Aerial photos August 2004After the extremely hot summer of 2003 Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher showed strong signs of recession. A new waterfall had appeared below a rock outcrop locally known as "Heissi Blatta". | |||
 Uppermost part of the glacier, also known as "Fieschergletscher", with Ewigschneefeld, part of Grosser Aletschgletscher, in the background. |  Uppermost part of the glacier, also known as "Fieschergletscher", on the right southern rock face of the Eiger. |  View downglacier over the icefall of the "Fieschergletscher" towards the tongue of Unterer Grindelwaldgletscher. |  Séracs in the icefall of the "Fieschergletscher", below the rock outcrop of "Heissi Blatta". |
 Séracs in the icefall of the "Fieschergletscher", below the rock outcrop of "Heissi Blatta". |  Top: Icefall of "Fieschergletscher" and rock outcrop of "Heissi Blatta". Left: Lateral moraine from the Little Ice Age. |  Confluence of "Unders Ischmeer" (left margin of photo, debris covered) and of "Fieschergletscher" (centre). |  Meltwater stream and waterfall on the side of "Fieschergletscher" (compare with previous image). |
| Photos Jürg Alean | |||