Eggishorn 13 by jcv2

Photography • Landscape • posted on Nov 08, 2005

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Looking down on the Grosse Aletschgletscher you can see it won't be easy to cross it. Unfortunately once again no red dot moved around to show the size of the details of this glacier, so you have just to believe my word (I could paste a few people in it but uh... nope, that's not fair). The seracs (pinnacles of ice among the crevasses) are at least 30 meter (100 feet) long and most of them 60 meters (200 feet) long (I mean in the direction towards us), and at least 6 meters (20 feet) high! The width of this entire capture is about 1.5 kilometers (almost a mile). And this frigid procession moves from the right to the left with a speed of 50 cm/day (20 inches/day). Minolta X-700 (Fuji Sensia 100, 300 mm) Thanks for your attention and your always valuable comments

Comments (43)

thevolunteer

3:51PM | Tue, 08 November 2005

Now I know why you like my sunset. It really warms a person up. This looks very cold....brrrr Great nature shot. Very impressive. Aloha and thanks for your comment on my Kona Sunset.

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Akinom

4:23PM | Tue, 08 November 2005

Must be giant! Has almost a feel to it as if it was out of this world! Perfect presentation of the details! v***** Have a wonderful evening, Jan!

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nootz

5:56PM | Tue, 08 November 2005

Great!! I can understand how you wanted to add red dots here... hee hee:)

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Loloe

6:06PM | Tue, 08 November 2005

I love the shadows and lighting! really impressive landscape! bravo!!!!

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DOGFROST

6:53PM | Tue, 08 November 2005

I love the tone of the ice in contrast with the stone, Excellent.

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Richardphotos

7:52PM | Tue, 08 November 2005

I can only imagine the difficulty in transversing the glacier and the perils involved. it would have to be life or death for myself to undertake it. astonishing captures

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Punaguy

9:25PM | Tue, 08 November 2005

Dang that looks awful dangerous from this vantage point....I can imagine what it's like up close and personal...No wonder there's no red dots crossing this massive flow...Very kewl shot from here...I'm in Awe! Aloha!

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nongo

9:52PM | Tue, 08 November 2005

20 inches a day??? now that's some good mileage!!! What a phenomenal image!!!!!!!! Beyond impressive!!!!!!*** ;)

cynlee

12:07AM | Wed, 09 November 2005

cross it? hope the boots are knee high, with spikes! :]

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maggiemai

8:48PM | Wed, 09 November 2005

Oooooh!!! Thank you so much for this shot Jan-Carel!! I was wondering how thick this was and this gives me a much better idea...between your text and the photo. :-) Awesome!!! Totally Awesome!! :-) Excellent!

deannemart

11:20PM | Sat, 12 November 2005

Althought slow-moving, it has a tremendous strength! An amazing view :)

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