A lone paraglider hanging in a deep blue sky floats in to skim the rugged surface of a jagged ridge in the Urner Alps in Valais canton, Switzerland, high above the km ( mi) Rhône Glacier. The glacier ice melts at an altitude of about 2,208 m or 7,244 feet, with the melt water cascading into a deep valley basin far below to begin the River Rhône’s 813 km (505-mi) journey to the Mediterranean Sea via southern France and the Camargue delta.
Rhône Glacier, Valais canton, Switzerland: a lone paraglider hanging in a deep blue sky floats in to skim the rugged surface of a jagged ridge in the Urner Alps high above the km ( mi) glacier. The glacier ice melts at an altitude of about 2,208 m or 7,244 feet, with the melt water cascading into a deep valley basin far below to begin the River Rhône’s 813 km (505-mi) journey to the Mediterranean Sea via southern France and the Camargue delta.
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Location: Rhône Glacier, Valais canton, Switzerland
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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