Jotunheimen

Besseggen mountain ridge between Gjende Lake and Bessvatnet, Jotunheimen

View on amazing mountains of Jotunheimen.

This is just the beginning of Hellerfossen waterfall, than it drops down 200m into the vallay. In the distance glow the ice-capped summits of Norways highest mountains of the Jotunheimen range.

Gjende (green) and Bessvatnet (Blue with ice) seen from the ridge of Besseggen. Besseggen, or Besseggi, is a mountain ridge in Vågå kommune in...

This is a view over the Sognefjell plateau from the top of Fanaraken. Sognefjell is a large plateau in Jotunheimen National Park, Norway. The...

This is the Russvatnet Lake taken from the trail across Jotunheimen National Park from Glitterheim to Gjende. We did a two day trek along the trail...

Lake Gjende and Bessvatnet from Besseggen ridge, Jotunheimen National Park, Norway

One of the unique aspects of the view is that Gjende lies almost 400 metre lower than Bessvatnet, and while Bessvatnet has a dark blue color typical of other lakes, Gjende has a distinct emerald green color. The green color is the result from glacier runoff containing clay (rock flour).

muted but still striking green waters of gjende lake at the verge of national park jotunheimen. as seen from super popular but spectacularily...

One of the most famous Norwegian lakes -- Gjende -- as seen in the evening during the descend from Besseggen Ridge to Gjendesheim. It was the second...