The ice tongue of the Aletsch Glacier is about 25 km long. In the last 110 years it has shrunk by approx. 2 km. High above, between the peaks in the so called Konkordiaplatz (Concordia Place), its surface has sunk by 75 m since 1850. Still it is the largest glacier in the Alps.
TITLE |
THE ALETSCH GLACIER |
LOCATION |
Switzerland |
DATE |
September 2004 |
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TECHNIC |
Hasselblad body, Zeiss lens |
FORMAT |
medium format, 6 x 6 cm |
REMARK |
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