20120914 Gletschersand - Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher
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At the base of Oberer Grindelwaldgletscher - Gletschersand. At Dec 2011 a massive avalanche Wachsellouwina has passed here, knocking over hundreds of trees. This originates on the north eastern slopes of Mettemberg, where the pressure wave is redirected by the opposite slope by 90° left to Gletschersand. Made with my Nokia 700.
Panorama of Chalet Milchbach in Grindelwald, just a moments before arriving thunderstorm. Made with C...
Panorama above Terrassenweg street in Grindelwald just before sunset, with sun still on the majestic ...
Grindelwald, Eiger, Kleine Scheidegg from Terassenweg in Grindelwald. This day was the second cold da...
Paraglide landing site in Grindelwald, cold weather, due to strong winds in uper parts and clouds wit...
Panorama from trail between Pfingstegg and Baregg at around 1600m, Eiger to the west with afternoon S...
Grindelwald from road below First on a cold mid September day with snow falling above 1700m. Made wit...
Panorama from Baregg, on the trail between Pfingstegg and Rots Gufer at around 1800m, Eiger to the we...
Panorama from trail between Baregg and Rots Gufer at around 1800m, Eiger to the west. Made with my No...
Panorama on mid September cold day of Eiger and Grindelwald, taken from road between Grosse Scheidegg...
Panorama from trail between Baregg and Rots Gufer, just below Rots Gufer at stream crossing at 1990m,...
Europe is generally agreed to be the birthplace of western culture, including such legendary innovations as the democratic nation-state, football and tomato sauce.
The word Europe comes from the Greek goddess Europa, who was kidnapped by Zeus and plunked down on the island of Crete. Europa gradually changed from referring to mainland Greece until it extended finally to include Norway and Russia.
Don't be confused that Europe is called a continent without looking like an island, the way the other continents do. It's okay. The Ural mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years. Russia technically inhabits "Eurasia".
Europe is presently uniting into one political and economic zone with a common currency called the Euro. The European Union originated in 1993 and is now composed of 27 member states. Its headquarters is in Brussels, Belgium.
Do not confuse the EU with the Council of Europe, which has 47 member states and dates to 1949. These two bodies share the same flag, national anthem, and mission of integrating Europe. The headquarters of the Council are located in Strasbourg, France, and it is most famous for its European Court of Human Rights.
In spite of these two bodies, there is still no single Constitution or set of laws applying to all the countries of Europe. Debate rages over the role of the EU in regards to national sovereignty. As of January 2009, the Lisbon Treaty is the closest thing to a European Constitution, yet it has not been approved by all the EU states.
Text by Steve Smith.
