Short hike in the Alps
The Alps are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, and stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres across eight Alpine countries: France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia.
In need to clear my mind, I joined some friends in Chamonix for a hiking weekend. we had an amazing moudy weather with an incredible view over the biggest glacier in France "la mer de glace".
Date: August 2019
Location: Chamonix, France
The glacier is 7 kilo-meters long, an average of 300 meters of thickness and a surface of 40km2. Even thought this landscape is absolutely beautiful, you can't deny to witness the global warming. Since 1870, the glacier is melting with a speed increasing year by year. Melting speed is now approximately a good 30 meters per year and is not showing any sign of slowing down. Climate change is a reality and places like this are living signs of it. It is time to take actions for our future generations. These pictures are here to remind me the beautiful moment I had hiking there but they are also here to show us our impact on the planet.
During the hikes, we had the chance to encounter a few Ibex.
All these images were taken with a Nikon D5600 with it's 18-55mm. I processed them with Lightroom and for more fine adjustement with Photoshop and Luminar 4.