Matterhorn East Face — Blue Hour Alpenglow
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The Matterhorn’s East Face at blue hour from the Riffelsee reflection lake — the 4,478-metre summit catching the last alpenglow above a blue-violet twilight sky, the mountain’s perfect pyramid reflected in the glacial lake below.
Description
The Matterhorn’s geometric profile — approaching a perfect pyramid from the Swiss Zermatt approach is the most recognised mountain form in the world, yet the combination of alpenglow and reflection photograph retains its visual power through the specificity of light conditions. The Riffelsee, a glacial tarn on the moraine ridge above Zermatt, provides the reflection at sufficient altitude (2,757 metres) that the Matterhorn’s full profile fits within the lake’s reflection surface. This image was made 20 minutes after sunset during the blue hour when the sky above the horizon had transitioned to deep violet while the mountain summit retained the last orange-pink alpenglow. The 4-second exposure at f/11 smoothed the light wind ripple on the lake surface to a near-perfect reflection, the mountain’s inverted image appearing as sharp as the original above.
