When Earth Meets Sky
by Connie Handscomb
Title
When Earth Meets Sky
Artist
Connie Handscomb
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Fine Art
Description
In Switzerland, on a summer's day, make a visit to Wallis, take two loonnngg gondola rides up a mountainside from the alpine villages ... and reach the top of the world to see The Great Aletsch Glacier : the largest glacier in the Swiss Alps.
The glacier is about 14 miles long (23 km) and covers 46 sq mi (120 sq km). Its widest point is about 1 mile across (2 km). It peaks at 9,603 ft (2,927 m).
This area is an UNESCO World Heritage site and, as such, is protected. The glacier has retreated a great deal in the last 18,000 years ... frighteningly so during the last 80 years.
Here is a view of the mountaintop scenery viewed from the Aletsch Glacier.
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March 12th, 2015
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Comments (6)
Kellice Swaggerty
This is absolutely magnificent, Connie! And I feel the dramatic impact is much greater in gray scale! Wonderful work! L/F FB
Nick Boren
A glimpse into just how great of a photographer you are dear Connie... and what better way to show it than with an amazing landscape image...... ;-)) FV
Mick Anderson
Wow, Connie! What a great photo - especially nice in black and white! Really makes me want to visit there :)) F/V
Connie Handscomb replied:
Hi Mick! thank you! it's a fabulous place; a panoramic vista that I've only captured a speck of here :)))