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  • Cows in Switzerland's Oberalpen Pass.
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  • A photographer petting a cow in Switzerland's Oberalpen Pass.
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  • Japanese tourists gather and take pictures from the main plaza in Zermatt  where they can view the famous near-symmetric pyramidal peak, the Matterhorn. It straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy.
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  • Japanese tourists view the Matterhorn and pose for photos with the iconic St. Bernard dogs in the Alps. Around two million tourists visit annually to Switzerland's most popular destination nearby Zermatt.
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  • Evening bright lights illuminate the town of Martigny, winter home of  St. Bernard dogs of Alps fame. Nestled between the snow-capped mountains in the Alps, it is a junction of roads that join Switzerland with Italy and France.
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  • A nun carries the beloved cat through the Convent of Saint John in Mustair, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Founded in the 8th century, it has been home to Benedictine nuns in Switzerland since the 12th Century.
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  • Children wearing sunglasses and designer outfits prepare back stage for a charity fashion show in the exclusive, glamorous resort town of St. Moritz. The ritzy, Alpine resort town is located in the Engadine in Switzerland.
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  • Winter tourists shop in the posh resort town of Saint Moritz known for it's fashionable, stylish clientele and designer fashions. A hotel pioneer first attracted tourists to the high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland in 1864.
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  • A glacier recedes near the Matterhorn leaving ridges and jagged peaks where there was once ice. Much of the iconic mountain was carved away by glacial erosion. <br />
The National Snow and Ice Data Center describes Matterhorn geology in "All About Glaciers." Cirques are rounded hollows or bowl shapes after a glacier has melted away. Aretes are jagged narrow rides created when two glaciers meet eroding on both sides. And horns are created when several cirque glaciers erode until all that is left is a steep, pointed peak with sharp ridge-like Arêtes leading to the top.
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  • Morning fog rises over a summit cross on Zinalrothorn and other mountain peaks in the Alps surrounding the Matterhorn.
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  • Morning fog rises from craggy mountain peaks in the Alps surrounding the Matterhorn. The Alps range formed when two tectonic plates of Africa dn Eurasia slowly collided millions of years ago creating some of highest peaks in Europe.<br />
Rugged Zinalrothorn and Weisshorn in the background.
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  • View of the iconic Matterhorn and surrounding mountains in the Alps.  First ascent of the 14,692-foot mountain was in 1865 although four climbers died on the descent. <br />
The National Snow and Ice Data Center describes Matterhorn geology in "All About Glaciers." Cirques are rounded hollows or bowl shapes after a glacier has melted away. Aretes are jagged narrow rides created when two glaciers meet eroding on both sides. And horns are created when several cirque glaciers erode until all that is left is a steep, pointed peak with sharp ridge-like Arêtes leading to the top.
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  • Taillights blur as a bus squeezes through building on the narrow streets of the Swiss village of Santa Maria. The charm of the mountain communities draws tourists, but the streets were built long before gas-powered transportation.
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  • A child carries a torch with the flame lighting the way during a Good Friday procession at the beginning of the Christians' Holy Week. Parishioners wear clothing of Jews and Romans as they walk through the darkened streets in a Christian celebration that dates back the 17th century.
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  • Monday is laundry day at Val Mustair as nuns fold a flowered sheet in the convent courtyard. The world-famous Benedictine Convent and a UNESCO World Heritage Site is in the Swiss Alps. Founded in the 8th century, the Christian convent is home to Benedictine nuns since the 12th Century. Eleven make their home behind closed walls, living a life of commitment to poverty and celibacy. Each nun has her work and they come together for meals and prayer.
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  • Over 700 children carry hundred year old candle-lit lanterns made of canvas as they walk through the streets on Good Friday of Holy Week. The Christian celebration in Mendrisio dates back to the 17th century.
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  • Christians dressed in costume carry crosses through the streets on Holy Week. Night view of a passion play depicting Christ's death.
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  • Monitoring equipment at the Grimsel Test Site (GTS), an underground nuclear waste disposal research facility.<br />
Located in the Swiss Alps, it was established in 1984 as a centre for underground Research and Development (R&D) supporting a wide range of research projects on the geological disposal of radioactive waste. International partners from Europe, Asia and North America are working together at this unique facility.
