close-up to Pennine Alps...

close-up to Pennine Alps...

close-up to Pennine Alps (Matterhorn in the middle) from an unusual angle (July 2001)
Mathias Zehring
on Sep 26, 2004 6:17 pm
Image ID: 71191

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om - Sep 27, 2004 7:50 am - Voted 10/10

Mountain ocean

Perfect picture

Mathias Zehring

Mathias Zehring - Sep 27, 2004 12:46 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Mountain ocean

thank you! Do you have an idea what mountains can be seen besides Matterhorn?

desainme

desainme - Sep 27, 2004 1:31 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Mountain ocean

Mont Blanc is on the left I think and moving to the right the faint (remote) one peeking over some others apparently closer to M.B. rather than Matterhorn is Weisshorn. The one to the left of Matterhorn is the Dent d'H. D^2H loooks as if it has a big right shoulder.

desainme

desainme - Sep 27, 2004 1:56 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Mountain ocean

It may help to get the longitudes and latitudes of these mtns. M. Pelvoux and the Meije have theirs. The distance function works between peaks with stated co-ordinates.

Mathias Zehring

Mathias Zehring - Sep 27, 2004 7:10 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Mountain ocean

I got interested in this case. Therefore I took a picture from Barre des Ecrins two days later that has a wider angle and navigated with dental floss on my road map. Barre is higher so you can see more mountains there and compare them better: You may be right with Weisshorn, but what you think is Montblanc is in fact Grand Casse and for your Dent d’Herens I would guess Aiguille de la Grande Sassière (it is apparently much nearer than Matterhorn!). Not an easy topic…

desainme

desainme - Sep 27, 2004 7:50 pm - Voted 10/10

Re: Mountain ocean

Thanks, I had no idea your picture subtended such a small angle- after the zoom. I have a book atlas but it gives out just east of the G. Combin. Is the big dark one in the near distance ,right of Matterhorn, Mt. Thabor? Enjoyed the full panorama from the Barre des Ecrins.

Mathias Zehring

Mathias Zehring - Sep 28, 2004 4:07 pm - Hasn't voted

Re: Mountain ocean

believe that right in front of Matterhorn is Grand Roc Noir (3582 m), belonging to Vanoise Group. Never heard of it but that shows my map. Mont Thabor should be even more near, but perhaps a little outside to the right.

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