Sphinx Observatory

Canton of Valais · Switzerland

Sphinx Observatory, Switzerland
Photo: Eric Hill from Boston, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Set on a rocky pinnacle above the Jungfraujoch saddle at over 3,500 metres, this research station is reached by an elevator through the mountain. Its dome studies the atmosphere amid glaciers and Alpine peaks.

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