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  • Aerial view of some of the 16,000 participants in the Ski Marathon as Nordic skiers trek across frozen upper Engadine valley. The winter event has been hosted since 1969 drawing athletes and tourists to mountain communities around Saint Moritz in the Alps.
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  • Skiers dressed in fashionable clothing wait in a lift line in St. Moritz which has been referred to as "Europe's winter playground."
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  • A cross country skier traverses a snowy trail near the train that passes through spectacular Alps scenery negotiating 55 tunnels and 196 bridges.
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  • Tourists mug for a friend's photograph on the streets of Zermatt.<br />
Zermatt grows from 5 thousand to 20 thousand people from tourism in high season.  There is a tension between welcoming the tourists, which drives the economy, and yet limiting the impact.  Zermatt bans cars from the street—visitors take a train or tax from a nearby town and the streets are filled mostly with foot traffic except a few buses.
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  • A busload of Japanese tourists are directed out after they walk into a private home by mistake in Heidi village. They were touring by bus through Heidiland, which gets its name from Johanna Spryri's fictional book titled "Heidi." The collection of statues depicting Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is part of the communities lore.
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  • A nun walks through the garden dusted with snow before the planting season begins at Val Mustair, a world-famous Benedictine Convent and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Swiss Alps.  Founded in the 8th century, it has been home to Benedictine nuns since the 12th Century.
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  • During Holy Week in Mendrisio, Christians dressed in white robes carry canvas lanterns, some over a hundred years old, The crosses are lit by candles and somberly carried through the streets for a passion play processional.
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  • Children carry canvas lanterns lit by candles in an evening passion play processional. Christian Holy Week is celebrated annual in Mendrisio with this tradition.
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  • Scientists in white lab coats check monitoring equipment at the Grimsel Test Site (GTS), an underground nuclear waste disposal research facility.<br />
Located in the Swiss Alps, it was established in 1984 as a centre for underground Research and Development (R&D) supporting a wide range of research projects on the geological disposal of radioactive waste. International partners from Europe, Asia and North America are working together at this unique facility.
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  • Coffee break time for a scientist at Grimsel Test Site with a photograph of tunnels in the underground nuclear waste disposal research facility. Established in 1984, the centre for underground Research and Development supports a wide range of projects on the geological disposal of radioactive waste. International partners from Europe, Asia and North America are working together at this unique facility.
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  • Each Wednesday these friends gather for skiing and homemade wine away from the trendy ski resorts in the Swiss Alps.
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  • Lined up at the start of a ski marathon, man competes dressed in a colorful feather headdress and costume depicting an native American Indian. The Engadine Valley event attracting over 16,000 skiers began in 1969.
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  • Thrill seekers wear dry suits to ice dive in St. Moritz Lake in the Swiss Alps. The Alpine resort town draws visitors year around and is known as a ritzy and glamorous playground for European tourists.
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  • As twilight falls on a darkened street scene in Mendrisio, candle-lit banners from the 17th and 18th century glow depicting Christ's passion. Villagers rush home to prepare for a somber processional that flows through the streets celebrating Holy Week.
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  • Boys herd goats through the streets for tourists to see.
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  • A nun at Val Mustair, a world-famous Benedictine Convent of St. John.
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  • Japanese tourists visit Heidiland, home of the fictional character Heidi from the book by Johanna Spryri. It is a destination for an idyllic look at the Swiss countryside in the Alps even on a rainy day requiring umbrellas.
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  • A blur envelopes a young parishioner who carries a candle-lit canvas lantern in a processional that celebrates Christians' Holy Week. It is a centuries-old annual Mendrisio tradition.
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  • Monday is laundry day at Val Mustair.  Nuns working to hang clothes to dry in the sun are reflected in windows overlooking the Christian convent courtyard. A world-famous Benedictine Convent and a UNESCO World Heritage Site founded in the 8th century, the convent is home to Benedictine nuns since the 12th Century. Eleven make their home behind closed walls, living a life of commitment to poverty and celibacy. Each nun has her work but they come together for prayer and meals. Eleven of the nuns who live there speak a variation of the Romanche language.
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  • A nun tunes her guitar while her sisters rehearse music in the cloistered Convent St. John in Val Mustair. A UNESCO World Heritage Site founded in the 8th century, it has been home to Christian Benedictine nuns since the 12th Century.
