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20-JUN-2016

Zermatt. View from The Gornergrat

The Gorner Glacier (German: Gornergletscher) is a valley glacier found on the west side of the Monte Rosa massif close to Zermatt. It is about 12.4 km (7.7 mi) long (2014) and 1 to 1.5 km (0.62 to 0.93 mi) wide. The entire glacial area of the glacier related to Gorner Glacier is 57 km2 (22 sq mi) (1999), which makes it the second largest glacial system in the Alps after the Aletsch Glacier system. Numerous smaller glaciers connect with the Gorner Glacier. Its (former) tributaries are (clockwise on this map): Gornergletscher (after which the whole system is named, but the upper part is almost disconnected from the lower part nowadays), Monte Rosa Gletscher, Grenzgletscher (nowadays by far its main tributary), Zwillingsgletscher, Schwärzegletscher, Breithorngletscher, Triftjigletscher, and Unterer Theodulgletscher (although the last three ones are actually disconnected now).

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François Fauchard14-Jul-2016 12:53
A beautiful view on this glacier. V
Ulla Kruys10-Jul-2016 18:33
Very beautiful and dramatic!! V
MarcViskens06-Jul-2016 19:36
very impressive José
Tom Briggs06-Jul-2016 17:24
Awesome ... v
Claude05-Jul-2016 19:37
Wonderful Glacier capture.V
Irene Wehrli05-Jul-2016 09:28
Ah Jose - I see you had a nice day with a wonderful blue sky and you took a spectacular picture!
Irene
Zoltán Balogh05-Jul-2016 05:35
Wow, marvellous... V
Buz Kiefer04-Jul-2016 15:49
Beautifully composed, Jose. Vote.
Konrad Busslinger04-Jul-2016 05:16
Detailed capture in this amazing landscape. Looks like in the polar as Philip Game says. V
larose forest photos03-Jul-2016 03:17
Breathtaking scenery! What a fantastic view of this wonderful place. V
Dennis Hoyne03-Jul-2016 02:58
Wow! A spectacular shot of the natural activity that carved some of these beautiful valleys! V.
Philip Game03-Jul-2016 02:20
What an amazing landscape, and captured perfectly. It could be somewhere in the polar regions! V
Helen Betts03-Jul-2016 01:57
Excellent and well detailed capture of this impressive glacier. V.
Hank Vander Velde02-Jul-2016 23:03
Beautiful view superbly captured Jose.
Don02-Jul-2016 21:48
A giant icy slippery-dip! But seriously, what an amazing landscape this is.
Walter Otto Koenig02-Jul-2016 21:36
Great view of this impressive mountain range and glacier. "V"
fotabug02-Jul-2016 20:40
Oh my, fantastic scene! V
Dave Berry02-Jul-2016 20:05
Reminds me of some of the scenery we just saw in Alaska. Beautiful! V
Patrick Goossens02-Jul-2016 20:01
Beautiful glacier in excellent light.
Frank Tran02-Jul-2016 19:59
Great POV and nice composition. V
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