A bird’s-eye view of the Alps

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The Cottian Alps on the French-Italian border. Matevz Lenarcic

Finsteraarhorn (4,274 metres), the highest mountain in the Bernese Alps. Matevz Lenarcic

The Aletsch Glacier in canton Valais - the largest glacier in the Alps and part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch Protected Area, which was declared a Unesco World Heritage site in 2001. Matevz Lenarcic

The Sihlsee artificial lake and the Glarus Alps in central Switzerland. Matevz Lenarcic

Monte Viso (3,841 metres) - the highest mountain in the Cottian Alps. Matevz Lenarcic

The Furka Pass (2,431 metres) with the Urner Alps in the background. Matevz Lenarcic

The Samnaun mountain range is located in canton Graubünden on the border between Switzerland and Austria; on the right is the Muttler (3,294 metres). Matevz Lenarcic

The Triglav (2,864 metres) is the highest mountain in Slovenia. Matevz Lenarcic

The Gruyère region in canton Fribourg. Matevz Lenarcic

The Dents du Midi (3,257 metres) in canton Valais, with the Bernese Alps in the background. Matevz Lenarcic

The Bregaglia range on the Swiss-Italian border. Matevz Lenarcic

The Zugspitze (2,962 metres) on the German-Austrian border is Germany's highest mountain. Matevz Lenarcic

The Grandes Jorasses (4,208 metres) is located in the Mont Blanc massif in France. Matevz Lenarcic

Lake Bled in Slovenia. Matevz Lenarcic

The Wilerhorn (3,307 metres) on the left and Bietschorn (3,934 metres), on the right, in canton Valais in Switzerland. Matevz Lenarcic

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Slovenian pilot, photographer and biologist Matevz Lenarcic takes us up in his plane. His exhibition, The Alps - A Bird's Eye View, is being shown at the Paul Klee Centre in Bern until August 31.

Lenarcic shot more than 100,000 aerial photos in three years. “To properly grasp the unique, interconnected nature of the Alps, you have to observe its majestic summits from up high,” he says.