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This small lake in the Swiss Alps - one of the three small lakes called Lacs de Fenêtre - situated at about 2’500 m above sea level in the Canton of Valais, holds a strong stock of fish, especially Grayling (Thymallus thymallus). They manage to survive in this high elevation even with very long periods of ice covering the lake. When they ice disappears, usually in June, the Grayling enter a tiny and shallow creek to spawn. The water of the three lakes flows into the La Drance de Ferret river and into the Rhone river.

Freshwater Ecoregion of the World : #404 Central & Western Europe

Major Habitat Type: temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands


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U07-040	U07-041	U07-042	U07-043
U07-044	U07-046	U07-047	U07-048
U07-049	U07-021	U07-022	U07-020
U07-001 Brook trout	U07-018 Grayling spawning	U07-017 Grayling spawning	U07-002 Grayling spawning
U07-003 Grayling spawning	U07-008 Grayling spawning	U07-010 Grayling spawning	U07-011 Grayling spawning
U07-012 Grayling spawning	U07-014 Grayling spawning	U07-015 Grayling spawning	U07-016 Grayling spawning

Landscapes


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U07-516	U07-517	U07-518	U07-519
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U07-533	U07-510	U07-509	U07-508
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Aerial Photography
U07-564 (TIFF 59 MB) Lakes under ice and snow
U07-566 (TIFF 342 MB) Lakes under ice and snow
U07-568 (TIFF 61 MB) Lakes under ice and snow

U07-559 Lakes under ice	U07-560 Lakes under ice	U07-545 Lakes under ice	U07-546 Lakes under
U07-549 Avalanche cone	U07-550 Avalanche cone	U07-553 Avalanche cone	U07-554 Avalanche cone
U07-54	U07-556 Drance de Ferret	U07-557 Drance de Ferret	U07-558 Drance de Ferret


Another Day at the Office
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R-139	R-140	R-141	Swiss post stamp based on U07-517


Seven month under thick ice – Lacs de Fenêtre, Valais Alps, Switzerland








This small lake in the Swiss Alps - one of the three small lakes called Lacs de Fenêtre - situated at about 2’500 m above sea level in the Canton of Valais, holds a strong stock of fish, especially Grayling (Thymallus thymallus). They manage to survive in this high elevation even with very long periods of ice covering the lake. When they ice disappears, usually in June, the Grayling enter a tiny and shallow creek to spawn. The water of the three lakes flows into the La Drance de Ferret river and into the Rhone river. Freshwater Ecoregion of the World : #404 Central & Western Europe Major Habitat Type: temperate floodplain rivers and wetlands


Produced in 2011 and 2012, some additional aerial photography in 2019 and 2020. Red dots indicate personal favorites.

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