
Sonny Vandevelde
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Aletsch Gletscher Switzerland 6 years later
I visited the glacier 6 years, excited to come again, but as soon as I got to the mountain top and see the glacier again, I was confronted and shocked at how much it had melted in those 6 years, it really struck me and depressed me
heading up the glacier
Aletschhorn I think
and there is my confrontation seeing the glacier again after 6 years, it is a lot narrower, you can see for yourself when you see the photos I took from similar spot 6 years ago when I was here last
didn't see that, I think it is so you can hear the cascading falls across the valley
all the rocks and rubble the glacier carries, problem is, in the sun, those rocks heat up and melt the ice even faster
80meters a year apparently
we took a lift, but you can hike up to the viewing area as well
it would take a while
great view though
we opted for the cable car
there was a drastic change in the size of the glacier since the 70's, nut sure the exact year ( could be 50's or 60's ) but there was definitely a drastic drop which is clearly visible on the path of the glacier indicated with the red line
without my red line, you can clearly see the difference
find out more about global glacial melts here from nasa
according to our host, those lines, which is the glacier carrying rocks and rubble, and you can see where it starts and in the 70's it was no way near as visible, as the glacier level dropped more loose rocks were exposed and picked up by the traveling glacier, and as I said, those rocks now heat up in the midday sun, accelerating the melt even more
see a before and after photo and article here
apparently shrunk by 2 km
quite impressive to see
but can you imagine how impressive it must have been
the right side of the glacier flowing into Konkordia platz
zoom in
then looking straight down, massive chunks of ice
across the valley, where water is gushing down, this would normally be amother glacier meeting this glacier
not much left of it now
count the amount of waterfalls
deep chasm revealing beautiful blue colour
boulders and ice
at the very top and base of another glacier ( could not tell it is a glacier with all the rocks on it ) a little cave
fellow hiker spotted
tack below I walked from Bettmeralp 6 years ago
why you don;t want to walk on a glacier, that probably drops about 400-600 meters
such contrast
another viewing platform up there, but hows all the rocks, it looks unstable
more contrasts
the very end of Aletsch, grey ice
freshwater pool
zoom out
she's no ice skating rink
slowly sliding down at 80m/year
super wide angle
middle
ice chunks
path to the other platform
so many rocks, curious why there are so many loose rocks so high up on the mountian
dying glaciers
different activity, bit of rock climbing
heading back to the lift to head down and spot this concrete construction with water gushing out