Alpine tundra, Glarus, Switzerland

    Caption: In the foreground: Alpine tundra with an alpine lake and eriophorum (cotton-sedge).

    In the background: Piz Segnas (3099 m) center, and Tschingelhoerner (2849 m) right of the center and toothy.

    Location: In the Alps, Canton of Glarus, Switzerland

    Ground, picturesque ground.

    Who would have thought this beautiful, innocent ground does NOT define an exact inertial frame.

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