<p>Radiant at sunrise, the Matterhorn towers over Riffel Lake near Zermatt, Switzerland.</p> <p><i>See more <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/05/european-wildlife/europe-photography">pictures</a> from the May 2010 feature <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/05/european-wildlife/belt-text">story</a> "Europe’s Wild Side."</i></p>

Matterhorn

Radiant at sunrise, the Matterhorn towers over Riffel Lake near Zermatt, Switzerland.

See more pictures from the May 2010 feature story "Europe’s Wild Side."

Photograph by Verena Popp-Hackner, Wild Wonders of Europe

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