Picture of the Month Archive

The past "Pictures of the Month" are listed chronologically with their picture caption.

Year 2010

• August
  A circumhorizon arc -- a very large halo parallel to the horizon. Although rarely seen in much of Europe, this
  circumhorizon arc was photographed this summer by a researcher at Jungfraujoch.
• July
  Master student Emanuel Hammer working on the sonic anemometer (left, measurement of the windfield and turbulende) and fog monitor (right, cloud droplet size distribution). These measurements are being conducted this summer within an international campaign (CLACE) where the interaction of aerosol particles with cloud droplets is being investigated.
• June
  

  On June 2, 2010, a successful 25 year era came to an end: The 3m KOSMA radio telescope was removed from Observatory Gornergrat South and began its long journey to Yangbajing/Lhasa/Tibet. Photos: Dr. Martin Miller, Universität zu Köln

• May
  Dr. Martin Vollmer, Empa, during the installation of a new calibration tank for continuous measurements of halogenated green house gases at Jungfraujoch.
• April
  Installation of the new 1Gb/second internet connection Jungfraujoch-Bern on the network SWITCHlan that
  connects universities and research institutions all over Switzerland. Felix Kugler, SWITCH, and Stefan Berger,
  Informatikdienste Uni Bern, are shown here getting the job done. (Photo: Rolf Bütikofer, HFSJG)
• March
  Dr. Ginette Roland of the Migeotte Group, Université de Liège, Belgium, during a radio interview at Jungfraujoch on March 4, 2010. Madame Roland is a prominent representative of the scientists working at Jungfraujoch and is frequently
  interviewed by the press, television and radio.
• February
  The poles for measuring snow depth were lengthened in January by 5 meters in preparation for the coming winter months. This system allows the custodians read the snow depth with binoculars from the safety of the research station Jungfraujoch.
• January
  View of the Jungfrau through a frosty window at the research station Jungfraujoch.

Year 2009

• December
  Winter morning
• November
  A bold visitor at Jungfraujoch -- looking for a free meal.
• October
  Fence of firn cores recovered during a test drilling campaign on Jungfraujoch (team: FS INVENTOR SA, University of Maine and Paul Scherrer Institut).
• September
  Frame installation of the first TAUWER project prototype on the Sphinx terrace by the Physics Dept. of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, together with colleagues from the universities of Bolu and Kafkas Turkey. Data taking of large angle cosmic rays is expected to start in October.
• August
  The rector of the University of Bern with his staff and members of the directorate HFSJG on an official visit to the research station Jungfraujoch. The University of Bern joined the Foundation HFSJG this year.
• July
  The solar tracker installed by the UK's National Physical Laboratory that is interfaced with a high resolution FTIR for measuring the radiative transfer through the atmosphere as part of the UK's CAVIAR project on the water vapour continuum. (http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/caviar/) .
• June
  Signs of summer on the Aletschgletscher.
• May
  Snow probing on Jungfraufirn under harsh weather conditions. Twice a year (spring and fall) snow and firn accumulation on
  Jungfraufirn is measured as part of the long-term glacier mass balance program of the Grosser Aletschgletscher. (ETH Zürich)
• April
  Snow atmosphere interaction experiment: EPFL-EFLUM deployed a 25m long and 2m tall 'fence' consisting of a fiber
  optical cable to measure a temperature transect in the snow pack with high spatial resolution. Measurements are
  based on a Raman-optical TDR system. (Photo courtesy of Hendrik Huwald, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)
• March
  View of sunrise from Jungfraujoch on a late winter morning.
• February
  The University of Tsukuba, Japan, is testing its 30cm radio telescope at the Research Station Jungfraujoch by mapping the Milky Way in CO and Cl lines. The telescope is equipped with a 4-K cooled 500 GHz sensitive detector. The final destination of the telescope will be the Antarctic.
• January
  Observatory Gornergrat South (left) on January 10, 2009, shortly before full moon. Retro-reflecting marks on the telescope are visible due to an artifical light source and the moon.

Year 2008

• December
  The Jungfraubahn's impressive efforts to secure the Sphinx rock above the Aletsch exit.
• November
  A bird's eye view of Observatory Gornergrat South.
• October
  The Sphinx rising out of a cloud.
• September
  Watching the Earth rotate and gazing at the still standing stars. Photo from the Sphinx at Jungfraujoch. (Photo © Christian Waldvogel, June 28th, 2008, www.waldvogel.com )
• August
  Cardiovascular research by a team from the University Hospitals of Bern and Lausanne, Switzerland, during a recent study at the research station Jungfraujoch. (Photo © Gilles Weber cemcav chuv)
• July
  This chamois was sighted one day at the end of June by Joan Fischer, who reacted quickly and informed Martin Fischer, who made this snapshot. Even the employees of the Jungfrau Railway were astonished to hear about this rare sighting. The chamois was passing over Jungfraujoch from Wallis to Bern.
• June
  Sahara dust embedded in ice. Photographed during a recent "föhn" storm at Jungfraujoch.
• May
  New use of the astronomical telescope in the Sphinx cupola at Jungfraujoch with EPFL's ozone differential absorption lidar (DIAL) receiver, under a clear sky.
• April
  Study at Jungfraujoch of short-term acclimatization to high altitude in children by the Institute for Sport and Sport
  Medicine of the University of Basel.
• March
  Installation of a sensor node between the roof of the research station and the Sphinx Terrace. This node is part of a PermaSense wireless sensor network prototype (photo: Andreas Hasler).
• February
  One of the realities of everyday life of a scientist at the research station Jungfraujoch: the work bench.
• January
  Daytime view of astronomy in winter: Observatory Gornergrat South Observatory at Kulmhotel Gornergrat.

