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At the 10th September 2004 a new photograph of the state of the glaciers in the Zillertal Alps was taken by Dr. Christoph Mayer. M. Mayer is the successor of the Geodesist Hermann Rentsch, who has retired in 2004. You can here look at a 180°-panoramic view. Additional there are prepared motion pictures of the impressive melting back of the Hornkees and the Waxeggkees, using historical photographs from the year 1921 up to today.

Here, some essential data from the automatic climate station Vernagtbach, situated at the end of the Ötztal valley at 2640 m, can be found online at "climate data". Data of the previous day are transmitted daily via SMS. The data of the previous 4 weeks and up to a 500 days period are compiled in retrospective figures. Additional there are links provided to get more information, e. g. an weather forecast to the Oetztal or images from webcams within the area. Additional a panoramic view of the Vernagtferner, taken from the summit of the Schwarzkoegele, will be shown.

Besides the „Orthophotomaps“ from 1990 and 1999 you can also download a pdf-copy of the historic map reprint of Sebastian Finsterwalder directly from Glaziologie.de (glaciology.de).

Thanks to optimal weather conditions, the century event of the Venus-Transit in front of the sun could also be followed at the KfG in Munich. Here you find an motion picture of some photographs taken during the event with a digital camera.

Here at the KfG there is a large literature data base on the topics glaciers, meteorology, hydrology, etc., created and maintained by H.-D. Schwartz. The content of the Access-based data base can also be used from external interested parties via internet. Experimental inquiries can be carried out here , in a still rather provisional form.