A summit at nearly 4000 m in the Italian Alps.
Category: Europe
Landslip
December 2002 – Villard de Dourbes: 80 hectares of mountain terrain slide into the valley. In this landscape, taken from the St Pancras Chapel near Dignes-les-Bains in 2008, the scar on the mountain is visible near the centre of the image.
A lonely chapel
Saint-Michel-de-Cousson, 1400m, French Alps. Chapelle de Saint Michel de Cousson, 1400m, Alpes de Haute Provence.
No more gladiators, only tourists
The Coliseum, Rome.
The royal tobacco factory
Sevilla.
Graphic forms
In the Museo Palacia de la Condesa de Lebrija, Seville, Spain. Dans le palais-musée de la contesse de Lebrija, Séville, Espagne.
Ruined towers in a French market town
Uzès, France.
Aqueduct on the Gardon River.
Under light of the setting sun on a day in March. A 50 km long aquaduct built by the Romans around 50 AD, to deliver water from the hinterland to the city of Nimes. Vertical drop over 50 km: approx. 16 m. The pictured structure is the main remaining vestige of the aquaduct where it…
Albert Memorial, London
Unveiled after being hidden for several years under scaffolding. London, 2001. Devoilé apres plusieurs années sous les bâches de renovation. Londres, 2001.
The Vidourle
The Vidourle river flows out of the Cévennes mountain range into a region of karstic limestone. The water seeps into and enlarges cracks in the limestone and forms an underground river system. In the case of the Vidourle, no sooner is it out of the Cevennes mountains than it disappears underground. Some 10 km away…
Yenisei River/Fleuve Yenisei
Yenisei river – springtime thaw, north of Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. Fleuve Yenisei à la fonte des neiges, au nord de Krasnoyarsk en Siberie
Glaciers
While he swallows a rock, the snake is waiting Il engloutit la montagne alors que le serpent attend
Looking up
Des touristes viennent ici de la planète entière pour voir ce pic emblématique. Un instant de ciel dégagé est cependant extrêmement rare. Beaucoup partent sans avoir vu quoi que ce soit. Tourists come here from the most distant of cities to see this extraordinary peak. A moment of blue sky is, however, extremely rare. Many…
The original Perrier spa under cold and fading winter light
In an overgrown swampy forest near the town of Euzet-les-Bains, stand the ruins of a once significant thermal establishment and spa. In 1875 a certain Dr Louis Perrier became director of this already well known spa, where the waters were known for their curative properties since the end of the 17th century. The spa thrived…
