FRENCH ALPS의 유리전망대 개장
유럽 연합 (EU)에서 가장 높은 산, 몽블랑의 The Aiguille du Midi 산은
해발 3.842미터의 높은 산 인데 여기에다 Grand Canyon에 있는 glass skywalk 보다
한 단계 업그레이드된 5방 유리벽을 만들어
12월12일 개장한 Chamonix Skywalk전망대는 1,035 미터 높이에서
두께12mm강화유리로 만들어진 투명한 오방벅에서
계곡의 아름다운 전망을 즐길 수 있답니다.
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Step Into the Void Above the
French Alps
프랑스 알프스의 유리 전망대 <Chamonix Skywalk>개장
Aiguille du MIDI in Chamonix in the French Alps
Step Into the Void
Above the French Alps
High up in the French Alps, on the top terrace of the Aiguille du Midi mountain peak, sits a new five-sided glass structure called the Chamonix Skywalk. The installation was inspired by the Grand Canyon's glass skywalk, but it takes the concept to the next level. Instead of looking out over a railing, visitors can hover 1,035 meters (3,396 feet) above the valley in an enclosed transparent box, surrounded on all sides by custom-made 12 mm (1/2 inch) glass. The skywalk will open to the public on December 21, 2013. [13 photos]
프랑스 알프스의 유리 전망대
<Chamonix Skywalk>개장
A journalist,
wearing slippers to protect the glass floor, stands in
the "Step into the Void" installation during a press
visit at the Aiguille du Midi mountain peak above
Chamonix, in the French Alps, on December 17, 2013. The
Chamonix Skywalk is a five-sided glass structure
installed on the top terrace of the Aiguille du Midi
(3842m), with a 1,000 meter drop below, where visitors
can step out from the terrace, giving the visitors the
impression of standing in the void. The glass room will
open to the public on December 21, 2013. 
Distant view of the
"Step into the Void" installation at the Aiguille du
Midi mountain peak above Chamonix, in the French Alps,
on December 17, 2013. The glass room will open to the
public on December 21, 2013. 
Aiguille du MIDI in Chamonix
in the French Alps
The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842 meter tall mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps. The name "Aiguille du Midi" translates literally to "Needle of the Noon" or "Needle of the Mid-day". The mountain gets its name from the fact that it lies to the south when viewed from in front of the church in Chamonix.
A cable car runs to the summit where there is a viewing platform, a café and a gift shop. The cable car was built in 1955 and held the title of the world's highest cable car for about two decades. It still holds the record as the highest vertical ascent cable car in the world, from 1,035 m to 3842 m.
The Aiguille du Midi lift was first thought of by two Swiss engineers in 1905. Their plan was to link the hamlet of Les Pelerins with the summit of l'Aiguille du Midi. The project met technical problems and was abandoned. Four years later a French company, Funicular Railways, made a new attempt and the first section Les Pelerins - La Para was opened in 1924.
The second section La Para - Les Glaciers was completed three years later. It was then the highest cable car in the world. With the outbreak of the WWII and the opening of the Planpraz to Brevent cable car, the popularity of the Aiguille du Midi diminished and it was closed in 1951. An Italian engineer Count Dino Lora Totino was called in to rebuild and extend the cable car. Four years and a lot of hard work later, the new Aiguille du Midi cable car was finally completed. It was entirely renovated in 1991.
View from Aiguille du Midi. Photo credit
View from Aiguille du Midi. Photo credit
SPEED FLYING IN CHAMONIX