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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lafayette

10:02AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Grandiose, superbe autoroute de glace

Tedz

10:37AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Very impressive indeed...a marvel of Nature!

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Gog

11:06AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Incredible photo - superb

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Valentin

11:30AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Very clear capture and the compo is outstanding !!! Superb work!

ovag

11:48AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Excellent. Great shot

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wastl001

11:55AM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Excellent shot once again Jan-Carel. Pitty that the 'big boys' (Jungfrau, Mch, Eiger) are hidden by the clouds, but I think that the big 'Autobahn' was exciting to view anyway!!

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tibet2004uk

12:19PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Again, the clarity and sharpness are awesome!! And those colors....fabulous! Did u use a polarizing filter?

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nathalie06

12:24PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

I prefered this one, with nobody... and this wonderful glacier. A very wild and incredible place. I love this moutain !!!! with a beautiful light and clouds. Great shot again my friend !!!!

amorales

12:54PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Wow. This is the best glacier photo I have seen in a while.

BorisB

1:08PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

A beautiful image with an amazing scenery, well done!

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hotracer2

1:17PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Impressive landscape and POV, this is so amazing looking, perfect image of this glacier:):):)...V

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Chaos911

1:30PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

WOW, fantastic shot, this work is brilliant, excellently done!!!! :)

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Hedepo

2:42PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

This is realy a fantastic photo, Amazing landscape, excellent photowork!!!!!

Ger50

2:59PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

wow, very impressive shot

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dusty357

3:00PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

fantastic ! the movie clips were fantastic as well makes me feel like i was born on the wrong side of the world ! bravo !

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kimariehere

3:18PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

WOAH WHAT A COOL SHOT SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!! .. i want to go there..!! AWESOME!

geewiz2

3:43PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Pure Class!

meissner

3:53PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

In one word: WOW!

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Akinom

5:23PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

It's not from this world, is it? Amazing scenery and breathtaking view! v***** Love all about it!

logiloglu

5:38PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

grandios, a fantastic and most impressive view. awesome capture,JC. WOW #:O)

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Richardphotos

7:20PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

incredible view of the glacier again but what is moving probably faster is the receding from global warming. thanks for sharing these experiences of yours

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nongo

8:35PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

On top of the world, thru your eyes, thanks for this marvelous shot!!!!!!! Makes me want to build a fire in the fireplace!!!!!! excellent!!!!

MaryLynda

11:37PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

Only one word to describe this beautiful landscape..... BREATHTAKING..... V

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Punaguy

11:46PM | Tue, 01 November 2005

You are the man JC, this is just incredible and such a testament to your endurance...I would have tears of joy to have made it here, and to have this view, what a treat~ V Aloha!

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MaydaMason

2:08AM | Wed, 02 November 2005

i've understand wrongly the subject of your next post... so is this a glacier... marvellous shot and incredible vista! amazing see how may be easy for your discover this outstanding places!

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