Marco Matteucci captured this image of the night sky on the slopes of Mount Rosa, the second tallest peak in Alps. Mount Rosa straddles the border between southern Switzerland and Italy the pink mountain’s name comes from the Franco-Provençal word rouése, meaning glacier. Much off the Swiss side of the mountain is enveloped in the ice of Gorner Glacier, the second largest glacier in the Alps. On the Italian side, lies Belvedere Glacier, which is fed by the snow that falls on Mount Rosa.
Mount Rosa ridge, Valle d’Aosta, Italy. (Credit: Marco Matteucci via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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