Green flesh
Succulent plants, orchids and tropical plants display fleshy surfaces, sometimes. Pictures shot at the Stadtgärtnerei Zürich
Click each picture to zoom in. Pictures shot with D800 plus Nikon 80 mm f/1.8 plus Nissin MF18 Macro Ring Flash
Wrong flight?
A last check at the departures …
… and here are the planes ready to fly us to …
… or are these ones?
Hard to image a flight on those up there …
Now they are landing, leaving the airspace free …
… to the right one! Not all Swiss-flagged flights are Swiss. Patrouille Suisse made the air show! Pictures shot at the 70 years celebration of Zurich Airport. Click to enlarge and see the pilot smile.
His Majesty
Reflected in the tiny Riffelsee lake.
Just behind the 3100 Kulmhotel Gornergrat
Cloud-spotter at the its feet
One of its cos-player
His Majesty the Matterhorn. Click each picture to enlarge.
Asian hikes
A day in Zermatt (Switzerland), up to Gornegrat.
In the cog-wheel train, waiting to reach the peak.
Here we are, his majesty the Matterhorn in the background
A short hike to admire the massive of Mount Rosa and its glaciers
A final selfie at lake Riffelsee
Shade against sunburns, waiting for the train down
Ni hao (hallo in Chinese) beats Grüezi (hallo in Swiss German). Click each picture to enlarge
All rack railways bring to Gornergrat
The base station of the Gornergrat rack railway in Zermatt, Switzerland, is situated at 1,634 meters of altitude.
With a maximum inclination of 200 per thousand, the railway covers a 1,456 meter drop
It runs through the Alpine heart of the Swiss and Italian Alps: 29 peaks piercing the sky above 4,000 meters are visible through the panoramic windows
A last bend in front of the magnificent Matterhorn (4,478 m)
Finally up at 3,090 meters: the Mount Rosa massive and its glaciers decorate the arrival station. Click each picture to enlarge
