#PostcardsFromChamonix

- Pas de Chèvre, Grands Montets
- Cliff!
- Church at Lac à l'Anglais
- 3S work in progress, Lognan, Grands Montets

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Sporty summits

Mont Blanc massif has 11 summits straddling France, Italy, and Switzerland. First recorded ascent in 1786 by a Chamonix-based team, pioneering mountaineering.

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I can’t get enough of that view, especially when heavy dark clouds sweep over Mont Blanc at day’s end, revealing the jagged Aiguilles de Chamonix. What a mood!

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Moody light over Aiguille Verte. This giant summit of the Mont Blanc massif was shy that day, but it offered a perfect chance to showcase the iconic Grand Dru and the dramatic glaciers.

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The Mont Blanc massif showing the extent of the Bossons and Taconnaz glaciers. Photo taken in 1993 using a Pentax ME Super SLR and Kodachrome 64 slide film.

The same scene as the previous photo showing how far north glaciers have retreated in the intervening 31 years. The Taconnaz has almost completely gone now. Photo taken on my Samsung galaxy S23 Ultra.

More evidence, if it was needed, of #climatechange or #globalwarming

Two photos of the same scene taken by me in 1993 and 2024.

The difference is stark and it makes me feel really sad.

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