Alpen-Panoramen, Panorama der Alpen

beautiful mountains - fantastic clouds!!

it's a pleasure to admire the mountains and your work! Peter

excellent!

Herrliche Wolken ... bei den Bergen aber kein Vergleich mit dem, was man von Norden aus sieht. So ähnlich ist es ja auch mit dem Matterhorn. Woran mag das wohl liegen?

@Heinz (sorry for the english but I don't speak german): far from me to be a geologist, but I can suggest two discussion topics. The first regards the emotions we feel when we see the mountains: obviously the northern sides are generally better because they present glaciers (just try to guess how this side looked a hundred years ago, when the Scerscen valley was completely covered by ice). The other reason maybe is due to the orogenesis: since the Alps were formed by the collision from south to north, I think the southern sides are (generally) smoother than the northern (think about Matterhorn, Badile, Eiger, ..). But this is not always true, just think at the Marmolada, where the south-west side is sooo much better than the northern.

very fine!
Cheers, Danko.

Stefano, thanks for the explanations. That corresponds exactly to the thoughts, which were the basis for my question. It excuses that I had formulated this question into German.