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Photographer’s Note

Image of the Grossglockner took from the Fuscher Torl, at 2.428 meters.

*Scanned image*

Großglockner is, at 3798 m above sea level, Austria's highest mountain and the highest mountain in the Alps east of the Brenner Pass. This makes it, after Mont Blanc, the second tallest mountain in the Alps, when measured by relative height. See the list of Alpine peaks by prominence.

Großglockner lies on the border between Carinthia and East Tyrol and is the highest peak in the Glockner group, a group of mountains along the main ridge of the Hohe Tauern. The summit itself lies on the Glockner ridge, which branches to the south off the main ridge. The Pasterze, Austria's biggest glacier lies at Großglockner's foot.

The characteristic pyramid-shaped peak actually consists of two pinnacles, the Großglockner and Kleinglockner (3700 m) (klein = "small" in German), separated by a saddle-like formation known as the Glocknerscharte.

The first assault on Großglockner in 1799 failed. In the summer of 1800 a second expedition was organized by Franz-Xaver Salm-Raifferscheid, Prince-Bishop of Gurk: 62 persons, among them 47 guides, took part. The old Salmhütte, at 2750 m, was specially built to furnish shelter for this undertaking. On 28 July 1800, brothers Martin and Sepp Klotz, along with two other carpenters, and even a clergyman from Dölsach named Horasch, challenged themselves to reach the summit by way of the Hohenwartscharte.

There is also a direct climbing route from the Pasterze glacier to the Glocknerscharte: the Pallavicini Trough. Alfred Markgraf Pallavicini undertook the first climb on this route in 1876 with three guides from Heiligenblut.

Also famous is the scenic highway Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße between Heiligenblut and Fusch, built between 1930 and 1935, which reaches a height of 2572 m.

From Wikipedia

RGatward, AiresSantos, jhm, PJE, Elaine_Blath, andante, jrj, atus, aloyho has marked this note useful

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pastadog (12821) 2006-05-20 3:36

I like the fascinating dialogue between the clouds and the peaks here. Not to mention the glorious green. Thanks for this post! (Believe me I was thinking yesterday about this place, which has been in "stand-by" in my travel plans for years, the road is probably open already.)

RGatward (19737) 2006-05-20 3:39

Breahtaking view, and expert tech all round, especially good scanning.

AiresSantos (41178) 2006-05-20 3:44

Fantastic contrast between colors in this gorgeous composition.
Lovely clouds, very good contrast and colors.
Very well done my friend.
Have a nice weekend, Aires

bantonbuju (48334) 2006-05-20 4:12

ciao paolo, this is what they call "strong saturation"
fantastic play with the colours, basically just three but how effective;
good we,
j.

tjanze (5674) 2006-05-20 4:17

Hi Paolo!
Beautiful angle of view and composition.A little too much soften for my taste,but you show the essence.Colors are fantastic.
Have a nice weekend.

jinju (14265) 2006-05-20 5:41

Shouldnt Austria chenge its flag to a red, blue and green one? (Switzerland also). Those are the 3 colors that dominate those two alpine countries. And in your photo the beauty of Austrian Alps is so evident.

jhm (81589) 2006-05-20 6:37

Hi Paolo,
A class mountain picture, excellent panorama view with background the beautiful mountains and splendid sky with the few clouds, lovely composition.
Have a nice weekend,
John.

markstaples (15670) 2006-05-20 8:28

This is a very artistic shot with great colours. Both the sky and the mountains are stunning. Very well done.
Best wishes
Mark

PJE (19333) 2006-05-20 8:35

Paolo I can appreciate your hard work in climbing to this height for this shot. That is the hard part. This photo really is impessive to say the least. I love how the clouds grace the scene over the mountians. Also the angle of lighting has brought good color to this frame. Very nice work..thanks for sharing!

veronika (6022) 2006-05-20 13:18

You are getting still closer and closer to Slovakia Paolo.. ;)
Wonderful scenery around, the view is amazing!
Nice weekend,
Vero

cessy (13647) 2006-05-20 13:46

hi Paolo
very nice capture of this beautiful landscape
the colors are gorgeous
btw did you make noise reduction to this picture ? it seems a little bit too smooth :)

Elaine_Blath (6170) 2006-05-20 14:34

Hi Paolo,

an excellent shot of these beautiful mountains...The clouds are almost three-dimensional, perfect!

Nice evening, Ivana

gaby (19793) 2006-05-20 16:48

Paolo bonsoir - ces nuages sont absolument splendides et on dirait qu'ils protègent chacun une partie de la montagne - c'est vraiment super -
merci et bon dimanche
Gaby

jrj (34777) 2006-05-21 7:20

Beautiful landscape P. captured in the most favourable setting with the fair weather, blue sky and drifting clouds. Scanning comes out well but maybe a little problem with the green there (could also just be my screen). Well made and well disposed compo

rosaline (0) 2006-05-22 3:53

Hi Paolo
Nice, dramatic shot from this great POV. The colours are very rich and deliver some strong impact. Nice cloud patterns and good composition. Well done.
Aubrey

sebinho342 (18726) 2006-05-22 4:14

Hi Paolo, waoow this looks like a painting !!
i love the union of blue tones with green one, with those clouds that seems to be "coton" (don't know the word in english), so smooth, even if it seems to be hard peaks to climb :)
Congratulations, well to see some austrian shots :)

gebala (0) 2006-05-22 8:03

hello, what a beauty photo, exellent colours and light, it almost a heaven
great photo
rgs

atus (15452) 2006-05-22 10:53

Ciao Paolo,
immagine panoramica molto bella con colori sgargianti e ben saturi. C'é un po´ di perdita di dettagli,ma essendo una foto scannerizzata e successivamente ripulita ,penso con il NI, é inevitabile. Un gran bel panorama,peró. Complimenti e buona settimana!
Attila

capthaddock (28640) 2006-05-22 12:35

Hi Paolo - beautiful combiantion of peaks and clouds, though the neat filter really has softened the forests, well for a 12 year old photo that can be forgiven

vinicio (22216) 2006-05-22 17:44

Il panorama e' senza dubbio grandioso, complimenti, non l'hai creato tu ma la tua foto ce lo mostra in tutta la sua magnificienza, anche se da scanner, complimenti quindi due volte, uno per la foto e due per il bel lavoro di recupero in digitale.
Ciao
Vinicio

recepyuksel (17786) 2006-05-23 6:04

Beautiful landscape shot with gorgeous colors..
Bravo
regards

aloyho (6105) 2006-05-27 10:30

Hi Paolo,
I would call this the puffing mountains. It really looks like they are puffing smokes. An extraordinary scene beautifully captured. The green is very attractive and the right saturation makes these mountain scene exceptionally fascinating. Congratulations!! Have a nice weekend.

Hellas (5089) 2007-04-16 7:43

Hello Paolo,
wonderful landscape, indeed. Although the photo was taken so many years ago, it is good. Well done. Thank you for sharing with all of us.
Best wishes,
Athanasios.