Friday, 21st March 2008
River of Ice
by Philippe Sainte-Laudy
The EU's agency predicts that three-quarters of Switzerland's glaciers will disapear by 2050 if current trends continued unchanged. The Aletsch glacier, in the bernese Oberland, in south-wetern Switzerland, has retreated 3,4 km since peaking at a length of 23 km in 1860. About 1,4 km of the shrinkage has happened over the past 56 years. The Aletsch was once seen as a threat, adding ice and threatening to encroach on inhabited areas. These days, the glacier is more of a threat from is melting ice worsening valley floods.
Equipment: Nikon D200 with 10/20 mm
Philippe Sainte-Laudy
Photographer by passion for years, I like in particular the photography of landscape and nature generally.
Always in search of the best light and of the most original angle, I "hunt" all the time the most beautiful places which surround me.
Website: www.naturephotographie.com
River of Ice by Philippe Sainte-Laudy was photo of the day on Friday, 21st March 2008. It is tagged Alps, Glaciers, Mountains, Switzerland. You can leave a comment below.
37 Comments
joe ullman
good lord; where on earth do you live?! Two amazing shots.
John Harrison
Philippe,
Very nicely composed! I really would like to be there right now. You have done a nice job capturing the depth and height of those peaks. Good cloud detail as well.
Enjoy!
John
Marc
This is why photography is not just a hobby, but a necessity. Thanks for adding to the historical record. And, it’s an excellent shot in its own right.
Linda Jones
Absolutely a precious photo of mother earths beauty. The message of your photo speaks to us all.
Md. Ziaul Hoque
Paradise lost!
Craig Wilson
Beautiful image – something straight out of Lord Of The Rings!
Anurag
A shot with a lot of atmosphere. Well composed. And, an equally pertinent write up.
Chetna
There is an unearthly quality about the photo… (Kind of sad that when something is as beautiful as this we think of it existing on another plane!) The composition of this is outstanding. Amazing depth of field taking us from the clouds and trees in the front, a mirror lake reflecting in the centre, all the way into the deep valley up the glacier. Magnifique! I too wish I was there! Superb! I thank you for blessing my day with this!
Philippe Sainte-Laudy
Many thanks everyone for your awesome comments!!!
Mark Simms
Probably the best landscape shot I have seen on Earthshots, and I have subscribed since day 10… simply amazing.
Keith
A superb image with incredible depth to it. On my monitor it is almost 3d. Composition and exposure are spot on.
Terry Everson
An excellent photo,it has all the elements just right.
Reuben Chircop
What a wonderful shot. So balanced and also the shadows are as clear as the whole picture.
Great job.
Matt Kadey
Awesome light and color.
Renee
Wow what a amazing shot you captured very stunning! well done!
Dale D Swanson
Absolutely exceptional…
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
Excellent photo. Very nicely exposed (altough conditions were far from ideal; shadows & lights) and good compo. Well done!
Macromoments
This is one of the most powerful images I’ve seen in a long time. You must be very proud of your work–it’s spectacular.
O cohen
wow, i love how the clouds almost touch the earth, keep it up! and i love your glacier message, its truly terrible how they are disappearing, they are the true ice giants of the world.
Alex
Woow!
i would love to have the money to travel on those places!
Great photo, so many different colors, the perspective, the ligth – just great!
Eileen
I have always loved taking shots with clouds. I like the way the clouds hug the mountains. Grrreat shot. EZ
Philippe Sainte-Laudy
Many thanks everyone, for taking the time to leave kind comments.
S. N. Rama Raju
Looks like an ampitheatre and I felt I was waiting for the performer to appear at the edge of the lake. Beatiful composition.
a.
Oh my god. What a gorgeous spot. I love how close the first cloud is. It is so sad that people are destroying places like this…
Pauline Jones
Switzerland is a beautiful place, I recommend anyone who has the money to go there.
reza
nice shot . oh my god i wish i was there ….
good luck
Tommy
This should open up more land for plants. Beautiful scene.
Azu
Impressive!!
Ottoman
Very nice shot!
Chris
So awesome…one of those places where heaven meets earth. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Philippe Sainte-Laudy
Thank you so much for all of your nice comments.
I appreciate you all.
amanda
i love it i’d hang it up in my house
Su
Wonderful shot and write up. check this guys website out its awesome.
mike
Beautiful scenery.
Joanne Bradley
Absolutely gorgeous view and capture and a reminder to all of us what is threatened by our continued denial of our effect on the earth!
Su
Great shot very impressive.
Rajib Singha
Good landscape shot!