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TheEiger, the Mönch and the Jungfrau rise from the BerneseOberland towards mysterious skies. These three summits with dreamy nicknames, here photographed in perfect alignment from the west, during a winter afternoon, form the trilogy of Grindelwald, eternal alpine triptych haloed by its founding myths...
TheEiger dominates, from the top of its 3967m of limestone, the whole valley. Since the first ascent of its infernal Nordwand, this insatiable "ogre", with its fatal reputation, has not ceased to claim, decade after decade, the lives of other mountaineers wishing to tackle its obscure face.
The Mönch, with its 4110m, is, at this moment, still caught in scattered clouds. The one who is nicknamed the "monk" is now contemplating the Creation.
The Jungfrau or "maiden", a name presumably inherited from the nuns of Interlaken who once had a convent in the region dedicated to the Virgin, is clothed in a thick white veil: a sea of clouds, a sign of the bad weather of the past, drapes its snow-covered flanks for a few more moments.

Ephemeral moment between virgin sky and cloud, shadow and light...