PHOTO OF THE DAY December 10, 2005  

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Where Mont Blanc, France and Italy
When 1973
Photographer George F. Mobley

The ridgeline of the Mont Blanc massif catches the last rays of sun on a crystal-clear evening. Mont Blanc is Europe's highest peak, measuring 15,770 feet (4,807 meters).

(Photograph from the National Geographic book The Alps, 1973)


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