View of the Mont-Blanc, the highest peak in Europe, towering over the french alps and the Lake Geneva, at sunset.
Mont Blanc (French for white mountain) or Monte Bianco (Italian, same meaning), also known as "La Dame Blanche" (French, the white lady) is a mountain in the Alps. With its 4,810 m summit, it is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe. The mountain lies between the regions of Aosta Valley, Italy, and Haute-Savoie, France. The location of the summit itself is a subject of controversy between the two countries, as each tends to place it within its own boundaries on maps In this image, the Mont Blanc massif is seen from the opposite placed Jura range of mountains, in Switzerland, so that the imposing Mont-Blanc summit towers over the Lake Geneva (or Lac Leman in french), leading to a not very common view of the Mont Blanc. Some small houses in the background of the image give the viewer a very detailed impression of the scale of the huge Mont-Blanc massif, located at more than 20 km from the point where the photograph was taken. The Mont-Blanc massif has always been considered as the birthplace of the modern alpinism, and a place charged with legends and human feats.
Size: 3415px × 5141px
Location: Col de la Marchairuz,Vaud,Switzerland
Photo credit: © Rafael Rojas / Alamy / Afripics
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