Image description:
An endless, lush green valley runs through the mighty mountain landscape - criss-crossed by a silvery stream that meanders through the scenery like a living thread. Cut deep between steep slopes and gentle elevations, a narrow, winding pass road leads up into the clouds - the route to the Furka Pass.
The sky lies heavy over the panorama, cloudy and mysterious. The diffuse light bathes the landscape in an almost cinematic, melancholic tone. Small alpine huts look like lost dots in the vastness - hints of human presence in a nature that is clearly dominant here.
A special historical accent is placed on the location:
Parts of the James Bond film "Goldfinger" (1964) were shot exactly.The famous road passage in which Sean Connery as 007 drove his Aston Martin was created on the winding serpentines in the foreground of the picture.
The photo thus not only tells of the power of the Alps and the longing for height and vastness, but also of an iconic moment in film history - captured in real terrain.
My name is Thorsten John, I am a master metalworker by profession.
Photography has accompanied me for most of my life.
I take photos with a camera as well as with my drone...
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