It's true, the mountain air really is clearer: Photographer captures blazing stars of the Milky Way from 6200ft up in the Swiss Alps
By Rob Waugh|
From the top of Switzerland's 6,200ft Stanserhorn, you can see France and Germany's Black Forest - but one Swiss photographer aimed his lens at a target a little further away, to capture the starry band of our own galaxy, the Milky Way.
The photograph was captured by Alessandro Della Bella at 1am on the Stansenhorn on 26 July.
Home, sweet galactic home: The Milky Way - our
galaxy - shines at night at around 1 AM, on the Stanserhorn, 26 July
2012, in Switzerland
Della Bella says, 'The foremost thing in my mind - and my eyes - is the joy of photography.'
The Swiss mountain had a funicular railway since 1893, but recently replaced it with a rather hair-raising open-topped cable car - the world's first.
Opening in Switzerland, The Cabrio rises to a height of 1.2 miles above sea level as it climbs the Stanserhorn mountain near the city of Lucerne.
And carrying up to 60 passengers at any one time, the innovative cable car has room for up to half of them to brave the bracing mountain air and stand on the top deck.
But even those riders with less of a taste for heights might not find the inside much of a refuge, as the lower floor is encased entirely in glass.
Starting at Kalti, which is 711 metres above sea level, the Cabrio transports passengers to the summit station 1850 metres up.
The Swiss mountain had a funicular railway since 1893, but recently replaced it with a rather hair-raising open-topped cable car - the world's first.
Opening in Switzerland, The Cabrio rises to a height of 1.2 miles above sea level as it climbs the Stanserhorn mountain near the city of Lucerne.
And carrying up to 60 passengers at any one time, the innovative cable car has room for up to half of them to brave the bracing mountain air and stand on the top deck.
But even those riders with less of a taste for heights might not find the inside much of a refuge, as the lower floor is encased entirely in glass.
Starting at Kalti, which is 711 metres above sea level, the Cabrio transports passengers to the summit station 1850 metres up.
The Cabrio, on the Stanserhorn mountain in Switzerland, reaches a height of 1,850 metres
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