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<b><i>About the place:</i></b> The Grande Dixence Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Dixence River at the head of the Val d'Hérens in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. At 285 m (935 ft) high, it is the tallest gravity dam in the world and is part of the Cleuson-Dixence Complex. With the primary purpose of hydroelectric power generation, the dam fuels four power stations, totaling the installed capacity to 2,069 MW, generating approximately 2,000 GWh annually, enough to power 400,000 Swiss households. <a href="//www.grande-dixence.ch/energie/hydraulic/switzerland/grande-dixence-1.html” rel=" rel="nofollow">More</a> <b><i>About the shot:</i></b> HDR from 3 exposures (+2; 0; -2) Tonemapped in Photomatix 3.2 (64bit) Finished in Adobe Photoshop CS4 (Remixing with -2 exposure to correct the sky, saturation layers, sharpening and Noiseware plugin used) Press L to view on Black