Rocky stream gorge with pale eroded stone, small clear pools, narrow water channels, and green vegetation in summer near Ponte Brolla, Ticino, Switzerland.

Rocky Watercourse and Pools Near Ponte Brolla

This elevated landscape photograph shows pale eroded rock, small clear pools and dense green vegetation in the rocky watercourse near Ponte Brolla, at the entrance to Valle Maggia in Ticino.
Summer view of pale eroded rock, clear pools and green vegetation in the rocky Ponte Brolla gorge near Valle Maggia, Ticino.
Eroded rock formations and clear pools in the Ponte Brolla gorge near Valle Maggia.
19.07.2007 · Via Cantonale, Locarno, Circolo di Locarno, Distretto di Locarno, Ticino, 6652, Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra
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An elevated view reveals pale layered rock, rounded erosion hollows, narrow channels, and small blue-green pools in a rocky watercourse near Ponte Brolla at the entrance to Valle Maggia. Dense vegetation borders the sunlit gorge, while a small figure provides scale.

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Captured in summer, the image looks down across layered stone slabs, rounded erosion hollows and narrow channels shaped by flowing water. Blue-green pools form darker focal points among the pale gray and beige rock, while leafy vegetation frames the upper and left edges. The location is documented near Ponte Brolla in the Locarno District of Switzerland, within the Ponte Brolla–Arcegno federal landscape of national importance. A partially visible person near the lower right adds scale to the natural formations.

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A detailed summer landscape photograph capturing the textures, pools, and vegetation of the rocky watercourse near Ponte Brolla in Ticino.

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A rocky watercourse with eroded stone, narrow channels, small pools and surrounding vegetation.

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The supplied location places it near Via Cantonale in the Ponte Brolla area of Ticino, Switzerland.

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The capture date is 19 July 2007, during summer.

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