Year 2007

• December
  Mass balance measurements on Jungfraufirn using a firn-drill to determine the density in the annual layer.
• November
  Snapshot from a medical experiment carried out in October by the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois CHUV Lausanne and the University Hospital, Berne, at the research station Jungfraujoch.
• October
  Observatory Gornergrat South with the KOSMA radiotelescope of the Universität zu Köln
  at Kulmhotel Gornergrat. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Kulmhotel Gornergrat.
• September
  Snow sampling at Jungfraujoch for Paul Scherrer Institute's investigation of the behavior of mercury in snow.
• August
  A permanent resident at Jungfraujoch.
• July
  The annual snow removal work at the Research Station Jungfraujoch by a team of mountain guides.
• June
  Thunderstorm.
• May
  Spring sunrise over the Aletsch glacier.
• April
  The Sphinx coming into view through the clouds.
• March
  CLACE 6 (CLoud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment) at Jungfraujoch. Cloud Particle Imager (CPI) and Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe (FSSP) firmly installed on the Sphinx platform to withstand a snowstorm.
• February
  CLACE 6 (CLoud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment) at Jungfraujoch. Crates of equipment from one of the research groups.
• January
  The best view of the fog is from the top of Europe.

Year 2006

• December
  Hoarfrost at Jungfraujoch.
• November
  View of the Mönch from the Sphinx.
• October
  New meteorology installations.
• September
  Research at Jungfraujoch -- Top of Science. A snapshot from the scientific conference in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Research Station Jungfraujoch, held in Interlaken, September 11-14, 2006.
• August
  An extraordinary full moon night as seen from Jungfraujoch
• July
  24 hour filter samples of PM10 (particulate matter < 10 micrometer) collected with the high-volume sampler at Jungfraujoch
  during a strong sahara dust event (on 20 June 2006; filter 076171, on the right; 62.3 microgram per m3) and during usual summer conditions (on 04 June 2006; filter 076155 on the left; 2.3 microgram per m3).
• June
  Evening view in May from Jungfraujoch.
• May
  The spark chamber on exhibit at Jungfraujoch, photographed by Monika Loeffel, freelance artist.
• April
  Evening at Jungfraujoch.
• March
  

  CLoud and Aerosol Characterisation Experiment, CLACE 5, with more than 40 researchers from seven institutions. These outside installations have to withstand the harsh weather conditions at Jungfraujoch.

• February
  

  Prof. Luc Delbouille, working at Jungfraujoch in February 2006, and celebrating on site his 50 years of research work at Jungfraujoch in the “Migeotte Group” of the Université de Liège (Belgium).

• January
  Reopening of Kulm Hotel and the renovated astronomical observatory Gornergrat South.

Year 2005

• December
  Sunset at Jungfraujoch.
• November
  Astronomic dome of Observatory Gornergrat North.

• October
  Construction scene at Gornergrat.

• September
  Fascinating cloud formations as seen from Jungfraujoch.

• August
  Dr. med. Susi Kriemler (ETH and University of Zurich) and a young test person at the Research Station Jungfraujoch during the ALTKIDS experiment.

• July
  Construction site at Gornergrat.

• June
  incandescence hivernale -- ice crystal birds -- Wolkenvögel. A moment caught on camera by Julie Cozic.

• May
  Students from the Kantonsschule Zürcher Unterland in Bülach (Switzerland) measuring the solar irradiance at Jungfraujoch as part of their "Research in Switzerland" project week with their tutor Kuno Strassmann from the University of Bern.
• April
  imachination: Science and art by the German artist Tim Otto Roth
• March
  CLACE 4: CLoud and Aerosol Characterization Experiment. A partial view of the installations in the Sphinx.
• February
  View from Jungfraujoch by moonlight.
• January
  Signs of wind and weather at the Sphinx.

Year 2004

• December
  Dr. Christian Servais, Université de Liège (Belgium), head of the Laboratory of Atmospheric and Solar Physics research group, also well known as the Migeotte Group.
• November
  The newly refurbished floor in the library at the Research Station Jungfraujoch.
• October
  A rare guest at Jungfraujoch.
• September
  Sunset atmosphere at the Jungfraujoch.
• August
  Mr. Ueli Frutiger and his crew of mountain guides during their annual snow removal at the top of the Research Station Jungfraujoch.
• June/July
  Attending to the Spec Inc. Cloud Particle Imager on the Sphinx terrace during the CLACE 3 campaign 2004. The instrument was used to record images of the ice crystals (10 μm to a few mm) that were present in the cloud enveloping the laboratory.