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2017: Ice Age [Great Aletsch Glacier, Bernese Alps🇨🇭]

The great Aletsch Glacier, as seen from the Sphinx Observatory platform on Juanfraujoch mountain in Switzerland.

 

With a gargantuan 10 billion tons of ice flow, the Great Aletsch glacier is the largest Alpine Glacier in the Swiss Bernese Alps. It is a part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch protected area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

 

www.jungfrau.ch/en-gb/simply-the-greatest/

 

www.whc.unesco.org/en/list/1037/

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Uploaded on April 6, 2022
Taken on December 26, 2017