Lake Lucerne
feature on Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland for GEO.
  • swimming plattform in Weggis
  • early morning view onto lake lucerne from the Hammenschwand elevator on the Buergenstock mountain
  • Bruno Frank, a 74 year old fisherman from Ennetbuergen, pulling out his nets as the sun rises over lake lucerne
  • Captain Stein taking leaving Lucerne with the steamboat "Uri" on Lake Lucerne. The steamboat was built in 1904 by Sulzer of Switzerland and still runs with it's original steam engine. The brass tube (foreground) runs to the engine room and is used to communicate with the machinist.
  • Benni Glaus, machinist on the steamboat "Uri" on Lake Lucerne. Here, he reverses the engine according to directions give to him by the captain above ((dial on the far right). The brass tubes are used to communicate by voice. The steamboad with it's current steamengine was built in 1904 by Sulzer of Switzerland and still provides regular services on the lake.
  • british tourists visiting lake lucerne on a guided tour of Bucher tours. All the sights are obscured by the fogg frequently lying above the lake in the fall and wintertime
  • Early morning gravel transport of Arnold AG on lake lucerne. Gravel for construction and cement production is taken from the lake's ground by floating wide-bucket excavator plattforms and delivered by ships to the shore.
  • Alois Ziegler, captain of the ship "Uristier" on lake lucerne, delivering sand and gravel to the shore.
  • A cow grazing above the clouds on lake lucerne at Rigi Kaltbad.
  • Michaela (right) and her father Sepp Odermatt (left, in the tractor) raking in the hay on steep slopes above lake lucerne near the village of Seelisberg.
  • Garbage containers with a view at an upscale neighborhood of Schoeneck (near Beckenried).
  • Axenstrasse. ..The first road along the rocky shores of the Lake of Lucerne in central Switzerland was opened in 1865. The road is still known as the Axenstrasse (Axen street) because of the main geological feature along the way, Axen rock, a vertical wall rising from the lake.
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