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Amazing Hanging Cable
Amazing Hanging Cable
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Collection: Alps
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Date: Aug 7, 2006
Galleries: Travel, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Dec 11, 2006

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Coming across the cable car from Chamonix, France, this is the view looking back.

The last support before this leg ended was strung between two rock pinnacles. This shot shows that junction in detail. The cables coming down from the upper left, going to the lower right, hold up the cable coming in from the distance, and it's that second cable that holds up the cable car.

Incredible engineering!

A more distant shot showing the context better:

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