Avalanche barriers. Permanent fencing on a mountainside, designed to support snow and prevent it from slipping and forming an avalanche. Photographed

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Avalanche barriers. Permanent fencing on a mountainside, designed to support snow and prevent it from slipping and forming an avalanche. Photographed above the ski resort of Verbier in the Swiss Alps.

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Photo credit: © DIRK WIERSMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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