Image 3Teufelsbrücke (Devil's Bridge) on the route to the Gotthard Pass; the currently used bridge from 1958 over the first drivable bridge from 1830 (from Alps)
Image 4Satellite photo showing the Alps in winter, at the top of the Italian peninsula. (from History of the Alps)
Image 5Aerial view of the Pennine Alps, the second-highest range of the Alps (from Alps)
Image 7The alpine Apollo butterfly has adapted to alpine conditions. (from Alps)
Image 8The Alps extend in an arc from France in the south and west to Slovenia in the east, and from Monaco in the south to Germany in the north. (from Alps)
Image 9An "Alp" refers to a high elevation pasture frequented only in summer. It often includes several huts and small places of worship (here the Alpe Bardughè in Ticino). (from Alps)
Image 10Young alpine ibex. When fully grown the horns of this male will be about one metre wide. (from Alps)
Image 11A typical alpine village in the Tuxertal valley of Tyrol, Austria (from Alps)
Image 13Alpine chalet being built in Haute-Maurienne (Savoy), the use of thick pieces of orthogneiss (4–7 cm) is by the strict architectural regulations in the region bordering the national parks of Vanoise-Grand Paradis. (from Alps)
Image 17In the summers the cows are brought up to the high mountain meadows for grazing. Small summer villages such as the one shown in this photograph taken in Savoy are used. (from Alps)
Image 18The Eiger (shown along with the Mönch and the Jungfrau) has the tallest north face in the Alps. (from Alps)
Image 23Compressed metamorphosed Tethyan sediments and their oceanic basement are sandwiched between the tip of the Matterhorn (Italian-Swiss border), which consists of gneisses originally part of the African plate, and the base of the peak, which is part of the Eurasian plate. (from Alps)
Image 30The geologic folding seen at the Arpanaz waterfall, shown here in a mid-18th-century drawing, was noted by 18th-century geologists. (from Alps)
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