Colorful rock patterns. Gletscherschlucht, White Lütschine river gorge, Grindelwald, Switzerland, Europe.

A colorful abstract pattern of 250 million-year-old Grindelwald limestone is exposed along the boardwalk within Gletscherschlucht in the White Lütschine river gorge, in Grindelwald, Switzerland, Europe. The Lower Grindelwald Glacier last extended through Gletscherschlucht gorge in 1855 and has receded very rapidly, melting back more than 3.75 kilometers as of 2014. Consistent with a pattern global warming, the glacier may entirely disappear by 2100. From Gletscherschlucht hotel restaurant, a wooden walkway leads over raging water and through galleries and rocky tunnels over a kilometer into the cool ravine, beneath 100-meter-high cliffs. You can walk to Gletscherschlucht in 35 minutes from the center of Grindelwald or take the bus.

Add to Cart Add to Lightbox Download

Filename: 16SWIC-595.jpg
Copyright: © Carol Dempsey / PhotoSeek.com
Image Size: 3648x5472 / 5.6MB; http://www.photoseek.com/; Europe Switzerland abstract nature pattern
Contained in galleries: 2016 Berner Oberland, 2016 ALL images SWITZERLAND

A colorful abstract pattern of 250 million-year-old Grindelwald limestone is exposed along the boardwalk within Gletscherschlucht in the White Lütschine river gorge, in Grindelwald, Switzerland, Europe. The Lower Grindelwald Glacier last extended through Gletscherschlucht gorge in 1855 and has receded very rapidly, melting back more than 3.75 kilometers as of 2014. Consistent with a pattern global warming, the glacier may entirely disappear by 2100. From Gletscherschlucht hotel restaurant, a wooden walkway leads over raging water and through galleries and rocky tunnels over a kilometer into the cool ravine, beneath 100-meter-high cliffs. You can walk to Gletscherschlucht in 35 minutes from the center of Grindelwald or take the bus.