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Before/after comparison of Gries glacier (Griesgletscher, Valais alps, Switzerland)
Height: 2450 - 3250m
The Gries Glacier (Griesgletscher) is situated in the eastern Valais Alps and stretches from the top of the Blinnenhorn (3374m) to almost into the Lake Gries (Griessee). The Lake Gries can be reached from the road to the Nufenen pass (2478m). In 2016, a wind farm with approx. 6 wind turbines was commissioned above Lake Griessee. The nearby Gries Pass (2458m) is a historical crossing point between Switzerland and Italy.
C Location 1
Inserted / Updated : 03.01.2017 / 01.07.2024
Height: 2500m Viewing angle: 180° Viewing direction center of photo: NNW
Compare the situation from with that from (<<< select date) Period of time: 7297 days (= 19.99 years)
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The panoramic photo from 19.8.2003 is one of my first panoramic photos taken by hand with a simple digital camera. At that time I would not have thought that this picture would later become part of a glacier comparison and that the Gries Glacier would lose so much length and mass in the following years.
C Location 3
Inserted / Updated : 14.08.2017 / 10.05.2024
Height: 2426m Viewing angle: 115° Viewing direction center of photo: WSW
Compare the situation from with that from (<<< select date) Period of time: 4018 days (= 11.01 years)
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Inserted: 22.11.2020
Compare the situation from with that from (<<< select date) Period of time: 2918 days (= 7.99 years)
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This before/after photo series shows how the glacier forefield changes after the glacier has melted. Little by little the dead ice covered with debris and sand melts (seen in the left part of the pictures). The terrain loses its undulating shape. The glacier stream is driving erosion, transporting a lot of sediment and shaping the landscape. The first pioneer plants thrive less than 10 years after the melting of the glacier ice.
C Location 4
Inserted / Updated : 05.11.2018 / 13.10.2020
Height: 2464m Viewing angle: 190° Viewing direction center of photo: SW
Compare the situation from with that from (<<< select date) Period of time: 1408 days (= 3.86 years)
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07.08.2020: The location is not exactly the same as that of 2016 and 2018.
Location 4 is located at the western end of the rock spur, which was freed from the ice in the middle of the glacier in 2005. Location 4 was covered by ice until approx. 2010.
C Location 7 Inserted: 19.09.2023
Height: 2482m Viewing angle: 180° Viewing direction center of photo: WSW (256°)
Image comparison period: 07.08.2020 - 11.08.2023 Period of time: 1099 days (= 3.01 years)
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Direct link... C Vegetation Inserted: 18.08.2017
Height: 2426m
Image comparison period: 10.08.2012 - 29.09.2016 Period of time: 1511 days (= 4.14 years)
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The 2012 barren glacier foreland is gradually being populated by plants. In the present case: Saxifraga aizoides, Saxifragaceae.
Photo from 27.9.2018
Horizontal distance point 1 -> point 3: approx. 180m
P Interactive panoramic photos of the Gries glacier
O Our observations at the Gries glacierDate: 11.8.2023
M Current meteo and climatic data for the Gries glacier.
The meteorological/climate data from the MeteoSwiss measuring stations closest to the Gries glacier have been available since December 2023. You can call up the daily and monthly values for temperature (incl. min/max values), precipitation and sunshine duration, a comparison with the climate standard values and exceptional weather events. Links to the nearest snow depth measuring stations on the Gries glacier round off the offer.
The image comparisons of this page were created with the software
Before/After images.
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