Three paragliders cruise on thermal currents high in a deep blue July sky over a jagged ridge in the Urner Alps rising above the km ( mi) Rhône Glacier in Valais canton, Switzerland. A fourth solo aviator skims its rugged surface. 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: three paragliders cruise on thermal currents high in a deep blue July sky over a jagged ridge in the Urner Alps rising above the km ( mi) glacier, while another solo aviator skims its rugged surface. 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
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