23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Inside a Morteratsch dead-ice cave

In February 2024, Photographer and guide Lorenz captures a close-up of the shimmering ceiling inside the former glacier — now a dead-ice cave — in the Morteratsch Valley. Behind him, light pours through the rear opening of the dual-entrance cave.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2024
Date Uploaded: 12.2025
Photo Location: Switzerland
Camera: GFX100S
Copyright: © Roy Egloff