Comments on: Geneva’s Jet d’Eau

By: Markus Gaisbauer

Markus Gaisbauer — Sat, 20 May 2006 09:31:41 +0000

The Jet dâ€™Eau is relly amazing. In the night it is very nicely lit up and you can get really close to it. I you are as lucky (and stupid) as we were, the wind changes while you are at the other side of the road and the way is blocked. Walking through half of Geneve back to out hostel with all of our clothes soaked with water was an intersting experience…

By: Chris W

Chris W — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 21:48:46 +0000

This fountain really is huge! We were cross-country skiing in the Jura mountains today and we saw the Jet d’Eau from at least 30 km away. It is a shame that there is not more high-res in Switzerland, but you can look at the whole country in high-res at http://map.search.ch; the Matterhorn has an awesome shadow. I can’t work out how to make a link to a certain location in search.ch, so you’ll have to find it yourself - it’s just west of the town Zermatt.

By: K.Murali,Chennai,India

K.Murali,Chennai,India — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:02:09 +0000

Thank you for your reply,Well It is the trees I saw the trees as depth, sorry. And thank you once again for your reply.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:26:39 +0000

If you follow the Rhone downstream to where it merges with the Avre, there is an amazing effect where the two differently coloured rivers mix. You can sort of see it in the aerial picture:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
but it’s best viewed from the railway bridge just downstream:
http://jonathan.rawle.org/gallery/summer2001/jonction

By: cookie monster

cookie monster — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:29:27 +0000

“eaten cheese”? can you describe further Mr Murali? - i cant see what you are talking about.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:33:15 +0000

“Pretty amazingâ€¦ but I couldnâ€™t help but think about how in many parts of the world, humans canâ€™t find clean drinking water and here this fountain is spraying 500 liters per second simply for decoration.”

Well it’s not wasting any water, it’s just reusing the lake water.

By: K.Murali,Chennai,India

K.Murali,Chennai,India — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:09:52 +0000

Well, I think spraying water that hight will look good and it changes your mood and make you real cool. In the right side of the picture I find some part of land and road are like eaten cheese. Kindly tell me what.

By: climber53

climber53 — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:35:14 +0000

Pretty amazing… but I couldn’t help but think about how in many parts of the world, humans can’t find clean drinking water and here this fountain is spraying 500 liters per second simply for decoration.

Well, life is simply not a fair proposition is it?

By: neptoon

neptoon — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:12:24 +0000

I’m glad to finally see the first sight from my homecountry! There is much more to see in Switzerland (unfortunately only little of that is in high-res).

For example, this is the (former) military airport of Duebendorf (where I live) where the Rolling Stones will hold their only concert in Switzerland of their bigger bang tour this summer.

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth