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Trying to communicate scale
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How to help a viewer to better understand the scale of a scene.
A nerve-wracking trip to Birg cable-car station
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My only cable-car trip into the high Alps this past winter season was in February. Webcam confirmation of a fabulous cloud inversion encouraged me to get into the mountains after a long abstinence. I expected the visit to be be a nerve-wracking experience thanks to so many people wearing their coronavirus face-masks around their chins,…
Birg to Mürren through the clouds
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I’m looking forward to the new cable-cars next year. I hope that they’ll have dirt-repellent, scratch-resistant windows. (Sequence filmed in February 2021.)
Unter dem Birg to Engstligenalp
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Time-lapse sequence of the cable car ride from the valley station to the mountain station.
Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.
Mürren to Gimmelwald
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Mürren to Gimmelwald in Swiss canton Bern.
Birg to Mürren
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Birg to Mürren in Swiss canton Bern.
Schilthorn to Birg
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Schilthorn to Birg in Swiss canton Bern.
Riederalp to Hohfluh
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Time-lapse video of the chairlift ride from Riederalp to Hohfluh in Swiss canton Wallis.
The first cable-car in Switzerland
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The Wetterhorn Aufzug in Grindelwald took visitors up towards the Wetterhorn until 1915.
Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.
The flying rubbish truck
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The rubbish collection service at Bettmeralp – a car-free village in the mountains of upper canton Valais – must be unique in the world. In the absence of any road connection to the village, a 7.5-tonne lorry is carried up and down the mountain by cable-car.
Betten to Bettmeralp
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Betten to Bettmeralp in Swiss canton Wallis.
Stockhorn to Chrindli
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Stockhorn to Chrindli in Swiss canton Bern.
Aescher-Wildkirchli
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The small «Berggasthaus» beneath the cliffs in canton Appenzell is one of the most famous destinations in Switzerland.
Ebenalp to Wasserauen
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Ebenalp to Wasserauen in Swiss canton Appenzell.
Gimmelwald to Stechelberg
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Gimmelwald to Stechelberg in Swiss canton Bern.
Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Lauterbrunnen to Grütschalp in Swiss canton Bern.
Birg to Schilthorn
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Birg to Schilthorn in Swiss canton Bern.
Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Grütschalp to Lauterbrunnen in Swiss canton Bern.
Mürren to Birg
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Time-lapse video of the cable-car ride from Mürren to Birg in Swiss canton Bern.