure happiness, with a stunning vista on the Grosse Aletschgletscher seen from the Eggishorn (2927 m, 9602 ft). At http://www.eggishorn.ch/rundsicht/eggishorn_sommer.htm you can see a fabulous Quicktime Virtual Reality movie, enabling you to look freely around in any direction. It shows a bit what can be seen on this top. Imagine the width of the glacier, in the middle of the picture it is about 1.5 kilometers (almost 1 mile) wide! The glacier is about 23 km (more than 14 miles) long, has a surface of about 125 km2 (about 48 square miles) and moves down with about 50 cm/day (20 inches/day). An immense highway of ice! Minolta X-700 (Fuji Sensia 100, 35 mm) Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments

Comments (67)

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joost48

1:38AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Great nature photography.Amazing image.V.

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PeeWee05

1:40AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Awesome clouds and trail of ice down below...

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DELMUR

1:45AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

idon't why this one is better, but i prefer the other because of the people on the pic; They give the scale and the feeling to see the wonderfull mother nature!!!

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herbstliebe

2:03AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

the mountain peak so near is really awesome. with the clouds over them, it looks like a mini world.

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Lary

2:12AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Amazing capture and amazing place like an alien planet! SUPER! V*

cajolargo

2:15AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

beautiful view, maybe better than the other =)

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Loloe

2:34AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

This is a wonderful picture, your efforts have been rewarded! The sky is so pure!!!Thank you for sharing such beauty!v

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Lledeline

2:37AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Impressive landscape

Silly_Sue_1

2:41AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Beautiful landscape image. Thanks for sharing!

ana-maria

3:12AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Again an excellent shot of this impressive landscape. What a fantastic view. Looks amazing!!!

pimbotin

3:12AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

A very famous place (I remember a lot of shots from that place, especially some with a paragliding world champion from the 80ies who was also a photographer...) Cool memories and spectacular shot!

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lejimi

3:17AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

This glacier looks like a path made for a giant. The mountain on the left has a very strange shape.

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maud

3:19AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Splendid scene..landscape are really my taste! Perfect V :)

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sharky_

3:20AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

It just makes me shiver thinking of walking on your foot steps on this trail. You have a lot of courage to walk alone and at great heights to add. The glacier path along with the beautiful landscape is awesome and impressive. Excellent shots....... Aloha

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Dianthus

3:25AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Beautiful snow shot. You know how much i love them. Specially as this is our Spring is so hot.:)

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Coppens

3:35AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Another splendid shot, JC! (Nature can look pretty artificial sometimes! Makes me think of a racetrack for miniature racecars.)

hasexx

3:49AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Super view!!! V

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wildgoha

4:03AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

brrr! super view but I much more like photos in spring ;-)

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TwoPynts

4:05AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Your treks take us to places that most of us will never have the chance to visit. This is one of those images that i will always associate with you JC...excellent work, thanks for the concern too. =] V

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Gabrielsdream

4:11AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

I am in total awe, this is such a magnificent view. The link was really interesting. This is going into my favourites, your image is perfection! Well done and thank you for these fantastic captures.

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Gepeto1

4:18AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

je pre la photo 6 la photo 4 bonne journ a toi

donvino

4:51AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Here you are in another world. Excellent capture of it. Simply wonderful. I love your Eggishorn series!

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GiMi53

5:01AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

The glacier is like a speedway without cars... I first tought this was that a Terragen render... Almost surrealistic photography ! Fantastic image, Jan-Carel ! :~)

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Cosme..D..Churruca

5:08AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Totally fascinating... a spectacular photography... it is perfect !

parb1194

5:14AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Quite beautiful and dramatic. Fantastic!!!!!V

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TomDart

6:46AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

This is a place and point of view I have not seen. Spectacular! Thanks for making the trek and providing the excellent photo.

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Zacko

6:48AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

OH MY GOD!!! This is unreal!!! Can there be such a gorgeous place??? This looks like a terragen-render...made by the master of Terragen that is. AWESOME!!! This is beyond beautiful!!! Have a great day. #:O)

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Undertaker

7:51AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Nice photo.

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sossy

7:53AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

amazing scenery and a stunning view again! the glacier looks like a mountain highway and it is somehow! only few meters to the top but they need the moost effort and the little rest of your power! sometimes I had the feeling that I didn't care to die there, one only has one wish to get up and your soul is pushing you! ;o))))))

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