Scheibeninsel in Lake Eibsee

Aerial view of a heart-shaped island in the blue-green Eibsee lake near Grainau, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Upper Bavaria, taken on April 10, 2011.

At the foot of the Zugspitze lies the heart-shaped Scheibeninsel in the turquoise-blue Eibsee. It is one of eight islands in the 973-meter-high, up to 34-meter-deep lake, which is considered one of the most beautiful in the Bavarian Alps. Taken on a cool spring day in April.

(High above Bavaria, cover image and page 90)