sits Jungfraujoch: a cluster of buildings
used for a combination of science research and tourism. The topmost building is called the Sphinx:
It has an obsolete observatory, and houses most of the scientific instruments.
Julie ran some instruments up here during grad school, so I was able to get a behind the scenes tour of the research station.
To the south runs Aletschgletscher:
Here's another picture of the glacier a little later on when a bit more sun was shining on it.
Three glaciers meet in the background, separated by the dark lines of rock debris.
Unfortunately, it was cloudy, cold, and windy
so I couldn't see the nearby peaks of Moench or Jungfrau by the time we got up there.
Here I am in the ice palace, tunnels carved into the glacier next to one of the buildings:
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