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  • A waiter serves tea to guests on a silver tray in the posh Badrutt's Palace Hotel which opened in 1896 and has welcomed celebrities like Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin. Sant Moritz can be formal and elegant, drawing fashionable tourists.
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  • Hairstylist discuss a young model's hairstyle for a charity event fashion show held at Badrutt’s Palace Hotel, a luxurious retreat in St. Moritz. The Swiss hotel, internationally known for its glitz and glamour, opened in 1896 and is still<br />
owned and operated by the same Badrutt family, now in their third generation. Funds were being raised to support a local hospital.
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  • Street are lit at dusk outside a plush hotel in St. Moritz. Glitzy designer shops attract high-end tourists for a glamorous vacation in the Swiss Alps.
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  • A waiter prepares a dining room by freshening the floral arrangements in a plush hotel in the Swiss Alps. The elegant Badrutt's Palace opened in 1896, and over the years has welcomed tourists and celebrities like Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin.
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  • Parade of children carry lanterns in an Easter passion play.
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  • Car lights blur on a switchback road above San Gotthard tunnel.
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  • Glacier Express train in the Swiss Alps between Sedrun and Andermatt.
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  • A cross country ski marathon.
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  • Ice on a window.
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  • Ski lessons in town of Maloja near St. Moritz.
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  • The Matterhorn.
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  • The Alps near the Matterhorn.
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  • The Alps near the Matterhorn.
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  • Fresh clouds and snow surround the tip of the Matterhorn.
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  • Young girls, dressed in traditional Swiss clothes, feed goats.
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  • Lit banners in Mendrisio telling the story of Jesus.
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  • A cross country ski marathon.
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  • A cross country ski marathon.
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  • Towns are built in the flat valleys between the mountains of the Alps.
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  • St. Bernards are a tourist attraction at a foundation for their care.
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  • Window shopping outside of the Palace Hotel.
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  • A worker spreads out cheese cloth while making Alkase cheese in a copper kettle. A signature characteristic of Swiss cheeses is the use of copper. In fact, to be called gruyère, Emmentaler, raclette, or even French Comté, these cheeses must be made using a copper vat because it distributes heat evenly.
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  • A nun hangs laundry out to dry in the cloistered convent courtyard at Val Mustair, a world-famous Benedictine Convent and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Founded in the 8th century, it has been home to Benedictine nuns since the 12thCentury.
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  • The kitchen counter looks like a still life of oranges, a knife and cutting boards in Convent Saint John in Val Mustair.
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  • Nuns pray in the chapel at Convent at St. John Mustair, a world-famous Benedictine Convent and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Founded in the 8th century, it has been home to Benedictine nuns since the 12th Century. Eleven make their home behind closed walls, living a life of commitment to poverty and celibacy. Each nun has her work and they come together for Christian prayer and meals.
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  • Reflected windows arranged with designer bags, a shopkeeper watches for tourists in the upscale St. Moritz Prada store. Luxury shops and boutiques attract clientele and customers eager for the glitz of trendy designs.
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  • Beloved icons, St. Bernard dogs were once indispensable for their abilities to save people buried by avalanches. Although replaced by modern equipment, traditions die hard and the dogs are maintained as a tourist attraction.  200 years ago St Bernard dogs saved 45 of Napoleon’s soldiers buried in an avalanche—the dog was bayoneted to death when one soldier thought he was being attacked by a bear.  St. Bernards are cared for by a foundation in Martigny, France.
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  • A waiter unfolds linen table cloths as he prepares a dining room for the evening in a plush hotel in glitzy, St. Moritz. Badrutt's Palace hotel is an iconic, luxury destination known for amenities and fine service. Huge floral arrangements and framed oil paintings create a formal elegance for tourists.<br />
The ornate Palace hotel opened in 1896 and over the years has welcomed celebrities like Alfred Hitchcock, Audrey Hepburn and Charlie Chaplin.
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  • Excitement builds as young children gather backstage getting dressed and coiffed for a charity fashion show supporting a local hospital. Saint Moritz is renown as a glamorous resort town attracting stylish tourists.
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  • Warm, well-dressed dogs and tourist families wait for a race to begin on frozen Lake Saint Moritz. The Engadine valley hosts winter competitions such as skijoring where a skier is pulled by horses or dogs and a cross country or Nordic skiing marathon race.
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